HOW TO: INITIATE EXTERNAL COLLABORATION AS AN ACADEMIC
Initiating cooperation can be a challenging for a busy academic juggling numerous teaching and research responsibilities.
In this short masterclass, we will help you work out where to start and how to best manage your limited resources for maximum impact. The session draws on insights from research and best practice in university-business cooperation.
You will learn:
- Key drivers and facilitators for undertaking cooperation from a business perspective
- Key support mechanisms available at the universities and who to approach
- Steps towards initiating cooperation
Aim
This session will provide insights from research and practice into university-business cooperation by academics, and how they can best initiate such engagement across research, education or valorisation.
Designed for
Academics looking to begin external collaboration across research, education or valorisation.
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What is a how to session?
A UIIN How To session is a 45 minute, interactive session facilitated by a UIIN expert, where participants have the opportunity to ask questions, discuss and network during the session. Content is specific, hands-on and actionable. How To Masterclasses are not recorded and are only available live.
Facilitator
A/Prof. Dr. Todd Davey
Associate Partner at UIIN
Todd Davey is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Institut Mines-Télécom Business School in Paris and a visiting researcher/professor at Imperial College (UK), Technical University of Vienna (AUT) and the University of Adelaide (AUST) in the topics of entrepreneurship and innovation. Formerly a Senior Manager with Deloitte Australia’s Technology Commercialisation Group and responsible part of the executive team for one of Australia’s fastest growing start-ups in the 2000s, Todd has ‘switched sides’ to work within academia. Todd is the author of the book ‘Entrepreneurship at Universities’, co-editor of the Future Universities Thoughtbook and the creator of TechAdvance™, a tool for evaluating technologies.