Home About Unico Committee Members' List Corporate Affiliates Individual Members Members' Files Survey Bookmarks Events Conferences Press Releases Situations Vacant Contact Us How to Join				UNICO Cork - 26/28 May 2004 Wednesday, 26 May, 2004 Dinner/Overnight Accommodation at Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork Thursday, 27 May, 2004 MASTERCLASSES Research Contracting - its relationship to IP Commercialisation, IP Ownership & university discussions with CBI led by Catherine Quinn, University of Oxford Research Services & David Secher, University of Cambridge Research Services Division running parallel with Organising and growing a TT Office led by Douglas Robertson, University of Newcastle Technology Transfer Office Lunch MAIN CONFERENCE SESSIONS Welcome from Professor J K Collins, Vice President for Research Policy and Support, University College Cork Technology Transfer at University College Cork Tony Weaver, University College Cork Wealth from Knowledge Norman Price, Deputy Chairman, Advantage West Midlands Knowledge Transfer & State-funded Research in South Africa Richard Doyle, Innovation Fund Commercialisation Office Patenting computer-implemented inventions; the EU proposal and the impact on spin-outs Tim Frain, Nokia Spin-outs and taxation Tony Raven, Southampton University CEI UNICO AGM - Full Members Only CONFERENCE DINNER & TRADITIONAL IRISH SHINDIG at Midleton Distillery Overnight Accommodation at Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork Friday, 28 May, 2004 Training - an overview of 2 academic courses Ruth Soetendorp, Bournemouth University and Eamonn Murphy, University of Limerick Knowledge Transfer and Commercialisation - what's the difference? Kevin Cullen, University of Glasgow Research & Enteprise First Results of 2003 UNICO Survey Tom Hockaday, Isis Innovation Ltd, University of Oxford Addressing Health Inequities through Creative Management of Intellectual Property Cathy Garner, MIHR BioScience and Innovation Growth James Dobree, Head of Biotechnology Sector DTI Panel Discussion: Director and Officer Insurance issues in spin-outs Conference closes at 1.00 pm