About Invention to Venture Life Sciences 2008

Invention to Venture: Life Sciences 2008 is designed exclusively for life science entrepreneurs and researchers interested in opportunities to commercialize leading academic research. Participants will hear from successful biotech and medical device entrepreneurs, practitioners and funding sources on the keys to success in today’s venture development climate. The conference is designed as an introduction to the technology entrepreneurship and commercialization process for life science researchers while serving as a venue for companies and entrepreneurs to network with researchers from leading research institutions.

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About the NCIIA

The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance fosters invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship in higher education as a way of creating innovative, commercially viable, and socially beneficial businesses and employment opportunities in the United States. The program was founded on the premise that invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship are essential components of the higher education curriculum and vital to the nation’s economic future. The NCIIA works with colleges and universities to build collaborative experiential learning programs that help nurture a new generation of innovators and entrepreneurs with strong technical and business skills and the tools and intention to make the world a better place. Invention to Venture is a program of the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance. The I2V program is directed science and technology students and faculty. Its goal is to provide insights into the entrepreneurial process for participants at I2V workshops and access to people and resources that can help participants realize their entrepreneurial ambitions. The program is conducted in association with university partners and with other institutions.

About the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center
The Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center was created in 2004 as a program in the Massachusetts Economic Stimulus Bill. Its goal is to support technology transfer activities from public and private research institutions to companies in Massachusetts. To achieve this goal, the Center works with technology transfer offices at Massachusetts research institutions; faculty, researchers, and students who have commercially promising ideas; and companies across the Commonwealth.