Innovation Workshop: From Research to Startup

​What this session is about
This workshop is for researchers, PhDs, and professors who are thinking about how their work can move beyond the lab.

​We focus on how ideas turn into real products, companies, and collaborations.

​What you will learn

• ​What “innovation” means in a research context

• ​How research becomes a startup

• ​Different roles for researchers in startups
  (e.g. CSO, advisor, co-founder)

• ​Options to stay in academia or step out temporarily

• ​Different startup models
  (PhD-led vs. co-founder driven, venture vs. research extension)

• ​How startups and research labs can work together

• ​Support programs from SouthwestX and Max Planck Innovation

​Agenda

• ​Welcome & introduction

• ​What is innovation?

• ​From research to market

• ​SouthwestX support

• ​Max Planck Innovation programs

• ​Founder experience / case

• ​Open discussion

​Why join

​You get a clear view of your options as a researcher.
You hear real examples from the region.
And you meet people working on similar paths.

​Organizers

​Max Planck Innovation & SouthwestX