About the Workshop
The “Technology Transfer and Research Commercialization Course” helps you to appreciate the
approach and steps for moving ideas and research to innovations of societal value. The course
is for individuals involved in promoting innovation in research institutions, TVETs, Universities, Research Hospitals, Consulting firms etc. with a specific focus on Intellectual Property (IP) commercialization.
Learning Objectives
- Appreciate the process and systems of transferring IP from a lab to market.
- Understand the basics of IP transfer, including identification, assessment and protection of IP, developing and managing of partnerships (engagement, negotiation, contracting, maintaining).
- Conceptualize plans of action that can help achieve the transfer of a particular IP in your local context