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01/04/2008 - Managing Industry-University Collaborations: Initiating, Sustaining, and Making the Most of your Partnerships
The purpose of these workshops is to share good practices in Industry-University interaction. Experienced speakers from industry, university and government organisations will describe their own activities and highlight principles for effective and efficient partnerships.
Overview
Are you making the most of university connections? Universities and industry organisations have traditionally maintained informal ways of working together, such as student internships, curriculum development and industry sponsored research.
Over the past ten years there has been growing enthusiasm in both industry and universities for closer links. Many partnerships are already well established and flourishing but for companies and institutions new to partnering, it is not always clear how best to start out. Indeed, even established partnerships often find that there is more that could be done on both sides to increase the mutual benefits.This series of workshops has been designed to share good practices in Industry-University interaction. Experienced speakers will describe their own activities and highlight principles for effective and efficient partnerships. There will also be round table sessions for participants to exchange experience and problems with each other.These events are intensely practical and intended for practitioners - people who have the task of making partnerships work. Presenters at these workshops will discuss and aim to answer questions such as:
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Why collaborate? What are the benefits?
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How should we initiate, and then operate, a collaboration?
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What makes a collaboration successful?
Confirmed speakers include Industry Managers of University Partnerships, University Directors of Corporate Relationships and; Representatives of Government Agencies. Each speaker will share their experiences of effective approaches to building and making the most of industry-university partnerships. Some of the issues to be addressed will include how to understand the different, and sometimes conflicting, incentives and working cultures in both industry and university; and how to balance excellence in research and education with commercial objectives.
Workshop Series Agenda
09:00 Arrival & Coffee
09:30 Session 1: An industry perspective
11:00 Coffee & Networking
11:30 Session 2: A university perspective
13:00 Lunch
14:15 Facilitated round table sessions
15:30 Tea
16:00 Session 3: A national perspective
17:30 Wrap up
Workshop I: 12 February 2008
Managing Industry-University Collaborations – Initiating the Partnership
This workshop covered topics on: industrial objectives in seeking partnerships; university objectives in seeking partnerships; education links; research links; commercial links.
Speakers Included:
Session 1: Chair - Mike Gregory
Session 2: Chair - Alan Payne
Session 3: Chair - David Secher
Facilitated Group Discussions
The early afternoon group sessions allowed participants to share experiences and exchange ideas on a number of topics associated with initiating a partnership. Each group addressed one of the following questions:
- How do you balance excellence in research & education with commercial objectives?
- How do you understand & measure the risks and rewards for all parties?
- How do you understand conflicting cultures and working practices?
- How do you 'break the ice' and establish ongoing communications?
- How do you manage multiple engagements within a partnership?
Workshop II: 4 March 2008
Managing Industry-University Collaborations – Developing and Sustaining the Partnership
This workshop is based around a series of cases describing successful long-term partnerships and the characteristics and practices which are thought to lead to success.
Speakers include:
Session 1: Chair - Mike Gregory
Session 2: Chair - John Murphy
Session 3: Chair - Kevin Bishop
Facilitated Group Discussions
The group discussions took place after lunch. Each group will addressed one of the following questions:
- How do you extend the scope of a successful partnership?
- Building partnerships into industrial or academic strategies.
- How do you manage unforeseen outcomes?
- How do you build robust collaboration IP infrastructures?
- How do you prepare people within the organisation for partnership?
Workshop III: 1 April 2008
Managing Industry-University Collaborations – Making the Most of the Partnership
This workshop will aim to capture the spin-off benefits for both industry and university. It will include: inputs on successful 'unexpected' benefits and spin-off opportunities; case examples and an open forum to brainstorm new ideas and approaches for enhancing industry-university partnerships.
Speakers include:
Session 1: Chair - Mike Gregory (CMPP)
Session 2: Chair - Kevin Cullen (Glasgow Universty)
Session 3: Chair - Teri Willey (Cambridge Enterprise)
Facilitated Group Discussions
The early afternoon group sessions allow participants to share experiences and exchange ideas on a number of topics associated with making the most of a partnership. Each group will address one of the following questions:
1. Emerging opportunities for university-industry partnerships.
2. New approaches to managing IP.
3. How do you create an IP environment that keeps industry happy?
4. How do you decide whether you should license a technology or form a spin out?
Who should attend?
These workshops are primarily designed for an audience of industry managers of university-industry collaborations, university managers of industrial liaison, policy makers, research councils, RDAs and representatives of industry or university looking to initiate collaborations.
How to register your attendance
To register your attendance at individual workshops, please click on the appropriate link:
Workshop I: 12 February 2008. CLOSED.
Workshop II: 4 March 2008. CLOSED.
Workshop III: 1 April 2008. CLOSED.
Cost to attend
Industry Participants
The cost to attend each workshop is £150. To attend all three workshops, please pay a reduced cost of £395
Government & University Participants
The cost to attend each workshop is £75. To attend all three workshops, please pay a reduced cost of £195.
Payment may be made by cheque or Credit/Debit card. Invoices will be emailed following registration.
Cheques should be made payable to the 'UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE' and sent to:
Jackie Ouchikh
CMIPP, University of Cambridge
10 Miller's Yard
Mill Lane
Cambridge CB2 1RQ
Venue & Location
These workshops will take place in The Møller Centre, Cambridge.
Overnight Accommodation
We have pre-booked a number of rooms at the Møller Centre at a reduced rate of £82 +VAT for the night before each workshop. To reserve your overnight accommodation, please call The Møller Centre on 01223 465500. Rooms will be held for CMI delegates until 7 nights before the start of each workshop so early booking is advised.
Alternatively, please see the visitcambridge website for information on where to stay.
For further information on these workshops, please contact Jackie Ouchikh: j.ouchikh@cmi.cam.ac.uk or call on: +44 (0) 1223 448765.
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