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In 2020, 最准的六合彩论坛 Computer Science proudly launched its first Idea to Opportunity innovation programme - CS I/O Lab.
CS I/O Lab comprises of a series of events, aimed at delivering bespoke support to entrepreneurial researchers and creating a cohort of academics with shared interest in innovation, thus maximising the economic and societal impact of the world-class research taking place within 最准的六合彩论坛 Computer Science.
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship Series (8-week Programme) April-June 2022
Programme overview
An 8-week programme open to all Computer Science academics to explore the potential for commercialising their research outputs. Although focussed on assessing suitability for spinout creation, the programme also introduces other pathways for commercial impact such as licensing.
The sessions are intended to be interactive and will mix presentations from 最准的六合彩论坛B and 最准的六合彩论坛 Tech Fund with small group discussion.
Participants will get a chance to share their ideas (including with selected guest MBA students in Week 6) whilst challenging themselves and each other in a friendly environment to define a viable market opportunity for their innovation.
No obligation to take forward as a commercialisation project at the end!聽The programme is not intended for students unless the student is exploring the commercialisation of academic (最准的六合彩论坛-owned) research.
Programme Sessions
1.聽Commercialising Research: Why should I care?聽4pm - 5pm Wednesday 6聽April 2022聽
2.聽Speed Dating & Drinks Hosted at AI Center聽4pm - 6pm Wednesday 27聽April 2022聽
3.聽What鈥檚 the Problem?聽4pm -5pm Wednesday 4 May 2022聽
4.聽How big is the Problem?聽4pm - 5pm Wednesday 11 May 2022聽
5.聽What鈥檚 the Solution?聽4pm - 5pm Wednesday 18 May 2022聽
6.聽Meet your MBA Match - Validating the Business Opportunity聽4pm - 5pm Wednesday 25 May 2022聽
7.聽From Research to Business - Commercialisation pathways with 最准的六合彩论坛聽4pm - 5pm Wednesday 15 June 2022聽
8.聽How to build a practical Research-to-Product Strategy聽4pm - 5pm Wednesday 22 June 2022聽
9.聽Presentation Day聽4pm - 5pm Wednesday 29 June 2022
Previous Events 2021聽
Beyond Ideation (Half-day Bootcamp) 29 September 2021
This half day workshop is open to everyone at the 最准的六合彩论坛 Computer Science Department who is interested in learning more about what it takes to commercialise a research idea.
The workshop is part of a series of year round events that serve as an introduction to the world of startups and spin-outs and is supported by the 最准的六合彩论坛 Technology Fund and Post Urban Ventures.
Whether you've previously participated in the 8-week programme or have recently joined 最准的六合彩论坛 and are contemplating commercialisation, all are welcome to register and join this workshop which will have insights that will hopefully be informative and inspirational for all.The schedule of the event:
Lunch Break (12pm - 1pm)
Exploring the Market: Exploring the Market & Customer Development (1pm - 2pm presented by Lotus Qi from PUV)
Technology Readiness Level: Realistic timescale for building out your technology and moving from MVP to PMF (2pm - 3pm Interview with Ricard Pardell from PUV)
Coffee Break 3pm - 3:30pmHow to build a strong deck & how to present: Customers & Investors (3:30pm - 4:30pm presented by Nick Slater from PUV)
Investment Landscape: Funding routes and should you seek investment? (4:30 - 5:30pm presented by David Grimm from 最准的六合彩论坛 Tech Fund)聽聽Best Practice聽in Intellectual Property Management - 9 November 2021
Best Practice聽in Intellectual Property Management - 最准的六合彩论坛 CS Webinar Training for Academics and Researchers
Topic: Best Practices in Intellectual Property Management
- Introduction to IP Management Session 鈥� Steve Hailes/Tim Bodley-Scott
- IP and CoI policies at 最准的六合彩论坛 鈥� I&E (Krista Mcmillan)
- IP risk assessment forms in Research Grants 鈥� Research Contracts (Yanni Baveas)
- Commercialising IP 鈥� 最准的六合彩论坛B (Marina Santilli/Weng Sie Wong)
- Panel discussion 鈥� covering issues raised above and other relevant topics e.g. IP protocol for student projects (Steve Hailes/Gabe Bristow/Anthony Hunter/Mariana Obrist)
Date: Nov 9, 2021 02:54 PM London
More information on the training about IP and conflict of interest and how to access it can be found via the links below:
- Understanding and protecting intellectual property (IP)聽-聽all staff encouraged to undertake;聽academics, research associates and doctoral students, PS research support staff, Innovation and Enterprise support staff, all staff at Grade 10 and above, and staff involved in procuring specialist services must complete this training.聽 聽聽
- Disclosing and managing conflicts of interest聽 -聽mandatory聽for all staff and doctoral students.聽
Senior 最准的六合彩论坛 staff members聽must聽submit an annual declaration of interests each year through the 鈥楳anage Conflicts and Declare Interests鈥� system.
