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Enhancing University-Industry R&D Partnerships

Tuesday, January 28, 201409:00 AM to 10:30 AM EST
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2322United States CapitolWashington District Of Columbia, 20510

Event Summary

Post-World War II era U.S. science, technology, and innovation policy has been defined by a linear approach to public investment in basic research. For many decades, this worked because the U.S. was one of the few countries with the technological capabilities to translate research into new products and services. But in today’s intensely competitive global economy where nations are fiercely competing for innovation advantage, this paradigm is no longer tenable. Robust public investments in basic research remain critical, but equally as important are investments and institutional reforms to commercialize new ideas from the laboratory into the marketplace.

To advance the debate on potential policy reforms, the House Technology Transfer Caucus, Co-Chairs Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, and Innovation Associates are convening a series of Capitol Hill briefings featuring leading experts in innovation policy.

The third and final event in this series will investigate avenues to strengthen University-Industry R&D Partnerships. While the United States leads the world in transitioning university research into new products, services, and start-up companies vital to our economy, a significant share of university research continues to languish in academic laboratories rather than progress to commercial markets. Addressing roadblocks will be crucial to spurring innovation and economic development moving forward. This panel discussion will examine university-industry partnership best practices as well as potential policy issues, such as intellectual property, university invention management, and the federal role in university technology transfer.

Speakers

Joseph
Joseph Allen
Former President
National Technology Transfer Center
Moderator
Pearl
Pearl Huang
Vice President
Discovery Partnerships in Academia, GlaxoSmithKline
Presenter
Lisa
Lisa Kuuttila
CEO
Science and Technology Corporation at University of New Mexico
Presenter
Jane
Jane Muir
President-Elect
Association of University Technology Managers
Presenter
Diane
Diane Palmintera
President
Innovation Associates
Presenter
Dr. Paul
Dr. Paul Sanberg
President, National Academy of Inventors
Senior VP, Research and Innovation at the University of South Florida
Presenter
Karen
Karen Zaderej
CEO & President
AxoGen
Presenter
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