ASTP is pleased to invite you to its ninth Annual Conference to be held in Bergen, the Hanseatic city and former capital of Norway, situated in the south-western coast of the country. Research Partnerships with Industry, together with Knowledge and Technology Transfer activities are increasingly becoming an essential role of Universities and Public Research Institutions.

As Technology Transfer Professionals, we often are not only involved in dealing with our economic partners, but also helping our Institutions to cope with the complex issues associated with such partnerships.  

These requirements impose on us, Technology Transfer Professionals, the need to maintain a deep understanding of an evolving innovation landscape, making our job more interesting but also more challenging.   

This conference will look in more details on Innovative ways to collaborate as seen from the perspective of leading practitioners in the field. In addition, we made sure to provide two tracks will also resonate well with your practice, be it on the junior level (Introductory track) or on the more senior one (Running the TTO). 

We are pleased to welcome Jan-Anders Månson, Vice-President Innovation and Technology Transfer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and Bruno Van Pottelsberghe, Professor, ULB, ECARES, SBS & Former Chief Economist of the EPO, Belgium, for our plenary sessions. 

ASTP gratefully announces two scholarships for free attendance to this event, offered by INTEUM Company LLC.

Prior to the main conference, we will again offer the possibility to attend a Masterclass aiming at bringing a deeper knowledge of the patenting process. 

Following the excellent feedback we received from the participants of our previous conference in Finland, we decided to organize again our annual conference in the beautiful spring lights of the northern part of Europe. Being in the vicinity of two UNESCO World Heritage sites (district of Bryggen and the Nærøyfjord fjord), together with enthusiastic and supporting local ASTP members, made our choice of Bergen a simple one. 

Please visit our website www.astp.net for more detailed information  about our Annual Conference.