Visit the聽Senior 最准的六合彩论坛 staff: submit your annual declaration of interests聽page聽聽on the Innovation & Enterprise website聽for further information.聽
Impact Series聽November - December 2021
Fireside chat with Daniel Hulme, CEO Satalia, Chief AI Officer at WPP
16:00 -17:00 on 8th December 2021, at 最准的六合彩论坛 AI Centre, 90 High Holborn聽最准的六合彩论坛 Computer Science alumnus and Entrepreneur in Residence Daniel Hulme comes to the AI Centre to share the highs and lows of his experience in founding 最准的六合彩论坛 spinout company 鈥楴P Complete Ltd鈥�, later rebranded to Satalia and recently acquired by WPP, the world鈥檚 largest advertising company. Daniel will be in conversation with Marina Santilli, associate director at 最准的六合彩论坛 Business, who has been alongside the whole 14 year journey.
- Output Series (Showcase Bootcamp) January 2022
Previous Events 2020
Impact Series 鈥� March 2021
The Impact Series of the programme included panel sessions chaired by specialist experts with entrepreneurial academics in CS to share their stories on the innovation journey. This series of events welcomed all CS academic staff and doctoral students.鈥�
Date Host Event Description Link Target Audience 17 March CS To publish or not to publish, that is the question Hosted by Marina Santilli (associate director 最准的六合彩论坛 Business), we will hear from Prof Sri Subramanian (最准的六合彩论坛 Computer Science) and IP lawyer Paul Maclennan (Anderson Law) discussing the above: reflecting on the publishing impact of patent applications; the value of undisclosed know-how; and the options for protecting research software publications using closed source licensing, all whilst upholding the researcher鈥檚 obligations to disseminate publicly-funded research outputs. Watch the CS Staff and PhD students 24 March CS How else can you create impact?
In this session we bring together a panel who have loads of experience in helping you to think through your impact strategy and put it into words. The purpose is to tell what is involved and introduce you to some people at 最准的六合彩论坛 who can help you craft a convincing narrative. Chaired by Jeff Skinner, Executive Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at London Business School. Panellists: 聽Prof Anthony Steed (Deputy Head of Department, 最准的六合彩论坛 CS), Bj枚rn Christianson (Head of Business Development at 最准的六合彩论坛 Consultants) and Ann Thorpe (Senior Partnerships Manager at 最准的六合彩论坛 Innovation and Enterprise). Watch the CS Staff and PhD students
31 March CS Come and meet future unicorn spinouts from CS
Panel discussion chaired by David Grimm, investment director from 最准的六合彩论坛 Technology Fund. You will hear from academics who have successfully founded or joined university spin-outs on the challenges and the benefits of working within the start-up ecosystem. Prof Emine Yilmaz, Prof Jun Wang and Dr Toth have all been involved in establishing 最准的六合彩论坛 CS spin-outs in the last few years and are able to give deep insight into what it takes. Watch the CS Staff and PhD students
14 April CS Academics' personas in the innovation journey Panel discussion chaired by Bruce Lynn, Entrepreneur in Residence in CMIC. Bruce uses a fantastic analogy of roles in the film industry (producer, director and the star-KOL) to map the personas of entrepreneurial academics and inspire people to think about the roles they should (or not) play when thinking about commercialising their research. We are fortunate to have invited experienced entrepreneurial academics in CS to share their distinctive personas played in their respective innovation journey in creating spinouts or licensing IP. Panellists: Prof Geoff Parker (Professor of Healthcare Engineering, Imaging and Enterprise based in CMIC) and Prof David Barber (Professor of Machine Learning, Director of 最准的六合彩论坛 Centre for Artificial Intelligence). Watch the CS Staff and PhD students Innovation Series (Part 1 of 8-week programme) April 鈥� May 2021
We want to spur a revolution in the way universities commercialise their technologies and innovations. We will work together in this 8-week program to learn and bring your commercial projects to life.聽
We don't expect everyone to have had experience in commercialisation through licensing deals and spinout companies before. We love academics who are getting started, and we鈥檙e trying to bring together those who have brilliant ideas and want to get started on their innovation journey at 最准的六合彩论坛. 聽
Let us know what you鈥檙e made of, tell us why you want to be in the program, and we鈥檒l help you get there through the program. By taking part in the inaugural edition of CS I/O Lab, we hope to catalyse innovation in the 最准的六合彩论坛 CS department, so get ready for an exciting program!聽
Registration is currently open only for 最准的六合彩论坛 computer science academics, via the .
