[UCI-Calit2] FW: Entrepreneurs Forum/OTA Workshop Friday, September 26th.

[Anna Lynn Spitzer]

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Entrepreneurs Forum at UCI
presents:


UC Irvine Office of Technology Alliances
Rising Above the Gathering Storm in the OC: A Business Incubation
Network helping move OC Start-up Companies Forward 


	Friday, September 26, 2008 
	11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 
	Calit2 Room 3008 (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. This lunch features speakers
who will share their experiences and advice on starting companies.

Pizza and Patents!
Complimentary Pizza and beverage for UCI faculty, researchers, students
and staff who RSVP by 9/25/08. Please specify meat or vegetarian
(cheese). Walk-ups probably won't get Pizza so please RSVP early. 

RSVP Today!
FREE to UC faculty, researchers, students and staff General Public: $10
(cash or check only)

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

Next Month
Charles Glabe, UCI Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry 

	Friday October 3, 2008
	11:30 - 1:00 p.m.
	Calit2 Room 3008 

About the Program
The Orange County Business Incubation Network, created in response to a
September 2006 National Academy of Sciences recommendation has so far
spawned Orange Coast Medical Ventures and Tech Coast Works which are
business incubators for medical devices and information technology. With
the help of these incubators, more than 15 new companies are now in
various stages of development and many new enterprises are emerging from
UCI and the Orange County community that will benefit from the services
and support offered by these incubators. 

This Entrepreneur's Forum will offer attendees insights into the
business incubation process through several case studies of current
portfolio companies. There will also be a review of the range of
benefits and assistance that the new incubators can provide to start-up
enterprises drawing on a vast network of best-in-class service and
business resource providers and the integral involvement of MBA students
through the Don Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the
Paul Merage School of Business. 

Speakers

*                 Greg Ruehle, CEO
Orange Coast Medical Ventures
<http://www.ocbin.org/incubators/medical_devices.cfm> 

*                  Jeff Greenberg, CEO
Tech Coast Works <http://www.techcoastworks.com/> 

*                 Charles Baecker, Director
Don Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
<http://www.merage.uci.edu/ResearchAndCenters/Beall/> 
Paul Merage School of Business
<http://www.merage.uci.edu/ResearchAndCenters/Beall/> 

*                  David Schetter, Moderator
UCI Office of Technology Alliances <http://www.ota.uci.edu/> 

Who should attend? 

*                 Faculty inventors 

*                 Entrepreneurs 

*                 Technology transfer executives 

*                 Investors 

*                 MBA Students 

*                 Staff 

 

 

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.

Orange Country Business Incubation Network <http://www.ocbin.org/> 

<http://www.octaneoc.org/> The Orange County Business Incubation Network
<http://www.ocbin.org/>  is a public benefit initiative of UC Irvine to
enhance economic growth in Orange County, California. The OCBIN mission
is to facilitate incubation of promising Orange County start-up
companies through: 1) targeted support of new incubators; 2)
industry/university R&D collaborations and 3) low-cost access to the
professional services, funding, and physical resources these companies
need to grow and to succeed.

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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. 

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

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