IDEA to MARKET Workshop: Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer, 28 Oct 2011
by Pria Chetty & Katherine Thompson (Technology and Innovation Law at PwC), Dr Zenia Barnard (Gradnet) and Dr Audrey Verhaeghe (RIIS)
RIIS (in collaboration with eMonti STP) are hosting an Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer Workshop, as part of the RIIS Innovation Management Workshop Series 2011. You are cordially invited to attend.
When: 8:30 for 9:00 to 15:00 on Friday, 28 October 2011
Where: At the Innovation Hub, Pretoria DOWNLOAD THE MAP HERE
Cost: 1 900 (incl VAT) – Southern African Innovation Network (SAINe) members qualify for 10% discount! One year membership extended to 31 December 2012! (www.saine.co.za)
Seats are limited!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE before 12:00 on 27 October 2011.
Who should attend?
Innovation, R&D and technology managers, inventors, innovators and solution seekers
Preliminary agenda (subject to change)
For any further queries please e-mail riette@riis.co.za.
What is Technology Transfer?
Technology Transfer is the process of transferring skills, knowledge, technologies, methods and samples of manufacturing, as well as facilities among governments, universities or public benefit organizations to ensure that scientific and technological developments are accessible to a wider range of users who can then further develop and exploit the technology into new products, processes, applications, materials or services. It is closely related to knowledge transfer. Technology transfer also includes moving promising research projects into a level of maturity ready for mass production and commercialization.
PRESENTERS:
Pria Chetty
Pria is an Associate Director within the PwC Southern African practice, responsible for advisory services relating to intellectual property and technology law. Pria has over 7 years experience in particularly ICT and IP legal and regulatory matters as well as development of methodologies, including IP Due Diligence. Prior to joining PwC, Pria founded Chetty Law, which serviced several of South Africa’s largest organisations on aspects of ICT and IP management, contracts, policies, legal compliance and legal risk management.
Katherine Thompson
Katherine is a legal advisor within the PwC Southern African practice, servicing clients on aspects of ICT and intellectual property regulation and compliance. Her combined qualifications and practice enable her to understand the commercial imperative that supports legal requirements. Katherine’s work has included the development of methodologies and assessments for the review of organizations conformance with ICT and IP regulation, training and reviewing the impact of regulation on proposed business processes.
Zenia Barnard
www.zeniabarnard.com
Zenia is the Founder and Managing Director at Gradnet (in partnership with Google), a spin-off company resulting from her doctoral research. She also partners with enterprises in aligning their company objectives with a practical information management strategy and relevant supporting technology. Her field of expertise is Information Science with a focus on ICTs, the Web, online community portals for social and business networking, customer relationship management (CRM) and new media. She values action research for practical application in support of a dynamic and sustainable world.
After completing her Bachalaureus degree at the University of Stellenbosch, she obtained her Honnours and Masters degrees in Information Science at the University of Johannesburg (formerly known as the Rand Afrikaans University). In 2007, she obtained her doctoral degree in Information Science at this institution. She has published numerous articles in accredited international journals, refereed peer-reviewed articles in accredited international journals, and presented numerous papers at international conferences.
Zenia worked as the Senior Manager: Commercialization & Technology Transfer at the University of Johannesburg after being seconded as the Senior Manager: Strategic Partnerships, responsible for Fundraising, Development, Alumni Relations and Community Engagement. She is still a part-time senior lecturer for the postgraduate Management Information Systems (MIS) class at this institution.
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