Podcast
The Next Leap podcast discusses best practices in research commercialisation with global thought leaders from the innovation ecosystem.
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Károly Szántó: Hungary will be the blueprint for university funds in Eastern Europe
Károly Szántó, the COO of Óbuda University’s venture fund and studio OUVC, has a plan to supercharge investment activities in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Gavin Clark, Mark Mann: Here’s how to build a shared TTO
Gavin Clark and Mark Mann share how they’ve built a tech transfer office shared by six UK universities focused on social sciences and creative industries.
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Panel: What’s next for quantum technologies?
What does the future hold for quantum technologies? A panel of experts tackled the challenges at a recent Foresight Live event.
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Nicky Dibben: People buy products, not technology
Nicky Dibben discusses how marketing strategy is everything that comes between you and your customer, and not simply “fluffy” social media.
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Winsome Cheung: Startups, here’s what to know when negotiating with big pharma
Winsome Cheung is a partner at Covington who helps biotech startups and big pharma negotiate deals. Here, she shares what to look out for in contracts.
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Stuart Wilkinson: What does a sweet shop have to do with spinouts?
The impact of university research commercialisation can go far beyond the initial spinout, says Knowledge Exchange UK’s chief executive Stuart Wilkinson.
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Erik Iverson, Mike Partsch: Industry doesn’t want newly hatched ideas
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has been around for 100 years and its leadership has novel ideas about how to keep its edge.
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Kevin Walters: Vitamin D-fortified food changed universities forever
In 1925, the University of Wisconsin-Madison established the first-ever tech transfer office. And it all began with the discovery of vitamins.
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Trailer
How does university research become a real-world product like vitamin D-fortified oatmeal, warfarin or Gatorade? The Next Leap is an interview show with the experts responsible for this process — from tech transfer practitioners to founders to lawyers, and others. Subscribe now for the first episode, dropping Tuesday, 18 March.