[:en]ABOUT
This course focused on setting up the infrastructure and macro-system that facilitates the commercialization of research in Egypt and covers Goal setting, strategy development and implementation of a technology transfer strategy. Workshop participants learned how a system of goals for technology transfer can be established on the basis of a research and innovation policy framework and the overarching goals of a scientific institution. In addition, participants learned how the process for developing a strategy looks like and which measures are necessary to implement the strategy and establish it permanently at an institution
INTENDED AUDIENCE
This course was ideal for Government innovation policy decision makers and University & research institute leaders
COURSE LEADER
Ruediger Werp
Ruediger Werp graduated in Industrial Engineering and Management at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (former University of Karlsruhe) in 1992 and earned a doctorate in the field of Customer Relationship Management in 1997. He has over 25 years of business activity in the commercialisation of knowledge and/or technologies (co-operation, licencing, market assessment, IP sale, start-up companies). He has a proven track record in turning results of excellent research and high-tech activities into promising business cases and successful start-up companies. In recent years, Rüdiger Werp has held interim management positions in several start-up companies, where he was tasked by investors to assess the size of the opportunity, devise a commercialisation and go to market strategy, plan the business, secure financing sources and ramp-up sales activities. He has personally lead 100s of market studies for new technologies predominantly in physical sciences, energy and computer sciences and is a European Expert for start-up creation and business development. He moderates and conducts regular seminars and workshops on technology transfer offices, intellectual property commercialization, management of fast-growing businesses, market assessment and market research to technology transfer officers and researchers from leading research families in Germany as well as to young entrepreneurs[:]
