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    IPR and entrepreneurship training, 9-10 November 2020


    Program


    QuESTech training: IPR and entrepreneurship

    9 – 10 November 2020, Online (organized by Aalto University and Quantum Technology Finland)


    Monday 9 November


    10:00 – 10:10  Welcome


    10:10 – 11:00 Opportunity and will – from researcher to entrepreneur (my story)

    Arttu Luukanen, Managing Director, Asqella

    -          My story from researcher to entrepreneur

    -          Why to become an entrepreneur?

    -          Entrepreneurship as a way to make meaning

    -          Risk taking

    -          The importance of building the right team


    11:00 – 12:00 Ideas and inventions – Introduction to IPR and patenting

    Teppo Häyrynen, Patent engineer, Espatent

    -          What is an invention and how and why to protect it?

    -          What is required for patenting it?

    -          When can I publish it? Does a patent restrict scientific work and publishing?

    -          Writing a patent application – working with a patent engineer/attorney.

    -          How to read a patent document? What is a patent claim?

    -          How much does patenting cost?

    -          What other IPR is valuable for a high-tech start-up?


    12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break


    13:00 – 14:00 From idea to business – Steps towards a successful new company

    Joel Takala, Business Coach, Aalto Startup Center

    -          I have a business idea – How to “start-up”?

    -          Steps from research-based idea to start-up

    -          Do I have to do it all on my own?

    -          What people do I need in my team?

    -          How to build a winning team?

    -          How to develop and test a scalable business model?


    14:00 – 15:00 Money – How to fund my deep-tech startup?

    Pauliina Martikainen, Investment Director, Maki.vc

    -          Where to take money and when? Role of venture capital (VC).

    -          How ownership is shared with external funders?

    -          Understanding funding rounds and VC business model

    -          What kind of ideas are interesting for deep-tech VC?

    -          Examples of companies funded by Maki.vc


    Tuesday 10 November


    10:00 – 11:00 Career – How to combine entrepreneurship with an academic career?

    Jan Goetz, CEO & Co-founder, IQM Quantum Computers

    -  Company talk; Discussion on:

    -  Working as a researcher vs. as an entrepreneur in (quantum) nanoelectronics

    -  Is it possible to combine academic career with entrepreneurship and venturing?


    11:00 – 12:00 Industrial physics – Perspective on commercialization

    Jarmo Hietanen, Docent, University of Helsinki

    -          Why a good idea is not enough? Ideas in the business context (time, place, market situation)

    -          Why companies approach ideas as a process?

    -          How companies do technology transfer (from inventor or start-up)?

    -          To whom, what kind, and how a product is made - requirements management

    -          How to scale from prototype to industrial scale?


    12:00 – 12:10    Closing words





    * This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 766025.


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