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The transferable nature of our enterprise seminars and speakers provide skills in resourcefulness, resilience and reflection for both students and staff.

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Guest speaker, Prof. Quentin Pankhurst, Director of the UCL Healthcare Biomagnetics Laboratory, shares:

• His experience over almost 30 years at 皇家华人, during which time he has founded or co-founded multiple spinout or start-up companies in the field of healthcare biomagnetics, including Endomagnetics Ltd. (2007), Resonant Circuits Limited (2009), and MediSieve Ltd (2014).
• His insights about the role of academics in the translation and commercialisation of medical devices.

Guest speaker, Prof. Carina Fearnley discusses:

• The growth of the WRC: Successes and failures, ongoing challenges in operation, growth, and funding, as well as engagement of the centre.
• Key factors to the centre鈥檚 听growth such as the ability to conduct and implement interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work, meeting the demands of those requiring and implementing academic knowledge and skills.
• Reflections on the experience of working across MAPS Faculty and insights on how to enhance intra-departmental collaboration.

Guest speaker, Prof. Ijeoma Uchegbu听shares:听

• What Nanomerics understood to be the critical moments for their existance.
• How Nanomerics has evolved into an organisation it is today.
• Challenges and opportunities for those wishing to embark on a similar journey.
• The benefits that Nanomerics brings to their academic career.

Guest speaker, Gianluca Pescaroli shares:听

• The first time he heard about the possibility of doing consultancy and his understanding of what consultancy can be.
• His small journey of mistakes, near misses, and lessons learned.
• Some examples of his work with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Greater London Authority, Arup, and Resilience First.
• If consultancy is your next career move, if it鈥檚 something simply not worth it, or if it鈥檚 a 鈥渘ecessary evil鈥� you could consider making a difference with your research.

Guest speaker, Cassie Dawson discusses:

• An explanation of how academics can use UCLC鈥檚 services, including contracts, project management and finance.听
• Case studies of projects that have emerged from MAPS.
• Some other relevant completed project examples of overlapping subject area or interest to MAPS staff.
• The potential for consultancy to provide a pathway for demonstrating impact on society.

Guest speaker, Zubair Junjunia shares his story:

• From his initial idea to create ZNotes in 2014;
• To being accepted on the UCL Enterprise Launch Programme (now called "Build your own business 3: Launch your business") for assistance in evolving ZNotes into a start-up;
• How he continued to run ZNotes whilst completing his Mathematics Master鈥檚 degree;
• Drawing attention to the benefits of this venture;
• And any challenges he faced along the way.听

Guest speaker, Prof Andy Beale discusses:听

• The sometimes painful "on the job" learning process.
• What Finden Ltd. understood to be the critical moments for their existence.
• How Finden Ltd. has morphed into an organisation quite different to what they had initially envisaged.
• What Andrew sees as challenges and opportunities for those wishing to embark on a similar journey.

Guest speaker, Jim Skinner discusses:听

• Research and development contracts.
• Manufacturing agreements.
• Sales, marketing and/or distribution contracts.
• Equity (financial) investments by major corporations.
• And many more...

Guest speaker Prof Peter Dobson discusses:听

• Why are you doing it?听
• Why not license the ideas to existing companies?
• Have you done due diligence on the idea?听
• Is there a "supply chain" involved?听
• How will you raise money to start?
• And do you have a clear idea how to sustain the growth of the company?
• Do you have an "exit plan"?听
• And many more...

Guest speaker, Amy Bishton discusses:听

• What is a patent?
• How do I obtain a patent?
• What can I obtain a patent for?
• Are there restrictions on what can be patented?
• What can be done with a patent?
• What does a patent application contain?
• What are the basic requirements for these?

Guest speaker, Dr Andrea Macrina discusses:听

• What collaboration opportunity might there be between academia and the industry?听
• Why collaborate on joint research with an industry partner, and is there a particular stage in one鈥檚 academic career when to begin?听
• Serendipitous encounters or strategic planning?听
• Where and how do academics and industry practitioners meet?听
• What to do after contact details have been exchanged?
• How do I bring an industry partner on board?

What makes a business attractive for venture capital? (听&听) - David Grimm, UCL Tech Fund

Guest speaker, David Grimm discusses:

• How to develop the broader business thinking about new technologies.听
• The different types of commercial funding available.
• How particpants to understand when venture capital may be a good method of funding for their business idea.

Guest speaker, Kirby Drake discusses:

• What is a trade secret?
• What is protectable as a trade secret?
• Effects of trade secret disclosure.
• Considerations as to whether to protect through trade secrets or patents.
• Reasonable measures 鈥� best practices to maintain trade secrets.

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