The Senate of the University of Pittsburgh Spring Plenary Session

 

Today’s Vision, Tomorrow’s Realities:

Commercializing Academic Innovation

 

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

2:00 until 5:00 PM, Assembly Room, William Pitt Union

 

2:00        Introduction

Irene Hanson Frieze, President of the University Senate

Michael R. Pinsky, Vice President of the University Senate, Plenary Chairman

                                    http://www.pitt.edu/univsenate/

 

2:05        Welcome and Introduction of Plenary Lecturer

Mark A. Nordenberg, Chancellor

2:10        Plenary Lecture: An Entrepreneurial Vision of Academia

            D. Lansing Taylor, CEO, Cellumen, Inc.

            http://www.cellumen.com/

 

         2:40        The Process of Commercialization of Academic Innovation:

                        Technology Transfer and the Commercialization of Academic Research

Alexander P. Ducruet, Technology Licensing Manager, Life Sciences

Office of Technology Management

http://tech-link.tt.pitt.edu/

Developing Ideas into Products:  Getting There from Here          

Ann M. Dugan, Assistant Dean and Executive Director 

Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, Katz Graduate School of Business

http://64.226.232.47/index.php

The Many Faces of Commercialization:  License, Startup, Support

Carolyn E. Green, Director, Office of Enterprise Development, Health Sciences

                        http://www.oed.pitt.edu/

 

3:20     Commercialization in Practice:

                        Making Education Products and Services Available on a Large Scale

                                    Lauren B. Resnick, Director, Learning Research and Development Center

                                    http://www.lrdc.pitt.edu/

                        Creating a Realistic Business Environment

                                    Michael J. Madison, Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor of Law

                                    http://www.law.pitt.edu/madison/ 

                                    http://pittsblog.blogspot.com/

                        Progress in Research for a Licensed Technology

                                    Marlin H. Mickle, Nickolas A. DeCecco Professor of Electrical and Computer

                                    Engineering, Director of the RFID Center of Excellence and

                                    Director of the Swanson Center of Product Innovation

                                    http://www.engr.pitt.edu/site/rfid/

 

4:20     Introduction of Keynote Address 

                                    James V. Maher, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor

4:25     Keynote Address: The Potential for Academic Entrepreneurs

            Donald F. Smith Jr., Vice President for Economic Development

            University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University

            http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/bio/faculty/ds2i.html

 

4:55     Closing Remarks:  Michael R. Pinsky and James V. Maher