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1 INSME Association Federal Investment Council (CFI) International Training Course Management of Innovation and Technology Transfer 5 8 July, 2005 Draft Agenda as of April 29 th, 2005 Venue: CFI Headquarters San Martín 871 CP 1004 Buenos Aires, Argentina Detailed Training program - Draft Version (April 2005) 1

2 Tuesday, 5 th of July 2005 Session 1: Managing the Technology Transfer Process Main Topic: Assessing the technology and innovation needs Moderator: Mr. A. Furlani (8:30 13:00) 8:30 9:00 - Registration of participants at CFI headquarters 9:00 9:30 - Opening remarks by the co-hosts Ms. Marta Velázquez Cao (CFI) Ms. Simona Marzetti (INSME) Mr. Pablo D. Kunik (OECD) 9:30 10: 00 - The role of networking and international cooperation to make innovation happen in SMEs o International Network for SMEs (INSME) Ms. Simona Marzetti (INSME Association Secretary General) 10:00 10: 45 - The national innovation systems Ms. Paula Prados (INTI) 10:45 13:00 - The technology transfer process: o Identification of technologies and preparation of technology dossiers o Technology Audit - The technology broker profession - Technology audit test (part 1): o Customer needs assessment simulation. Introduction and analysis of the case study back-ground documentation to carry out the technology audit 13:00 14:15 Lunch Break Detailed Training program - Draft Version (April 2005) 2

3 Tuesday, 5 th of July 2005 Session 2: Managing Technologies and Innovations in SMEs Main Topic: Commercialisation of innovation and technology search Moderator: Mr. A. Furlani (14:15 18:00) 14:15 16:30 - Identification of potential clients - Marketing of technologies - Commercialisation of innovation and technologies - Connectivity with Knowledge Institutions 16:30 18:00 - Technology Watch and Business Intelligence - Technology Acquisition - Negotiation Techniques and Strategies 19:00-21:00 Welcome cocktail offered by the Embassy of Italy in Buenos Aires Detailed Training program - Draft Version (April 2005) 3

4 Wednesday, 6 th of July 2005 Session 3: Outdoor training: Technology audit Main Topic: Commercialisation of innovation and technology search Moderator: Mr. A. Furlani (8:30 18:30) Bus transfer from CFI headquarters to the site of the technology audit (place to be advised) 9:30 13:00 - Audit Technology services (30 ): - Working group development of the Technology audit test (Part 2): Presentation of the case study (Company data) (45 ) Work group dossier analysis (45 ) Entrepreneur presentation (60 ) Questions & Answers and for preliminary work group discussions (30 ) 13:30 14:30 Lunch Break Bus transfer to CFI 14:30 18:30 - Technology audit test (Part 3) - Presentation o Fine-tuning and development of the technology audit (120 ) o Group presentation, feedback and wrap-up (90 ) Accompanying expert: To be nominated Dinner offered by CFI Detailed Training program - Draft Version (April 2005) 4

5 Thursday, 7 th of July 2005 Session 4: Legal aspects of technology transfer Moderator: Mr. Esteban Burrone (WIPO) (9:00 13:15) 9:00 10:00 Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights Mr. Esteban Burrone (WIPO) 10:00-10:30 Legal Aspects of Technology Transfer o Technology Transfer Agreements (Licensing,, Joint Ventures, Franchising, etc.) Mr. Fernando Noetinger (Noetinger & Armando Law Firm) 11:00 11:15 Coffee Break 11:15 12:15 The Experience of the CONICET in the Use of Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transfer: analysis of case studies 12:15 13:15 Building a Technology and IP Strategy in an Argentinean Technology-based Firm Mr. Javier Gómez, (CONICET) Dr. Gustavo Bianchi (INVAP) 13:15 14:15 Lunch Break Bus transfer from CFI headquarters to an academic institution Session 5: Outdoor training Academic research and industry linkages (14:45 17:30) 14:45 17:30 - Academic research - Industry linkages and commercialisation of technologies: Site visit: University of Quilmes ( Speaker to be nominated Accompanying experts: To be nominated Bus transfer to CFI 20: Dinner offered by the co-hosts ( Location to be advised) Detailed Training program - Draft Version (April 2005) 5

