Day 1 (5th December)
14h00 Registration
15h00 Opening
Fernando Santana, U Nova Lisboa, Portugal, Director of UT Austin | Portugal CoLab
Paula M. Vilarinho, U Aveiro, Portugal, Director of Emerging Technologies (Portugal) within UT Austin | Portugal CoLab, Portugal, U Aveiro
Brian Korgel, UT Austin, USA, Director of Emerging Technologies (USA) within UT Austin | Portugal CoLab
15h30 – 16h15 Importance of value creation from emerging knowledge
Angus Kingon, Brown University, USA
16h15 – 16h45 Coffee Break
16h45 – 18h30 Learning from successful cases
Brian Korgel, Innovalight, USA
Á. Rubén Criado, Luzwavelabs, Spain
João Tedim, Smallmatek / CICECO, Portugal
19h00 – 20h00 Welcome and Gathering Cocktail
Day 2 (6th December)
09h00 – 11h00 Channels of value creation from emerging knowledge
–       Spin Offs
Paul Thurk, Arch Ventures, Ireland
Michael Sailor, University of California, San Diego, USA
Brian Korgel, UT Austin, Texas, USA
–       Contract research
Bernie Rickinson, IOM3, UK
11h00 – 11h30 Coffee break
11h30 – 13h00 Learning from successful cases
Fernando Dourado, BCTechnologies: Bacterial NanoCellulose, Portugal
Sara Monteiro, CEV, Portugal
Pedro Araújo, ACS, Portugal
13h00 – 14h00 Lunch
14h00 – 16h30 Creating value from Emerging Technology: Supporting programs
Pedro Vilarinho, COTEC, Portugal
Angus Kingon, Brown University, USA
16h30 – 17h00 Coffee break
17h00 – 19h00 Examining your research for unique opportunities: an exercise
Angus Kingon, Brown University, USA
Pedro Vilarinho, COTEC, Portugal
20h00 Dinner
Day 3 (7th December)
09h00 – 11h00 Channels of value creation from emerging knowledge
–       Contract research
Ian M. Reaney, University of Sheffield, UK
Pim Groen, Delft University, The Netherlands
–       Licensing
Luis Roquette Geraldes and Vasco Stilwell d’Andrade , Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva, Portugal
11h00 – 11h30 Coffee break
11h30 – 13h00 Examining your research for unique opportunities: an exercise
Angus Kingon, Brown University, USA
Pedro Vilarinho, COTEC, Portugal
13h00 – 14h00 Lunch
14h00 – 16h30 Learning from successful cases
Leigh Canham, pSivida, UK
Victor Abrantes, Graphenest, Portugal
16h30 – 17h00 Closing