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TODAY’S RESEARCH: TOMORROW’S PROSPERITY
COMMERCIALIZING
UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH
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May 24, 2007
MaRS Centre
101 College Street
Join us for a one-day symposium
Don’t miss this unique and exciting opportunity to interact with international leaders from business, industry, government and academia at this all-day symposium
Sponsored by the COU, the University of Toronto and MaRS Discovery District
/To Register for the Symposium Click Here/
Registration Fee: $200
(includes meals and evening reception)
Keynote speakers:
Ross C. DEVOL, MILKEN INSTITUTE
Mind-to-Market: Mining the Gold in University Research
DAVID NAYLOR, President, university of Toronto
Commercializing University Research: The Toronto Perspective
Ted Sargent, Canada research chair in nanotechnology
Choreographing the Dance of Molecules
Program Highlights
Morning Panel: “Getting the Job Done: International Experiences in Technology Commercialization”
Catherine Godson, VP Innovation & Corporate Partnerships,
University College Dublin, Ireland
Ola Bjorkman, Director,
Stockholm Science City - Bioscience,
Sweden
Alan Collier,
School of Management,
University of Melbourne, Australia
David Gulley, Associate VP for Technology and Economic Development,
University of Illinois at
Chicago
Afternoon Panel: “What Business Wants: The Business View of Technology Commercialization”
Michael Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, Fio Corporation,
Toronto
Nicholas Miles, Executive Director,
Oxford to
Cambridge Arc, UK
John Grabo, Director of Marketing & International Programs, University of Arizona
Damian Lamb, Managing Director, Genesys Capital Partners, Toronto
Peter Suma, PCAS Inc. Toronto
Click Here for Program Schedule
Limited $50.00 student registrations available, please email Michael Hussey for information (or by phone 416-978-7577)
