Virtual Event
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Join leaders from Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, the three universities that make up Michigan’s University Research Corridor (URC) on a virtual forum to hear how URC tech transfer responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, advances industries and drives our economy forward, even in uncertainty.
Partnering with the MSU Institute for Public Policy and Social Research and the U-M Wolverine Caucus, Michigan Entrepreneurs, Inventors and transfer leaders from the three universities will discuss:
- Emerging COVID-19 startups: who they are and how they help
- University Tech Transfer: What is it, and why you should care
- What’s happening nationally and how Michigan stacks up
- What Michigan needs to do to compete and keep innovation in our state
Click HERE to RSVP by Friday, September 25
Questions? Please contact Lynne Small (517) 999-4007
Speakers:
Peter Falzon, President and CEO, Ripple Science Corporation
Jack Lipton, Chair and Professor of MSU Department of Translational Neuroscience
Braden Robison, Chief Operations Officer, Seraph Biosciences, LLC
Joan Dunbar, Associate Vice President, Research, Wayne State University
Kelly Sexton, Associate Vice President for Research – Technology Transfer and Innovation Partnerships, University of Michigan
Rich Chylla, Executive Director, MSU Technologies
Moderator:
Britany Affolter-Caine, Executive Director, Michigan’s University Research Corridor
