Seminar Technological resources and innovation - Year 2008

Promoting public research

Wednesday December 10, 2008 8h45 - 11h30

Laurent BUISSON
Director of research and director of industrial relations and technology transfer‚ Pierre & Marie Curie University

Alain GUÉDON
Director of research applications and industrial relations‚ Institut Pasteur

Gérard JACQUIN
President‚ INRA Transfert

Laurent KOTT
Managing director‚ INRIA-Transfert

Vincent LAMANDE
President‚ Réseau C.U.R.I.E., Assistant director‚ Bretagne Valorisation

Philippe LE BOZEC
Assistant director‚ ARMINES

Régis SALEUR
Managing director‚ CEA Valorisation

Cécile THARAUD
President of the board of directors‚ Inserm-Transfert

Éric THIBAUT
Advisor to the director of industrial policy‚ CNRS

Summary

In spite of their varied practices‚ representatives of public research institutions all agree that promoting research is the result of a long process which requires a great deal of commitment on the part of researchers. It cannot be summed up as a series of legal actions or as various indicators where patents still hold an undeniable leading place. 'Commercialisers' are not simply exploiters of gold found in researchers' drawers. Nevertheless‚ the general opinion - including that of the authorities - is that there is still room for improvement and progress with regard to commercialisation. In the French context‚ however‚ these advances are hindered by various factors such as a lack of trust between researchers and manufacturers‚ the over-zealous attachment of public establishments to industrial property‚ and inappropriate indicators. Fortunately‚ new opportunities and new forms of partnership are taking shape which hopefully will allow the commercialisation of public research to play an important role in the innovation process in France.

The entire article was written by Sophie JACOLIN

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