February 23, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Presenter: Brendan Sever and Michael Ritter from Global Prior Art (http://globalpriorart.com)
Date: Thursday 3/4
Time: 6-7:30pm
Location: Room 211, 8 St. Mary’s St, Boston, MA 02215 (the Photonics Center)
Snack and drink will be served. Please RSVP here
February 23, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Professor Michael Ruane will be giving a lecture on how to write a technical plan. Professor Ruane is the lead professor for the ECE Capstone Design courses and has supervised over 150 student design teams. Michael Ruane received the B.E.E. from Villanova University in 1969, and the M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. (Systems Engineering) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in 1973 and 1980, respectively.
From 1969-1971 he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone.
Between 1973 -1977 he was a Research Staff Member in the MIT Energy Laboratory in the Electric Power group. In 1980 he joined Boston University as an Assistant Professor. He was a Visiting Scientist at the University of Arizona Optical Science Center in 1993-1994 and is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boston University. He has been Associate Chair of ECE for graduate studies and Associate Dean ad interim, and serves as Faculty Director of Outreach. His interests include photonic materials and devices, and engineering design, education and outreach.
Dr. Ruane served as the Electricity Member on the Massachusetts Energy Siting Council in 1990-1993, as the Chair of IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, Boston Chapter, during 1996-98, and Education Coordinator for the NSF Engineering Research Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems, CenSSIS, and for the Smart Lighting Center ERC.
February 1, 2010 at 7:24 pm
LECTURE SERIES
Speaker: Michael Pratt and Vinit Nijhawan
Topic: Invention and Market Opportunity
When: Friday, February 5th @ 4:00PM
Where: 8 St. Mary's Street, PHO203
Food will be provided
Michael Pratt from the Office of Technology Development will be giving a lecture on Inventions and Market Opportunity. Michael is the Director of Translational Research & Corporate Relations. He provides support to faculty that participate in translational research programs through proposal development, implementation of translational research, and facilitating collaboration with industry.
Vinit Nijhawan is currently running the Kindle Mentoring Program and will give an introduction of the opportunities available through the program. Vinit is Managing Director of the Office of Technology Development and the Director of Enterprise Programs at ITEC (Institute of Technology, Entrepreneurship & Commercialization) at Boston University. Vinit also teaches an MBA course on Entrepreneurship at BU.
A good amount of money and a REAL opportunity to develop your product or service can present itself through the program. Funding is available for prototyping your idea and for other expenses related to your product.
SAGE members can attend the SAGE social for drinks and finger food following the lecture.
Please register for the event at: http://tinyurl.com/edcrsvp
January 29, 2010 at 10:48 am
This is a reminder about registration for the Symposium, now open at: http://www.bumbasymposium.net
Tickets are $25. Graduate students have the priority before Jan 31, after which tickets are open to undergraduates. Seats are limited, so please act fast and get your tickets!
IPconnectED has put together a panel at the Symposium between 10:45am and 12:15pm to discuss "Business transactions involving Intellectual Property". Our four panelists are business leaders with extraordinary experiences in diverse areas of law, computer software, life science, and technology development. They are sure to lead an insightful discussion regarding how companies, large or small, come up with strategies to handle IP issues in valuation, restructuring, outsourcing, merging and acquisitions, etc. Our panelists are:
Anne Marie Cook, Partner of Choate Hall & Stewart,
Priya Iyer, CEO of Anaqua,
Bruce Rubinger, Founder and Managing Director of Global Prior Art, and
Charlie Kohn, President of PV Metrology Consulting.
The panel will be moderated by Ashley Stevens, Executive Director of BU's Office of Technology Development.
Please mark 2/6 on your calendar and be sure to attend the event. Any questions should be directed to jyzhang@bu.edu. IPconnectED look forward to meeting you there!
January 22, 2010 at 12:02 pm
The Boston University MBA Symposium, will be held on February 6, 2010 at Boston University’s Graduate School of Management. This year Symposium will host two keynote speakers: Dr. John Lechleiter, CEO of Eli Lilly and Don Walker, Co-CEO of Magna International. Tickets are $25 and can now be purchased at this website:http://www.bumbasymposium.net
Symposium is a day-long, student-run event featuring a chief-level keynote speaker and a series of panel discussions assembled by BU MBA student clubs. The event brings together the extended MBA community, traditionally attracting more than 300 students, alumni, faculty, staff, and distinguished business professionals. The MBA Symposium has hosted speakers from a range of nationally-recognized companies, including Chrysler Corporation, Deloitte Consulting, EMC, General Electric, J. Crew, Motorola, Dunkin’ Donuts and Ocean Spray Cranberries.
IPconnectED has put together a panel at the Symposium between 10:45am and 12:15pm to discuss "Business transactions involving Intellectual Property". Our four panelists are business leaders with extraordinary experiences in diverse areas of law, computer software, life science, and technology development. They are sure to lead an insightful discussion regarding how companies handle IP issues in valuation, restructuring, outsourcing, merging and acquisitions, etc. Our panelists are:
Anne Marie Cook, Partner of Choate Hall & Stewart,
Priya Iyer, CEO of Anaqua,
Bruce Rubinger, Founder and Managing Director of Global Prior Art, and
Charlie Kohn, President of PV Metrology Consulting.
The panel will be moderated by Ashley Stevens, Executive Director of BU's Office of Technology Development.
Please mark 2/6 on your calendar and be sure to attend the event. Any questions should be directed to jyzhang@bu.edu. IPconnectED look forward to meeting you there!
