Afarin Bellisario, Technology Licensing Officer
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 40 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
The course consists of 4 independent 2 hour sessions, and will focus on the journey from an innovative concept (or proof of concept) to a commercially viable product. Each session covers an independent part of the process. All sessions will use real examples from real world products. We may have other mystery guests. Throughout the course we will discuss building of a financial model to determine the viability and test a variety of scenarios. Students are encouraged to bring their own projects to work on. Participants are welcome in individual sessions and can sign up by sending an email to aobell@mit.edu up to 24 hours before the actual class.
Dr. Afarin Bellisario is currently a technology licensing officer at MIT, overseeing electronics and semiconductor portfolio. She has over three decades of experience in semiconductors, advanced materials, communications and signal processing, and holds both a doctorate in engineering and an MBA from MIT. Professionally, she has held executive positions with Intel Corp., Analog Devices, BBN (now part of Raytheon), Booz-Allan and Hamilton, Shawmut Advanced Materials, and Fonix. Prior to joining TLO, Dr. Bellisario was the founder and president of Transtrategy Inc. a consulting firm specializing in commercializing technology in advanced materials and semiconductors. She has taught this IAP class since 2005.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Afarin Bellisario, ext. 8-8329, aobell@mit.edu
| Jan/10 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-145 |
Session 1 is focused of identifying and selecting a target application/market. This session covers concept of commercial viability, and the process of identifying opportunities, the value proposition, pricing, and timing.
Afarin Bellisario - Technology Licensing Officer
| Jan/17 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-145 |
Session 2 covers concept of markets, size, growth and eco systems. We will cover customers, channels, supply chain, as well as market sizing, competition and the role of partnerships and start up revenue and business models. The financial aspects of product and business are also discussed.
Afarin Bellisario - Technology Licensing Officer
| Jan/24 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-145 |
Session 3 covers commercialization strategy and role of IP, and its protection, in commercialization. In addition to various strategies to commercialize technology, the subjects covered include: IP protection and formation of corporations. A patent attorney will join us for this session.
Afarin Bellisario - Technology Licensing Officer
| Jan/31 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-145 |
Session 4 is focussed on a variety of commercialization strategies and synthesizing a commercialization strategy for a new technology base and testing various assumptions and scenarios.
Afarin Bellisario - Technology Licensing Officer