[UCI-Calit2] Time Change - Entrepreneurs Forum at UCI - Feb 13th

[Anna Lynn Spitzer]

OCTANe at UCI <http://octane.uci.edu> 

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Successful Career Options for Postdoctoral Researchers


	Friday, February 13, 2009 
	11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 
	Calit2 Auditorium (Calit2 map
<http://octane.uci.edu/pdfs/map_calit2.pdf> ) 

The Entrepreneurs Forum at UC Irvine provides an intimate and
informative setting for faculty, researchers, students and staff who are
interested in the entrepreneurial process. 

The audience will have the opportunity to actively participate in a
spirited Q&A session with each speaker.

New Agenda!
Program begins promptly at 11:30 am with Pizza immediately following the
program.

Pizza and Patents! 
Complimentary Pizza and beverage for UCI faculty, researchers, students
and staff who RSVP by 2/12/09. Please RSVP early to secure your spot.
Walk-ups probably won't get Pizza so please RSVP early! 

Register Now! <http://octane.uci.edu/registration.asp?id=17> 

RSVP Today! 
FREE to UC faculty, researchers, students and staff. 

General Public: $10 (credit card or check only)
If you have questions please call: 

	Tanya Zabalegui 
	tanyaz at uci.edu <mailto:tanyaz at uci.edu> 
	(949) 824-3425 
	
	Jayne Ruane 
	Jayne.Ruane at unx.uci.edu <mailto:Jayne.Ruane at unx.uci.edu> 
	(949) 824-5267

Register Now! <http://octane.uci.edu/registration.asp?id=17> 

About the Program
Are you a postdoctoral researcher who wants to explore your career
options? This Entrepreneurs Forum will give you some possibilities to
think about. The speakers chose very different career paths after their
research. Their choices include both entrepreneurship and additional
academic achievement. Their current roles find them back at the
University, working for a startup and as counsel in a biomedical
company.

Speakers Include:

*                 Dr. Cynthia Bonner
<http://octane.uci.edu/emails/090213_eforum_speakers.html> 
Lead Patent Counsel at 
Applied Medical Resources Corporation

*                 Dr. David Cuccia
<http://octane.uci.edu/emails/090213_eforum_speakers.html> 
Chief Technology Officer of 
Modulated Imaging, Inc.

*                 Dr. Goran Matijasevic
<http://octane.uci.edu/emails/090213_eforum_speakers.html> 
Director of Research Development, UCI, 
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering. 

*                 Nancy Salzman, Esq.
<http://octane.uci.edu/emails/090213_eforum_speakers.html> 
Assistant Director of Business, Management, Legal and IT programs at
University of California, Irvine Extension

Panelists will address questions such as:

*                 What options did you consider and why?

*                 Did you take advantage of any short-term/interim
opportunities?

*                 Did you have a mentor outside of the University?

*                 What role do you think chance or luck plays?

*                 What made you decide to earn a second degree (MBA,
JD)?

*                 Are you doing what you expected to be doing at this
stage in your career?

*                 Where do you see yourself in 5 or 10 years?

*                 How would I go about teaching, what I know, but
on-line?

Who should attend? 

*                 Postdoctoral Researchers 

*                 Faculty inventors 

*                 Entrepreneurs 

*                 Technology transfer executives 

*                 Investors 

*                 MBA Students 

*                 Staff 

 

UC Irvine Extension <http://unex.uci.edu> 
UC Irvine Extension <http://unex.uci.edu>  is the continuing education
division of the University of California, Irvine and they play a
significant role in professional and personal development in Orange
County, California, and the world. Through innovative campus,
international, and corporate training programs-delivered face-to-face
and online-UC Irvine Extension serves the needs of thousands of adult
learners and working professionals every year.

The Office of Technical Alliances

<http://www.ota.uci.edu.org/> UCI Office of Technology Alliances
<http://www.ota.uci.edu>  plays an important role in linking faculty and
new technology with companies who can collaborate in both the further
development of new inventions and the commercialization of research
results. 

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OFI - OCTANe Foundation for Innovation <http://www.octaneoc.org/> 
<http://www.octaneoc.org/> The OCTANe Foundation for Innovation (OFI)
<http://www.octaneinstitute.org>  is a 501(c)(3) public charity, and is
a supporting organization to OCTANe - Orange County's leading biomedical
and IT organization. The mission of the OFI is to develop a robust
environment for biomedical and information technology growth and
development. We will achieve this through focused education, skills
development and mentoring.

 

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