Schedule

10 am

Check-In

10:30 am

Panel Discussion

Design: The Foundation of Impactful Entrepreneurship
Multipurpose Room A-B

11:45 am

Topic-Driven Networking Lunch

A light lunch will be served with the opportunity to network through guided topic points
Multipurpose Room C

Topic 1: Beyond Techno-Economic Entrepreneurship Frameworks
Should ventures be analyzed through historical, cultural, social, and political lenses? 

• Manish Bhardwaj, Director of Design for Innovation, Keller
• John Payne, Head of Design at Public Policy Lab

Topic 2: Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Academic Cultures
Is there an opportunity for thoughtful, deliberate, and reflective entrepreneurship - one that doesn’t rely on a “rush to term sheet”? 

• Jesse Treu, Partner Emeritus, Domain Associates
• Rita McGrath, Professor at Columbia Business School
• James Barrood, Innovation Ecosystems Builder

Topic 3: Day Zero: IP and Entrepreneurial Foundations
Great ideas and truly innovative science/tech breakthroughs do not always equate to sustainable business ventures. What are the strategies for getting a venture off the ground. 

• Tony Williams, Director, Office of Technology Licensing at Princeton
• Chris Manchin, Associate General Counsel, Perseus Group
• Joel Haims, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Topic 4: Corporate Innovation 
Evolution of the corporate perspective on academic research and startup ventures.  

• Su-Jin Kim, Investment Manager, Hyundai Mobis Ventures
• Rashmi Thakur, Portfolio Startegy and Integration, Bristol Myers Squibb

12:40 pm

Innovation Forum Opening Remarks

Multipurpose Room A-B

1 pm

STEM presentations

• Harmonia by Dmitri Tymoczko
• Opto-therapeutics by Jared Toettcher
• Reinventing package delivery by Jaime Fernández Fisac
• Morphex by Isla Xi Han

1:45 pm

Keynote: "Innovation and the Public Interest"

John Payne, Head of Design at Public Policy Lab | John's bio

2:15 pm

Coffee Break

2:30 pm

Humanities and Social Sciences presentations

• Excited Delirium: The Invention of a Disease by Aisha Beliso-De Jesús
• Performing the Peace by Chesney Snow
• Reimagining Gaming Blackness by Akil Fletcher
• School for Participation by Aaron Landsman

3:15 pm

Demo Station Reception and Award Announcement

Lobby

2024 Judges

Stephani Register, Founder in Residence, Recovery is Essential; Principal Planner, City of Trenton

Sashank Rishyasringa, Co-Founder & Managing Director, axio

Sabriya Stukes, Partner at SOSV; Chief Scientific Officer at IndieBio

Rob Van Varick, Chief Design Officer, Michael Graves Design

Grant Warner, Bank of America Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship; Director of the Center for Black Entrepreneurship

 

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