Charla sobre Propiedad Industrial y Transferencia Tecnológica U. de Ottawa-Campus Sur

En el marco de las actividades de difusión del II Concurso de Incentivo al Patentamiento del Programa Bicentenario de Ciencia y Tecnología de CONICYT, que organiza nuestra institución, junto a las Universidades de Tarapacá, Valparaíso y Magallanes, hará una presentación en el Campus Sur el señor Sean P. Flanigan de la Technology Transfer and Business Enterprise, Universidad de Ottawa, Canadá.

Esta actividad es organizada por las Direcciones de Investigación de las Facultades de Agronomía, Cs. Forestales, Cs. Veterinarias y Pecuarias e INTA y se invita a todos los académicos interesados en el tema de propiedad industrial, patentamiento y transferencia tecnológica a asistir a esta charla.

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Aprovechando la visita del Señor Flanigan, se realizará el día miércoles 9 de mayo en Casa Central el Seminario  "La Propiedad industrial, Transferencia Tecnológica e Innovación en el Sistema de Educación Superior",  de 9:00 a 13:00 horas, por lo que se hace extensiva la invitación a los académicos de las facultades ya mencionadas a ambas actividades. 

Sawn is a lawyer with extensive experience in technology transfer. His brief resumé is: Sean Flanigan, B.A., LLBS joined Technology Transfer and Business Enterprise in July 2002 and has been the Assistant Director, Technology Partnerships, since October of 2002. In this role Sean is responsible for creating business opportunities for the researchers of the University who wish to commercialize their research results. He is actively involved in the management of University spin off companies, the licensing of intellectual property and the development of strategies for advancing the commercialization of research.

Prior to joining the University Sean was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Island Critical Care Corporation (ICCC), a development stage U.S. public company that designed and manufactured a leading edge pulse oximeter. Before joining ICCC in 2000, Mr. Flanigan served as Vice-President and General Counsel of an online retailer and between 1993 and 1999 he was partner in the Ottawa law firm of Tavel & Flanigan. Mr. Flanigan received his LL.B. from the University of Ottawa in 1991 and has been a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since his call in 1993. Prior to studying law, Mr. Flanigan received his BA (Political Science/Economics) from Carleton University in 1987."