[Psec] Commercialize Your Research: University Startups Conference Dec 2-4 Washington DC (fwd)

[Henry J. Frisch]

fyi.... (I think we qualify, as we're a collab including universities)

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Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:33:18 -0400
From: NCET2 <announcements at ncet2.org>
To: "frisch at hep.uchicago.edu" <frisch at hep.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Commercialize Your Research: University Startups Conference Dec 2-4
     Washington DC

University Startups Conference
Washington Convention Center
December 2-4, 2009, Washington DC



Looking to commercialize your research? Are you looking for SBIR research
funding from the federal government?

The University Startups Conference is a unique conference series dedicated
exclusively to creating and funding high-impact, venture-backable university
startups. We bring together universities creating startups with VCs, angel
investors and Fortune 500/Global 1000 companies funding them. The conference
also includes NSF, NIH and other national and international government
agencies working on improving the Global Innovation Economy by increasing the
quality and quantity of startups coming out of universities.

With university administrators, state governors and federal funders
placing an ever increasing emphasis on commercializing federally-funded
university R&D, this conference is more important than ever. In the current
environment you need to have a first-rate startup creation and funding
program to be a top-tier research institution. With an amazing 8% of
university startups going public, universities with successful startup
creation and funding programs are increasingly regarded as important centers
of innovation in their region.

Benefits of attending this year's University Startups Conference:
Join the leaders in university-centric innovation from the U.S. and
internationally
Discover what investors are really looking for when investing in startups
Learn about university-based early stage commercialization funds
Learn about university angel investor groups that fund startups and bring
back wealthy alumni to the school
Discuss with other university officials what works and what doesn't
Discover what the federal funders of university research are looking for
in commercialization efforts
A one-stop place to meet the university transaction managers with
world-class IP to incorporated into your products, programs and portfolio
companies
Meet angel investors, VCs and Fortune 500/Global 1000 technology scouts
interested in university-centric innovations and university startups
The University Startups Conference is a must attend event for those
universities serious about making their university a regional center of
innovation, commercializing federally-funded research, and successfully
creating and funding high-impact university startups.

Global University Startups

The University Startups Conference is organized annually by the National
Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2.org). This year's University
Co-Hosts are the University of Maryland and the University of Texas. The
Government Co-Hosts are the National Science Foundation (Division of
Industrial Innovation and Partnership) and National Institutes of Health
(Office of Tech Transfer). The venture capital sponsor is the National
Venture Capital Association (NVCA). The Angel Group sponsor is the uAngels, a
national angel group focusing on funding university startups.

The conference usually sells out and registration closes early, so please
register as soon as possible.
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To register, please go to:
http://ncet2.org/UpcomingEvents/UnivStartupConf09/Agenda

For more information, please visit the conference website:
http://ncet2.org/UpcomingEvents/UnivStartupConf09


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AGENDA
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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2, 2009
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1:00-4:30 pm Pre-Conference Workshop: SBIRs for University Technology
Commercialization [Separate Registration]
6:00-7:30 pm Opening Reception at the British Embassy's Ambassador's
Residence
[Separate RSVP Required - Capacity Limit of 200 Attendees]
________________________________

THURSDAY DECEMBER 3, 2009
________________________________

7:30-8:15 amRegistration/Breakfast
8:15-8:30 amConference Opening and Welcome
Errol Arkilic (National Science Foundation-NSF)
Steve Ferguson (National Institutes of Health - NIH)
Tony Stanco (Executive Director, National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech
Transfer)
Ali Andalibi (National Institutes of Health - NIH)
Cathy Swain (University of Texas, Co-Host)
Brian Darmody (University of Maryland, Co-Host)

8:30-8:45 am Keith McDowell (University of Texas, Co-Host)
8:45-9:00 am President C. D. Mote (University of Maryland, Co-Host)
9:00-9:45 am University Panel 1
Paul Zukowski (University of Texas)
Allen Dines (Assistant Director, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Gitte Schober (Wageningen University & Research Center) [Neatherlands]
David Baker (Executive Director, University Technology Park, Illinois
Institute of Technology)
Santiago Romo (Director TTO, Rey Juan Carlos University) [Spain]
Jean-Charles Guibert (CEA) [France]
Dominic Houlihan (University of Aberdeen) [UK]

9:45-10:30 am University Panel 2
Tomohisa Koyama (Nagoya University) [Japan]
Nariman Farvardin (University of Maryland)
Peter Kelly (Executive Director, Helsinki School of Creative
Entrepreneurship) [Finland]
Michael Rauhofer (CEO, INiTS Universitares Grunderservice Wien) [Austria]
Cengiz Tarhan (University College London) [UK]
Poyni Bhatt (Chief Administrative Officer, Indian Institute of
Technology-Bombay) [India]

10:30-11:00 am Break
11:00-11:15 am Michael Weingarten (Director, NCI SBIR and STTR Small
Business Programs, National Institutes of Health - NIH)
11:15-11:30 am Kesh Narayanan (Director, Division of Industrial Innovation
and Partnerships, National Science Foundation-NSF)
11:30-12:15 pm
NSF SBIR Panel: SBIRs and University Startups
12:15-2:00 pmLunch

2:00-2:15 pm
British Embassy Designated Speaker
2:15-2:30 pmCharles Wessner (Director of the Program on Technology,
Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, The National Academies)

2:30-3:15 pm
Federal and University Lab Partnerships: New Directions Panel

Brian Darmody (University of Maryland)
Tim Wittig (Technology Management Advisor for Federal Laboratories, SAIC)
Michael Schen (NIST)

