Topics of Interest

List of Topics for Upcoming LES-IUGI Events
(non-exhaustive)

• Diligence Provisions
• March-in rights and non exclusive, royalty-free research tool licenses: NIH position
• Export Control issues in collaborative research
• Creative Deal Structures
• Sponsored research: IP demands in deals with industry
• Early stage research moving into the market
• Physical Sciences/ Engineering deals
• Bridging with other organizations, e.g. Federal Laboratory Consortium
• Pulling technology out of government organizations
• Market research/tools for technology transfer
• Model for technology development (incl. intermediaries)
• Strategies for funding translational research: review of methods
• Patent Aggregators
• Technology pull/push
• Intermediaries mapping technology needs from companies (e.g. Nine Sigma; Innocentive)
• Validation/Proof of concept funds and start-up funds
• Failure/success start-up deals (include start-up companies)
• Getting technology back from start-up companies that "do not make it"
• Innovative ways to share risk between Technology Transfer Offices and Start-ups
• Before the Angel steps in.... the first breaths of a start-up
• Angel investment in university technology companies
• Industry/State government/university dynamics for technology commercialization: technology accelerators, incubators, and new interface models
• Does technology commercialization entice economic development?
• "Freedom to License": state competitiveness vs. US competitiveness? How your tax Dollars are dissected to support economic development.