The event consists of a conference, an exhibition, workshops and ‘New Technology Presentations’ and offers a variety of networking facilities for participants coming from multinational companies and SMEs as well as universities and research centres.
Being a cross-sectorial event, IPTEC covers the following industry sectors: IT, Telecommunications, New Materials, Consumer Goods, Medical Technology, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Environmental Technology.
A series of ‘New Technology Presentations’ held at the event, give participants, wishing to out-license or sell, the opportunity to market their new technologies to potential partners. Attendees looking to buy or license-in innovative technological solutions will find some of the latest developments available on the market.
IPTEC’s conference will focus upon two main themes this year: The latest transfer trends and techniques, and developments in emerging markets, e.g. China. Transfer of environmental technology: “Licensing green technology” and specialist workshops for small and medium-sized enterprises are further key topics of the conference programme. Speakers at the conference comprise some of the world’s leading experts in technology transfer. A regularly up-dated and detailed conference programme is available from the IPTEC website www.iptec-marketplace.com.
For companies who want to present themselves with a stand at this specialist event, a number of different stand packages are available. The IPTEC 2008 advisory board and partners feature leading technology based organisations and companies from all over the world: Bayer Innovation, CIP, ESA, Ericsson, IRC Network, Microsoft, NASA, Philips, Stanford University, Unilever and yet2.com.
Information on how to participate is available at www.iptec-marketplace.com