February 17th, 2013, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

San Jose Marriott

Join STLGip, in collaboration with Licensing Executives Society-Silicon Valley Chapter, during the Global Innovation Summit 2014 for an active discussion on technology transfer models. Our distinguished panel will discuss various technology transfer and commercialization models employed across select countries by universities, private non-profit organization, innovation centers, as well as government-backed institutions.

Panelists represent educational and innovation institutions from: Brazil, Austria, Sweden, The MENA Region, University of California, amongst others.

Anne Lidgard, Director, Vinnova (Swedish Innovation Agency), Silicon Valley

Egenhard Link, Director, IST Austria (Institute of Science and Technology), Vienna Woods, Austria

Carol Mimura, Assistant Vice Chancellor IPIRA (Intellectual Property & Industry Research Alliances) at the University of California, Berkeley.

Professor Ronaldo TadĂȘu Pena, CEO of BH-TEC, Belo Horizonte’s TechPole, Brazil.

Sara Rauchwerger, Founder and Director, CCICE & Partner, TechLAB Innovation Center

Sami A. Khursani, Chief Operation Officer of Wa’ed, the Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center.

Tamer Rashad, Founder and CEO of Humtap Inc., Former CEO of Liechtenstein’s private bank LGT Middle East, and CEO of Merrill Lynch for the Middle East.





Please check back as we add more details on other panelists including those from the MENA region.

There is no charge for the event but space is limited and advance registration is required.


Registration will be closed after February 14th.

Eventbrite - Technology Transfer Models: A Comparative International  Discussion. A Global Innovation Summit Partner Event.




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