PraxisAuril

PraxisAuril is a world-leading professional association for Knowledge Exchange practitioners  

PraxisAuril facilitates effective interactions between universities, public sector research organisations, industry partners and government. Our goal is to create the world’s most effective and best-informed Knowledge Exchange practitioners. We do this by focusing on three key areas: DEVELOP, PROMOTE and CONNECT.

We provide training programmes, discussion fora and information resources to help our members DEVELOP.

We PROMOTE the impact of Knowledge Exchange through our policy activity

We organise conferences and provide communications channels to help CONNECT our community.

PraxisAuril is part of a wider global community of partner organisations and key stakeholders that support Knowledge Exchange.

DEVELOP

NEXT COURSE: New Venture Creation 1: Taking the first steps, 29 - 30 January 2020

Forming new companies can be a key enabler of developing new technologies and priming them for the market place, and a key tool for the knowledge transfer professional. It can facilitate economic benefits including a financial return to inventors and their institutions whilst creating new jobs and services of benefit to the local economy and beyond. New ventures may also enjoy symbiotic relationships with their parent institutions investing in further research and securing rights to develop arising IP.

Supporting new venture creation can be a challenging and immersive experience and this course gives a framework for knowing whether to embrace this exciting challenge.

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PROMOTE

CELEBRATE SUCCESS: The Nature Research SpinOff Prize

Applications are now open for The Spinoff Prize — a new award for early-stage university spinoff companies from around the world.

The Spinoff Prize aims to encourage and give visibility to academic entrepreneurs and their companies. The judging panel will look for spinoffs that translate original, high-quality scientific research into products and services that address market problems and are well-positioned to make a positive impact on society.

In its first year, The Spinoff Prize will focus on companies commercialising research in four broad categories: pharmaceuticals, agriculture, chemicals and digital technologies. A long list of highly commended spinoffs will be profiled in a special report published in Nature. 

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CONNECT

The offical #PraxisAuril2020 Conference website is live and abstracts are now open!

The PraxisAuril 2020 Conference will take place at The Brighton Centre on 2-4 June 2020 and will incorporate a wide variety of topics representing the diversity of our community. Organised with our volunteer Conference Programme Committee of 15 Knowledge Exchange practitioners, the topics, talks and speakers will cover four main themes; Partnerships, People, Place and Practice.

These four themes will underpin our conference aims, and PraxisAuril members and the broader community will have the opportunity to submit ideas for talks through an open call for abstracts.

A call for abstracts will begin on 6 December 2019 and will close on 24 January 2020