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A CERN openlab event: Grid Entrepreneurship Day
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IT Auditorium (CERN)
IT Auditorium
CERN
Description
Objective: This event aims to provide an overview of what is involved in spinning-off technology, with a special reference to the context of computing Grids. Lectures by experienced entrepreneurs introduce the key concepts and review the industrial potential of EGEE in particular. Case studies introduce two European start-ups already active in the Grid and computing cluster area, as well as summarizing efforts in several European regions to stimulate entrepreneurship. This workshop is meant to stimulate students and researchers involved or interested in Grid technology to consider the entrepreneurial opportunities that this technology may create in the coming years.
Background: This workshop is organized as part of the lecture programme for the CERN openlab student programme, which is co-sponsored by CERN, HP, Intel and the EGEE (Enabling Grids for E-Science) project. PPARC, the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council of the UK, is a special sponsor of this event. The event is open to all and free of charge.
External Participation: Participants from outside CERN should contact the organizers (Francois.Grey@cern.ch) to arrange access to CERN for the event.
Background: This workshop is organized as part of the lecture programme for the CERN openlab student programme, which is co-sponsored by CERN, HP, Intel and the EGEE (Enabling Grids for E-Science) project. PPARC, the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council of the UK, is a special sponsor of this event. The event is open to all and free of charge.
External Participation: Participants from outside CERN should contact the organizers (Francois.Grey@cern.ch) to arrange access to CERN for the event.
Workshop Programme
Morning Session
09:00 Welcome and Introduction to the EGEE project - Bob Jones, Director of the EGEE project
09:15 Setting the Scene: why Grid and Entrepreneurship? - Francois Grey, coordinator, openlab student programme
09:30 Assessing the market potential of technology - Nathan Hill, PPARC KITE Club Innovation Advisory Service
10:00 An assessment of the Industrial potential of EGEE - Alex Efimov, PPARC KITE Club Innovation Advisory Service
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 Developing a spin-out company - Nathan Hill
11:30 Grid spin-out Case Study #1: Kerlabs - Pascal Gallard, CEO
12:00 Grid spin-out Case Study #2: MESH Technologies - Søren F. Nielsen, CEO
12:30 Lunch Break
Afternoon Session
14:00 Knowledge and technology transfer at CERN - Beatrice Bressan, CERN Technology Transfer
14:15 Regional Case Study #1: Spin-outs in France and Switzerland - Joint presentation by Bruna Carchia, Agence de Développement du Pays de Gex et Bellegarde and Daniel Loeffler, Office de la Promotion Economique, Genève
14:45 Regional Case Study #2: Spin-outs in Finland - Antti Heikkilä, Big Science ILO associate and EGEE Industry Liaison, Finland
15:00 Coffee Break
15:15 Partnering with Industry - Nathan Hill
16:00 Managing Intellectual Property - Alex Efimov
16:45 Q&A, Wrap-up
17:00 End of workshop
Organiser(s): Sverre Jarp and François Grey, CERN
More information: http://openlab-mu-internal.web.cern.ch/openlab-mu-internal/News-Events/Event_pages/06-02_Grid_Entrepreneurship_Day.asp
