Tapping into Technology Transfer and Commercialization: How to Build a Knowledge-Driven Economy

http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Technology_Transfer

Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Time: 2:30 - 4:00 pm EST
Cost: $85 for IEDC members, $125 for Non-members

Contact: [email protected]
Space is limited so register today!

Technology innovation is constantly creating new tools, strategies and products, even transforming entire industries. The push to research, develop and commercialize new technologies is a top priority among economic developers who seek to grow globally competitive, knowledge-based assets.

Communities have created a wide range of programs - within governments, nonprofits, universities and others - to support technology transfer and commercialization. Programs that facilitate licensing agreements, joint ventures and partnerships, and spin out new companies foster the kind of knowledge-based job creation that results in higher wages and sustained competitiveness.

Join IEDC on January 19, 2011 to learn how your community can work to transfer innovations from companies, universities and research labs to create new products, processes, applications or services.

By attending the web seminar, you will:
• Understand the technology transfer and commercialization process and actors involved
• Identify local sources of innovation, as well as commercialization partners
• Learn how to develop and grow new programs that lead to the creation of knowledge-based companies and jobs

OUR EXPERT INSTRUCTORS INCLUDE:

James A. Jaffe
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Association of Seed and Venture Funds

Jim Jaffe has over 40 years experience as President / CEO of six different public and private companies. He has managed a private equity fund and spent nine years in Eastern Europe and Asia investing in small businesses in emerging economies. He serves on the boards of the National Business Incubation Association, Murex Investments and CDC Development Solutions.

Mike Schwenk
Vice President, Battelle
Director, Technology Deployment & Outreach, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Mike Schwenk has more than thirty years of technical and business management experience in government, non-profit, entrepreneurial and corporate settings. For most of that time, he has championed numerous efforts to move research out of the laboratory and into the hands of business. If this can best be characterized as technology-based economic development, then it is fair to say that is his passion.

Register today: http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Technology_Transfer