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Lawrence Smith-HigginsBusiness Outreach & Education
IP Awareness Programmes and
Education
WIPO SME Forum on Intellectual Property11th September 2008
Young Innovators
DTI Innovation Report - Dec 2003
Gowers Review - Dec 2006
Creative Industries Strategy- Feb 2008
Innovation Nation – March 2008
Secondary Schools Awareness Project
Secondary School Resource for Keystage 4 (14-16 year olds)
82% of Secondary Schools requested the pack in 06/7
Young Enterprise Company Programme
3,365 schools and colleges
40,754 students
11 out of the 12 Young Enterprise Regions
1,500 Students
Primary Schools Awareness Project
Encouraging innovation in children
To encourage creativity and to teach children that:
They can all innovate
They all own their ideas
Innovation can be linked to financial reward
They can exploit their ideas if they are protected by intellectual property rights
Encouraging innovation in children
Key stage two students, years five & six (9 -11 year olds)
Three work schemes and lesson plans
Dedicated website www.crackingideas.com
Nationwide competition
Crackingideas.com
1 June 07-19 Feb 08
31,544 visits
2,000 educators downloaded lesson plans
60,000 + potential students reached
1,000 children entered the competition
Lesson Plans Downloaded: 2,730
Media Launch May - June ‘07
Coverage in:
Teachers Magazine, Junior Education, Primary Choice & Daily Mail Education Page
BBC News 24, BBC1 News, BBC Radio 4 and 5Live, Regional TV and Radio coverage,
Total Value of press coverage: £1 million
The Waker Upper 3000 from East Allington Primary School
7 million viewers
The Rt. Hon. Ann Widdecombe MP Maidstone and the Weald
Questions ?
Thank you
Presentation of CERT-TTT-MWIPO Annual Forum 2008– Cardiff
Antoine DINTRICH- IEEPI
The “European Institute for Enterprise and Intellectual Property”
Created in 2004 by the French Ministry of Industry and INPI (French NPO) in order to provide training sessions on the economic and strategic issues of intellectual property (IP).
Promote "intellectual property awareness" within companies, focusing on SME / SMI.
Develops and organizes training sessions on the offensive aspects of IP
Is implicated in different European projects aiming at the development of IP awareness toward SMEs.
CERT-TTT-M…• means Certified Transnational Technology Transfer
Manager• project within the FP6 programme of the EU• Based on key assumptions of European IPR
experts : Lack of TT skilled people No registered TT profession No TT education / training programme
recognised all over Europe
CERT-TTM…To build up a blue-print education programme that possibly :
• Professionalizes TT on a trans-national level
• Covers all phases of the TT process
• Meets the need for an official recognized course
• Supports MS policy-makers
• Standardizes the skill-set of TT profession in Europe
• Is based on surveys on demand and supply
CERT-TTT-M at a glance
• 11 partners of 7 Member States, 5 PROs, 7 policy makers (also CREST participants)
• Advisory Panel: IPR/TT relevant organisations• Budget: € 1,3 Mio.• 6 workpackages• Duration: 24 months (2007-2008)
CERT-TTT-M Partner
11 Participants from 7 Countries
Austria: AWS – MCIBelgium / Flanders: IWTFrance: IEEPI – MESRItaly: ASTER – ERPDALatvia: LIDANetherlands: EZ – RSMSweden: VINNOVA
Advisory panel
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7 Members• European Patent Academy• LES France• LESI• ProTon Europe• Societas Rudolphina• The Institute of Knowledge Transfer• ASTP & PRAXIS
CERT-TTT-M: Big Picture
Steering Commitee
Inventarisa-tion of
Requirements
WP1
Survey of existing
programmes
WP2
Building upeducational & organisational
frame
WP3
Providing for Mutual
Recognition
WP4
Dissemination & Transfer
Training Award
WP5
Advisory Panel(European Patent Academy, LES, ProTon,
Societas Rudolphina, ASTP …)
Project Co-ordinationFinancial
Management
WP6
The Policy Makers
1) Online Survey (1)
• Sample:• 561 European technology transfer professionals
• Key skills ranked:• Communication• Commercial Awareness (negotiation,KL of IPR, KL
of Licensing, networking)• New Business Development• Industry Specific Expertise
1) Online Survey (2)• Key training‘ interests ranked:
• Most Interest:• New Business Development• Knowledge on IPR & Licensing• Negotiation
• Second most interest:• Commercial awareness• Communication• Networking
• Least interest:• Industry specific expertise
1) Online Survey (3)• Interest:
• Between 37% and 52% of respondents would be interested to receive training on at least one skill
• 83% indicated that their organization would be interested to receive training on at least one skill
• Market Size and Fee:• 22.700 Technology Transfer Professionals in Europe• 18.880 are interested in participating in such a training• Average tuition fee: 1800 Euros
• Certification:• 73% indicated that it is important to receive a European-wide
recognized certification
2) Study on European TT Education Programmes & Benchmarking (1)
• Sample: 161 courses in 19 EU countries
• Skill rating by the existing TT education programmes:1) New Business Development2) Commercial Awareness3) Knowledge of IPR and Licensing4) Networking5) Industry Specific Expertise6) Communication7) Negotiation
2) Study on European TT Education Programmes & Benchmarking (2)
• Duration Very large scope (3 days to 3 semesters)
• Fee Between 770€ (Workshop) and 8900€ (Master executive programme)
• Certification Only Master programme
• Participant number Average 25 persons
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3) Building up educational and organisational framework (1)
• Elaboration of the first scenarios of the training program• Identification of the different target groups the training program
can to be addressed• Analyse of each possible scenario• Definition of the ultimate target group • Specification of the educational framework
As primary target group : people with working experience in or outside the field
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3) Building up educational and organisational framework (2)
• Structure for the curriculum contains 3 consecutive levels:
3. Executive level
2. Advanced level
1. Basic requirements
Module 1
Module 2 …
Module 1
Module 2 …
Module 1
Module 2 …
Each level will be composed of different modules and each level will be completed after having passed required exams.
Technology Transfer Professional (TTP)
Senior Technology Transfer Professional (STTP)
Executive Technology Transfer Professional (ETTP)
3) Building up educational and organisational framework (3)
• The six different skills that were defined are:
1. Managing Communication, Information an networking 2. Understanding IPR & Licensing3. Commercial Activities and Markets4. New Business Development5. Negotiating6. Project management
3) Building up educational and organisational framework (4)
• Expected duration of the curriculum:
Skills \ Levels 1. Basic 2. Advanced 3. Executive Total
Managing Communication, Information an networking 3 – 4 days 3 – 4 days 1 – 2 days 7 – 10 days
Understanding IPR & Licensing 2 days 2 days 1 – 2 days 5 – 6 days
Commercial Activities and Markets 2 days 2 days 1 – 2 days 5 – 6 days
New Business Development 2 days 2 days 1 – 2 days 5 – 6 days
Negotiating 2 days 2 days 1 – 2 days 5 – 6 days
Project management 2 days 2 days 1 – 2 days 5 – 6 days
Total 13 – 14 days 13 – 14 days 6 – 12 days 32 – 40 days
Next steps :
• Identification of European training institutions interested in implementing the course (September 2008)
• Commitment of at least 5 institutions in 5 different countries to implement the training course (October – December 2008)
• Providing for Mutual Recognition aiming at an accreditation on a Europe-wide basis(October 2008 – January 2009)