Join us for a brief breakfast and an opportunity to check-in.
Mercedes Ramírez Fernández - Vice President, Office for Equity and Diversity - University of Minnesota
Senior administrators discuss what inclusive innovation means through multiple lenses: young innovators, academic programs & institutions, startups and corporations, society overall.
Moderator: Mercedes Ramírez Fernández - Vice President, Office for Equity and Diversity - University of Minnesota
Panelists:
Joe Konstan - Associate Dean for Research, College of Science and Engineering and Professor, Computer Science - University of Minnesota
Milena Saqui Salces - Interim Associate Dean for Research, College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resource and Associate Professor, Animal Science - University of Minnesota
Wanda Ward - Executive Associate Chancellor for Public Engagement - University of Illinois
Bringing innovations to the market.
Tim Childs - Founder & CEO, TLC Millimeter Wave Products; Board Chair, President, and CTO, VirtuTech Systems; Chair, Guardian School Security System SBC
Amani Gilette - Founder & CEO, SeLight; Postdoctoral Researcher, Morgridge Institute for Research - University of Wisconsin-Madison
Essa Mohammed - Co-Founder, LymphaPump; Researcher, Masonic Cancer Center - University of Minnesota
Vince Truong - Co-Founder and COO, Anatomic, Inc
Ibrahim Yekinni - Senior Scientist, Cerovations; Co-Founder, MELDBio
Developing and sustaining collaborations.
Wanda Ward - Executive Associate Chancellor for Public Engagement - University of Illinois
Nikia Brown - Associate Director, Intercultural and Global Learning, International Student Experience - University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
John Stavig - Managing Director, Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship - University of Minnesota
Small group discussions (organized by scientific domain and/or IP interest area) with IP attorneys and tech transfer officers. Includes legal experts from Barnes Thornburg and Target Corporation, as well technology portfolio managers from the University of Minnesota.
Ensuring diverse innovators feel they fully belong.
Nikia Brown - Associate Director, Intercultural and Global Learning, International Student Experience - University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Ashley Mahoney - Director, MIN-Corps - University of Minnesota
University innovation funds, SBIR/STTR, venture capital, I-Corps, angel investors, translational research grants, and other funding sources.
Paul Campbell - Co-Founder and Managing Partner - Brown Venture Group
Rajesh Mehta - Program Director, SBIR/STTR - National Science Foundation
Pat Dillon - Founder and President - MNSBIR
Panelists share low points and how they were overcome.
Panelists share strategies regarding mentor recruiting, training, matching, & management.
Rhonda Franklin - Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of Minnesota
Nina Axelson - President and Founder - Grid Catalyst
Holli Hazelwood - Program Coordinator, Global Leaders Program - University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Kailin Oliver - Associate Director, MN-Cup
Learn how to pitch yourself and capabilities to drive more professional opportunities forward. Bonus: build your pitch during the clinic, then continue to refine at home with a free subscription to the Brevity platform.
Eric Nelson - Chief Technology Officer, Brevity
A design sprint for action: Understand, synthesize, ideate.
Nikia Brown - Associate Director, Intercultural and Global Learning, International Student Experience - University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Ashley Mahoney - Director, MIN-Corps - University of Minnesota
Building a career foundation at a startup or small business
Gerald O. Wilson, President and CEO, Autonomic Materials and executive-in-residence - University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Meet, mingle, and build connections.