Testing time for Technology Transfer?

Lori Valigra

Technology transfer officers are divided over the merits of imposing a standard on their profession, but industry associations seem to have accepted certification as inevitable, and are collaborating to define the qualifications on their own terms rather than having them imposed by outside groups or governmental bodies.

“This issue is a topic of debate within almost every tech transfer association,” said Paul Van Dun, director of KU Leuven Research & Development in Belgium, and vice president of the board of the

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