The Office of Research Administration and Compliance is pleased to announce a training opportunity for campus staff and faculty. The NCURA live satellite workshop, "Technology Transfer for the Research Administrator," will take place on Tuesday, September 12, 2006, from  8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in Sibley Auditorium in the Bechtel Engineering Center.

Although there will be no cost, attendees must register due to limited seating. The schedule, workshop presentation, and other material are available from NCURA online. Please note there is a case study with two contracts that all attendees should review in advance of the program. Please bring your own copy of the handouts to the workshop. Copies of the schedule and powerpoint presentation will be available at the workshop.

Date: September 12, 2006
Time: 8:30 a.m. – noon
Location: Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center
Workshop schedule, handouts, and other information: available online from NCURA the week before the workshop

Description: The ins and outs of Technology Transfer, the conveyance of intellectual property developed by university researchers over to the private sector where it can be commercialized to better serve the public good, can appear to be unduly complex to the layperson. This workshop will provide an overview of the technology transfer process and the thought processes and necessary infrastructure underlying it. Topics covered will include the Bayh-Dole Act, the Tax Reform Act of 1986, patents, licenses, options, copyrights, trade secrets and trademarks, research agreements, confidential disclosure agreements, and material transfer agreements. The workshop will also provide a historical context for the rationale behind government, university, and industry collaborations which facilitate such transfer of technology to the private sector.

Learning Objectives:
Participants will: gain an increased repertoire of contract language to use in negotiations; and have a better understanding of how industry views, reviews, and manages agreements.

Moderator: Connie Armentrout, Director, Technology Licensing, Monsanto Company
Faculty: Ann Hammersla, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, Office of Intellectual Property Counsel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Susan Butts, Director of External Technology, Dow Chemical Company;
Ray Wheatley, Director for Technology Transfer, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas