Subject: Program in Technology Commercialization-Guest Speakers
This week's lectures:
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Amber Ratcliffe, co-founder of NanoString Technologies, will share a brief case study of her experiences in Technopreneurship. (http://make-it-matter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=9)
In addition, Carl Weissman, will be joining us to discuss Contracts & Negotiation. Carl serves as the Chairman and CEO of Accelerator and is also a Managing Director at OVP Venture Partners. (http://www.acceleratorcorp.com/leadership/directors/CarlWeissman)
Friday, April 22, 2011
Emer Dooley, UW faculty member specializing in technology strategy, entrepreneurship and venture capital, will be giving a lecture on creating Business Plans for Technology-Based Companies. Prior to joining the university, Emer worked as a senior design engineer with Digital Equipment Corporation in Ireland and in the US, and as marketing manager with Mosaix, a Seattle computer-telephony start up.
(http://www.google.com/search?q=Emer+Dooley&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)
All lectures in technology commercialization are held in Guggenheim Auditorium, 3:30-5:20pm and are open to the entire CoE community.
