Yesterday over 150 people (students, Ph.ds, research fellows,…) crowded the Aula 12 at Insubria University for the Workshop on Academic Spin-Offs organized by CrESIT, Research Centre for Innovation and Life Sciences Management. Prof. Alberto Onetti, CrESIT Director and Pro-Rector for Innovation introduced the attendants to the start-up world presenting them the Silicon Valley eco-system and the 2010 MtB Business Plan Competition. Roberto Accolla and Massimo Caccia, respectively Pro-Rector for Research and Director of Technology Transfer Unit at Insubria University, discussed about the issues and opportunities for academic spin-offs. Roberta Profeta, Intesa Sanpaolo, presented their Startup Initiative and announced the partnership with Mind the Bridge Foundation.

A really good debate followed the presentation. In the next days the slides deck and the video of the speeches will be made available for download.