WORKSHOP: Term Sheet Hackathon: A collaborative hands-on initiative combining AI, data, and technology transfer for the future of sustainable Smart Cities

The term sheet hackathon* is unique collaborative action to engage the global IP community, while creating a useful and concrete outcome with the LESI Annual Conference in Singapore as the main event.

PROGRAM OUTLINE

Stage 1: CO-CREATING THE CASE, Feb-March 2025

• Aim: to create one or more a case-descriptions involving AI and data for the hackathon
• Format: An online workshop open for LESI members and others
• The number and types of cases will depend on the fields and interests of the participants, at least life sciences will be represented.
• Because the case descriptions will be created collaboratively in an online workshop prior to the event, they will meet the needs of the various stakeholders directly and be broadly applicable across various fields.

Stage 2: TERM-SHEET HACKATHON, April 2025

• Aim: The participants collaboratively create drafts of terms sheets for the scenario developed in Stage 1.
• Format: An 80min in-person workshop at the Annual Conference in Singapore
• Importance: A well-drafted term sheet is a crucially important element of successful technology transfer processes and negotiations. It is also a sufficiently short and concise document that is known to all stakeholders of IP deals, which is why it is expected to serve well as the focus and outcome of the program.
• The participants will be divided into teams, ideally each including a legal expert, technology expert, and a business expert.
• At the end of the hackathon, the teams present the results, which are summarised for an article in Les Nouvelles by the organising team (and other interested co-authors) after the event by the end of 2025.
• Stage 3: PUBLICATION in Les Nouvelles, by the end of 2025
  • The team with key contributors from the hackathon summarise the case and the resulting term sheet(s) into an article for Les Nouvelles

*Note: The term “hackathon” is in this context used to describe a collaborative, time limited co-creation session aiming at generating a concrete outcome according to the task description provided. No coding/programming will be done.