PROvendis GmbH and their colleagues are members of: _______________________________________________________
ASTP - The initiative of a multinational group of professionals to meet and share experiences on a regular basis resulted in the establishment of the non-profit Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals. ASTP is practitioners and members focused and is growing rapidly; the association consists of more than 500 members, covering 35 countries. The majority of the members are Technology Transfer Professionals at public knowledge institutions.
Origin and further information: http://www.astp.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=4
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AUTM's global network of members come from more than 350 universities, research institutions, teaching hospitals and government agencies as well as hundreds of companies involved with managing and licensing innovations derived from academic and nonprofit research.
Origin and further information: http://www.autm.net/about/
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The starting point for CLIB2021 was the "BioIndustrie 2021" competition of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in 2007. This competition was about the best cluster concept for establishing industrial biotechnology. Since 2007 the Cluster CLIB2021 wants to successfully establish German and European industrial biotechnology - in industry, in small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) and in academia. CLIB2021 actively networks the chemical industry, biotechnology start-ups (SMEs) and science institutes from all over Germany, customer industries and investors. CLIB2021 initiates future-oriented R&D projects in industrial biotechnology, strengthening the competitiveness of companies and academic institutes. CLIB2021 supports start-up and project financing and provides expert advice.
Origin and further information: http://www.clib2021.com/index.php?id=40&L=1
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LES, the Licensing Executives Society, is an international association of specialists in the fields of licenses and technology transfer, with more than 12,000 members worldwide in over 95 countries.
Origin and further information: http://www.les-germany.org/standard.xml?vpID=2
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ProTon Europe is the pan-European network of Knowledge Transfer Offices (KTOs) and companies affiliated to universities and other Public Research Organisations (PROs).
Origin and further information: http://www.protoneurope.org
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18.-22. Juni 2012, Frankfurt a. Main (GER)
19.-20. Juni 2012, Köln (GER)
12.-14. Nov. 2012, Hamburg (GER)
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