IOP entrepreneurship workshop in Argentina

Jorge Robbio, governmental subsecretary of Studies and Prospective and Beth Taylor, IOP Director of Communications

Around 60 people took part in a workshop on Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Managers of Technology Transfer that was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in September. The five-day workshop was organised by Argentina’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, which funded the event, and the IOP, which was invited by the ministry to devise the programme because of its expertise in running similar workshops.

The event included speakers, discussion and role-play, and Argentinian contributors shared local examples of good practice. It was aimed at those with some experience in entrepreneurship
or innovation.

During their stay the speakers from the workshop were invited to suggest recommendations on innovation policy to Fernando Audebert, adviser to Argentina’s science minister, Lino Barañao.
Two of the speakers also met Barañao to discuss collaboration with the UK.

The IOP’s international development manager, Dipali Chauhan, said: “It was good to be able to really make a difference at the highest level”.

All presentations are available online.

booked-out workshop

lively debate amongst delegates