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 Manchester - 3-5 December 2006 Sunday, 03 December, 2006 Drinks Reception and Dinner at The Palace Hotel, Manchester Overnight Accommodation at The Palace Hotel, Manchester Monday, 04 December, 2006 Registration and Coffee from 9.30 Programme commences at 10.15 Welcome from the Chair Host Spot The changing role of knowledge transfer in the research councils Coffee The vision for IKT Lunch Aspirations of the RDAs in knowledge transfer How to use R&D grants to support start ups Pitfalls of patent entitlement Tea Comprehensive spending review, knowledge transfer - an update Blockbuster licensing deals (CAT/Abbott/royalties) Dinner at Manchester Art Gallery Overnight Accommodation at The Palace Hotel, Manchester Tuesday, 05 December, 2006 MASTERCLASSES from 9.00 to 11.00 FUNDER'S PERSPECTIVE ON INVESTING IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH running parallel with DESIGN RIGHTS Coffee Programme commences at 11.30 Technology transfer overseas Building international networks Lunch A US view of UK technology transfer A vision of UK technology transfer: how we might be able to innovate more to achieve it Conference closes at 14.30