CEIPI/WIPO/INPI advanced training course on intellectual property, technology transfer and licensing

Overview

The CEIPI/WIPO/INPI Advanced Training Course on Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer and Licensing took place from 23 to 28 June 2025. The training offered in-person (at CEIPI’s facilities in Strasbourg, France).

The programme and the timetables is adapted to encourage networking between participants.

This advanced training course has been jointly organised since 1978 by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) and the French National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). The 2025 programme will be a continuation of previous editions, focusing on the fundamental and contemporary legal and economic issues surrounding technologies and their transfer.

The seminar is particularly aimed at technology transfer professionals, including officials from university technology transfer offices, national and regional intellectual property offices and ministries of science and technology. With an integrated and practical approach, this course will also be of interest to lawyers and economists.

Participants can thus benefit from the expertise of specialists from various international organisations, renowned research institutes and universities, and professionals from the private sector, as well as from exchanges with their counterparts from all over the world. The programme's relevance to developed countries, emerging and developing economies makes it a unique forum for exchanging experiences and sharing opportunities.

You can download below the programs of previous editions.

The participants during the welcome ceremony at the City Hall in Strasbourg

The 2020, 2021 and 2022 editions took place online.

Intended audience

The technology transfer professionals involved are staff members of the:

specialised research and development departments of research centres and university laboratories;
public technology transfer bodies;
national intellectual property offices.

Language of training

English

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of intellectual property law and technology transfer.

Teaching objectives

The aim of this training is to deepen and update knowledge in the field of technology transfer.

Acquired knowledge

At the end of the course, participants will have acquired new knowledge about:

the different mechanisms of technology transfer and intellectual property management;
the practices of organisation and negotiation of licences;
the specificities of technology transfer in the medical field.

Content

The content of the advanced seminar is determined by its pedagogical objectives and the skills to be acquired. Each year's programme is modified in part to take into account new practices and knowledge in the field of technology transfer.

The courses will include in particular

the role of intellectual property in technology transfer ;
the management of intellectual property assets and licensing ;
public-private cooperation in technology transfer;
specificities of technology transfer for public research centres, SMEs and large enterprises ;
specificities of technology transfer in the medical field ;
international technology transfer, international intellectual property law and development ;
the negotiation and drafting of licensing agreements in the field of technology transfer ;
open innovation and intellectual property ;
the operation of technology transfer institutions;
case studies / sharing of success stories.