SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Opening Session: Defining Technology Transfer: Past, Present and Future |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Charles Maynard (Co-Chair)
Conference Introduction and Welcome |
7:40 pm - 8:30 pm | Gail Cassell (Eli Lilly, Indianapolis IN)
"Globalization and technology transfer at the crossroad" |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Jon Soderstrom (Yale University, New Haven CT) "The future of university technology transfer: Where do we go from here" |
9:30 pm | Welcome Reception |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Partnerships in the Era of Globalization |
| Discussion Leader: Bénédicte Callan (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | Cathy Garner (Association of University Technology Managers, Glasgow, Scotland) "The function of universities in global partnering" |
9:45 am - 10:30 am | Adrian Otten (World Trade Organization, Geneva) "The role of biotechnology in world trade" |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:45 am | Howard Bremer (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison WI) "Current collaboration strategies are working, or are they?" |
11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Lowell Harmison (The Harmison Group, Washington DC) "A model for government partnerships in the global era" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | University/Industry/Government Partnerships |
| Discussion Leader: Lita Nelsen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Lita Nelsen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA) "International partnerships" |
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Katsuya Tamai (Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo) "Japanese Model of Technology Transfer" |
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Michael von Doering (U. Tübingen, FRG) "University biotechnology alliances in Germany" |
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Deepesh Kholwadwala (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque NM) "Partnering with the Former Soviet Union: A model for the future" |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Technology Transfer in Developing Countries |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Mahoney (Center for the Management of Intellectual Property (MIHR), London) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Prabuddha Ganguli (VISION-IPR, Mumbai, India) "Technology transfer in India" |
9:30 am - 10:00 am | R.K. Gupta (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India)
"Intellectual property management at the Indian Government's Council of Industrial and Scientific Research" |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Zhu Chen (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing) "Intellectual property and challenges for China" |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Charles Wambebe (WHO, Brazzaville, Congo)
"Technology transfer and world health" |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | John Kilama (Global Bioscience Development Inc., Wilmington DE) "Technology Transfer in Africa" |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Antonio Paes de Carvalho (Extracta Molecules Naturais, Rio de Jenerio, Brazil) "Accessing biodiversity in Brazil: technology transfer and intellectual property issues" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Technology Transfer in Developing Countries |
| Discussion Leader: Tom Mays (Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Tom Mays (Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC)
"Transferring technologies between developed and developing countries" |
8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Hon. Bruce Lehman (International Intellectual Property Institute, Washington DC) "Can the world's patent laws all say the same thing?" |
8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Kathie Olsen (Office of Science & Technology Policy, White House) "US policy perspective: technology transfer in developing countries" |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Challenges for Developing Countries |
| Discussion Leader: Hannah Kettler (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle WA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Hannah Kettler (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA)
"The role of foundations in fostering public health in developing countries" |
9:40 am - 10:20 am | Patricia Atkinson Roberts (Malaria Vaccine Initiative at PATH, Seattle, WA) "Vaccines: New models must answer new challenges" |
10:20 am - 11:00 am | Leo Einck (Sequella, Rockville MD) "Sequella Global Tuberculosis Foundation (SGTBF), a Private Public Private Partnership for new tools for Tuberculosis" |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Ahvie Herskowitz (Institute for OneWorld Health, San Francisco CA)
"A model for developing new, affordable medicines for neglected diseases" |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Donald F. Gerson (International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York NY) "Planning for Tech Transfer and Manufacturing of an AIDS vaccine for the Developing World" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Global Business Market |
| Discussion Leader: Jesse Schulman (Capel Thompson & Homer, Middlesex UK) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Hector Herrera (Organization of American States, Washington DC) "Movement of capital in Central and South America" |
8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Steven Burrill (Burrill & Company, San Francisco CA) "Banking on biotechnology" |
8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Eric Poincelet (BioSquare SAS & World Life Sciences Forum BioVision, Lyon, France) "The new global business equation: 1+1+1+1 >> 4x1" |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Funding Technology Transfer Globally |
| Discussion Leader: Rafael Rangel (Empresas Polar, Caracas, Venezuela) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Rafael Rangel (Empresas Polar, Caracas, Venezuela) "Funding Systems Molecular Medicine as a Hub of Technology Transfer" |
9:40 am - 10:20 am | Alejandro Donoso (Aventis, Bridgewater NJ) "Role of licensing deals" |
10:20 am - 11:00 am | Prabhavathi Fernandes (DarPharma Inc., Chapel Hill NC) "Valuation of Technology for Licensing and Partnership" |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Paulo Arruda (Alellyx Applied Genomics, Campinas, Brazil) "Developing a competitive environment for genomics applied ag-biotechnology in Brazil" |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Mark Edwards (Recombinant Capital, Walnut Creek CA) "Sublicenses and downstream alliances: oil for the engine or sand for the gears?" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Business Meeting |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Business Strategies: Lessons Learned |
| Discussion Leader: Kate Murashige (Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Diego CA) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Ellen Evans (BTG, West Conshohocken PA) "Global Alliances in acquiring technologies" |
8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Steven Boyer (IBM, San Jose CA) "Integrating intellectual property into a digital world" |
8:50 pm - 9:25 pm | William Testerman (Ernst & Young, Washington DC) "What aspects of the US experience can or should be duplicated elsewhere?" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Rita Khanna (Co-chair)
Concluding Remarks |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |