Workshop on Entrepreneurship for Physicists and Engineers from
Far
Eastern Developing Countries 3 ~ 7 December 2012Jakarta
Indonesia
PURPOSE AND NATURE The Abdus Salam International Centre for
Theoretical Physics (ICTP), the National Nuclear Energy Agency of
Indonesia (BATAN), and the Institute of Physics (IOP) will jointly
organize the 2012 Workshop on Entrepreneurship for Physicists and
Engineers from Developing Countries to be held at Jakarta,
Indonesia from 3 ~ 7 December 2012. This one-week intensive
workshop is designed for young physicists and engineers from
developing countries specifically in South East Asia region who are
interested in learning entrepreneurial skills to commercialize
their scientific inventions. Such an educational programme is
missing in many of the developing countries for scientists working
in universities and scientific institutions. The participants will
benefit from the international perspective provided in this
Workshop from both experts and co-participants from developing
countries.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES The objectives of this Workshop are to
introduce to scientists and engineers the process of innovation,
generation and protection of intellectual property, technology
transfer and commercialization of a product.
TOPICS INCLUDE
Relation between scientific research, inventions and products;
Institutional roles for commercialization; Physicists as inventors
and entrepreneurs; Concept of intellectual property (IP) and its
significance in developing countries; Basics of patenting; Global
IP protection; Taking science to the market - Timeliness and
processes for taking an invention to product; Working with
industry; Small business financing and business plan fundamentals;
Success stories; Science parks and innovation tools; Business plan
presentation by participants; training of lecturers and scientists
in development of an Entrepreneurship Curriculum.
PARTICIPATION
Young scientists and engineers, post-graduate students from all
South East Asian countries who aspire to commercialize their ideas
and inventions are welcome to apply for this intense 5-day
workshop. The Workshop will be conducted in English and hence
participants should have an adequate working knowledge of this
language.
There is no registration fee. Travel and subsistence expenses of
the participants should be borne by the home institution. Limited
funds are available for partial support of travel expenses for a
few participants to be selected by the organizers.
HOW TO APPLY FOR PARTICIPATION
The application form can be download from website:
http://www.batan.go.id/pusdiklat ,fill out completely and submit
the application form to the secretariat before the deadline.
SECRETARIAT
Telephone: +6221 7659409 ~ 7659410; Telefax: + 6221 7659408
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Sponsors:International Centre for Theoretical Physics
(ICTP)National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN)Institute
of Physics (IOP)
Organizers:Dr. Joseph Niemela, ICTP Dr. Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan,
IOPDr. Surya Raghu (USA)Mr. Hendriyanto Haditjahyono, BATAN
Speakers:Mr. Richard Brooks (UK)Prof. Rosula Reyes
(Philippines)Prof. Duncan Moore (USA)Dr. Joseph Niemela (Italy) Dr.
Surya Raghu (USA)Prof. David Secher (UK)Dr Beth Taylor (UK)Others
(TBD)
APPLICATION DEADLINE
5 October 2012
BATANBadan Tenaga Nuklir Nasional
