This year's Innovation Marketplace event featured 3 keynote speakers on Commercialising Intellectual Property Opportunities:

• Dr Nick Bourne, Deputy Director, Commercial Development, Cardiff University
• David Baynes, CEO, Fusion IP
• Stuart Gall, CEO, MedaPhor Ltd

Programme

• Breakfast Networking session with Spotlight Displays on successful spinout companies, licensing opportunities, funding and innovation support
• How Cardiff University transfers its knowledge into business
• How licensing agreements work
• Workshop 1: Finance Wales & Welsh Assembly Government exploring funding opportunities (for businesses)
  Workshop 2: How IP is taken to the marketplace at Cardiff University (for academics)
• Q&A Session
  

Spotlight Displays included:

Intellectual Property Office
Welsh Assembly Government
Finance Wales
Cardiff Council / Capital Cardiff
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
MedaPhor Limited

Delegate Feedback

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Average answer = 4.1 (2010 average: 4.1)

Analysis

Total number of people registered: 122
Total number of people attending:  115 (94% of those registered)

Screencasts

Dr Nick Bourne - Technology Transfer
David Baynes - Fusion IP - Part 1
David Baynes - Fusion IP - Part 2
Stuart Gall - MedaPhor - Part 1
Stuart Gall - MedaPhor - Part 2
Dr Nick Bourne - Licensing

Workshops

Mark Davies - Welsh Assembly Government
Dr Richard Thompson - Finance Wales