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Technology Transfer & Corporate Partnerships Fred Farina Chief Innovation Officer Caltech Federal Laboratory Consortium Technology Transfer & Corporate Partnerships August 30, 2017
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Technology Transfer & Corporate Partnerships
Fred FarinaChief Innovation Officer
Caltech
Federal Laboratory Consortium
Technology Transfer &
Corporate Partnerships
August 30, 2017
Technology Transfer & Corporate Partnerships
Why tech transfer
Tax payer’s expectation
Societal impact• New products
• Economic growth
• Jobs
Innovation culture• Hiring and retention
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What’s needed
Good ideas
Effective commercialization process
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A word about innovation
Where Good Ideas Come From, by Steven Johnson
• Innovation gravitates to the edge of chaos
• The adjacent possible
• Built on a collection of existing parts
• Hunches connect disparate pieces of seemingly unrelated information
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Key ingredients for effective commercialization
• Full engagement of the inventor(s)
• Established framework to allow inventor(s) to engage in the transfer process
• Supportive environment
• Low bureaucracy
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Are Fed Labs good environments for innovation and transfer?
Challenges:
• Too much order
• Rules, rules, rules
• Risk aversion
• Bureaucracy
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Technology Transfer & Corporate Partnerships
The ubiquitous CMOS image sensor
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Thank You
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The challenge
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What we need to do
