On December 2nd and 4th, CLDP, in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), conducted the first two sessions of a multi-phase virtual program on technology transfer in Sri Lanka. CLDP developed this program at the request of the Sri Lanka Ministry of Education, as a follow-on to an earlier CLDP program focusing on the senior managers of newly formed university technology transfer offices (TTOs). Experts from the University of Michigan and USPTO presented on a variety of subjects, including the roles and responsibilities of TTOs, the impact of the U.S. Bayh-Dole Act, developing and sustaining relationships with the business sector, and the recognition, evaluation, protection and exploitation of intellectual property resulting from university research. Nearly 100 participants from universities and research institutions across the country attended the program, representing all 9 providences of Sri Lanka. This program strengthens the capabilities of the TTOs, as well as highlighting the key role intellectual property has in creating and sustaining and ecosystem of innovation and the resulting economic and societal benefits gained.