INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN UNIVERSITIES Istanbul, May 23 – 25, 2013 Boğaziçi University
Albert Long Hall and the Rectorate Conference Room Simultaneous Translation (English-Turkish) will be available
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013 Location: Albert Long Hall
8:30 – 9:30	Registration

9:30 – 10:00	Opening ceremony Welcome addresses by Prof. Gülay Barbarosoğlu, Rector, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey Mr. Tuğrul Tekbulut, Chairman of the Board, LOGO Business Solutions, Istanbul, Turkey Mr. Nihat Ergün, Minister, Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, Ankara, Turkey

10:00 – 11:00	Panel 1:	International, Regional and National Strategies of Public Institutions on The Role of TTOs To Enhance University & Industry Relations
	Chair:	Prof. Lale Akarun, Vice-Rector, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
	Speaker:	Ms. Olga Spasic, Head, Innovation Structures Section, Innovation Division, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland
	Speaker:	Mr. Thomas Bereuter, Administrator Academia, European Patent Academy, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich, Germany
	Speaker:	Prof. Habip Asan, President, Turkish Patent Institute (TPE), Ankara, Turkey
	Speaker:	Prof. Durmuş Günay, Executive Board Member, The Council of Higher Education (YÖK), Ankara, Turkey

11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:30	Panel 2:	TTOs: Best Practices
	Chair:	Prof. Mehmet Nafi Artemel, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
	Speaker:	Prof. Richard Jennings, Deputy Director of Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge University Technical Services (CUTS), UK
	Speaker:	Prof. Manuel Fuertes, Science & Technology Transfer Consultant, The Technology Transfer Company of The University of Oxford (ISIS), Oxford, UK
	Speaker:	Prof. Richard Cahoon, President at BioProperty Strategy Group, Inc.and ex-Director of Tech Transfer at Cornell University, New York, USA
	Speaker:	Prof. Brain Graves, Director from Imperial Innovations, Imperial College, London, UK
	Speaker:	Prof. Volkan Atalay, Vice-rector Middle East Technical University, Ankara,Turkey

12:30 - 14:00	Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:00	Panel 3:	Assessment Tools, Methodologies and Due Diligence
	Chair:	Mr. Serhat Görgün, Managing partner, Inveon, Istanbul, Turkey
	Speaker:	Mr. Taj S. Mattu, Director, Foresight Science & Technology (UK) Ltd, Oxford, UK
	Speaker:	Mr. Claude Kaplan, Managing Director, Consulting IP-Pragmatics, London, UK
	Speaker:	Ms. Shirley Gee, Chair, Life Science Committee, Keiretsu Forum and Retiree, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley,California
	Speaker:	Mr. Jacques Darcy, Head of Division at the EIB / European Investment Fund, Luxembourg
	Speaker:	Mr. Philip Purnell, Strategic Business Manager, Thomson Reuters

15:00 – 15:30	Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00	Panel 4:	An Enhanced & Accelerated Technology Transfer Model: iFour - A fast way out for Turkish Universities and SMEs
	Chair / Moderator	Dr. Suat Genç, Vice President Acting (Strategy and Technology Development) TUBITAK Marmara Reserach Center (MAM), Gebze Turkey
	“iFour Model”	Dr. Suat Genç, Vice President Acting (Strategy and Technology Development) TUBITAK Marmara Reserach Center (MAM), Gebze Turkey
	Inventor	Prof. Alper Şen, Computer Engineering Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
	Investor	Mr. Yalın Geçer, Business Development and Investment Manager, Alesta Girişim, Istanbul, Turkey
	Industrializer	Ms. Mine Galip Koca, Network Marketing Director MobiPay-OpenRevolution, Istanbul, Turkey
	Incubator	Mr. Mustafa Kızıltaş, GM METUTECH-TTO, Ankara, Turkey

17:00	Reception in the foyer of Albert Long Hall

FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013 Location: Albert Long Hall Kriton Curi Room Simultaneous Translation (English-Turkish) will be available (Closed Session with TUBITAK 1513 Awardee 10 University TTOs only)
8:30 – 9:30	Coffeee & Refreshments

9:00 – 9:30	Welcome addresses by Prof. Lale Akarun, Vice-Rector, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

9:30 – 11:00	Roundtable presentations by TTO Executives

11:00 – 11:30	General Feedback and Recommendations by the Panel of Experts
	Ms. Olga Spasic, Head, Innovation Structures Section, Innovation Division, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Thomas Bereuter, Administrator Academia, European Patent Academy, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich, Germany Prof. Richard Jennings, Deputy Director of Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge University Technical Services(CUTS), UK Prof. Manuel Fuertes, Science & Technology Transfer Consultant, The technology transfer company of the University of Oxford (ISIS), Oxford, UK Prof. Richard Cahoon, President at BioProperty Strategy Group, Inc.and ex-Director of Tech Transfer at Cornell University, New York, USA Prof. Brain Graves, Director from Imperial Innovations, Imperial College, London, UK Ahmet Rıza Balım, TUBITAK TEYDEB Technology Transfer Mechanisms Support Group Committee Secretary, Ankara, Turkey

11:30 – 12:00	Transportation to Sait Halim Paşa Yalısı for networking and lunch hosted by European Investment Fund (EIF) and Istanbul Venture Capital Initiative (iVCi)
12:00 - 12:30	Networking
12:30 - 12:45	Welcoming address by Ms. Pınar Eczacıbaşı (iVCi Strategic Network Chair)
13:30 – 14:00	Presentation by Mr. Jacques Darcy (EIF- Head of Technology Transfer Division)
14:00 – 14:30	Concluding Remarks
	Dr. Suat Genç, Vice President Acting (Strategy and Technology Development) TUBITAK Marmara Reserach Center (MAM), Gebze Turkey Farewell addresses by Prof. Lale Akarun, Vice-Rector, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

SATURDAY, MAY 25, 2013 Location: Rectorate Conference Hall (Enrolment Required and please note that the training will be conducted in Turkish, and you should bring your own laptop)
09:30 – 17:00	Coffee & Refreshments, and Lunch will be served.
	Patent Research Training
	Trainers: Mr. Mustafa Çakır, Manager, Patents and Technology Transfer Department, Ege University Science and Technology Centre (EBİLTEM) Mr. Aykut Gülalanlar, Manager, Projects and Business Development, Ege University Science and Technology Centre (EBİLTEM)