November 21, 2024, 9.00 AM – 3.00 PM; CKB – Agile Lab
The Center for Translational Research is committed to promoting excellence in collaborative research, innovation partnerships, entrepreneurial pathways, education, training and infrastructure development to translate technology into applications with a high societal and economic impact.
To follow up on the CTR mission to enhance the research, innovation and technology entrepreneurship ecosystem at NJIT, we have initiated a series of workshops on pathways to translational research and innovation partnerships, with panel discussions and breakout
sessions giving faculty, postdocs and students an opportunity to interact with
experts on early and advanced translational research, tech transfer, licensing
and funding strategies for entrepreneurial activities.
Agenda
8.30 AM – 9.45 AM: Registration and Meet & Greet Networking with Breakfast
10.00 AM - 10.15 AM: Welcome Remarks and Program Outline
Atam Dhawan, Senior Vice Provost and Executive Director – CTR
Teik Lim, President, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Michael Johnson, President, New Jersey Innovation Institute
Pradeep Fulay, Pradeep Fulay, Program Director, NSF ART Program, Technology and
Innovation Partnerships (TIP) Directorate
10.15 AM -11.00 AM: Distinguished Keynote Presentation
Elizabeth Dougherty, JD, Eastern Regional Outreach Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office
11.00 AM - 12.30
PM: Distinguished Panel Session:
Translational Research and Tech Transfer Processes in Academic and Industry
Govi Rao, Chief Executive Officer at Phase
Change Solutions (Moderator)
John Ritter, Executive Director, Office of
Technology Licensing Princeton University
Deborah
Perez Fernandez, Executive Director, Technology Transfer, Rutgers University
Barry Datlof, Chief Business
Development and Commercialization, Medical Technology Transfer, Medical
Research and Development Command, Defense Health Agency (DHA)
David Zimmerman, Strategic Partnership
Officer, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University
Greg Plaskon,
Vice President – Intellectual Property, Stryker Orthopaedics, NJ
Judith Sheft, Executive
Director, New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology
12.30 PM - 1.30 PM: Lunch with Experts
1.30 PM - 2.30 PM: Breakout Session – Technology Transfer and
Licensing in Translation Research -
NJIT IP, Technology Transfer and Licensing
Shawn Chester, Associate Vice
Provost for Research Collaborations
Sherie Dodson, Associate
Director for Technology Transfer & Intellectual Property
Sanjiv Chokshi, Esq, Associate
General Counsel
2.30 PM - 3.00 PM: Closing Remarks
3.00 PM – 4.00 PM: USPTO Patent Examiners Information Session
Recruitment of Faculty Inventors (by invitation only)
Elizabeth Dougherty, JD, Eastern Regional Outreach Director, U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office
For Agenda and Additional Information, please click here.