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Henric Rhedin talks on the swedish innovator system
Sweden’s so called innovation system; a spin out creation system.
Henric Rhedin. Director of Sales & Marketing, Commercial Research & Development. Chalmers Industriteknik, Gothenburg In Sweden there has been a focus on creating spin outs as commercialization strategy. What are the advan-tages/ disadvantages with a “spin out creation system” compared to more regular “innovation systems
Chalmers Industrial Technologies (CIT) is Sweden ́s oldest technology transfer organization and dates back to 1984. Henric works since nine years back for the largest unit at CIT, 35 people out of a total of 75 people employed by CIT. The unit, Commercial R&D, provides expertise in all kinds of areas of technology including technology management and related services.
Henric is board member for several start up companies as well as organizations. In addition to this Henric is active in innovation system networks on the national as well as on the international level including Association of Science and Technology Transfer Professional (ASTP), HEP TTN a CERN centered network for technology transfer activities for high energy physics, Swedish Network for Innovation and Tech Transfer Support (SNITTS) and Nordic Tech Transfer Network Health (NORTTH). Henric has also worked in the Swedish defense industry and has a PhD in Theoretical High Energy Physics.
33:15 minutes
Tags: Experience, IPR, biotech, commercialization, patents, technology, transfer