DAY 1: Tuesday, 4/2/2014 - "Handling your IPR"

Moderator: Iakovos Delioglanis, TIPS Project Partner, Q-PLAN North Greece Ltd, Greece

 Registration - Welcome and overview of the TIPS project and training academy 

• Mrs Heike Fischer - TIPS Project Manager, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, Germany
• Mrs Anne-Cecile Giacomoni - ALMA Consulting Group, France
  

Setting the scene for transport research exploitation

• The pathway from research to exploitation – what is exploitation, why exploit, how to exploit?
  Prof. Chris Nash - Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK

• FP7 requirements for your project`s exploitation plan
  Mr Ulrich Boes - URSIT Ltd., Bulgaria

Success factors and obstacles for successful R&D exploitation

• Impact factors for exploitation – part 1: Strengths and Weaknesses
  
  Open discussion with all participants
  Moderators:
  
  • Prof Chris Nash - Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK
  • Mr Josef Mikulik - Czech Transport Research Centre, Czech Republic

 The role of transport technology platforms in fostering exploitation

 Mr Josef Mikulik - Czech Transport Research Centre, Czech Republic

Intellectual property rights: Understanding the rules

• The challenge of joint ownership: Intellectual property rights in FP7 projects
  Mrs Jana Kratěnová - Technology Centre ASCR, Czech Republic

• Rules, potential and IP enforcement for your protection: Which IP right should be used?
  Mr Václav Suchý - Technology Centre ASCR, Czech Republic

 Exploitation plan (step 1) – Intellectual Property Rights

• Introduction to the TIPS Tool for Exploitation Support
  Mrs Heike Fischer - TIPS Project Manager, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, Germany
  
  
• Identify the exploitable results of your FP7 project - Participant individual exercise (Toolbox - Day 1)
  Goal: Develop a list of exploitable results deriving from your project
  
  
• IPR handling in your individual project – IPR play by the TIPS team
  Mr Ulrich Boes - URSIT Ltd., Bulgaria
  Goal: Identify your FP7 project internal IPR situation and the intentions of each partner with regard to the dissemination and use of all results

Elevator-Pitch-Cocktail

Get to know the other participants and their projects in the form of elevator pitching (2 minute presentations per project) and network over a glass of wine

DAY 2: Wednesday, 5/2/2014 - "Doing your SWOT Analysis"

Moderator: Mr Antonio D’Amico - TIPS Partner, SOPHIA Consulting, Italy

 How to know your potential market: Tools

• Market studies: Why and how to do them
  Mr Stefano Mainero - EPN Consulting Limited, UK
  
  
• Business plans - why and how to do it: the development of a complete and effective business plan is a must for accessing the market
  Mr Guillaume Zietek - ALMA Consulting Group, France

Success factors and obstacles for successful R&D exploitation

• Do’s and don`ts in R&D exploitation
  Mr Daniel Cadet - ALSTOM Transport, France
  
  
• Impact factors for exploitation – part 2: Opportunities and Threats
  
  Open discussion with all participants
  Moderators: 
  
  • Mr Daniel Cadet - ALSTOM Transport, France
  • Prof Stratos Papadimitriou - University of Piraeus, Department of Maritime Studies, Greece

Exploitation strategies – a practice case from research

• Prof Stratos Papadimitriou - University of Piraeus, Department of Maritime Studies, Greece

Exploitation plan (step 2) – SWOT analysis

• SWOT Analysis - a structured planning method used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of the integration of the exploitable results in your existing businesses
  Mrs Heike Fischer - TIPS Project Manager, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, Germany
  
  
• Identify strength and weaknesses for the exploitation of your FP7 project results - Participant individual exercise (Toolbox - Day 2)
  Goal: Identify those internal factors that are helpful to achieve the objectives and those that are barriers to achieve the objectives
  
  
• Identify opportunities and threats for the exploitation of your FP7 project results - Participant individual exercise
  Goal: Identify external factors that boost and external factors that hinder the achievement of your objectives. Raise questions such as:
• Market assessment: Possible application sectors, size, trends, specific rules, key players
• Fits to your own strategy?
• Market readiness of your result(s)?

• Exploitation plan including action plan and timing - participant individual exercise

Speed-Dating-Cocktail

Get to know the other participants in the form of speed dating and network with each other while enjoying a glass of French wine and good cheese

DAY 3: Thursday, 6/2/2014 - "Planning your Eploitation

Moderator: Mrs Anne-Cecile Giacomoni, TIPS Project Partner, ALMA Consulting, France

Possible exploitation routes: Financial support to bring your result nearer to the market or to carry out further R&D activities

• A guide to European transport research
  Mr Carlo Corposanto - European Commission, DG Research and Innovation
  
  
• Financing facilities under Horizon 2020 - the new mechanisms: debt facility and equity facility
  Mr Carlo Corposanto - European Commission, DG Research and Innovation
  
  
• SME Instrument in HORIZON2020
  Mrs Anne-Cecile Giacomoni - TIPS Project Partner, ALMA Consulting, France
  
  
• Eurostars: Supports to SMEs for transnational innovation
  Mrs Heike Fischer - TIPS Project Manager, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, Germany

• Role of standards and normalisation in the exploitation of results
  Mr Jean-François LEGENDRE - Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR), France
  

 Networking lunch

Get in contact with networks offering support

• Finding the right business and R&D partners, technology watch and promotion
  Ms Lea Kane - Josef Stefan Institute, Enterprise Europe Network, Slovenia
  
  
• Private financing opportunities for R&D projects
  Mr Sébastien Touvron - Rhône Alpes Creation, France

Optional visit to the security command post of the Lyon urban traffic

 16:30