BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The HIDAC Story: from CERN Laboratory Bench to World-wide Sales DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991021T120000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991021T121500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130618T060714Z UID:indico-event-a033935@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:The HIgh Density Avalanche Chamber (HIDAC) is a development of the Multiwire Proportional Chamber in which the cathodes consist of thick \, laminated\, perforated\, lead plates for imaging non-ionising radiation to a high spatial precision in two dimensions. It was invented by Alan Je avons at CERN in 1973 and subsequently used at Geneva University and Canto nal Hospital for positron imaging. In 1985\, Alan Jeavons left CERN and fo unded Oxford Positron Systems to realise HIDAC's scientific and commercial potential. The first product was the InstantImager' for digital autoradio graphy and\, under licence to Packard Bioscience\, \nover 400 units have n ow been sold in 25 countries. Currently\, a camera for 3D Positron Emissio n Tomography is undergoing trials and will be marketed next year. \n\nThis story will be told with particular reference to the personal trials and t ribulations of achieving the technology transfer and establishing an indep endent high-tech company.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?co nfId=a033935 LOCATION:CERN 40-S2- URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033935 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Technology Transfer from Space: The ESA Experience\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991111T100000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991111T130000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130618T060714Z UID:indico-event-a033936@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:ESA\, the European Space Agency\, has set up a Technology Tran sfer Programme to stimulate the wider use of technology developed within t he European and Canadian Communities. The goal of this programme is to pro mote the transfer of Innovative Technology from Space to non-space applica tions.\n\nToday\, many successful transfers have been achieved\, generatin g millions of Euros of turnover in the non-space sector.\n\nOrganiser(s): François Bourgeois/DSU Division\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDispla y.py?confId=a033936 LOCATION:CERN URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033936 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ISTC and its practical achievements\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991123T100000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991123T130000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130618T060714Z UID:indico-event-a033937@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:Since its official start in March 1994\, ISTC finances about 8 30 projects for the total of 230 million dollars. Including completed proj ects\, 30 thousand scientists are/were receiving grants from these project s. To enhance further self-reliance of participants\, use of projects resu lts and IPR protection are largely focused upon in the ISTC activity at pr esent.\n\nThe reporter will present such and other topics of interest.\n\n http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033937 LOCATION:CERN URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033937 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:From research to actual use via technology transfer - the backgrou nd and role of a patent attorney\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991126T100000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991126T130000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130618T060714Z UID:indico-event-a033938@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:All patent attorneys are originally scientists who had\, after the completion of their studies\, worked as a scientist for at least one year\, and then became acquainted with intellectual property by \ntraining on the job for around three years to become a German patent attorney and for four years to become a European patent attorney\, after final examinat ions. Therefore\, patent attorneys have \nacquired an education adapted to become a link or interface between research and spin-off of technology in to industrial applications\, either within one company\, between different companies or between a research center and a company.\n\nAbout the speake r\n\nDorothée Weber-Bruls\, Dipl.-Phys. Dr.rer.nat.\, (German Patent Atto rney\, European Patent and Trademark Attorney\, Partner) studied physics a nd geophysics at the University of Frankfurt and specialized in solid stat e physics. After graduation she worked at Max-Planck-Institute (Grenoble)\ , Institute Laue-Lengevin (Grenoble) as well as Ris¿ National Laboratory\ , and as a teaching fellow at the University of Frankfurt (PhD in physics) \, being especially involved in materials science\, magnetism\, supercondu ctivity as well as measurement and control engineering. Dorothée Weber-Br uls is still particularly interested in these areas of technology\n\nhttp: //indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033938 LOCATION:CERN URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033938 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:IBA: the short\, biased story of a university spin-off in the fiel d of particle accelerators DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991213T100000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991213T130000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130618T060714Z UID:indico-event-a033939@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:In 1985\, the author\, then director of the cyclotron research centre at the University of Louvain\, developed with colleagues an innova tive cyclotron design for the production of medical radio-isotopes. While looking for money to build a prototype\, the idea of forming an industrial company resistance within the laboratory. In 1986\, Ion Beam Applications was incorporated\, with a capital of 0.6 Million Euro\, 5 employees and t he hope to reach at equilibrium a size of 15 people. The growth of the new company was tumultuous\, with some great successes and a few near disaste rs. The range of accelerators offered was enlarged to make IBA less depend ant of the variations of a single small market. From the radioisotopes cyc lotrons market\, IBA entered into the market of proton therapy\, then in t he industrial application of electron beams with the Rhodotron. Twice over the years the \ncompany had to restructure to face heavy losses.\n\nIn 19 97\, in response to an attempt of hostile take-over\, the employees formed a co-operative holding company\, and took a majority in the company capit al. The company got large orders in proton therapy and became quite profit able. Last year\, IBA entered on the Brussels stock exchange and\, thanks to the money raised this way\, started to grow \nrapidly by acquisitions.\ n\nToday\, IBA is a 1100 employee multi-national group\, with 44 factories over the world. It has absorbed other accelerator companies such as Scand itronix or Radiation Dynamics Inc.(Dynamitrons). The annual turnover is 15 0 million Euro\, and the market capitalisation \n1.2 billion Euro. But it remains to be seen if the new larger company will keep the warm relations\ , the enthusiasm and the entrepreneurial spirit it had during the early ye ars.\n\nhttp://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033939 LOCATION:CERN 40-S2-B01 URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033939 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Technology Database: A Tool to Foster Technology Transfer at C ERN DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991214T140000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:19991214T153000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130618T060714Z UID:indico-event-a033940@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:In its session of March 10 of this year\, the CERN Finance Com mittee approved a new policy for Technology Transfer at CERN. The policy d ocument describes a database for CERN's technology with two principal obje ctives: to act as a point of contact between CERN and the Member States fo r the flow of technology information\, and as a tool for \nthe gathering a nd monitoring of technology developments at CERN.\n\nIn the early part of the year\, a prototype version of the database was made available on the C ERN web site. With increasing use and as experience has been accumulated\, its implementation and functionality have been progressively enhanced. \n \nNow regularly accessed by users at CERN\, in the Member States and world -wide\, at a rate of some 30 'hits' per day\, it functions as a shop-windo w for CERN's technological developments. In addition to its public role\, the database also acts as a tool for the various \nservices concerned for the tracking of CERN's intellectual property rights protection procedures. \n\nThis talk will describe the functionality of the database with some ba ckground information on its implementation. In addition\, statistics based on the first nine months of its use will be presented.\n\nhttp://indico.c ern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033940 LOCATION:CERN 40-S2-B01 URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=a033940 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Greek Industry Visit DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120920T073000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120921T150000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130618T060714Z UID:indico-event-209016@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:Visit of Hellenic Aerospace Industry S.A. to CERN\n\nhttp://in dico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=209016 LOCATION:CERN 500-1-61C URL:http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=209016 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR