News

What:
Oregon’s Lab2Market Initiative is offering a short course, “Managerial Thinking for Technologists,” at Portland State this September. The course will provide the fundamental terminology and concepts to participating undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and interested community members who want to learn more about the commercialization process. The course also targets innovators who plan to participate in a Technology Disclosure Competition that Lab2Market is hosting October 20, 2006. Learning during the course will be very interactive with topics ranging from “Thinking Like an Entrepreneur,” “Making the Pitch” and “Finding the Money,” to “Intellectual Property Management,” “Technology Transfer” and “Reaching the Market From the Lab.”

When:
2–4:30 p.m., September 5–8, 2006.

Where:
Portland State University, Urban Center (506 SW Mill), Room 204. Live video streaming available for remote students.

Cost:
There is no cost for this course; there is fee for required course materials. Contact Candace Clement (see below) for more details.

Contact:
For more information, contact Candace Clement at cclement@nwtechventures.com or 503-504-9095. Participants are required to register by September 1, 2006.

Background:
Oregon’s Lab2Market is a three-year initiative that facilitates the commercialization of novel technologies and the creation of high-wage jobs by forging networks between private-sector business expertise and world-class research at Oregon’s universities. At the end of the three years, Lab2Market researchers plan to have launched 12 new technologies through licensing agreements or start-up ventures. For more information, visit www.lab2market.pdx.edu.

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For Immediate Release #PR-06-101