6 Friday, 8 th of July 2005 Session 6: Investment, Finance and Enterprise Innovation Main Topic: Finance for innovation Moderator: Mr. P. D. Kunik (OECD) (9:00 13:00) 9:00 9:45 - UNCTAD Science and Technology Development network Mr. Mongi Hamdi (UNCTAD) in video conference 9:45 11:45 - Preliminary results of the Interamerican Development Bank (IADB) programs in the area of Science Innovation and Technology o Case study 11: Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) - Investment and Foreign Trade Bank (BICE) - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) - Meta Group Mr. Pablo Angelelli (IADB) Mr. Luiz Eduardo Melin (BNDES) Mr. Sergio Bonacossa (BICE) Mr. Mario Cimoli (ECLAC) Mr. Luigi Amati (Meta Group) 12: Discussion and wrap up Closing Session (part 1) (13:15 13:45) 13:15-13:45 - Final Test Trainees 13:45 14:45 Lunch Break Closing Session (part 2) (14:45 16:15) 14:45 15:15 - Evaluation, discussion and feed-back With the coordination of : To be nominated (CFI) Ms. Simona Marzetti (INSME) Detailed Training program - Draft Version (April 2005) 6

7 15:15 16:15 Closing Session: - Remarks and wrap up - Guest: To be nominated - Presentation of attendance certificates 16:15 onward OPTION 1 - Networking session on potential technology transfer projects and ideas With the coordination of : FREE TIME OPTION 2 - A city tour might be arranged at a nominal cost To be nominated (CFI) Detailed Training program - Draft Version (April 2005) 7

8 TRAINERS Chief Executive Officer INVENT S.A.S. ( and INNOVA S.P.A. ( Mr. Esteban Burrone Consultant, SMEs Division World Intellectual Property Organization -WIPO ( Mr. Fernando Noetinger - Speaker on behalf of the SMEs Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization -WIPO ( Noetinger & Armando Law Firm Mr. Pablo Angelelli Expert in entrepreneurial development SMEs Division of the Inter-American Development Bank IADB ( Mr. Mongi Hamdi Chief Science and Technology Section Policy and Capacity Building Branch, Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD ( Mr. Mario Cimoli - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean - ECLAC ( Mr. Pablo Damián Kunik - Manager South America Investment, Finance and Enterprise Development Programme (SA IFED) Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD ( Ms. Marta Velázquez Cao Director Federal Investment Council - CFI ( Mr. Luiz Eduardo Melin - Director Foreign Trade Department, Brazilian Development Bank -BNDES ( Mr. Sergio Bonacossa Vice Manager, Credit Risk Investment and Foreign Trade Bank - BICE ( Luigi Amati - Chief Executive Officer Meta Group ( Ms. Paula Prados Economic Advisor, International Technical Cooperation National Institute of Industrial Technology - INTI ( Mr. Javier Gómez - Director of Technology Transfer, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research CONICET ( Dr. Gustavo Bianchi INVAP ( Ms. Simona Marzetti Secretary General International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises - INSME Association ( Detailed Training program - Draft Version (April 2005) 8

9 TUTORS Mr. Mariano G. Cordone, Deputy Head INSME Secretariat International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises - INSME Association ( Mr. Rubén Daffinoti Program coordinator: "Red de Servicios para la competitividad de las pymes en el mercado global". Federal Investment Council -CFI ( ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS This international training programme is organised by INSME and CFI in collaboration with: ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean IADB Inter-American Development Bank INTI - National Institute of Industrial Technology OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development UNCTAD United Nation Conference on Trade and Development UNQ National University of Quilmes WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organisation And the support of the: Embassy of Italy Buenos Aires The training course will be in English and Spanish. Simultaneous interpretation will be available. About 40 trainees are estimated to participate in this programme. A registration process and a tuition fee is foreseen. Tuition fees: Standard fee: 500 Reduced fee: 300 for : INSME Association members; Participants from non OECD Countries Registrations and payments of the tuition fee have to be made by participants before the beginning of the training programme. For information contact: secretariat@insme.org Detailed Training program - Draft Version (April 2005) 9

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