Crash Course 2016

The Crash Course arrived at its 8th edition. It has the objective to provide to Phd Students, young researchers, entrepeneurs and R&D staff of private companies with the fundamental concepts and tools for knowledge transfer: intellectual property and patent protection, research funding (e.g. HORIZON 2020 industrial leadership scheme and SME Instrument), business planning and start up creation models.

The Course is organised by the University of Trento Research and Technology Transfer Support Division.
The initiative is open to students, startuppers, researchers coming from Trento University and other research institutions, R&D staff from private companies.

Programme

Tuesday, 1 March  
(9:30 – 10.00) – Povo 1 Room A203
Introduction to Crash Course: objectives and organisation
Speaker: Claudio Nidasio & Lino Giusti, Technology Transfer Officer, Research and Technology Transfer Support Division at University of Trento
(10:00 – 12.00) – Povo 1 Room A203
Copyright protection: proprietary vs. open licenses
Speaker: Valentina Moscon, Post-doc Researcher, Faculty of Law and Research and Technology Transfer Support Division, University of Trento

Tuesday March 8 (09:00-11:00) Povo 1 Room A203
Introduction to patent law
Speaker: Craig Nard, Professor of Law and the Director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts, Case Western Reserve University

Wednesday March 9 (09:00-11:00) Povo 1 Room A203
Focus on American patent law
Speaker: Craig Nard, Professor of Law and the Director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology & the Arts, Case Western Reserve University

Wednesday March 16 (11:00-13:00) Povo 1 Room A209
Academic entrepreneurship and start up creation
Speaker: Claudio Nidasio, Technology Transfer Officer, Research and Technology Transfer Support Division at University of Trento

Wednesday April 6 (09:00-11:00) Povo 1 Room A203
University regulations about patenting and valorization of research results
Speaker: Lino Giusti, Technology Transfer Officer, Research and Technology Transfer Support Division at University of Trento

Wednesday April 13 (09:00-11:00) Povo 1 Room A203
Introduction to Intellectual Property in an Academic Context
Speakers: Gabriella Reniero, Studio Dr. Reniero & Associati, Giovanni Casucci, Studio Legale Casucci.

Thursday April 21 (11:00-13:00) Povo 1 Room A203
Managing an innovative Biotech corporation and creating new start ups
Speaker: Peter Georg Haag, CEO and Managing Director Ypsomed Italia s.r.l.

Thursday 28 April (11:00-13:00) Povo 1 Room A203
The Fundamentals of financial statements and start up creation (*)
Speaker: Giorgio Degasperi, Studio Degasperi Martinelli

Wednesday May 4 (11:00-13:00) Povo 1 Room A209
Case study: academic start up Robosense srl
Speaker: Alberto Fornaser, CEO Robosense srl

Wednesday May 11 (09:00-11:00) Povo 1 Room A203
Horizon 2020: The EU Framework for Research and Innovation – Introduction to research opportunities for young researchers
Speaker: Laura Paternoster, Research and Technology Transfer Support at University of Trento

Wednesday May 18 (11:00-13:00) Povo 1 Room A209
A practical approach to Horizon 2020 Proposal writing - How to write and present a competitive proposal
Speaker: Martina Calamusa, Research and Technology Transfer Support at University of Trento

Wednesday May 25 (09:00-11:00) Povo 1 Room A203
How to manage H2020 European research and innovation projects
Speaker: Samanta Voltolini and Vanessa Ravagni, Research and Technology Transfer Support at University of Trento

Phd students interested in credits recognition need to attend 70% of the seminars. The seminars are open to students, researchers and private companies.

Seminars will be held in English.

(*): A limited number of seminar may be in Italian.

Participation is free.
Limited seats are available; a confirmation of your participation is mandatory: lino.giusti@unitn.it; claudio.nidasio@unitn.it