Join nanotech and cleantech industry leaders for the 9th Annual NanoBusiness Alliance Conference taking place September 27 – 28, 2010 at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. This program will be held concurrently with the annual Water Innovations Alliance conference. Keynote speakers include William Moffitt, President & CEO of Nanosphere, Fabien Cousteau, Explorer and Aquatic Environmentalist, Kelly Carnes, President and CEO of TechVision21, and George Thompson, Government Programs Manager of Intel.
Our panel at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, September 27, NNI’s Revised Commercialization Strategy: Know the Risks Involved to Safeguard Your IP, will address strategies for safeguarding your IP as you leverage NNI funding opportunities to reach the marketplace. The pending National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Strategic Plan revision is considered to offer more share of the $1.8 billion projected budget on the transfer of new technologies into the commercialization path to nanotechnology and cleantech innovation in the coming year. Increased support of university-industry collaboration as been slated as a possible avenue of such acceleration.
So as not to jeopardize your IP rights, interested parties should understand the requirements and risks in leveraging this new avenue of funding. Join Foley IP and business attorneys, Dr. Steve Rutt, Dr. Jeff Lomprey, and Sven Riethmueller along with special guests Neil Kane, President of Advanced Diamond Technologies and Steve Wasko of Wasko Associates, for an interactive discussion addressing highlights such as:
- Setting up subsidiaries or other structures to take advantage of government grant and project opportunities
- Business innovation grants and restrictions by governmental regulation
- Bayh-Dole, IP and licensing rights for federally funded projects
- Working with universities/other research centers and their tech
- Negotiating the deal (considering the short–term and the long-term strategies)
- Reasonable licensing and royalty structures
To register or for more details regarding the conference, please visit the NanoBusiness Alliance conference Web site.
