Save the date! March 24-26, 2011, Westin Alexandria Hotel, Washington, D.C.

NCIIA's Open is the premier conference for faculty and students involved in technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education. The 15th Annual Conference will be organized for the first time with REE USA. Join us in exploring the science, business and practice of catalyzing innovation in higher education.

Why you should attend:

• Be part of the foremost community of thought leaders in these fields.
• Take away tangible learnings from workshops taught by leading faculty innovators.
• Make connections that will advance your work.
• See breakthrough technologies at our annual showcase of student innovations at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
• Experience Washington, D.C.

Preview the conference schedule and register.

2011 registration fees

• Presenter $490
• Student $325
• One day $300
• NCIIA member (before 02/18/2011) $580
• NCIIA member (after 02/18/2011) $650
• Non-NCIIA member (before 02/18/2011) $800
• Non-NCIIA member (after 02/18/2011) $845

Haven't attended Open?
View our Open 2010 activities.

Among the comments from Open 2010 attendees:

• As usual, every year this conference impresses me with its organization and the level of knowledge disseminated.
• This was probably the most informative meeting I've ever attended with respect to discovering what other institutions are doing similar work!
• This was my first time at NCIIA and it was FANTASTIC! I am definitely coming back. So many of the talks I went to covered tangible things (tools, contacts, exercise, frameworks) that I can use in my class on commercializing new technologies. It was truly a valuable use of my time to come to the conference!