We are launching a new seminar series

Build skills to impact

Are you interested in getting to know more about the journey of running an innovation project based on academic research or knowledge?

In the fall of 2019, KI Innovations invites you to a seminar series consisting of six modules – Build skills to impact where we will give you an introduction to key aspects of creating impact from academic results or knowledge, how you move forward with a project and how to prevent common pitfalls. You can attend all six modules or pick the ones most valuable to you.

Read more about the first module below, and for the other five – more detalied information will come shortly.

 

 

#1 From researcher to innovator – what should I think about?

An introduction to key aspects of creating impact from academic results or knowledge, how you move forward with a project and how to prevent common pitfalls.

At this hands-on one hour seminar we will guide you through common questions that researchers with an academic invention usually need to address early on in the process. These include:

  • What are the different ways to get your academic results into practical use?
  • Rights vs responsibility: What does the professors´ privilege mean in practice?
  • CDA, MTA and NDA: What agreements are there and when should they be used?
  • Building a team: When and why?
  • Publications vs patent applications. What rules apply and what do you need to think about before you publish your findings?

When: September 12th, 2019, 11.30-12.30

Where: Biomedicum B0317

For whom: students, employees and researchers at KI

 

#2 How to package your idea

At this hands-on one hour seminar we will go through common questions that researchers with an academic invention need to address in the process of packaging an idea or invention. The following is a selection of subjects that will be covered in this seminar.

  • How to define and package an idea/invention – is it a product or a service?
  • What regulatory and legal aspects do you have to consider when you develop your invention?
  • What are Technology Readiness Levels and how can you make use of them?
  • What is a business model and how can it look like?
  • How you describe the potential impact of your invention?

When: September 25th, 2019, 11.30-12.30

Where: Biomedicum C0335

For whom: students, employees and researchers at KI

Welcome to register here the #2 module.

 

#3 How to reach target groups and the market

At this hands on one-hour seminar we will go through common questions that researchers with an academic invention usually need to address in the process of reaching their target customer group and the market. The following is a selection of subjects that will be covered in this seminar.

• Who is the intended user and payer of your product/service? What other stakeholders (eg care givers, competitors, etc.) do you have to consider?
• What market and market segment do you aim at?
• What are your Unique Selling Points (USPs) or Unique Buying Reasons (UBR)? Your Value proposition?
• Who is your first target customer or early adopter, what is their persona? How can you use them?
• The importance of early feedback from potential users and payers.
• Business strategy
o Need of suppliers? B2C or B2B? Business model?
o Early market entry – Public or private customers? Challenges with public procurement? On your own or by partnering with bigger player?
o Regulatory and legal aspects to consider, who are the stakeholders?
o Health economics and the importance of being able to quantify the benefits.
o Funding?

When: October 10th, 2019, 11.30-12.30

Where: Biomedicum 2

For whom: students, employees and researchers at KI

Welcome to register here the #3 module.

 

#4 How to protect your idea

At this hands on one-hour seminar we will go through common questions that researchers with an academic invention usually need to address regarding protecting the idea. The following is a selection of subjects that will be covered in this seminar.

  • In broad terms: What kind of assets might exist within a project (patentable inventions, data, knowhow, content, software etc) and how these can be protected (patent, trademark, trade secret, design protection, copyright etc)
  • Briefly about pros and cons of the different forms of protection
  • Brief summary of the patenting process (requirements for patentability, timelines, associated costs)
  • Inventor vs owner of a patent
  • Commercial value of the project / FTO. Basic principles (the patent gives you the right to protect others from doing something but doesn’t necessarily give you the right to do something) and how to monitor putative infringements.

When: October 24th, 2019, 11.30-12.30

Where: Biomedicum 4

For whom: students, employees and researchers at KI

Welcome to register here the #4 module.

 

#5 How to finance your project pt 1- early stages

At this hands on one-hour seminar we will go through common questions that researchers with an academic invention usually need to address regarding protecting the idea. The following is a selection of subjects that will be covered in this seminar.

  • Funding for Research Implementation
  • Various forms of Research Funding
  • Early Seed Funding, Foundations, Grants
  • Public Loans
  • Founder Invests Shareholder Startup investment
  • Very early Innovation funds
  • Early Public Funding and Grants (Concept Validation, IP checks, etc)
  • Ownership for work (ie: Software developers, CEO)
  • Business angels Early investors, Family offices

When: November 7th, 2019, 11.30-12.30

Where: Biomedicum 4

For whom: students, employees and researchers at KI

Welcome to register here the #5 module.

 

#6 How to finance your project pt 2- later stages

At this hands on one-hour seminar we will go through common questions that researchers with an academic invention usually need to address regarding protecting the idea. The following is a selection of subjects that will be covered in this seminar.

  • National Public Funding and Grants for innovation and development
  • EU Horizon SME – funding grants
  • EU Horizon collaboration project grants
  • Early investments Success Fee/ownership based
  • Small Institutional VCs
  • Small corporate VCs
  • Partnering
  • Institutional and large corporate VCs
  • National Public Funding and Grants for innovation and development

 

When: November 28th, 2019, 11.30-12.30

Where: Biomedicum 2

For whom: students, employees and researchers at KI

Welcome to register here the #6 module.