UNIVERSITY STARTUPS & GLOBAL 1000 CONFERENCE
A Conference for the National Research Commercialization Enterprise Bringing Together Global 1000 Corporates, Research Universities, University-Entrepreneurs, VCs, and Angels
WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 4-6, 2016
A Key Conference to Attend
The University Startups & Global 1000 Conference is a unique gathering of thought leaders involved in the National Research Commercialization Enterprise. The Federal government annually invests over $130 billion in research and development at universities and federal laboratories. Although this investment forms the foundation for much of our economic well-being, it is ultimately the vision of University-Entrepreneurs and private investors that converts that research into commercial products. At this conference, we bring together this important research commercialization ecosystem, including corporate venture and open innovation groups, the government, top research universities, University-Entrepreneurs, VCs, and angel investors for networking, discussions, and transactions.
CORPORATE COMMERCIALIZATION CENTER (CCC) LAUNCH
Join us on April 5 and 6 at this year's conference and be part of the Corporate Commercialization Center launch. See agenda for panel on April 6 at 9:20 am-10:00 am.
A group of 20 corporate open innovation and venturing groups have worked together for 12 months to create a new venture model to commercialize university and federal lab R&D.The model is centered on finding entrepreneurs who can work with corporates, universities and federal labs to create startups with funding from corporates, angels and VCs.
One of the first events hosted by the CCC will be a University Startup Demo Day at Congress in September 2016, where 35 top university startups will be selected to come to Congress to meet corporates, VCs and angels for presentations and meetings. Meetings will also be arranged between universities and their startups with Congressmen and Senators to highlight the value of federal funding for university and innovation programs.
Come join the university and corporate leaders at this year's conference to hear more about this exciting program, and to join this important, new innovation network.
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
- Network with top experts, investors, and corporate open innovation and venture groups
- Hear the latest updates on national legislative action that will impact your commercialization agenda
- Discover the keys to building out your innovation ecosystem
- Learn what industry is looking for in university technology-based startups
- Get inside details on what VCs and angels consider “investable” university startups
- Gain critical new contacts for future funding and business development needs
- Start building partnerships with major corporate and financing players
AREAS OF DISCUSSION (AGENDA UPDATED: CLICK HERE)
- Discussion of the University Startups Demo Day at Congress in September 2016
- Corporate support for new federally funded university-based research commercialization programs
- Federal programs supporting research commercialization, including NSF, NIH, DOE, NIST keynote speakers
- Proposed legislation for research commercialization
- I-Corps funding and developments
- Corporate anchors in Innovation Districts
- SBIR/STTR funding and re-authorization
- National Network of Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI)
- Recently passed startup R&D tax credits as funding sources for university startups
- Improvements to the National Research Commercialization Enterprise
- Corporate involvement in university startups
- Angel and VC funding of university startups
- New corporate sponsored research models
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SOME OF OUR CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
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JEANNE HOSSENLOPP, PHD Vice President for Research and Innovation Marquette University
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RICHARD MCCULLOUGH, PHD Vice Provost for Research Harvard University
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MARK REDFERN, PHD Vice Provost for Research University of Pittsburgh
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TOBY SMITH Vice President for Policy Association of American Universities |
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WAYNE SZAFRANSKI Assistant Vice Chancellor for Outreach and Economic Development North Carolina A&T State University |
MICHAEL CHAMBERS, PHD Assistant Vice President for Research and Innovation University of South Alabama |
LEE GROESCHL Venture Executive-in-Residence TechGROWTH Ohio
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ANDREW SCHWAB, PHD President First Flight Venture Center |
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SANJIV MALHOTRA, PHD Director, Clean Energy Investment Center (CEIC) U.S. Department of Energy |
SCOTT ANDES Senior Policy Analyst, Centennial Scholar Initiative Brookings Institution |
STEVE FREDRICK General Partner Grotech Ventures
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RUTH SHUMAN, PHD Program Director, SBIR/STTR National Science Foundation |
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BARBARA ARANEO, PHD Director, Strategy and Sourcing in the Diabetes Research Unit Novo Nordisk |
DANA LOWELL Director, Advanced Business Development Faurecia xWorks |
BILL LOO, MD Founder and Board Member of TibaRay, Inc. Stanford Cancer Institute
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MARK LEVINE Managing Director Core Capital Partners |
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VICTORIA SCARBOROUGH, PHD Program Director Global External Technology Team The Sherwin-Williams Company |
SHRIRAM RAMANATHAN, PHD Corporate Innovation Strategy & Management Evonik |
GRACE WANG, PHD Deputy Assistant Director for Engineering National Science Foundation
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CHRISTOPHER AUSTIN, MD Director National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) |
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GLENN VONK, PHD Corporate Innovation Strategic Advisor, NCET2 Former Director Advanced Technology, BD Technologies |
JAY AMARASEKERA, PHD Senior Technology Manager SABIC Ventures |
NORA YANG, PHD Director, Portfolio Management and Strategic Operations National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) |
BARRY JOHNSON, PHD Director, Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships of the Directorate for Engineering National Science Foundation |
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BRIAN MCILROY, PHD Corporate Innovation Strategic Advisor, NCET2 Former GE Ventures |
CHRIS VARLEY External Science & Technology Programs The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company |
PAUL ZIELINSKI Director, Technology Partnerships Office National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
OMAR MUHAMMAD Director, Entrepreneurial Development & Assistance Center (EDAC) Morgan State University |
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WERNER KAUFMANN, PHD Senior Manager Technology Scouting BASF |
KIRSTIE CHADWICK President and CEO INBIA |
GRANT WARNER, PHD Managing Director, HowU Innovate initiative Howard University |
DONALD ROSE, PHD Director, KickStart Venture Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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MARK PACELLE Senior Director for Open Innovation Philips Lighting |
SVEN HARMSEN, PHD Principal BASF Venture Capital America |
DEAN ZERBE National Managing Director Alliant Group |
AJIT SINGH, PHD Partner Artiman Ventures |
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BRIAN CRONE, PHD Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) Congressional Fellow, Rep. Ben Ray Luján (NM)
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ANDREW MOONEY Legislative Assistant Rep. Randy Hultgren (IL) |
MEGAN THOMPSON Legislative Assistant Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA) |
JASON DAY, PHD Legislative Director Rep. Daniel Lipinski (IL) |
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