Tech Transfer Boot Camp

Started Feb 23, 2022
6 credits

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Term: Spring 2022

Date: Every Wednesday from February 23rd - March 30th, 2022

Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Location: 3rd floor, Holtzman Alumni Center, 901 Prices Fork Rd, Blacksburg, VA 240610, and synchronously on-line.

Instructors: Grant Brewer, Mark Mondry, & Gavin Garvey

Presented By: LINK + LICENSE + LAUNCH

Description:

Virginia Tech’s LICENSE: Center for Tech Commercialization will be hosting a workshop series designed to assist faculty, research staff, and students in understanding the basics of technology transfer. Topics to be covered include the invention disclosure process, inventorship vs. authorship, patenting 101, technology marketing, and licensing. We will also provide tips on working with the LICENSE team to protect and commercialize your inventions and dispel common myths that can hamper those efforts.

Participants who complete all the sessions in this course will receive a digital certificate.

For more information: https://vt.edu/link/events/bootcamp.html

DATE	WORKSHOP
Wednesday, February 23 First session in-Person, @Holtzman Alumni Center (3rd floor)	Workshop Session 1: Introductions and overview
Wednesday, March 2	Workshop Session 2: Disclose: What is my idea or discovery, and how do I tell the University about it?
Wednesday, March 16	Workshop Session 3: Assess and Protect: What is the value of my idea, and how will it be protected?
Wednesday, March 23	Workshop Session 4: Plan and Market: How will I capture value from my idea, and how do we tell the world about it?
Wednesday, March 30	Workshop Session 5: How does my idea become licensed and to whom?

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