A panel of thought leaders spanning academia and industry discusses the path forward for tech transfer at the Digital Forum 2.0
They say the sequel is never as good as the original, but this was clearly not the case for the Digital Forum 2.0 which featured a second university roundtable made up of experts from academia and industry to discuss the impact of covid-19 on the future of work.
The panel, hosted by GUV editor Thierry Heles, included Karin Immergluck, executive director of Stanford University’s Office of Technology Licensing; Ilonka Jankovich, founding partner of venture capital fund Taptrove Ventures; Riam Kanso, founder and chief executive of Conception X, which helps PhD candidates launch companies; Kirsten Leute, partner, university relations, at investment firm Osage University Partners; Helen McBreen, investment director at investment firm Atlantic Bridge; Lesley Millar-Nicholson, director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Technology Licensing Office; and Shobha Parthasarathi, vice-president, external innovation and new ventures, at incubator Xontogeny.
Kanso noted that many PhD candidates working on deep tech projects were less interested…
Thierry Heles
Thierry Heles is the editor of Global University Venturing, host of the Beyond the Breakthrough interview podcast and responsible for the monthly GUV Gazette (sign up here for free).
