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Benefits for the Members !

Why should you join ProTon Europe?

Networking

·       Access to the Largest Europe-wide KTO Network: Reaches out to almost 600 universities & public research organisations across Europe.

·       Knowledge Transfer (KT) Policy Advice:  The voice for the KT profession in the development of European and national knowledge transfer policy.

Actions

·       Benchmarking Performance and Annual Survey: A European wide survey on the Technology Transfer performance to demonstrate with facts and figures their major role in economic growth initiated in 2005.

·       KT Professional Development: Access to mentoring and expert advice, KT training and staff exchange programmes.

·       KT Good Practice Platform and Tools: Access to good practice (KTO management, Policy, Patenting, IPR, Licensing, Interaction with Industry, Spin-offs, Training) and tools ( the Knowledge Vine, the      Staff Exchange programme, market research database, guidelines, checklists, agreements, forms).

Additional Advantages

·       Monthly Newsletter: electronic newsletter with updated case studies, news from the members, hot policy topics, major European Events, photos of new members, job vacancies.

·       Discount on registration fees for conferences, training courses, workshops and hot topic debates organised by the Association and/or partner organizations and on Market Research database providers

·       Lobbying the European key deciders
Board members and some members of ProTon Europe participate actively in shaping the future policy of the profession: e.g.European Research Area: participation in the Expert Group on Knowledge Sharing

1.      European Institute of Technology: advice on Intellectual Property policy

2.      Responsible Partnering : guidelines for  strategic partnerships with industry

3.      State Aid Rules : clarifying  State Aid rules  for R&D and technology transfer and increasing minimis

4.      European Patent System: increasing harmonisation and reducing the cost and complexity of patenting in Europe

5.      Contribution to EU study on monitoring and analysis of TT and IP regimes and their use

6.      Institute of Knowledge Transfer: increasing status and recognition  of KT profession

7.      Knowledge Transfer Expert Group : DG Research advisory group

·       Continuous Professional Development

      ProTon Europe also offers Members the opportunities to meet with peers and

      experts in all aspects of Knowledge Transfer by organising each year:

1.      Training schools: 2-day events on Managing a KTO, Deal making with Industry, Fundamentals of IP, Patenting, Licensing,

2.      Workshops:1 and ½ day events on Marketing research results, Ten great ideas for marketing innovations, Proof of Concept,

3.      Hot topic debates: one-day events on Fiscal incentives to R&D, State Aids limits, Space technologies down to Earth,

4.      Annual conference, the largest event of the year, which offers networking opportunities.

5.      The Bookstore offers books and tools which have proved effective for peers in other parts of Europe.

Full Membership is available worldwide to KT Offices in all Universities and Public Research Organisations. Members of National Partner Associations receive a 50% discount on membership fees.

Associate Membership is available worldwide to professionals working closely with KTOs (venture capital, IP and innovation consultants, corporate industry,...)