Wednesday, September 11
07:30 AM
- 04:30 PM
Exhibits Open
Location:
Grand Station III Foyer
07:30 AM
- 04:30 PM
Registration
Location:
Grand Station III Foyer
07:30 AM
- 04:30 PM
AUTM Connect
Location:
Brighton I-II
07:30 AM
- 08:30 AM
Coffee and Tea Service (Breakfast On Your Own)
Location:
Grand Station III Foyer
08:30 AM
- 08:45 AM
Welcome Remarks
Location:
Grand Station I
08:45 AM
- 10:00 AM
Unlocking the Potential of Your Forgotten Patents: Tech Transfer Re-invented
Location:
Grand Station I
Moderator
Alfonso Chan,
King & Spalding LLP
Speaker
Jay Kesan,
Key IP Law
Dipanjan Nag, President,
InnovAito, LLC
See More..
10:00 AM
- 10:15 PM
Transition Break
10:15 AM
- 11:30 AM
All About TABA: Accessing SBIR/STTR Add-on Commercialization Funding for Startups
Location:
Grand Station I
Moderator
Becky Stoughton, Vice President,
Fuentek LLC
Speaker
Paul Petrovich, Assistant Director,
University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute
10:15 AM
- 11:30 AM
To Be or Not To Be, a Startup or a License
Location:
Grand Station II
Moderator
Hemi Chopra, Senior Innovation Manager,
University of Maryland
Speaker
Myron Kassaraba, Vice President,
MassVentures
Katharine Ku, Licensing Advisor, Wilson Sonsini,
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
See More..
11:30 AM
- 12:45 PM
Lunch
Location:
Grand Station III
12:45 PM
- 02:00 PM
Putting Together a Disclosure Where AI is Part of the Invention
Location:
Grand Station I
Moderator
Charles Macedo, Partner,
Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP
Speaker
Dinesh Divakaran,
Owkin
Thomas Hart, Law Clerk,
Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP
See More..
02:00 PM
- 02:15 PM
Transition Break
02:15 PM
- 03:15 PM
Navigating Artificial Intelligence 2.0
Location:
Grand Station I
Speaker
Meghan Hayes, Associate Director, Business Developement and Licensing,
Carnegie Mellon University
02:15 PM
- 03:15 PM
Empowering Innovation: Leveraging Mentor in Residence and Advisor Programs for Funding Success and Application Review in Seed Funds
Location:
Grand Station II
Moderator
Bhavana Mohanraj, Associate Director, PCI Ventures,
PCI
Speaker
Katie Hemphill, Director of Technology Ventures and Talent Network,
Northeastern University
Stewart Neifert,
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures
03:15 PM
- 03:30 PM
Transition Break
03:30 PM
- 04:45 PM
DRIVE Model for Academic Drug Development
Location:
Grand Station I
Speaker
Dennis Liotta, Professor,
Emory University
05:30 PM
- 07:30 PM
Gateway Clipper Cruise
Location:
350 W Station Square Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Thursday, September 12
07:30 AM
- 04:00 PM
Registration
07:30 AM
- 04:00 PM
AUTM Connect
Location:
Brighton I-II
07:30 AM
- 04:00 PM
Exhibits Open
Location:
Grand Station III Foyer
07:30 AM
- 08:30 AM
Coffee and Tea Service (Breakfast On Your Own)
Location:
Grand Station III Foyer
08:30 AM
- 09:30 AM
What’s Happening in Washington DC? What You Need to Know
Location:
Grand Station I
Speaker
Jeff Depp,
University of Pittsburgh
09:30 AM
- 09:45 AM
Transition Break
09:45 AM
- 10:45 AM
Monetizing Nontraditional University Assets
Location:
Grand Station I
Moderator
Caitlin Long, Director of Technology Transfer & Innovation,
Alvernia University
Speaker
Sat Balachander, Licensing Associate,
Emory University
Wesley Blakeslee, Principal,
Blakeslee LLC. Consulting and Legal
See More..
09:45 AM
- 10:45 AM
Mid- Atlantic Biotech Ecosystem (we’re not California or Massachusetts)
Location:
Grand Station II
Moderator
Laura Mitchell, Dir. Intellectual Property Mgrs,
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures
Speaker
Stephen Auvil, Executive Vice President, Operations & Programs,
Maryland Technology Development Corp (TEDCO)
Kelly Collier, Director of Ecosystem Development,
LifeX
See More..
10:45 AM
- 11:00 AM
Transition Break
11:00 AM
- 12:00 PM
It is Not Just About Money, It is About Saving Life
Location:
Grand Station I
Moderator
Matthew Howe, Principal Partnerships Manager,
Owkin
Speaker
Joseph Boland, Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer Specialist,
Cooper University Health Care
Karthikeyan Gopalakrishnan, Director of Licensing and New Ventures,
Bill Harbert Institute
See More..
11:00 AM
- 12:00 PM
Leveraging Data and Government Initiatives to Make More Informed Patent Decisions
Location:
Grand Station II
Moderator
Brendan Serapiglia,
Gates Cooper
Speaker
Richard Bodnar, Technology Transfer Specialist,
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Pierre De Oliveira, Of Counsel,
DLA Piper
See More..
12:00 PM
- 01:15 PM
Lunch
Location:
Grand Station III
01:15 PM
- 02:30 PM
Licensing Deep Tech is Not Like Licensing Biotech!
Location:
Grand Station I
Moderator
Katharine Ku, Licensing Advisor, Wilson Sonsini,
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Speaker
Mary Albertson, Director,
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Andy Gollach,
HAX
See More..
02:30 PM
- 02:45 PM
Transition Break
02:45 PM
- 03:45 PM
Unlocking Innovation in Niche Markets: Insights from Assistive Technology Tech Transfer
Location:
Grand Station I
Moderator
Michelle Zorrilla, Associate Director of Technology Translation,
University of Pittsburgh - IMPACT Center
Speaker
Nancy Augustine,
University of Pittsburgh
Julie Faieta,
University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
02:45 PM
- 03:45 PM
Maximizing Tech Transfer Success: Utilizing AI for Outbound Marketing Strategies
Location:
Grand Station II
Speaker
Charles Bonhag, President,
FirstIgnite, Ltd