Third WIPO-INSME International Training Program: Financing your Business with Intellectual Property - Provisional Program

Wednesday, December 1, 2010
9.00 - 9.30	Registration
9.30 - 10.00	Opening Ceremony Welcome address by: Mr. Johannes Christian Wichard, Deputy Director General, World Intellectual Property Organziation (WIPO), Geneva Mrs. Simona Marzetti, Secretary General, International Network for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (INSME), Rome
10.00 - 10.30	Keynote Speech: Intellectual Capital and the Financing Market Speaker: Mr. Amati Questions and Answers
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.00	Topic 1: The Relevance of Intellectual Property (IP) for Acquiring/Securing Financing Making Intangible Assets More Tangible Speaker: Mr. Luigi Amati Questions and Answers
12.00 - 13.00	Topic 2: Acquiring your Intellectual Capital: The Relevance of an IP Audit in your Business Strategy Speakers: Mr. Luigi Amati, Chief Executive Officer, Meta Group, Terni, Italy Mr. Bob Hodgson, Managing Director, Zernike Group, London, United Kingdom Questions and Answers
13.00 - 14.30	Lunch Break
14.30 - 16.00	Topic 3: Intellectual Capital Regulatory Aspects: Accounting, Taxation, Financing Speakers: Mr. Stefano Zambon, Faculty of Economics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy Questions and Answers
16.00 - 16.30	Coffee Break
16.30 - 18.00	Topic 4: Attributing Value to your Intangible Capital: IP Audit and Valuation Speakers: Mr. Stefano Zambon, Faculty of Economics, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
18.00 - 20.00	Networking Cocktail

Thursday, December 2, 2010
9.30 - 11.00	Topic 5: Strategic Use of Intellectual Capital, Options for Business Growth and Financing Speakers: Dr. Ian Peter Hartwell, Head, Engineering Intellectual Property Research Unit, School of Engineering, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom Mr. Martin Bader, Head of Competence Center Intellectual Property Management, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland Questions and Answers
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00	Topic 6: Sources of Financing for Innovative SMEs: Public Sector Funds; Banks; Venture and Seed Capitalists; Business Angels Speaker: Mr. Bob Hodgson Mr. Luigi Amati Questions and Answers
13.00 - 14.30	Lunch Break
14.30 - 16.30	Topic 7: Testing your Intellectual Capital Skills in a Financing Environment Speaker: Mr. Luigi Amati Mr. Bob Hodgson Mr. Martin Bader Questions and Answers
16.30 - 17.00	Closing Ceremony

Third WIPO-INSME International Training Program: Financing your Business with Intellectual Property - Provisional Program

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Registration

Opening Ceremony

Keynote Speech:

Topic 1: The Relevance of Intellectual Property (IP) for Acquiring/Securing Financing Making Intangible Assets More Tangible

Topic 2: Acquiring your Intellectual Capital: The Relevance of an IP Audit in your Business Strategy

Topic 3: Intellectual Capital Regulatory Aspects: Accounting, Taxation, Financing

Topic 4: Attributing Value to your Intangible Capital: IP Audit and Valuation

18.00 - 20.00

Networking Cocktail

Thursday, December 2, 2010

9.30 - 11.00

Topic 5: Strategic Use of Intellectual Capital, Options for Business Growth and Financing

11.00 - 11.30

Coffee Break

11.30 - 13.00

Topic 6: Sources of Financing for Innovative SMEs: Public Sector Funds; Banks; Venture and Seed Capitalists; Business Angels

13.00 - 14.30

Lunch Break

14.30 - 16.30

Topic 7: Testing your Intellectual Capital Skills in a Financing Environment

16.30 - 17.00

Closing Ceremony