Research Commercialisation: The Road to Economic Recovery and Growth

Research Commercialisation: The Road toResearch Commercialisation: The Road to Economic Recovery and Growth PR Newswire LONDON, March 18, 2014 UK government, leading industrial, investor and academic speakers to review strategies "Research Commercialisation: From Ideas to IPO": 19- 20 May 2014, London, UKhttp://www.idea2ipo-conference.com With high expectations of a return on government and public investment in academic research regarding job creation and economic growth, the pressure for sustained success has increased exponentially in the past five years. In that context, Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced a new thought-leadership event about the most effective ways to enhance the commercialisation of university-owned intellectual property. "Research Commercialisation: From Ideas to IPO" (19-20 May 2014, London, UK http://www.idea2ipo-conference.com) will provide an international forum for knowledge transfer that will enable different sectors to develop new government- university-industry -investor collaborations. Thought leaders representing a wide range of government, academic, and industrial experts all of whom understand the necessity for an international partnering platform, will address what has worked, what has failed, and concrete steps to improve global economic innovation and job creation.