LOGISTICAL INFORMATION FOR ASTP-PROTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE MAY 2014 OSLO, NORWAY PLEASE, READ CAREFULLY

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1 LOGISTICAL INFORMATION FOR ASTP-PROTON ANNUAL CONFERENCE MAY 2014 OSLO, NORWAY PLEASE, READ CAREFULLY Content: - Conference venue - Transport - Hotel accommodation - Social programme & events - Maps & directions - Knowledge Stock Exchange (KSE) information Conference venue The annual conference will be held at: Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna Tevlingveien 21, 1081, Oslo, Norway Tel: Transport There are many public transport alternatives to and from the Oslo Gardermoen (OSL) airport: regional trains, local buses, and taxis. Visit for more detailed information about the airport. by Airport Express Coach (flybussen) recommended Travelers arriving at Oslo Gardermoen airport may take the Airport Express Coach for a direct journey to the hotel. The trip lasts 30 minutes and costs (single ticket) around 18,00. The coach stops in front of the hotel. For tickets and coach schedule, please visit the website: by taxi The travel time from the airport to the venue is around 30 minutes. We strongly recommend that you to take the airport express coach (flybussen) instead of the taxi as this is quite expensive. However, if you decide to take the taxi, here are useful numbers of taxi companies in Oslo: Oslo Taxi: / Taxi 2: Norgestaxi: by train & metro When travelling with the train, it is recommended that you take the express train to Central Station Jernbanetorget/Oslo S. Please visit for more information. The travel time will be around 20 minutes and the price 170 NOK or 20,50 per single journey. I You can easily pay for your trip on the train platform itself. There are ticketing machines where you can just swipe your credit card as you go in and out of the station. Doing this means you have paid for the entire trip and no other tickets are required.

2 Upon arrival at Oslo sentralstasjon (Oslo S), you can take metro 1 & 2 toward Ellingsrudåsen. Guests should exit at Trosterud Station which a short stroll to the hotel. The metro trip takes approximately 16 minutes. This option takes you almost 40 minutes in total. by car The hotel is located right next to the E6 motorway and offers easy access. Parking spaces are also available. As the hotel will most probably be fully booked, please note that there are also parking places nearby. Hotel accommodation important Due to an ongoing labor dispute in Oslo, the employees of following hotels will be on strike and these hotels closed starting Monday, 12 May: Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Rica Oslo Hotel Clarion Hotel Royal Christiania Rica Victoria Hotel Scandic Edderkoppen Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Scandic Hotel Byporten Thon Hotel Opera Grand Hotel Karl Johan Bristol Hotel Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel Rica Holberg Hotel Scandic Hotel Kna Rica Helsfyr Hotel Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica All guests who have booked the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Oslo and and have reserved with the promotional code ASTP14 with a confirmed rate of NOK per night You do not need to do anything with your reservation, this has automatically been taken care of as you have been automatically relocated to the new event location: the Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna with the same arrival and departure dates and nightly rates. All guests who have booked the Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Oslo but have not received the promotional rate of NOK per night You will NOT be automatically relocated to the new event hotel. However, you will be contacted by the hotel within a few days and asked to change your reservation. We do advise you to re-arrange your booking as soon as possible by yourself and make a new individual reservation at the new event hotel: Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo, Alna. To book your stay, please visit or call

3 All guests who have booked other hotels than the event hotel Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel Oslo We advise you to check whether your hotel will be open during the strike period. If your hotel will be closed as well, we advise you to book your stay at the new event hotel: Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna as soon as possible. To book your stay, please visit or call Another option for you to book is Quality Hotel 33(you may book it via booking.com or by sending an to: They have limited availability, so please contact them the soonest possible time if you still need a room. Please book your room as soon as possible to ensure the availability. Because many hotels are closing, we expect a run on hotel rooms that stay open in the week of the conference. Social programme & other events during the conference These events can only be attended if you have registered beforehand. TT Primer Wednesday 14 May, Hagen 2 room, Forskningsparken (Science Park), Gaustadelleen 21, 0349 Oslo Trainer: Karen Laigaard, TTO Director, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Chair of the ASTP- Proton Programming Committee NAAC inaugural meeting Wednesday 14 May, Ciens Via room, Forskningsparken (Science Park), Gaustadelleen 21, 0349 Oslo Masterclasses Wednesday 14 May, Hagen 3 room, Forskningsparken (Science Park), Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo Masterclass: Valuation of Early Stage Spin-outs Trainer: Jeff Skinner, Executive Director, Deloitte Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, United Kingdom Masterclass: Post Licensing Management Wednesday 14 May, Hagen 1 room, Forskningsparken (Science Park), Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo Trainer: Raja Sengupta, Chartered Accountant, IP Royalty Management and Audit, Equal IP, United Kingdom

4 Guided tour Wednesday, 14 May 2014 There are 2 pick up times & meeting points: Hotel lobby, Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna In front of Radisson Blu Plaza hotel, Sonja Henies Plass 3, 0185 Oslo Please be on time as the tour will be partly done on transport and partly on foot. As the buses will leave on time, it will be hard to join the tour once the buses have left. Welcome reception Wednesday, 14 May 2014, Oslo Military Society (Oslo Militære Samfund), Myntgata 3, 0151 Oslo The guided tour will end in front of the venue for the welcome reception. Other people who did not join the tour are required to arrange their own transportation. European Forum for Knowledge Transfer Directors Wednesday, 14 May 2014, Engebret Café, Bankplassen 1, 0151 Oslo, T: This Engebret Cafe' is located within walking distance from the Oslo Military Society (the venue for the welcome reception). If you are attending the welcome reception and would like to walk together with the rest of the directors to this venue, please meet with us at at the Oslo Military Society. The Events Manager (Esther van Meer) will give a sign when it is time to gather. After the dinner, a bus is arranged to get back to the Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna. ATTP Breakfast session Thursday, 15 May 2014, Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna. Meeting room to be determined. Conference dinner Thursday, 15 May 2014, (pick up at the conference venue, dinner starts at 19.00) Posthallen Restaurant, Prinsens gate 8, 0152 Oslo We will arrange buses to pick everyone up from the conference venue Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna. Please be at the registration desk at to join the buses. After the dinner (at 22.00), there will be buses going back to the conference hotel as well. ASTP-Proton run Friday, 16 May 2014, Meeting point: Hotel lobby, Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna For the run, you can still join without having indicated it during your registration.

