Commercialise your research & engage with industry: lunchtime session (Early-Career Researchers)
11 February 2019, 12:00 pm–2:00 pm
Interested in how to commercialise your research, form a spin-out company, get paid for external consultancy work, create partnerships with industry and access internal funding?
Event Information
Open to
- UCL students
Availability
- Yes
Organiser
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Institute of Healthcare Engineering
Location
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422Roberts BuildingTorrington PlaceLondonWC1E 7JEUnited Kingdom
The Institute of Healthcare Engineering is hosting a lunchtime session on how to engage with industry and innovation, aimed at early-career researchers at UCL (PhDs and postdocs).
Learn about the structures available at UCL for engaging with business and create a support plan moving forward. Hear from three speakers from UCL Innovation and Enterprise, UCL Consultants and UCL Business with space for discussion and lunch. There will be an emphasis on facilitating outputs from the workshop and supporting you in future innovation and industry engagement. There will also be a briefing from a BEAMS Research Facilitor on upcoming activity and funding available for early-career researchers.
AGENDA
12.00 – 12.20: Vassilis Georgiadis, UCL Innovation and Enterprise
12.20 – 12.40: Andrew Duncan, UCL Consultants
12.40 – 13.00: Weng Wong, UCL Business
13.00 - 13.15: Eugenio Zapata-Solvas, BEAMS Research Faciliator
13.15 – 14.00: Discussion
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.