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3rd Annual Invention to Venture Workshop Now Streaming On-Demand

San Diego, CA, November 29, 2005 -- UCSD faculty affiliated with Calit2 participated in a national workshop aimed at grooming university entrepreneurs, and most of the talks and panel discussions are now available for on-demand viewing over the Internet (see below).

The 3rd annual Invention to Venture (I2V) workshop took place Nov. 19 on the UCSD campus. It was organized and hosted by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), the Jacobs School of Engineering's von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Advancement, and the UCSD student group VentureForth.

As with all I2V events, the workshop's goal was to engage a wide range of participants from the university community, including science and technology students and faculty, as well as members of the surrounding business community.

 

   2005 INVENTION TO VENTURE WORKSHOP
Kedrosky
Paul Kedrosky
Executive Director, von Liebig Center
Introduction
Length: 3:34 [video]
Mejia
Richard Mejia
Dir, Life Sciences - SoCal, Ernst and Young
Where is the Investment Money Going in Life Sciences?
Length: 22:50  [video]
Hale
David Hale
President and CEO, CancerVax
Challenges in Commercializing Research
Length: 48:21
  [video]
Watson Panel
Panel: Directions in Life Sciences
John Watson, Assoc Dir, von Liebig Center (Chair)
Eleazar Eskin, Asst Prof, CSE, Jacobs School
Wayne Giles, Prof, Bioengineering, Jacobs School
Bob Mattrey, Prof, UCSD Molecular Imaging Center
Judy Swain, Dean for Translational Medicine, UCSD
Length: 33:42 [video]
Flaim Panel
Panel: Case Study with a Successful Entrepreneur
Steve Flaim, Advisor  von Liebig Center (Chair)
Eric Donsky, CEO, Ocusence Corporation
Steve Richieri, CEO, American Life Science Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
John Rodenrys, Sr Managing Director, Leading Ventures 
Length: 24:03 [video]
Diane West
Diane West
President & Co-founder, 2Connect
Delivering the Pitch
Length: 23:32 [video]
Lew Panel
Panel: Intellectual Property Issues
Denise Lew, Licensing Officer, UCSD TechTIPS
Tim Rueth, CEO, Rhevision Technology Inc.
Chris Steinhardt, Attorney, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
Jessica Wolff, Shareholder, Heller Ehrman
Length: 34:42
[video]
Kedrosky Panel
Panel: Financing and Structuring the Life Sciences Startup
Paul Kedrosky, von Liebig Center (Chair; not pictured)
Gari Cheever, Atty, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
Norm Brown, Owner, Innovations Group LLC
David Urso, Principal, Forward Ventures
Jennifer Kearns, Partner, Duane Morris, LLP
Length: 25:17 [video]
 

The webcast panels were introduced by VentureForth's Sean Laperruque, a recent Bioengineering graduate. A series of three panels were not webcast for logistical reasons; they were introduced by Jacobs School publications officer Paul Laperruque.

Silver sponsors of the 3rd annual workshop at UCSD included Duane Morris LLP, Attorneys at Law; the Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technologies (CCAT); and Townsend Inc. Other sponsors included Heller Erhman LLP; Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP; Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati; and Bente Hansen & Associates.

Related Links

Invention to Venture at UCSD
VentureForth
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
The von Liebig Center