A compilation of workshop photos can be found here (27 MB ZIP file, 100KB picture size). To obtain the full sized photos, email roelf.botha {at} saip [dot] org (dot) za with the relevant filename(s). Photos of the meeting between the African Physical Societies on 14 November can be found here.
DAY 1 – Monday 9 November 2009
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08:30-09:15 |
Registration/Tea/Coffee (iThemba LABS – Auditorium Foyer) |
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Official Opening Session - Malik Maaza |
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09:30-09:35 |
Welcome and introduction - Malik Maaza |
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09:35-09:40 |
Welcome remarks – Dr Kobus Lawrie, Deputy-Director, iThemba LABS |
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09:40-09:45 |
Remarks - Dr Peter Martinez, South African Institute of Physics |
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09:45-09:50 |
Remarks from International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) |
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09:50-09:55 |
Remarks from Institute of Physics, United Kingdom – Dr Beth Taylor |
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09:55-10:00 |
Remarks from COFISA - Dr Neville Comins |
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10:00-10:10 |
Address by HE Emanuella Curnis, Consul, Italian Embassy |
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10:10-10:20 |
Address by French Embassy S&T Attaché - Mr Vincent Baron |
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10:20-10:30 |
Address by USA Embassy S&T Attaché - Ms Nolubabalo Ndevu |
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10:30-10:40 |
Address by British High Commission - Ms Suzanne Carter |
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10:40-11:05 |
Official Opening Speech by DST Representative Mr Imraan Patel, DDG: Research Innovation & Development |
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11:05-11:15 |
Break |
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Session 1 - Moderators: David Secher, Dipali Chauhan, S Raghu |
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11:15-12:00 |
Self-Introductions and expectations from the Workshop, exercise in groups and results |
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12:00-13:00 |
Lunch (iThemba LABS Main Foyer) |
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Session 2 - Chair: John Enderby |
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13:00-14:00 |
Duncan Moore |
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Session 3 - Chair: Dipali Chauhan |
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14:00-15:00 |
Lecture 2: Institutional roles for commercialization David Secher Role of the academic departments/sections, technology transfer office, the University and the government in encouraging scientists to commercialize inventions. SMEs. Interfacing with industry, strategic partnerships, inter-institutional and international agreements. |
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15:00-15:30 |
Tea/Coffee |
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15:30-16:30 |
Panel Discussion: African Perspective on Entrepreneurship Moderators: Neville Comins, Dawood Parker, John Enderby, Elizabeth Rasekoala |
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16:30- 17:30 |
Team project fundamentals (Prime mover – David Secher) |
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17:45 |
Buses depart from iThemba LABS |
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19:00-20:00 Dinner |
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20:00-22:00 Post-Dinner Informal Q&A Session: Villa Via Hotel |
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DAY 2 – Tuesday 10 November 2009
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Session 1 - Chair: Beth Taylor |
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08:30- 09:30 |
Lecture 3: Where do you start? Pre-business feasibility analysis and opportunity assessment Steve Taylor General introduction on methodologies and tools for technology and hi-tech market watch to address and steer enterprise developing strategies |
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Session 2 - Chair: Malik Maaza |
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09:30-10:30 |
Lecture 4: Concept of intellectual property and its significance Harry Thangaraj ¨ Basics of patenting Patents, trade secrets and trademarks ¨ Who is the inventor and who is not? ¨ Proper record keeping for patenting ¨ Who owns the rights to an invention – you or your organization/company? Publications vs. patents |
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10:30-11:00 |
Tea/Coffee |
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Session 3 - Chair: Regina Luttge |
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11:00-12:30 |
Lecture 5: The importance of IP protection ¨ The international patent filing system Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Harry Thangaraj ¨ Searching for patent and literature information Yumiko Hamano |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch (iThemba LABS Main Foyer) |
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Session 4 - Chair: Duncan Moore |
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14:00-15:00 |
Lecture 6: Yumiko Hamano, WIPO Non-disclosure agreements, licensing, various legal agreements between inventor, institutions and industries, licensing and technology transfer |
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Session 5 - Chair: Lionel Vayssieres |
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15:00-16:00 |
Where do you go with your invention? Invention to product: timelines and processes Surya Raghu |
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16:00-16:30 |
Tea/Coffee |
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16:30-18:00 |
Ask the panel (from participants). All speakers are available to answer the questions from the participants regarding their group projects. |
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18:30-19:30 Dinner - Spit Braai |
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19:30-21:30 Post-Dinner Informal Q&A Session/Business Plan Development |
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DAY 3 – Wednesday 11 November 2009
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Session 1 - Chair: David Secher |
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08:30-09:30 |
Marketing your invention Duncan Moore |
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Session 2 - Chair: Tony Bunn |
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09:30-10:30 |