3:15-4:00 pmUniversity Panel 3
Raymond Lee Orbach (Director, The Energy Institute, University of Texas at
Austin)
Ashley Stevens (Boston University)
Wes Blakeslee (Johns Hopkins)
Jim Chung (Maryland Technology Enterprise, University of Maryland)
Linda Naylor (University of Oxford) [UK]
Tom Corr (University of Waterloo) [Canada]

4:00-4:45 pm
University Panel 4
Fred Farina (Director, Tech Transfer, Cal Tech)
Betsy Merrick (University of Texas Austin)
Melba Kurman (Cornell University)
Robert Wooldridge (Carnegie Mellon University)
Derek Waddell (University of Edinburgh) [UK]
Apoorv Sharma (General Manager, Amity University) [India]

4:45-5:30 pmUniversity Panel 5
Burton Lee (Stanford University)
Lita Nelsen (MIT)
Brian Cummings (University of Utah)
Takeru Ohe (Waseda University) [Japan]
Paulo Bueno (S&#x00E3;o Paulo State University) [Brazil]
Charlie Lewis (Arizona State University)

5:30-7:00 pmReception - Sponsored by the Royal Netherlands Embassy
7:00-10:00 pmDinner (on your own)
7:00-10:00 pmBy Invitation "Strategic Players in Global Innovation" Dinner
for U.S./International VCs, Private Equity Firms, Fortune 500/Global 1000
Corporations, Embassies and University Sponsors attending the conference. It
is a conducive atmosphere for national and international VCs, private equity
firms, Global 1000, U.S. Government and Washington embassies to talk about
how they see working together in the Global Innovation Ecosystem.

____________________________

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2009
____________________________

9:00-9:45 am Embassy Panel: Global Innovation: Working With Other
Countries To Build A Global University Startups Innovation Community
Brian Ferrar (First Secretary Science & Innovation, British Embassy)
Mitsuyuki Ueda (First Secretary, Science Section, Embassy of Japan)
Debapriya Dutta (Counselor, Science & Technology, Embassy of India)
Eamonn Confrey (First Secretary Information & Communications Policy,
Embassy Of Ireland)
Juan A Serrano (Counselor (Acting), Science & Technology, Embassy of
Spain)
Peter Westerstrahle (Counselor, Science & Technology, Embassy of Finland)
Christian Jorgens (Minister-Counselor, Science and Technology, Embassy of
the Federal Republic of Germany)

9:45-10:00 am
Mark Heesen (President, National Venture Capital Association-NVCA)
10:00-10:45 am
VC Panel #1
Mark Heesen (President, National Venture Capital Association-NVCA)
David Wells (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)
Mark Rostick (Intel Capital)
Dan Watkins (DFJ Mercury)
Carl Showalter (Opus Capital)
Jeffrey Bussgang (Flybridge Capital Partners/Harvard Business School EIR)

10:45-11:30 am
VC Panel #2
Russ Cummings (Imperial Innovation) [UK]
Deepanwita Chattopadhyay (Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Knowledge Park)
[India]
Eric Harle (Managing Partner, I-Source) [France]
Gary Rubinoff (Managing Director, Summerhill Ventures) [Canada]
Gabriela Gebrin Cezar (Venture Partner, Latin America, Burrill & Company)
[Brazil]
Michael Brandkamp (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) [Germany]

11:30-1:00 pm Lunch

1:00-1:45 pm
VC Panel #3

Mark Frantz (Redshift Ventures)
Joe Del Guercio (CNF Investments)
Charles Curran (Valhalla Partners)
Harry Weller (NEA)
Tom Scholl (Novak Biddle Venture Partners)

1:45-2:30 pm
University-Global 1000 Strategic Relationships and Open Innovation: The
Industry Perspective- Panel 1
Helmut Traitler (Nestle)
Martin Eglitis (Senior Partnering Director, Teva Pharmaceutical
Industries)
Jit Patel (Head of Discovery Licensing, Astra-Zeneca)
Steve Hahn (Dow Chemical)
Javier Garoz Neira (General Manager Corporate Development, Telvent)
Eric Meulenkamp (Philips Research)

2:30-3:15 pm
University-Global 1000 Strategic Relationships and Open Innovation: The
Industry Perspective- Panel 2

Rich Christie (VP Business Development, Johnson & Johnson)
Yannick Wittner (Director, Strategic Partnership, Dassault
Syst&#x00E8;mes)
Andrew Jay (Siemens)
Shekar Rao (Worldwide Manager, Texas Instruments)
Christopher Foster (Northrop Grumman)
Susan Tuttle (Director Worldwide Innovation Policy, IBM)

3:15-4:00 pm
University-Global 1000 Strategic Relationships and Open Innovation: The
Industry Perspective- Panel 3

Robyn Zander (Southern California Edison)
Mark Mielke (BASF Future Business America )
Richard Wilder (Microsoft Corporation)
Robert Gruetzmacher (DuPont)
Thomas Fare (Merck)
Joseph Dvorak (Innovation and a Technology Futurist, Research In Motion)

4:00-4:45 pm
Angel Panel

David Lerner (Columbia University)
Jamie Rhodes (Central Texas Angel Network)
Craig Dye (University of Maryland, Maryland Angel Investors)
Patrick Jones (University of Arizona)
Jeremy Adelman (Illinois Institute of Technology)

5:00 pm
Conference ends

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