How to effectively - and safely - bring innovation from the world of science to the market? The Technology Transfer Office at the University of Gdańsk (TTO UG) invites you to the international workshop ‘Commercialization and Spin-off Support Interactive Workshop’. This is the Polish edition of the European project ‘V4 for Innovation: Knowledge Transfer Cooperation of V4 Countries’, which brings together academic communities, investors, entrepreneurs, and technology transfer experts. The event will take place on May 14, 2026, at the UG Library. Admission is free, but registration is required.
What challenges will we face during the meeting? Together with experts from the V4 countries, we will walk the path ‘from idea to implementation’. The program includes, among other things:
- a practical assessment of an innovation’s readiness to enter the market (KTH Innovation Readiness Level™ model);
- analysis of the sources of the greatest market successes of spin-off companies;
- work in working groups on case studies centred around the three pillars of commercialisation (Business Development, Product Development, and Resource Management).
The workshops are aimed at researchers working on innovations, doctoral students and undergraduates, investors seeking new technologies, as well as entrepreneurs open to innovation.
The following experts, among others, will share their knowledge:
- Dr hab. Marcin Pawłowski, prof. UG - Leader of the Quantum Cybersecurity and Communication Group at ICTQT, co-founder of SeQre Quantum
- Katarzyna Gronowska - Director of the Technology Transfer Office, University of Gdańsk, and Tomasz Chyrek - Deputy Director of the Technology Transfer Office, University of Gdańsk
- Dr. Justyna Szybska-Lewandowska and Sylwia Bryła from the Marshal’s Office of the Pomeranian Province, and Monika Dmitrzak from the Pomerania Development Agency
- Jarosław Chojecki - expert in innovation implementation, market research, and startup support
- Bulcsu Godri - Director of Business Development, Technology Transfer Company of the University of Szeged (SZTE TTC) (Hungary)
- Dr. Dušan Rostáš - Director of the Technology Transfer Centre at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (TIP UPJŠ) (Slovakia)
- Josef Slama - Entrepreneurship Development Coordinator at Brno University of Technology (BUT) (Czech Republic)
Organisational details:
When: May 14, 2026
Where: University of Gdańsk: Main Library, Welcome Centre
Cost: Free event
Full workshop program and registration: Commercialization and Spin-off Support - Technology Transfer Office
Please note that the 3rd edition of Intellectual Property & Innovation Days will also take place at the University of Gdańsk on May 12-13. We invite you to participate in the entire innovation week at the University of Gdańsk!