COMMERCIALIZATION BOOTCAMP, 24 June 2008

The NIHS Commercialization Boot Camp will be held on June 24, 2008 from 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM at the Center for Rural Development in Somerset, Kentucky. All PIs awarded projects on May 12, 2008 are required to attend. If you are attending please contact Holly Hurd at hhurd@thenihs.org (606 274 5247) OBJECTIVE: To provide attendees with a better understanding of the NIHS IP Management plan and how the PI’s and companies will work with the NIHS Commercialization Team.

Agenda

Topic

Presenter

Time

Introduction and Welcome

Ewell Balltrip
President, NIHS

10:00

IP 101 – Patent Law Basics

James Daly
Partner, Stites & Harbison, PLLC

10:10

NIHS IP Management Process

Shannon Rickett Commercialization, NIHS

11:10

University Invention Disclosure Review                

(Breakout Sessions)
UK, UofL, & WKU

11:40

Lunch

 

12:20

Pathways to Commercialization
Business Case Analysis
License
Start-Up

Donald McAlister
CTC, Inc.

1:00
1:30
1:50

Post NIHS Funding
Kentucky Programs
Federal Programs
    BAA, SBIR, STTR
Private Funding

Matt McGarvey
VP Commercialization & Venture Finance, KSTC

2:10
2:30
3:00

Adjourn

 

3:30