Tech Transfer | Webinar 4: From Research to Market

The fourth of the four Tech Transfer webinars

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Free Admission

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Online

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Day
Wednesday
Time
14:00-19:00
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Online

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Uni.Fund and the Onassis Foundation are concluding their joint "Tech Transfer" initiative, for the support of technology transfer processes at Greek universities and research centers, with a fourth and final webinar tackling the topic “From Research to Market”.

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Webinar Four, titled “From Research to Market”, seeks to highlight successful instances of technology transfer at Greek universities and research centers, as well as the policies being implemented both at co-supervisory ministry level, and at university and research center level.

The webinar consists of three distinct but interdependent units, the first dedicated to research centers, the second to university-level institutions, and the third to EquiFund Innovation Window Funds and their support for technology transfer over the last three-and-a-half years.

Research center level initiatives will be presented by: Christos Dimas, Deputy Minister for Research and Technology; George Nounesis, Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors at the National Center for Scientific Research “Democritus”; and Nektarios Tavernarakis, Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (FORTH). They will be discussing successful examples of technology transfer undertaken by the companies Advent Technologies, Nanoplasmas, Cyrus, and BIOPIX-T.

Similarly, university level initiatives will be reported on by: Angelos Syrigos, Deputy Minister for Education and Religious Affairs; Dimitris Bourantonis, Rector at the Athens University of Economics and Business; Andreas Boudouvis, Rector at the National Technical University of Athens; and Nikos Papaioannou, Rector at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. They will be presenting instances of technology transfer undertaken by the companies FoodOxys, PLiN Nanotechnology, Kinems, Navenio, and iCOMAT.

Last but not least, the third part of this event, moderated by Marina Hatsopoulos, will see the topic tackled by George Giakoumakis (EIF), Aristos Doxiadis (Big Pi), George Karantonis (Metavallon), Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou (Velocity.Partners) and Konstantinos Lafkas (Uni.Fund), all of whom are EquiFund Innovation Window Funds partners.

The event will conclude with an overview of the Tech Transfer initiative.

Program

Part I - From Research to Market: The Case of the Greek Research Space

14:00-14:40 | Government & Research Centers’ Policy on Tech Transfer

Christos Dimas, Deputy Minister of Development & Investments / Research, Innovation & Technology
George Nounesis, Director and Chairman of the Board, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”
Nektarios Tavernarakis, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH)

14:40-15:30 | Greek Research Centers’ Spin-offs: The Path to Success

Vassilis Grigoriou, Co-Founder, Advent Technologies
Kosmas Ellinas, Co-Founder, Nanoplasmas
Thanos Stubos, Co-Founder, Cyrus
Sergios Katsaros, Co-Founder, BIOPIX-T

15:30-16:00 | Discussion and Q&A Session

Part II - From Research to Market: The Case of the Greek University Space

16:00-16:40 | Government & Universities’ Policy on Tech Transfer

Angelos Syrigos, Deputy Minister of Education & Religious Affairs / Higher Education Issues
Dimitris Bourantonis, Rector, Athens University of Economics and Business
Andreas Boudouvis, Rector, National Technical University of Athens
Nikos Papaioannou, Rector, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

16:40-17:30 | Greek Universities’ Spin-offs: The Path to Success

Dimitris Kouretas, Founder & Scientific Associate, FoodOxys
Alexandros Tsouknidas, Co-Founder & CEO, & Theodora Karamanidou, General Director, Plin Nanotechnology
Simos Retalis, Co-Founder & CEO, Kinems
Niki Trigoni, CTO, Navenio
Evangelos Zympeloudis, CEO, iCOMAT

17:30-18:00 | Discussion and Q&A Session

Part III - From Research to Market - The Perspective of the Funds

18:00-18:30 | The Funds of the EquiFund Innovation Window on Tech Transfer

Coordinator
Marina Hatsopoulos, Entrepreneur & Writer, Board Member, Levitronix Technologies

Panelists
George Giakoumakis, Mandate Manager, European Investment Fund (EIF)
Aristos Doxiadis, Partner, Big Pi
Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou, Partner, Velocity Partners
George Karantonis, Partner, Metavallon
Konstantinos Lafkas, Partner, Uni.Fund

18:30-18:45 | Discussion and Q&A Session

18:45-19:00 | Wrap-up & Closing of the Tech Transfer Joint Initiative

Katerina Pramatari, Partner, Uni.Fund, Head of the Sectorial Scientific Council of Tech Transfer & IP, National Council for Research, Technology & Innovation
Prodromos Tsiavos, Head of Digital and Innovation, Onassis Group, Director IPR-I, EPLO

Credits

  • Initiative

    Onassis Foundation & Uni.Fund

  • Program Management

    Katerina Pramatari (Uni.Fund, Partner), Prodromos Tsiavos (Onassis Foundation, Head of Digital and Innovation)

  • Production Management

    Lila Despotidou (Uni.Fund, Associate), Ioanna Margariti (Onassis Stegi, Digital Programs Executive)

  • Webinar platform coordination

    Heracles Papatheodorou (Onassis Stegi, Digital & Innovation Coordinator)

This webinar series was run under the auspices of the Sectoral Scientific Council for Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property at the National Council for Research and Innovation (NCRI), and is co-organized by the Athens Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ACEin), the Athens University of Economics and Business, the Institute for Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation (IPRI) at the European Public Law Organization (EPLO), and the Hellenic Industrial Property Academy (HIPA).