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Implementing Technology Scouting to Increase Innovation

2 - 3 October 2008
Sheraton Hotel, Heathrow, London

TWO DAY EXECUTIVE WORKSHOP from one of the foremost expert on how to identify, structure and implement effective technology partnerships.

Setting up programmes to accelerate innovation through external sourcing

Agenda - Day 2

MAKING TECHNOLOGY SCOUTING WORK

How to create value from external relationships.

8.00 Continental Breakfast
8.45 SESSION VII
Selecting the best Structure for accessing External Technology
  • Options for transferring technology: licensing, acquisition, alliances, etc.
  • Frameworks for assessing the costs and benefits of alternative approaches(small group discussion of alliance case)
  • Summary of key factors to consider when selecting a transfer format
10.00 Morning Refreshments and Networking Break  
10.15 SESSION IX
Steps in forming effective Relationships
Prepare, Scout, Decide and Manage
  • Organizational process needed to support external relationships
  • The importance of mutually-compatible needs: yours and theirs
  • Using "arms-length due diligence" to test source suitability
  • Factors to consider when making a choice: intuition vs. structure
11.15 SESSION X
Structuring deals that Work
  • Forming a team to pursue the deal: key roles and responsibilities
  • How to negotiate with honor: lessons from the Harvard Negotiation Project
  • Anticipating the end: dealing with dissolution while still friends
12.15 Lunch 
13.00 SESSION XI
Managing the Details
How to make deals work for you
  • Managing the people
  • Managing the management
  • Managing the intellectual property
  • Managing the exit
14.45 Networking Break 
15.00 SESSION XII
Working with Universities and Government Agenicies
  • Understanding the differences in culture and goals and the impact on expectations
  • Managing issues of ownership, secrecy and publication of joint development results
16.15 SESSION IX
Wrap Up, Question and Answer Period
16.45 Seminar Close

Event Sponsors:

HypeHype Softwaretechnik creates idea management software for new product development. Our flagship solution, HypeIMT, supports global leaders such as BASF, DaimlerChrysler, and Siemens in managing the innovation process. HypeIMT's flexibility enables quick and cost-effective implementation, controlled change management, and customizable functionality that allows information sharing. Hype's unique pricing makes HypeIMT an attractive choice for clients of all sizes.

BubbleBubble is a management consultancy specialising in New Product Development. The company helps its clients achieve enduring growth through improved new product strategies and product development processes. A comprehensive approach leads to world class performance in identifying the right products, developing them right first time, and establishing the right supply chains to maximize product profitability.

Strategyn UK helps product and service companies in B2B and B2C sectors create corporate innovation programs that drive product, service, operational, and business model innovation. We enable companies to create a culture of innovation and a systematic, rigorous engine for risk-mitigated organic growth. At the heart of our approach is Outcome-Driven InnovationTM.

Yet2.com is a global technology transfer marketplace and licensing consulting company. Yet2.com works with companies small and large supporting their innovation activities through technology acquisition and exploitation consulting services and their unique technology transfer marketplace and global network.

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