AUTM meetings, events, courses, and education at a glance.

Join the Largest Gathering of Tech Transfer Pros 
AUTM’s Annual Meeting is where technology transfer professionals from around the globe meet to connect, make deals and gain insights from world-class speakers and panels. 

Get Inspired 
It's your chance to get inspired, whether you’re hearing ideas from leaders in the field during a keynote, or gathering ideas from your peers during a roundtable, the Annual Meeting is a great way to maximize your professional development. 
 
Get Connected 
Opportunities are front and center. Each year more than 6,000 face-to-face meetings are held to cement connections and get deals done. Now is your chance to bring out those business cards and start networking! 
 
Get Smarter 
Choose from more than 80 educational sessions on trending topics with information and best practices. Add in captivating keynote presentations and you’re sure to leave with an entire notebook of new knowledge. 
 
Get Seen 
Looking to showcase your organization? This is the best opportunity to deliver your message to this influential audience. 

Advanced Licensing Course
Ready to take your licensing skills to the next level? AUTM's Advanced Licensing Course can help you do just that. Designed for licensing professionals with more than three years' experience, this one-day program brings together instructors with years of experience negotiating transactions for both research institutions and companies for a deep dive into critical provisions in license agreements. The program will focus primarily on drafting consideration and diligence terms that help maximize the chances that licensed technologies are successfully commercialized and that research institutions are compensated fairly for what they are licensing. Instructors will point out possible loopholes in a license that can be detrimental for the licensor, sharing “war stories” as well as strategies and solutions to avoid such loopholes. This is an opportunity for you to develop a deeper understanding of license structures and language and to share your creative solutions with others.

2026 Course Fee: $440 Members/$540 Nonmembers
 
Agreements & Finance Course
This course will outline best practices for streamlining financial compliance processes within a technology transfer office. Topics include record keeping and auditing, managing licensees and IIA partner obligations, legal expense billing and invoicing and revenue distributions.

This is a great opportunity to network with those who manage these complex obligations with other institutions. Participants will leave this AUTM course with answers to their questions, time-saving solutions and other tools to use in their office and to share with their coworkers.

2026 Early Bird Course Fee: $700 Members/$1,140 Nonmembers

Compliance Course
Failure to follow complex compliance rules and regulations can result in research institutions losing rights to federally funded inventions. This course is a must for professionals responsible for compliance related issues and government reporting within a technology transfer office.

2026 Early Bird Course Fee: $700 Members/$1,140 Nonmembers
 
Essentials of Academic Technology Transfer
Everyone who attends the AUTM Essentials Course, regardless of background or level of experience, leaves with a deeper understanding of the fundamental goals and processes of academic technology transfer.

This course builds the fundamental skills and resources necessary to evaluate inventions and negotiate license agreements. The workshops are designed to follow the full lifecycle of the invention, patenting, and licensing process: evaluation of invention disclosures, triage, patenting, IP marketing, valuation, and license negotiation to established companies and startups. The Essentials Course uses a mix of instruction, case discussions and small-group interactions to maximize useful learning and networking opportunities.

2025 Early Bird Course Fee: $750 Members/$1,190 Nonmembers

Operations Course
The Operations course is designed for technology transfer office administrators. The workshops provide a fundamental understanding of technology transfer, the patent and licensing processes, along with efficient ways to manage and utilize large volumes of information and data.

The complexities of finance matters, including budgeting, tracking expenses and managing the receipt and distribution of licensing revenue will also be examined.

2026 Early Bird Course Fee: $700 Members/$1,140 Nonmembers

Marketing Course
The success of your program depends upon how well you engage your audiences. What kinds of on-campus programs engage researchers and innovators, and how can we help them see themselves as inventors? What tools and methods can we put to work to engage external audiences, from potential licensees to community advocates, in our mission of impact? How can we use the toolbox at our disposal – from outreach to events to platforms to partners – to develop targeted, effective, measurable communications plans?    

Through this 1-day course, you’ll get answers to these questions and by the end of the last session, you’ll have the basics of a strategic marketing plan that you can begin implementing right away.  

2026 Course Fee: $370 Members/$470 Nonmembers

Negotiation Course
This course covers select advanced negotiation techniques useful in high pressure negotiation situations.  The course begins with an instructor debate on techniques for optimizing the structure and impact of term sheets, and explores techniques for effectively making concessions, using power and interests in negotiations, and managing deadlock situations.  Team negotiation strategies will be explored.  And the course concludes with an in-depth exploration of the most heavily negotiated financial and non-financial terms in a license agreement, providing practical advice and tools for negotiating to close.  This course is intended to empower those that negotiate regularly, regardless of experience level. 

The Negotiation Strategies and Tactics Course is part of AUTM’s highly acclaimed 4-part series of presentations designed to enhance your negotiation skills, build your confidence in preparing for negotiations and executing winning negotiation strategies. This course is intended to empower those that negotiate regularly, regardless of experience level. Prior participation in other courses presented in AUTM’s Negotiation Workshop Series is not required.  

2026 Course Fee: $265 Members/$365 Nonmembers

Software Course
The AUTM Software Course is designed specifically for university licensing professionals who work with software and other information assets. Ideal for both newcomers and experienced practitioners, the course provides an overview of basic principles and a study of best practices, emerging models, and actual cases. You will leave with the tools to handle basic to complex software asset management and licensing situations.

2026 Early Bird Course Fee: $700 Members/$1,140 Nonmembers
 
Startup Course
The Start-up Course is designed for licensing and venture development professionals interested in learning general approaches to venture creation, scale up and management.  Technology transfer and venture development offices often play a role in supporting faculty-led or student-led start-up companies, creating new ventures leveraging intellectual property, or negotiating license agreements with early-stage companies that will rely on investment capital for their growth.  This Course is intended to provide licensing/venture development professionals with a deeper understanding of issues related to new ventures regardless of their role.

