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January

• Cut the Fat From Your License Agreements and Shorten the Time from NDA to Done Deal
• Life Under AIA: Anticipating and Surviving Post Grant Challenges
• Transform Your TTO Into an Economic Development Engine

February

• Build and Manage a Successful Accelerator Fund for Your University
• How To Offshore TTO Activities for Huge Savings
• Licensee Red Flags: 12 Critical Signs that Should Trigger an Audit

March

• Patent Prosecution Cost-Saving Strategies: Increase Your TTO’s Filings Without Increasing Your Budget
• Market Validation Plans for University Technologies
• Create a New Revenue Stream by Supporting On-Campus App Developers

April

• Moving from First to Invent to First to File : Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges
• Successfully Apply “Lean” Start-Up Principles to University Spinouts

May

• An Innovative Model for Patent Decision Making
• Cost-free Solutions for Marketing University Innovations

June

• Managing Conflicts of Interest in Large-Scale Industry Partnerships
• Making the Most of Your Industry Liaison (even when you don’t really have one!)

July

• Fueling the Entrepreneurial Fire: Identifying and Cultivating Future Business Creators
• Elimination and Creation of Defenses in the Wake of AIA
• Drafting Win-Win Start-Up Licenses: An Interactive Workshop

August

• Compliance Management and Fraud Prevention in Sponsored Research
• Little Known and Costly Blind Spots for University Start Ups

September

• Make Your Fund Raising Efforts “Pitch Perfect” and Avoid Investor Turn-Offs
• IP Law Essentials for Faculty Inventors
• Getting to “Yes” in University IP Licensing: Mock Negotiation Workshop

October

• When Good Start Ups Go Bad: Worst-Case Scenario Management Strategies
• Tech Transfer Marketing Metrics in the Digital Age: What’s Working and What’s Wasting Time and Money?

November

• Creating a One-Stop Shop: The Pitfalls and Promise of Consolidating Commercialization Activities
• Get Aggressive and Double Your Faculty’s Invention Disclosure Rate

December

• Assessing Freedom to Operate Without Breaking the Bank
• Valuation Methodology for University Start Ups

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