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Researchers from Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford and UCL to exhibit licensable technology built from research
On Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 September, over 80 researchers will showcase game-changing innovations that could tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
At IP4U University Tech Fair – held at Imperial’s South Kensington Campus – industry specialists will be able to explore the latest technologies designed by academics in the fields of two of today’s biggest global challenges – sustainability and future health.
Alongside meeting researchers from four of the UK’s leading universities, visitors will be able to book one-to-one meetings with commercialisation professionals from the universities, to understand more about how to bring the innovations from concept to creation and put them into action within their organisations. Delegates will also be able to organise meetings with other delegates, and the event sponsors.
The event highlights the important role that university Technology Transfer Offices play in brokering partnerships between universities, researchers and industry. By showcasing a range of technology innovations, it also seeks to enhance the contribution universities make to impactful innovation. This collaborative showcase enables industry to access groundbreaking technologies from across these leading university research institutions in one place.
The event
IP4U is structured over two days, with Sustainability the focus on 19 September and Future Health under the microscope on 20 September.
Each afternoon, specialist sessions delivered by the TTO teams will explore and demystify routes to industry collaboration with universities, through technology licensing, partnerships, consultancy and through investing and supporting the growth of start-ups and spin-outs.
On the morning of both days, senior leaders from Cambridge Enterprise, Imperial Enterprise, Oxford University Innovation and UCL Business Ltd – the Technology Transfer Offices of the universities – will discuss the contribution of technology transfer to wider society.
The sessions will be chaired by prominent figures in the field, with Chi Onwurah MP, Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Innovation bringing her insights and experience gained through many years in Parliament to the discussion on 19 September, and AstraZeneca’s Director of Transactions, Sally Mardikian – a former TTO executive herself – chairing the panel on 20 September.
IP4U is free to attend.
Sponsors
This event is brought together by the four TTOs, and we are grateful for the support of the following event sponsors:
Platinum sponsor
Gold sponsors