Karen Laigaard
Full Name
Karen Laigaard
Job title
Knowledge Transfer Expert
Company
Spin Out Denmark
Speaker Bio
Karen works as a knowledge transfer consultant for Spin-outs Denmark, the University of Southern Denmark. Through her own company, LaiKITT, Karen works for various organisations including ASTP, Europe’s premier association of knowledge transfer professionals. Karen was president of ASTP from 2009-2011 and today she is chair of the programming committee. From 2003-2024, Karen was Director of Technology Transfer at the University of Copenhagen and responsible for commercialising and managing the University's IP portfolio.