University Innovation Summit
A One-day Event for Leaders in University Research-based Innovation
NCIIA partnered with the University of Maryland - College Park, George Washington University, and Virginia Tech to host the University Innovation Summit, bringing together leaders in university research-based innovation to catalyze the growth of effective ecosystems supporting their work.
Short panel presentations were followed by group discussion and small group work to develop ideas for resources, programs and processes that can help improve innovation ecosystems in the topic area. Participants helped achieve the objective of a highly productive meeting that produced useful ideas to inform a report and whitepaper for NSF, NCIIA and the participating institutions.
Summit resources:
- Session slide decks
- Search Twitter for #uisummit for a detailed account of the day's proceedings. We had a lively group of Summit participants engaged throughout the day, providing a rich record of the day's highlights.
DATE: November 8, 2012
TIME: 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
LOCATION: The Virginia Tech Research Center & the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel, N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA
AGENDA
| 8:00 am |
Registration and check in Westin Reception Area |
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| 8:30 am |
Welcome and overview: Building the pipeline Westin Ballroom |
Phil Weilerstein, |
| 9:00 am |
New era of global science and engineering Westin Ballroom |
Dedric Carter, NSF Subra Suresh, Director, NSF Grace Wang |
| 9:45 am |
Teaming for innovation: Building university capacity Westin Ballroom |
Babu DasGupta Anita LaSalle |
| 10:30 am |
Priorities for improving opportunities for commercialization Participants will break into small groups to brainstorm top issues for healthy ecosystems Westin Ballroom |
Craig Forest, GA Tech Phil Weilerstein, Executive Director, NCIIA |
| 11:15 am | BREAK - Westin Reception Area | |
| 11:45 am |
Keynote talk: Translating basic science into products and the role of diversity in making it happen Joseph DeSimone, Director, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry, UNC; Introduced by Alexander Nicholas, The Lemelson Foundation Westin Ballroom |
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| 12:30 pm |
LUNCH and NETWORKING AND BREAKOUT SESSIONS at Virginia Tech Research Center (VTRC) |
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| Track A |
Track B | Track C | |
| 1:15 pm |
Cutting edge ideas for university innovator-driven commercialization - panel, discussion, active engagement exercise Moderator: Panelists: Michael Poisel, Merrick Furst, Georgia Tech Jim O' Connell, U Michigan |
Seeding innovation: funding and resources to support emergent innovators - panel, discussion, active engagement exercise Moderator: Panelists: Anita LaSalle, NSF Aileen Huang-Saad
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Improving intellectual property for research ventures - panel, discussion, active engagement exercise Moderator: Panelists: Mark Sedam, UNH Gayatri Varma, U Maryland W. Mark Crowell, U Virginia |
| 2:45 pm |
BREAK |
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| 3:00 pm |
Going from research teams to commercialization teams- panel, discussion, active engagement exercise Moderator: Jonathan Aberman, Amplifier Ventures Panelists: Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue U Keith McGreggor Bob Proctor, FlexEl; co-founder, Blu Venture Investors Neil Goldsman, U Maryland; co-founder, CoolCAD, TRX Systems, FlexEl
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Getting funded: Strategies for initial seed investment funding - panel, discussion, active engagement exercise Moderator: Babs Carryer, Carnegie Mellon U Panelists: John Burke, True Ventures John Serafini, Allied Minds Karen Kerr, USC
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Mentoring: Creating an effective program - panel, discussion, active engagement exercise Moderator: Jack Lesko, Virginia Tech Panelists: Paul Olean Gordon McConnell Rosibel Ochoa
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| 4:30 pm |
Return to Westin |
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| 4:45 pm |
Report back and closing remarks |
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| 5:30 pm |
Reception and informal networking - Westin Ballroom |
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REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
TRAVEL STIPENDS: A limited number of travel stipends are available on a first-come, first-served basis for invited participants. Stipend amounts are determined by geographical proximity and will be paid out after the workshop with proof of attendance.
| Baltimore/metro DC: |
No stipends available |
| East coast, east of the Mississippi River: | $650 |
| West coast, west of the Mississippi River: | $1000 |
Please download and fax or email a W-9 form to NCIIA before the meeting date, with a note requesting the travel stipend. Please include to whom the check should be made and a mailing address. (Fax to: attn: Patricia Boynton, 413-587-2175; email to pboynton@nciia.org.)
Stipends are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
QUESTIONS? Contact us.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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