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Events Calendar
FEF Fall Networking Reception at the Congressional Country Club
Get out of the office and enjoy yourself! Join Maryland's business community for an evening of networking and fun at the Tech Council of Maryland's Fall Cocktail Reception. This reception will be held at the prestigious Congressional Country Club in Bethesda. If you haven't attended our FEF Fall Reception, come and find out what you've been missing.
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Collaboration=Innovation: Biotechnology Today
How partnerships and collaborative efforts could lead to innovation and new research & development models that will have an impact on local, national and global levels.
Speakers:
Salim Shah, J.D., Ph.D., chief scientist, Office of Planning & Enterprise Development, Georgetown University Medical Center
Jeremy C. Smith, Ph.D., director of the UT/ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jeffrey A. Toretsky, M.D., professor and molecular oncology co-leader, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Moderated by:
Howard J. Federoff, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice president for Health Sciences, Georgetown University Medical Center, executive dean, School of Medicine
LOFT Life Science Career Symposium
The Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and MdBio Foundation will host Leaders On Fast Track (LOFT) Life Science Career Symposium for Latinos, African-Americans, and other minorities, which are underrepresented in life science careers. This event is for high school juniors and seniors and college undergraduates who either have an interest in the life sciences or who want to learn more about this profitable and rewarding career path.
A limited number of sponsorships are still available.
Doing Business in Africa Global Trade Forum
Event Features:
- One-on-one meetings with African embassies (Expected: Angola, Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon, Benin, Lesotho, Senegal, and more)
- Sector-specific panels to discuss real and current opportunities in Africa
- Financing resources from various levels of government (Including Export-Import Bank, OPIC, and MCC)
- Networking with companies already exporting to the region
PARTNERS IN INNOVATION A Showcase of Maryland-Israel Business
Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Learn about the opportunities and challenges of doing binational business! Network with representatives from many innovative Israeli companies with offices in the area and get to know Maryland-based companies currently collaborating with Israel. See the growing list of participating companies by visiting MarylandIsrael.org/showcase2013.
Cocktails and heavy appetizers. Dietary laws observed.
Current 2014 MIDC members attend for free; non-members pay $36
For more information, email nboguslaw@MarylandIsrael.org or call 410-767-0681.
Bioscience Day 2013
Bioscience Research & Technology Review Day is a special event that features research talks, presentations, mini-symposia, and demonstrations by university scientists. The program provides a unique opportunity for executives and professionals in industry and government to:
- Discover the most recent advances in bioscience and biotechnology at the University of Maryland
- Promote the potential for academic-industry-government collaboration
- Meet University scientists and interact with graduate student researchers
- Network with colleagues who share an interest in the promotion of bioscience and the bioscience industry
- Recruit employees and investigate job opportunities
STOPfakes.gov: Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights
Learn the basics of intellectual property rights protection and enforcement; discover resources available to help your business enforce IPR at home and abroad.
- Hear from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce Office of Intellectual Property Rights, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the National IPR Coordination Center.
- Learn the basics of obtaining and protecting intellectual property rights in the United States and globally.
- Learn about best practices and common mistakes; remedies for counterfeiting, piracy, and trade secret theft; and law enforcement resources for IP protection.
- Learn about trade secrets, obtaining/maintaining trademarks and copyrights, and enforcing IPR in the US and abroad.
Office of Technology Commercialization - Panel Discussion by Industry Experts and Venture Capitalists
Theme: "The First Mile of a Marathon". The theme explores the next steps towards commercialization of University developed technologies. Most inventors painstakingly develop their technologies, and yet, underestimate the herculean task of moving an idea from the lab to launch. Even before funding, there is a lot of heavy lifting, analysis, customer discovery, team building, etc. that needs to be done. The panel speakers will discuss these next steps that every inventor or potential entrepreneur has to undertake.
IBA Early-Stage Life Science Company Pitches
The Indian Biomedical Association (IBA) is inviting entrepreneurs from early phase companies with products or services in the life sciences industry the opportunity to connect, collaborate and partner with investors.
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Technology Transfer and Innovation Forum Series: Using Crowd-Funding, Social Media and Other Tools to Transform Traditional Technology Transfer
In 2010, the University of Virginia created a pan-university innovation initiative designed to elevate innovation, entrepreneurship, and translational research as core competencies and key strategic priorities of the institution. A long-time practitioner of "traditional technology transfer", UVa sought nothing less than a "sea change" in its innovation ecosystem and culture in creating this new innovation platform. Intellectual property is still protected, marketed and licensed (i.e., "traditional technology transfer"). But beyond these activities, the university has nurtured an ecosystem (both within the institution and beyond) which can be leveraged to identify innovation and knowledge assets more broadly and earlier; to advance those assets through proof-of-principle and commercial relevance assessments; and to leverage such assets and relationships to create products, services, companies, and jobs – and value for the university. Along the way, UVa Innovation actively uses its research capacities, social media, crowd-funding, grand challenge competitions, outreach and networking, and relentless "innovation proselytizing" to engage increasing numbers of university students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, and supporters in elevating innovation as core competency and focal point of UVa's mission.
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