Spotting the Right Idea

Duration: 31 mins 37 secs

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Description:	From an idea to a business vision requires a step change in thinking. How does an idea look like a business opportunity. This talk is about the journey from the lab to business. You will learn about the practicalities, issues, rewards and challenges that are encountered in the journey from the lab to the market place. Prof Derek Fray will illustrate these issues through examples from personal experience. He has patented many technologies and has been involved in several start-ups and commercial discussions with large organisations that have licensed his technology. Prof DEREK FRAY Dept of Materials Science & Metallurgy Derek Fray is a Fellow of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and a member of the Materials Society and the American Institute of Metallurgical engineers. He has published over 320 articles on materials processing and is cited as the inventor on over 160 published patents. Twelve projects are now under active industrial development both in the U.K. and Europe, Australia and the United States. He is a founder director of Ion Science Ltd., Ion Science Messtechnik Gmbh., Ion Science (Americas) llc., Environmental Monitoring and Control Ltd., Cambridge Advanced Materials Ltd., Metalysis Ltd., Camfridge Lt, Ion Medicare Ltd and British Titanium plc. All these companies are exploiting technology developed by Derek Fray.

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From an idea to a business vision requires a step change in thinking. How does an idea look like a business opportunity. This talk is about the journey from the lab to business. You will learn about the practicalities, issues, rewards and challenges that are encountered in the journey from the lab to the market place. Prof Derek Fray will illustrate these issues through examples from personal experience. He has patented many technologies and has been involved in several start-ups and commercial discussions with large organisations that have licensed his technology. Prof DEREK FRAY Dept of Materials Science & Metallurgy Derek Fray is a Fellow of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and a member of the Materials Society and the American Institute of Metallurgical engineers. He has published over 320 articles on materials processing and is cited as the inventor on over 160 published patents. Twelve projects are now under active industrial development both in the U.K. and Europe, Australia and the United States. He is a founder director of Ion Science Ltd., Ion Science Messtechnik Gmbh., Ion Science (Americas) llc., Environmental Monitoring and Control Ltd., Cambridge Advanced Materials Ltd., Metalysis Ltd., Camfridge Lt, Ion Medicare Ltd and British Titanium plc. All these companies are exploiting technology developed by Derek Fray.


Created:	2008-08-08 11:02
Collection:	Featured content
Publisher:	University of Cambridge
Copyright:	University of Cambridge

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