UNIVERSITY STARTUPS & GLOBAL 1000 CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 4-6, 2016
WEBCONFERENCE
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A UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY:
- 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
KEYNOTE AND PANEL THEMES:
- 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
For more information about the conference go to http://ncet2.org
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WEBCONFERENCE AGENDA
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DAY 1
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Welcome
- Tony Stanco, NCET2
- Glenn Vonk, Corporate Innovation Strategic Advisor, NCET2; Formerly BD Technologies
- Brian McIlroy, Corporate Innovation Strategic Advisor, NCET2; Formerly GE
- Barbara Araneo, Novo Nordisk
- Vickie Scarborough, Sherwin-Williams
- Chris Varley, Goodyear
- Jay Amarasekera, SABIC Ventures
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KEYNOTE
Grace Wang, Ph.D. Deputy Assistant Director for Engineering National Science Foundation (NSF)
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KEYNOTE
Paul R. Zielinski Director, Technology Partnerships Office National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Chair, Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
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KEYNOTE
Mike Molnar Director, Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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KEYNOTE
Sanjiv Malhotra Director Clean Energy Investment Center (CEIC) U.S. Department of Energy
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PANEL: Congressional Initiatives on the National Research Commercialization Enterprise
- Megan Thompson, Rep. Derek Kilmer, WA
- Brian Crone, Rep. Ben Lujan, NM
- Jason Day, Rep. Daniel Lipinski, IL
- Andrew Mooney, Rep. Randy Hultgren, IL
- Jon Cardinal, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, NY
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UNIVERSITY AND VENTURE PANEL (Speakers to Be Announced)
University Perspectives on What Congress and the Federal Government Could Do to Improve Research Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Programs like I-Corps, SBIR/STTR, Innovation Districts, Incubators, and Accelerators at Universities
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KEYNOTE
Christopher P. Austin, M.D. Director NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
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PANEL: Translating Science to the Market -- An NIH Model
- Nora Yang, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
- Ron Scheule, Sanofi Genzyme
- Nader Halim, Pfizer
- Eli Lilly and Co. (speaker to be announced)
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KEYNOTE:
Carroll Thomas Director Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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PANEL: University Alumni Economic Impact Studies
- Annie Tomasini, Harvard University
- Erika Herz, University of Virginia
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PANEL: Innovation Districts Around Universities: The Pittsburgh Model
- Scott Andes, The Brookings Institution
- Mark Kamlet, Carnegie Mellon University
- Mark Redfern, University of Pittsburgh
- Kevin Acklin, Chief of Staff, Mayor William Peduto, Pittsburgh
- Rick McCullough, Harvard University
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PANEL: Global 1000 Corporations Working with Universities, Startups, Angels, and VCs
- Sven Harmsen, BASF Ventures
- Shriram Ramanathan, Evonik
- Dana Lowell, Faurecia
- Andy O'Brien, Jones Lang LaSalle
- Jake Harrison, Samsung
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KEYNOTE
Stephen Ezell Vice President, Global Innovation Policy The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
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KEYNOTE: University Incubator/Accelerator/Co-Working Programs
Kirstie Chadwick President and CEO INBIA
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KEYNOTE: University Research Parks as Innovation and Entrepreneurship Zones
Charles D'Agostino President Association of University Research Parks (AURP)
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KEYNOTE: New Startup R&D Tax Credits as Funding for University Startups
Dean Zerbe National Managing Director Alliant Group
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PANEL: University Programs for Research Commercialization and University Startup Creation and Funding
- Michael Chambers, University of South Alabama
- Jeanne Hossenlopp, Marquette University
- Lisa Kuuttila, University of New Mexico
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PANEL: Bringing Research to Market through University-Entrepreneurs
- Don Rose, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Bill Loo, Stanford University, CEO and Founder of TibaRay
- Tim Fraklin, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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END OF DAY 1
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DAY 2
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KEYNOTE
Tobin (Toby) Smith Vice-President for Policy Association of American Universities
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KEYNOTE
Walter Valdivia Fellow, Center for Technology Innovation Brookings Institution
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PANEL: The Corporate Commercialization Center Initiative and University Startups Demo Day at Congress
- Tony Stanco, NCET2
- Glenn Vonk, Corporate Innovation Strategic Advisor, NCET2
- Brian McIlroy, Corporate Innovation Strategic Advisor, NCET2
- Barbara Araneo, Novo Nordisk
- Vickie Scarborough, Sherwin-Williams
- Chris Varley, Goodyear
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PANEL: Global 1000 Corporations Working with Universities, Startups, Angels, and VCs
- Werner Kaufmann, BASF
- Jay Amarasekera, SABIC
- Mark Pacelle, Philips
- Jake Latcham, Schlumberger
- Jonathan Drillings, Comcast Ventures
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KEYNOTE
Michael Weingarten Program Director National Cancer Institute - NCI SBIR Development Center
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PANEL: Angels and VCS Working with Corporates to Invest in University Startups
- Lee Groeschl, TechGrowth Ohio
- Mark Levine, Core Capital
- Ajit Singh, Managing Director, Artiman Ventures
- Steve Fredrick, Grotech Capital
- Brittany Hargest, Greenspring Associates
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PANEL: Innovation & Entrepreneurship at HBCUs: Feeding the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
- Omar Muhammad, Ph.D., Entrepreneurial Development and Assistance Center, Morgan State University
- Grant Warner, Howard University
- Wayne Szafranski, North Carolina A&T University
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NSF Panel
- Barry Johnson, Ph.D., Director of the Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, NSF
- Ruth Shuman, NSF-SBIR
- Andy Schwab, First Flight
- Lydia McClure, I-Corps, NSF
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