IPR, technology transfer & open science : challenges and opportunities

This workshop was a one day meeting, gathering stakeholders from the research, technology transfer and innovation ecosystem, including academic researchers, academic publishers, large research organisations, representatives from technology transfer offices and experts on academic research. The workshop was made possible through collaboration between the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and DG Research and Innovation. The workshop aimed to bring together a wide range of expertise to answer the following questions: - How do you strike the right balance between IPR protection and Open Science? - How do you achieve the proper balance between the need to freely access dataand the need for copyright protections? - What is the best governance structure and copyright model for the futureEuropean Open Science Cloud to be launched in the next 18 months?