5 Knowledge Stock Exchange (KSE) information Thursday 15 May 2014, The KSE features 4 different tracks: 3 tracks with 6 mini-sessions and 1 track with 3 mini-sessions, where you can choose from all designed to maximise your networking experience during the conference. The online registration for the Knowledge Stock Exchange (KSE) session is now open. Login to the KSE website by using your username and password that you should have received from us by now (this is also the username and password that you use to log in on our regular website). Knowledge Stock Exchange (KSE) Thursday, 15 May 2014 Face-to-face meetings Initiative sharing Information corner Special interest meetings 13:45 14:00 Meeting 1 Empowering women in technology startups InterDigital Easy Access IP: What it is and how it works 13:45 14:15 14:00 14:15 Meeting 2 Should TTOs be VGTU involved with studententrepreneurs? 14:15 14:30 14:30 14:45 Meeting 3 Meeting 4 Is there a market for second medical use patents? Ways to finance Cydan Entente Easy Access IP case studies: what's working? 14:15 14:45 innovators relieve of present duties in the clinic 14:45 15:00 Meeting 5 NTNU AppLab Entente Horizon 2020: An 15:00 15:15 Meeting 6 Initiative/problem 6 ATTP opportunity to establish a European Network of Easy Access Institutions 14:45 15:15 You will find all information on the KSE tracks on the KSE website. You will also find out who s attending the annual conference and schedule your meetings with them. The location of each session will be announced next week.#

6 Directions & maps A. Location Oslo airport B. Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo, Alna

7 Metro map of Oslo (including important stations) Trosterud = station close tot he conference venue Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna. Jernbanetorget (Oslo S) = main station where not only the metros come, but also trains (also from the airport) Forskningsparken + Gaustad= stations to exit for the side events taking place at the Science Park on Wednesday 14 May (TT Primer, NAAC inaugural meeting and Masterclasses)

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11 Directions to the Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna if you took the metro (metro 1 & 2 toward Ellingsrudåsen) from the Oslo Central train station And by following the dots you can easily walk (7 minutes) from the metro station Trosterud to the Park Inn.

12 Events at Science Park 14 May: TT Primer, Masterclasses and NAAC Inaugural meeting Directions to Science Park (Gaustadelleen 21, 0349 Oslo) from Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna (Tevlingveien 21, 1081 Oslo) Option 1: direct connection (45 minutes): Take metro 1 (in the direction of Frognerseteren) and exit at station Gaustad (A), then it is a 7 minute walk to get to the Science Park (B):

13 Option 2: Metro 2 & 3 Take metro 2 (in the direction of Avløs) from station Trosterud (located within walking distance from the Park Inn) and get off at Helsfyr. From there you can take metro 3 (in the direction of Storo). This takes 32 minutes. Metro 1 & 6 Take metro 1 (in the direction of Frognerseteren) from station Trosterud and get off at Jernbanetorget (Oslo S)/Central Station and take metro 6 (in the direction of Sognsvann). This takes 30 minutes. Metro 1 & 4 Take metro 1 (in the direction of Frognerseteren) from station Trosterud and get off at Helsfyr and take metro 4 (in the direction of Ringen). This takes 35 minutes For all these 3 options: Exit at station Forskningsparken (A). Walk to the Science Park (B). This takes 7 minutes.

14 Overview Science Park (Forskningsparken) A: Science Park building In red the walking route

15 Floorplan Science Park

16 Directions from Science Park to Oslo Military Society (for the welcome reception) Take metro 4 (in the direction of Bergkrystallen) or 6 (in the direction of Ringen) from station Forskningsparken and get off at station Stortinget (A on the map). From there it is a 8 minute walk to the Oslo Military Society (B) travel time from the Forskningsparken station to the Oslo Military Society: 16 minutes Address Oslo Military Society: Myntgata 3, 0151 Oslo Total

17 Directions from Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna (Tevlingveien 21, 1081 Oslo) to Oslo Military Society (for the welcome reception) Take metro 1 (in the direction of Frognerseteren) or 2 (in the direction of Avløs) from station Trosterud and get off at station Stortinget (A on the map). From there it is a 8 minute walk to the Oslo Military Society (B) Total travel time from Park Inn by Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre Oslo Alna to the Oslo Military Society: 30 minutes Address Oslo Military Society: Myntgata 3, 0151 Oslo

18 Directions from Oslo Military Society to Engebret Café, Bankplassen 1, 0151 Oslo (for European Forum of Knowledge Transfer Directors) It is a 3 minute walk from the Oslo Military Society (A) to Engebret Café (B):

19 Locations social programme 14 & 15 May A.Oslo Military Society (Oslo Militære Samfund), Myntgata 3, 0151 Oslo Venue Welcome Reception Wednesday 14 May, 18:00-19:30 B.Engebret Café, Bankplassen 1, 0151 Oslo Venue European Forum for Knowledge Transfer Directors Wednesday 14 May, 19:30-22:00 C.Posthallen Restaurant, Prinsens gate 8, 0152 Oslo Venue Conference Dinner Thursday 15 May, 19:00-22:00