AOE Workshop

Workshop on Commercialization of Photonics Technologies from Universities
Organizer: Prof. Dr. Wei Ping Huang, McMaster Univ., Canada

University research groups and laboratories play important roles in discovery, invention and development of enabling photonics technologies for a wide range of applications in our everyday life. Companies, entrepreneurs, investors, and governments around the world are making efforts to promote and realize commercialization of ideas and technologies from universities. This workshop will bring together the best minds from industry, government, university and capital communities to share their visions, business models, experiences and real life joys and pains in pushing from ideas of ivory towers to products and services of down-to-earth business.

SaL1, Innovation China-UK: An Introduction, Mark Cranshaw, Project Manager, Innovation China UK (ICUK), UK

SaL2, Creating High Tech Spin-Outs from a University Environment, Professor David Payne, Optoelectronics Research Ctr., Univ. of Southampton, UK

SaL3, Commercialization of Optical Fiber Sensors for Application in Mine Safety, Dr. Tongyu Liu, CEO, Shandong Micro-Sensor Photonics Ltd. and Deputy Director, Laser Inst. of Shandong Acad. of Sciences, Jinan, China

SaL4, Funding Sources for Commercialisation Activities in Chinese HEI’s, Speaker to be Announced, Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, China

SaL5, IPR Protection for International Joint R&D and Technology Transfer, Richard Lin, Partner, Fangda Partners, Shanghai, China

SaL6, Opportunities for Commercialisation in Wuhan, Optics Valley of China, Dexiu Huang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China