The conferences about the public-private partnership in research and innovation field have been organised by Science Park Foundation of the Universitat de València and are part of the 4th edition of Globaltech. They have the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment.

In this sixth edition the importance of confidentiality and trade secrets in the development of research carried out at universities and research centres will be highlighted. These are key elements to guarantee the proper protection of the generated results, which aim to facilitate effective public-private collaboration in research, innovation and transfer of the results to the productive sector.

Throughout the session, we will see the different stages of the research process, from the conception of the idea to the exploitation of the results, addressing important issues such as:

• Preventive measures to protect the information during the research.
• Risks associated to the inadequate protection of the results.
• Legal instruments to safeguard confidentiality and trade secrets: legal definition, application, types of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), essential clauses in each case.
• Best practices when managing sensitive information in laboratories and research groups
• Agreements which promote collaboration and negotiation with companies
• Success and failure cases in the protection of university know-how

Directed towards:

• Research and teaching staff
• Innovative companies, with a technology or scientific base
• Investors
• Transfer and innovation services at universities or other research organisations.
• Interested jurists
• Science and technology parks
• Other innovation agents

PROGRAMME

•  09:15 – Welcome and session introduction

  • Rosa Mª Donat Beneito, Vice-Principal for Innovation and Transfer of the Universitat de València (UV)
  • Pedro Carrasco Sorlí, director of the Science Park of the Universitat de València (PCUV)
  • Guillermo Palao Moreno, full-time university professor of Private International Law (UV)
  • Jesús Olavarría Iglesias, tenured university professor of Mercantile Law (UV)

• 9:30 - Lecture

  • By Jaume Martí Miravalls, full-time professor of Mercantile Law (UV)

• 10:00 - Panel discussion
• Modereted by Jesús Olavarría Iglesia

  • Javier Maira, coordinator of the Office of Knowledge Transfer of the Spanish National Research Council
  • Clara Gómez Clarí, full-time professor of Physical Chemistry (UV) and researcher of the Institute of Material Science (ICMUV)
  • Ramón M. Girona Domingo, lawyer and adjunct professor of the Mercantile Law department at UV
  • Pilar Domingo Calap,researcher at Institute for Integrative Systems Biology and co-founder of the company EVOLVING THERAPEUTICS
  • Raúl Ruiz Rodríguez, assistant professor in the area of Private International Law (University of Alicante)

• 11:15 - Questions
• 11:30 - Closing- Coffee & Networking

Registration at the link