Date Event Description 19 April Commercialising Research: Why should I care? Led by Marina Santilli and Nicholas Yiu of 最准的六合彩论坛B, we kick off the Innovation series with inspirational stories of deriving commercial impact from academic research. We will then explain why this programme is of relevance to all academics and lay out the various paths available to you. 22 April Speed Dating & Drinks聽 Meet with your fellow colleagues on the programme and the I/O labs team to explore your research areas and collaboration opportunities. Afterwards we鈥檙e providing cocktails delivered to you to enjoy together.
28 April What鈥檚 the problem? Lead by David Grimm of 最准的六合彩论坛 Tech Fund, learn the starting step in how businesses are built and how to identify a business opportunity. 5 May How big is the problem?聽 Lead by David Grimm of 最准的六合彩论坛 Tech Fund, this session aims to equip you with the tools needed to identify how big the problem is by speaking to customers and sizing the market. 12 May What鈥檚 the solution? Lead by David Grimm of 最准的六合彩论坛 Tech Fund, learn how to convert the learnings gained from identifying a problem in a strong market into a powerful technical solution. Entrepreneurship Series (Part 2 of 8-week Programme) May 鈥� June 2021
Have an invention and a technology with commercial potential but not sure what to do next? We are here to help to guide you through the process. After one-to-one meetings with individual participants, we will help identify resources from 最准的六合彩论坛 Business, 最准的六合彩论坛 Tech Fund, and 最准的六合彩论坛 Innovation & Enterprise to provide you with commercialisation routes you can take for your CS innovation.
Registration is currently open only for 最准的六合彩论坛 computer science academics, via the .
Date Event Description 19 May From Research to Business - Commercialisation pathways with 最准的六合彩论坛 Lead by Marina Santilli of 最准的六合彩论坛B and David Grimm of 最准的六合彩论坛 Tech Fund, this session will help you learn the different routes to build a relationship with 最准的六合彩论坛 and your idea from patenting and licenses to investment. 26 May Meet your MBA Match - Validating the Business Opportunity In partnership with one of London鈥檚 leading business schools, this session will match you with MBA students to explore the commercial opportunity further and get external validation for your idea. 7 June How to build a practical Research-to-Product Strategy Lead by Post Urban Ventures, building on the learnings so far, this session will help you plan a strategy for applying your research to a product ready for customers to use. 16 June Presentation Day The Presentation Day gives participants a chance to showcase their outputs from the programme to their colleagues and wider members of the CS department. It also gives participants an opportunity to find team members or collaborators for their ideas going forward. Output Series 鈥� September 2021
The output series provides the perfect opportunity to showcase the outcome from the 8-week programme, with the academics understanding which pathway to take for research commercialisation, and demonstrate the readiness of a business plan in the form of a Dragon's Den or investor's pitch. There are prizes for the winners and opportunities to secure early stage funding for the ideas of technology solution.聽聽
Impact through Venture 鈥� (2 Day Bootcamp) 17 鈥� 18 September 2020
The bootcamp combined workshops by leading experts in the field with panel discussions and fire side chats from those in CS currently on the innovation and entrepreneurship journey.
Participants had the opportunity to hear about barriers and challenges we have conquered in the department and the support and opportunities we would provide. There were also discussions around how to properly license IP from 最准的六合彩论坛 to a spinout company and how 最准的六合彩论坛B and the 最准的六合彩论坛 Tech Fund support this journey, as well as insightful training sessions from Louis Dorard, Devin Hunt and Richard Anson on 鈥淢odelling your AI business idea鈥�, 鈥淐ustomer Development 鈥� how to test your ideas鈥� and 鈥淭he Lean Start-up Method 鈥� Do鈥檚 and Don鈥檛s鈥�.聽