Basics of finance (Financial Terminology) for starting entrepreneurs (exercise) Richard Brooks |
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10:30-11:00 |
Tea/Coffee |
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Session 3 - Chair: Dipali Chauhan |
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11:00-12:30 |
Business Plan Fundamentals - 3 parts Richard Brooks |
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Session 4 - Chair: Brian Masara |
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12:30-13:00 |
Standard Bank
Presentation -
Business Basics Juan
Tomlinson, New Business Acquisitions Manager |
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch (iThemba LABS Main Foyer) |
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Session 5 – Chair: John Enderby |
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14:00-14:30 |
Success Story 1 |
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14:30-15:00 |
Success Story 2: Converting knowledge into wealth: some cases from the FAPESP Small Business Innovation Research Programme in Brazil Sérgio Queiroz |
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15:00-15:30 |
Success Story 3 Tony Bunn, Director, MRC Innovation Centre, SA |
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15:30-16:00 |
Tea/Coffee |
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Session 6 - Chair: Elizabeth Rasekoala |
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16:00-16:30 |
Success Story 4: Hi-Tech Commercialization Experience in the Netherlands Regina Luttge |
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16:30-17:00 |
Success Story 5 Dawood Parker, Melys Diagnostics, UK |
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17:00-18:00 |
Ask the Panel (by participants) |
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18:15 |
Buses depart from iThemba LABS |
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19:00-20:00 |
Dinner |
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20:00-22:00 Post-Dinner Informal Q&A Session/Business Plan Development: Villa Via Hotel |
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DAY 4 – Thursday 12 November 2009
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Session 1 |
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09:00-10:00 |
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10:00-10:30 |
On nanotechnology and manufacturing: opportunities and challenges Dr Lionel Vayssieres
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10:30-11:00 |
The contribution of entrepreneurship to enhancing diversity and inclusion
in the scientific enterprise |
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11:00-11:30 |
Tea/Coffee |
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Session 2 |
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11:30-12:00 |
Photonics Institute of South Africa: challenges, entrepreneurship and business opportunities Dr Ndumiso Cingo, National Laser Centre, CSIR |
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12:00-12:30 |
Zimbabwean experience: the stage gate process Dr Xavier Carelse SIRDC, Zimbabwe |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch (iThemba LABS Main Foyer) |
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14:00-16:00 |
Visit to iThemba laboratories and facilities Free afternoon for preparation of group presentations |
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17:00 |
Buses depart from iThemba LABS |
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19:00-21:00 |
Workshop Dinner, Villa Via Hotel |
DAY 5 – Friday 13 November 2009
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Session 1 - Chair: John Enderby |
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08:30- 09:00 |
Introduction of the panel of judges Duncan Moore, Dawood Parker, Regina Luttge, David Secher, Beth Taylor, Surya Raghu, Richard Brooks, Lionel Vayssieres |
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09:00-09:30 |
Group 1 |
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09:30- 10:00 |
Group 2 |
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10:00-10:30 |
Group 3 |
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10:30-11:00 |
Tea/Coffee |
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Session 2 - Chair: Beth Taylor |
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11:00-11:30 |
Group 4 |
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11:30-12:00 |
Group 5 |
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12:00-12:30 |
Group 6 |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch (iThemba LABS Main Foyer) |
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Session 3 - Chair: Dipali Chauhan |
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14:00-14:30 |
Group 7 |
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14:30-15:00 |
Group 8 |
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15:00-16:00 |
Feedback to the participants on their plans |
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DAY 5 – Friday 13 November 2009 continued.. |
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15:00-16:00 |
Feedback to the participants on their plans |
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16:00-16:30 |
Feedback from participants to the organizers (written and informal) |
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16:30-17:00 |
Concluding Remarks 1. John Enderby 2. Beth Taylor 3. David Secher 4. Dipali Chauhan 5. Surya Raghu 6. Brian Masara 7. Malik Maaza |
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17:15 |
Buses depart from iThemba LABS |
Workshop Sessions
The Workshop will be spilt into two intensive sessions, a day and evening session
Day session
Will concentrate on imparting entrepreneurship, commercialization and business skills
Evening Session
Will focus on lecturers and academic professionals training them on development of an “Entrepreneurship Curriculum”, and introducing such a curriculum in the main stream science and engineers degrees at University
Workshop Program as on 2009/11/02 (PDF)
Speaker CV's can be found in the Speakers section
SOCIAL PROGRAMME
8th November 2009- Evening : Welcome Reception for Delegates – Villa Via Hotel
13th November 2009 - After Lunch: Tour of Western Cape – More details to follow soon
13th November 2009 - Evening: Conference Dinner – Stellenbosch Hotel Western Cape
PROGRAM STRUCTURE
It is anticipated that we will have about 8 invited lecturers. Each lecturer will present a set of lectures, participate in round table discussions to identify critical areas of research and development, potential collaborations and also be available for one-on-one discussions with interested participants.
