Innovation Tuesday at Breaking the Surface summer school

During the 8th edition of Breaking the Surface 2016 we organized an Innovation Tuesday program and dedicated the whole day to lectures about the creation of corporate spin-offs, on how to attract investments and tips and tricks in starting such a company in the form of Innovation Management Training.

Innovation Tuesday was held for the first time on 4th of October while Breaking the Surface was held from 2nd until 9th October in Biograd na Moru (Croatia). More than 220 participants from marine robotics field and its applications - marine biology, archaeology, security, oceanology etc. participated in BtS programs. 

As part of Innovation Tuesday, 11 lecturers presented their experience and knowledge, together with one demonstration of a robot developed by a start-up company:

Innovation Tuesday (INNOVA):

1. LECTURES

• Anders Aune, Norwegian University of Science and Technology  - NTNU (Norway): Value creation from research through university spin-offs
• Kemal Delić, Hewlett-Packard Co (France): The Art of Innovation
• Erik Dyrkoren and Martin Ludvigsen, Blueye Robotics (Norway): BluEye Robotic – providing underwater adventures for everyone
• Francis Flannery, SonarSim (Ireland): Bootstrapping SonarSim: A Start-up Journey
• David Lane, Heriot-Watt University (UK): From Research to Revenues - The Puzzle of the Market
• Luis Madureira, OceanScan - Marine Systems & Technology, Lda (Portugal): The Light Autonomous Underwater Vehicle – Affordable technology to address scientific and societal needs
• Pere Ridao, University of Girona (Spain): IQUA Robotics: from lab to market
• Asgeir J. Sørensen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU (Norway): Why and how becoming a researcher and entrepreneur?
• Darío Sosa Cabrera, ACSM (Spain): Titanrob: 3d printed Titanium Manipulators Innovation in the ROV sector
• Clayton Stewart, University College London (UK): Comments on the Management of Technology Startup Companies

2. DEMONSTRATIONS

• Blueye Robotics (Norway) demonstration