Month: April 2020

During the last years, the University of Liège (ULiège) has reinforced its training program dedicated to Ph.D. students. Initially mainly focused on typical research topics, the program now consists of 80 seminars both in French and English in a wide range of subjects including Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship. Those subjects are presented by the collaborators of Interface Entreprises, the Knowledge Transfer Office of ULiège.

On the 11th of March, a half-day training was given by Elodie Naveau entitled: Introduction to Intellectual Property (IP). At the end of the training, Elodie did a demonstration of the BOSS platform and encouraged the students to browse the educational material provided, in particular, the slides and the videos presenting IP.

The Faculty of Agronomy in Gembloux, Belgium, has long been an independent institute. Recognized as a major Center for Excellence in Life Science and Biological Engineering in the country, it was integrated to the University of Liège (ULiège) in 2009. Due to its autonomous culture and its off-centered location, there is a continuous need for the ULiège KTO (Knowledge Transfer Office) to organize dedicated sessions of training for the researchers of this Faculty.

On the 10th of March, such a seminar was held by the Knowledge Transfer Officers entitled: “Towards Innovation: Protection and Transfer of Technology”. The topics of Intellectual Property, Collaboration between University and Industry, Technology Licensing, and Entrepreneurship were presented. During this one-day training, particular attention was dedicated to the presentation of the BOSS platform, to encourage the researchers to browse the educational material provided and to test the tools with regards to their projects.