This one-week intensive workshop is designed for scientists and engineers from developing countries who are interested in learning entrepreneurial skills to commercialize their scientific inventions. Such an educational program is missing in many of the developing countries for scientists working in universities and scientific institutions. The participants will benefit from the international perspective provided in this workshop from both experts and co-participants from developing countries.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Physicists and Engineers as Entrepreneurs
Opportunities and Challenges – creating opportunities from challenges.
Relation between scientific research, inventions and products
Open-ended research versus product oriented research, identifying technological needs of the society and market. Examples. The gap between scientific discovery and the market. The environment for inventions in a University vs. inventions in an industrial setting.
Entrepreneurship
The characteristics of an entrepreneur
An introduction to the concept of the small and medium enterprises (SME)
Some good examples of engineers and scientists starting their companies
Tapping your entrepreneurship creativity
Concept of intellectual property and its significance
What constitutes Intellectual Property?
Different forms of IP
Patents, trade secrets and trademarks.
Publications vs. patents.
Inventor’s notebook and a guide to make invention entries in the notebook.
Who is the inventor and who is not?
What can be disclosed and when?
Who owns the rights to an invention – you or your organization/company?
Basics of Patenting
General Patent Office Information
Patent and literature search,
Classification, filing procedures
Patent agents and patent attorneys
Process of examination and verification, communication with patent attorney/individual,
Help for individual inventors
Restrictive patent regulations.
IP Management and Global IP Protection (USPTO, WIPO, EPO, JPO)
Non-disclosure agreements, licensing, various legal agreements between inventor, institutions and industries, licensing and technology transfer?
How do you protect your IP globally? Methods to file patents in multiple countries.
To patent or not to patent: Implications on business strategies and secrets, control on IP, moral and ethical issues, conflicts of “open science” vs. “secret science”,
Invention to Product: Timelines and Processes
Adding value to your inventions – developing a product.
The processes involved
Typical timelines involved
Estimating the value of your invention at different stages.
Case studies of invention to product
A few cases of success stories of commercialization of inventions.
An introduction to the business plan
How to prepare a business plan
Knowing your market
Core marketing concepts including “e-marketing” and “e-tailing”
Customer value and satisfaction,
Marketing of an invention.
Developing a marketing strategy
1 minute elevator pitch, “oral business card”, making a presentation, choosing a company name, networking, executive summary writing, etc.
Local government policies, incentives and assistance for entrepreneurs
Local government policies and incentives for entrepreneurs and small business enterprises
Local small business assistance centers and contact persons
Exit strategies – when to say when.
Selling your business, valuation of small business, business valuation formulas, structuring the business sale,
It is suggested that the workshop will have the following format
a) Series of lecturers on entrepreneurship skills
b) Presentation by venture capitalists on opportunities for venture capitalization
c) 3 successful cases studies
d) Commercialization open forum where ideas, difficulties and opportunities in Africa are discussed
e) One on one discussion of ideas with mentors can be arranged and networks established
f) The workshop will be followed by a hands-on event focusing on advanced nano-gas sensing in the mining sector. A large international company will be involved in such a follow up..