2026 Early Bird Course Fee: $700 Members/$1,140 Nonmembers
 
Technology Valuation Course
AUTM’s Technology Valuation Course provides an overview of various financial terms that go into a license and their implications on value, providing a foundation for understanding their impact on negotiating terms.  
The course describes various valuation principles affecting pricing and risk, including cost, income, industry standards (comparables), rules of thumb, discounted cash flow, and equity valuation.  

The course also includes a review of the financial reporting obligations within a license, illustrating the financial flows under a typical academic-stage life sciences license. 

Attendees will work collaboratively in a small group setting, applying the concepts to a case study and developing license term proposals, which are then discussed amongst all teams.  

If you have responsibility for negotiating licenses or are interested in valuation and financial terms, the Licensing Valuation Course is for you.  

Attendees should have a basic familiarity with financial and legal terms used in licensing and be proficient in web searching and using Excel spreadsheets. 

2026 Course Fee: $440 Members/$540 Nonmembers

Essentials of Academic Technology Transfer Course 
Everyone who attends the AUTM Essentials Course, regardless of background or level of experience, leaves with a deeper understanding of the fundamental goals and processes of academic technology transfer. 
This course builds the fundamental skills and resources necessary to evaluate inventions and negotiate license agreements. The workshops are designed to follow the full lifecycle of the invention, patenting and licensing process: evaluation of invention disclosures, triage, patenting, IP marketing, valuation, and license negotiation to established companies and start-ups.

This course includes over 16 hours of content divided into seven topic areas. Each topic is divided into smaller subsections so you can pace your participation on a schedule that works for you.

$400 AUTM Members /$550 Non-members 

Marketing Course 
Before you can discuss a patent with an inventor or negotiate a license for a technology, you need to engage your audiences to start the conversation about your services and inventions. Branding and marketing are all about jump-starting these conversations. 

As a participant, you’ll learn about results-driven marketing strategies and tactics that you can start applying right away.

Presentation Topics Include:

• Branding & Marketing Your TTO
• Market Research & Strategy Development
• Executing Your Strategy

Each of the three sections range from 1-2 hours of recorded educational content. Watch them one-by-one as your schedule allows, or plan to take a deep dive into the world of marketing for about 4.5 hours and watch them all at once.

$300 AUTM Members /$450 Non-members 

Negotiation Strategies & Tactics Course 
Negotiating a deal is an art. This course builds on the Fundamentals of Negotiation, delving deeper into specific strategies and tactics. This course covers advanced negotiation techniques, including elements of collaborative and competitive negotiations. Avoiding and surviving competitive negotiation situations are examined, as well as preparing term sheets and evaluating offers from others. Techniques for negotiating with faculty and start-up companies are also explored. This course empowers those who negotiate regularly, regardless of experience level. 

Presentation Topics Include:

• Principled Negotiations
• Competitive Negotiations
• Preparing the Terms Sheet
• Negotiating with Startups
• ... and more!

Each of the subsections within this course are under an hour so you can easily carve out time to work through the recordings. In total, there is over four hours of material to learn from at your own pace.

$200 AUTM Members /$300 Non-members 

Software Course Webinar Series 
AUTM's On Demand Software Webinar Series provides an overview of basic principles and best practices, emerging models, and actual cases. In each session, participants learn the tools to handle basic to complex software asset management and licensing situations through formal panel presentations and a robust round table discussion from distinguished speakers.

Presentation Topics Include:

• Open Source Software
• Patenting Software – Current Insights
• Licensing Models
• Dealing with Data
• ... and more!

Each topic is presented in a 90-minute session giving you the freedom to participate at times that work for your schedule.

$200 AUTM Members /$300 Non-members 

With the All-Access Webinar Pass, anyone in your institution can benefit from AUTM training for a single, low-cost annual fee, regardless of their AUTM Membership status.

The  trainings available under the Pass will help you increase awareness of your office’s vital role while educating university departments on key aspects of technology transfer, including licensing for any career level, operations/administration strategies, compliance, marketing, leadership and more.
 
AUTM's All-Access Webinar Pass is available to you, technology transfer office staff, administrators, licensing professionals, federal relations, research and development, new hires, faculty, primary investigators, deans, provosts - and anyone else you think would benefit.

A One-Day, High-Impact Experience for Local Tech Transfer Communities
AUTM on the Road is a new pilot event designed to bring the power of the AUTM community directly to you.

Built as a one-day, in-person experience, AUTM on the Road convenes 50–75 technology transfer professionals from a focused geographic region to connect, share insights, and tackle timely challenges—without the time and expense of long-distance travel. Each stop is rooted in the local ecosystem, blending national-level expertise with region-specific perspectives.

Hosted in collaboration with local universities and sponsors, the program features a dynamic mix of networking, thought-provoking keynotes or panels, and highly interactive roundtable discussions that encourage meaningful peer exchange. The day concludes with a hosted reception designed to deepen relationships and strengthen regional connections.

While the agenda may vary slightly by location and host, a typical day includes:

• Morning networking and opening remarks
• A keynote or topic-focused panel addressing current issues in tech transfer
• Facilitated roundtable discussions throughout the day
• A networking lunch to continue conversations
• An afternoon wrap-up followed by a university- or sponsor-hosted reception

Initial locations under consideration include Boston, the DFW Metroplex, Washington, DC, and the Los Angeles area, with the goal of creating a scalable model that can expand to additional regions in the future.
AUTM on the Road is designed to be accessible, relevant, and deeply connected to the local community—bringing AUTM’s convening power closer to home.