Seminar and Social Hour with CCTEC and Johnson School MBAs

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Date: 09/15/2008
Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM
Location: CCTEC office suite 310, 395 Pine Tree Road

CCTEC professionals and MBA students from the Entrepreneur and Venture Capital Club heard about a new Cornell invention over free drinks and hors d'oeuvres. The speaker was Dr. Antje Baeumner from the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Baeumner discussed her biosensors designed for real world applications.

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Cornell Reception at BIO 2008

Date: 06/18/2008
Time: 6:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, Columbia Room,

Cornellians and friends of Cornell were welcomed to the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina's Columbia Room to enjoy a night of fun over beer, wine, and hors d'oeuvres during this year's BIO International Convention. At the event attendees networked and shared stories with fellow Cornellians, as well as CCTEC staff.

In the course of the reception, CCTEC unveiled the Cornell BioPharma Network (CBPN), a private social network that is a part of CCTEC's Cornellboration™ suite to promote professional and academic networking between the Ithaca campus, the Weill Cornell Medical College campus and Cornellians who are in the industy.

View the BIO 2008 photos by clicking here.

Inventors Roundtable

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Date: 06/10/2008
Time: 11:00AM - 1:00PM
Location: CCTEC office suite 310, 395 Pine Tree Road

Half day event focused on three Cornell technologies in the area of Central Nervous System Therapeutics and Drug Delivery. Invited guests will provide feedback on each of the technologies in the areas of marketability, application, etc.

View the CNS Inventors Roundtable photos by clicking here.

Startup Boot Camp

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Date: 06/05/2008
Time: 8:30AM - 8:30PM
Location: Statler Hotel

Day long event culminating in a networking cocktail reception and dinner for attendees. Panels of experts in the areas of starting life sciences and physical sciences companies as well as a legal and operational issues panel. Our key note lunch speaker was John Alexander,’74, founder of The CBORD Group.

Visit our photo gallery to view pictures from SBC.

For more information about SBC, click here.

Seminar & Social Hour with CCTEC and Johnson School MBAs

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Date: 04/29/2008
Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM
Location: CCTEC office suite 310, 395 Pine Tree Road

CCTEC professionals joined MBA students from the Entrepreneur and Venture Capital Club to hear about a Cornell startup over free drinks and hors d'oeuvres. CCTEC's last S&S until the fall, showcased an exciting speaker: Rajit Manohar, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and the co-founder/CTO of Achronix Semiconductor Corporation. He shared his experience starting the company and answered questions from attendees.

Entrepreneurship @ Cornell Celebration CCTEC Showcase

Date: 04/11/2008
Time: 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Location: Statler Amphitheater and Pennsylvania room

Every spring, the Entrepreneurship@Cornell Program holds a multi-day celebration of entrepreneurship happening in and around Cornell. During celebrations, CCTEC hosted two showcases featuring emerging technologies and new business opportunities.

For photos and more information about our showcases click here.

University Research & Entrepreneurship Symposium 2008

Date: 04/03/2008
Time: 11:30AM - 8:30PM
Location: Boston, MA

CCTEC participated in The University Research & Entrepreneurship Symposium (URES) 2008 an invitation-only, one-day conference established to bring world-class research universities to Boston and to showcase them before a group of New England's top entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. CCTEC presented a new wireless receiver technology which offers critical advantages over competing technology in the areas of cost and adaptability.

IP & Pizza with the College of Engineering

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Date: 03/31/2008
Time: 12:00PM - 1:30AM
Location: Upson Hall Lounge

Attendees enjoyed free pizza and a townhall style meeting to discuss intellectual property and technology transfer issues. Allied Minds, a pre-seed investment company, spoke about how they took a technology from bench to industry.

Seminar and Social Hour with CCTEC and Johnson School MBAs

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Date: 03/26/2008
Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM
Location: CCTEC office suite 310, 395 Pine Tree Road

Attendees joined CCTEC professionals and MBA students from the Entrepreneur and Venture Capital Club to hear Dr. Susheng Gan, associate professor of horticulture, speak about a "master switch" gene for manipulating senescene in plants. CCTEC's special guest was Connie Armentrout, Director of Technology Licensing, for Monsanto.

BayHelix Reception

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Date: 03/05/2008
Time: 6:30PM - 9:00PM
Location: Cornell Club, Manhattan

CCTEC held a networking reception at the Cornell Club in Manhattan with members of BayHelix, an organization of Chinese-American executives in the life sciences (http://www.bayhelix.org/). CCTEC staff were on hand to discuss commercialization and technology transfer as they mingled with guests.

Read the article in business week about the event.