| 8.00 - 8.45 am |
Networking Breakfast |
| 8.45 - 10.15 am |
Presentations |
| 8.45 am |
"From the Harvard Lab to the Real World." |
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Michal Preminger |
| 9.15 am |
"Should Academics Start-ups Partner With Global Players? The Do's and Don'ts of Match Making." |
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Christoph Miethke |
| 9.45 am |
"What Venture Capitalists Look for in Their Selection of Portfolio Companies and What Value They Can Add to Them." |
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Falk Strascheg |
| 10.15 - 11.00 am |
Coffee Break |
| 11.00 - 11.30 am |
Presentation |
| 11.00 am |
"The Future of Biomaterials and How to Spot Market Potential Early in Academic Research." |
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Andreas Lendlein |
| 11.30 - 1.00 pm |
Working Groups Part 2 |
| Group A |
How to Protect IP: Best Practices in Patenting |
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Julian Cockbain (Chair), Jan Dirk Heerma, Juergen Meier |
| Group B |
How to Build a Successful Team: Essential Leadership Skills |
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Friederike Hoffmann (Chair), Dario Peirone, Jens Schneider-Mergener |
| Group C |
How to Enable Medical Innovations: The Role of Foundations |
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Andreas Richter (Chair), Scott Johnson, Mario Zanone Poma |
| Group D |
How to Maturate Projects: Best Practise Examples from Europe (BioTOP) |
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To be organized by BioTOP. (already full) |
| Group E |
How to Collaborate Internationally: New Models and Tools for Translational Medicine |
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Wolfram v. Pannwitz (Chair), Thomas Wilckens, Jonathan Jacoby |
| 1.00 - 2.00 pm |
Networking Luncheon |
| 2.00 - 3.30 pm |
Working Groups Part 3 |
| Group A |
How to Value Patents: Licensing Strategies that Succeed |
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Lukas Guenther (Chair), Martin Austin, Matthias Hoelling |
| Group B |
How to Re-Think Tech Transfer: What Works and What Doesn`t |
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Karen Laigaard (Chair), Tim Barnes, Michael Rauhofer |
| Group C |
How to Get Things Done: Project Management for Academic Entrepreneurs |
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Jérome Samson (Chair), Andreas Zaby, Peter Heinrich |
| Group D |
How to Maturate Projects: Best Practise Examples from Europe (BioTOP) |
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To be organized by BioTOP. |
| Group E |
How to Raise Funds: Getting Public Funders, Business Angels, and Venture Capitalists on Board for Early Stage Projects in Germany and the EU (in German) |
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Gerrit Fleige (Chair), Walter L. Rust, Christian Schneider |
| 3.30 - 4.00 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 4.00- 5.00 pm |
Presentations |
| 4.00 pm |
"Licensing Out vs. Starting a New Company: Success-Factors for Technology-Based Start-ups." |
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Kristina Burow |
| 4.30 pm |
"How To Turn Technology Into Products in Medical Devices." |
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Bjoern Odlander |
| 5.00 - 6.00 pm |
Panel Discussion |
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How to Overcome the Valley of Death in Early Stage Financing |
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Lesa Mitchell (Chair), Stephen Dahms, Antoine Papiernik, Andrew Mackintosh, Scott Johnson |
| 6.00 pm |
Medical Entrepreneurship Party |
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Sample various kinds of sausages and beer from Germany! |
