Expert Panel

One of the existential challenges for a startup is how to reduce the time to translate a promising idea from the laboratory to the marketplace. Join our panel of leading experts for their discussions on the best practices for the transformation of invention to impact. Topics of this panel discussion include industrial discovery and strategies of commercialization focusing on market need.

Moderator: Quan Nguyen, Managing Partner at NTIP Patent Law Firm

Expert Panelists:

* Charlie Lewis is Sr. Vice President Venture Development at Skysong Innovations
* Doug Sylvester is General Partner & Managing Director at Xcellerant Ventures
* Elsa Abruzzo is Angel Investor and CEO & President of Anuncia Inc
* Vivek Kopparthi is CEO at NeoLight

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Join us for our upcoming webinar on how medical startup companies can transfer technology from research institutions. Technology transfer professionals work to build partnerships with entrepreneurs to bring technologies to market. Learn how to partner with research institutions from this panel discussion and live Q&A with seasoned experts from both sides of the table. Research universities are gold mines of innovative technologies that can be mined by entrepreneurs.

Brian Coblitz, PhD, moderator, is currently the Interim Managing Director at GWU Technology Commercialization Office. He strives to provide best-in-class service to internal and external partners working toward commercialization of new technologies invented at GW. Brian's broad scientific background contributes to developing relationships between GW faculty and industry licensees. As a registered U.S. Patent Agent, Brian can take advantage of his understanding of patent prosecution in evaluating novel technologies.

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