INTRODUCTION
Technology Transfer and
Commercialization with UTEN@Austin
Cliff Zintgraff
Program Manager, UTEN@Austin
About UTEN@Austin
The mission of UTEN@Austin is to help
build a globally competitive and sustainable
science and technology commercialization
infrastructure in Portugal.
UTEN is funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a
Tecnologia (FCT) through the Portuguese Ministry of
Science, Technology and Higher Education.
UT Austin | Portugal CoLab
UTEN@Austin is one of four programs in
the International Collaboratory for
Emerging Technologies, or CoLab. UTEN
works toward sustainable technology
transfer in the program areas, and in other
disciplines.
Digital
Media
Advanced
Computing
UTEN
Math
Other
Areas
UTEN Executive Board
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INESC Porto: José Mendonça, Chair
TecMinho: Manuel Mota, Jamie Ferreira,
Marta Catarino
UPIN, University of Porto: Jorge Gonçalves,
Maria Oliveira
IPN: Teresa Mendes
IST: Rui Baptista, Maria José Francisco
Organizations
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University of Algarve
IST
Taguspark
University of Lisbon / IMM
New University of Lisbon
INPI
University of Evora
IPN / University of Coimbra
University of Aveiro
University of Porto / UPIN
University of Porto / UPTEC
University of Porto / FEUP
TecMaia
University of Minho / TecMinho
University of Tres-os-Montes at Alto Douro
Technologies / Companies (sampling)
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Bioalvo
Fluidinova
WeAdapt
PETSYS
AuditMark
Critical – RetMarker
BlueWorks
iSurgical 3D
And more at …
http://www.techportugal.com/index2.php
What Is Sustainable Tech Transfer?
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Productive researchers
 Who know how to work with TT staff & industry
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Professional University TT staff
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Office strategy
Tech assessment
Market analysis
Licensing
Supportive administration
Entrepreneurs
Local, national and global networks
Focused on the market
UTEN Activities
Assessment
Education
Training
Internships
University Research
License or Commercialize
LIVE CASES
Market
UTEN Values
Our “Style”
Global market orientation
Grassroots development
Live cases
Change agents / bias for action
Education
 10-point curriculum for TT staff
 Integrated with live cases
 Strategy -> tactics -> execution
Training
 National workshops
 Local workshops
 One-on-one sessions
Assessment
 Portfolio Assessment
 Global Market Assessment
Brutal focus on market perceptions.
Internships
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U.S. based
Strategic goals for TTOs
Embedded in U.S. organization
Portfolio review / tech development
Today -- Researcher Workshop
11:00
11:15
12:00
12:45
13:30
Introduction
Pitch Camp
Best (and Worst)
Researcher Practices
Wrap-up Panel
Close
Entrepreneur Workshop
1. Introduction
2. Global Market Strategy
3. Global Market Assessment
Guidelines for today
1. Pick a technology.
2. We won’t stop, but you can
take a break when the time is
right.
Researcher Workshop -- The UTEN Way
Interactive
Engaging (we hope)
Live-case based
Everyone involved – and if you’re not …
INTRODUCTION
Technology Transfer and
Commercialization with UTEN@Austin
Cliff Zintgraff
Program Manager, UTEN@Austin
PITCH CAMP
Heath Naquin, UTEN@Austin
Tom Gardner, UTEN@Austin
Reseacher’s Best (and
Worst) Practices in
Technology Transfer
STARRING
Heath Naquin
as himself
Cliff Zintgraff
as Dr. Jones
About The Mock Interviews
 Two inventor interviews
 Just like in our RapidScreen
assessment
 That reflect real interviews we’ve done
 That kindly highlight some issues about
how researchers could/should deal
with commercialization professionals
Disclaimer
Any similarity to real
persons or projects is
totally on purpose.
INTERVIEW 1
“Rapid Response Contextual
Phrase Matching with
Enhancements from Frequency
Domain Searches”
INTERVIEW 1
DISCUSSION
INTERVIEW 2
“EduPath – Solving Our
Alignment Problems in
Education”
INTERVIEW 2
DISCUSSION
Panel: Working With Your
Tech Transfer Office
Marta Catarino
TecMinho
Nuno Silva
Miguel Castanho
University of Lisbon / IMM
Dina Chaves
Pedro Vilarinho
New University of Lisbon
Eli Mercer
UTEN@Austin
Name one behavior we discussed
this morning – good or bad – that
you’ve seen personally. Tell us
about it! Tell us the impact of the
behavior on the project you were
working on.
What is the most important advice
you can give researchers about
working with your office?
UTEN Researcher Workshop is underway!
Join us in the Auditorium, right back corner of showroom.