2006 Solutions Conference

May 17th, 2006 Conference Agenda

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Morning Symposium

7:30-8:00: Registration, Networking and Exhibits

• Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:30: Welcome & Recognitions

• Teresa Bennet, IUPUI Solution Center

8:30-10:30: Demos and Exhibits Symposium

• 1st & 2nd Floor

9:00, 9:30, 10:00 – Advanced Visualization Tour & Demos (AVL)

• Sign-up for the AVL Tours at the registration table

9:00-9:45 Idea Generation Workshop

• Rm 157

10:30-11:00: Entrepreneurship and the Importance of Indiana’s Universities

• Bruce Kidd, Director of Entrepreneurship at the IEDC, will speak on the importance and role of Universities in expanding the state’s efforts to encourage the creation of new high-growth companies and small businesses in Indiana. Bruce works closely with entrepreneurs, universities, the venture capital/private equity community, and small business development centers to implement a strategy aimed at producing more high-growth companies in Indiana and providing them the capital needed to grow and prosper.

11:00-11:30: Building Indiana’s Talent Economy through Experiential Learning

• “Experiential Learning in the Knowledge Economy”

11:30-12:30: Networking Lunch

• Lounge & 1st Floor Atrium

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Afternoon Breakouts

Track I

Collaboration and Discovery: From Bench to License

• 12:30-1:30: Turning Relationships into Partnerships
  Mark Long, President, IURTC, facilitator
• 1:30-1:45: Break
• 1:45-2:45: IU Research, Discovery, and Commercialization
  Partnerships & Licensing: Jack Pincus, IUETC, facilitator
• 2:45-3:00: Break
• 3:00-4:00: Faculty and Research Centers

Track II

Building a Talent Pipeline: Recruitment Tools, Service Learning, and Professional Practice

• 12:30-1:30: Options for Building Your Talent Base
  Sloane Thompson, IUPUI Internship Office, facilitator
• 1:30-1:45: Break
• 1:45-2:45: Planning Recruitment Strategies
  Sloane Thompson, IUPUI Internship Office, facilitator

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Features: Tours and Special Programs

3:00-3:45: Idea Generation Workshop

• John Blue, InnovationCreation (Room 157)

What does "innovation" really mean and what can I do to become "more innovative"? I have an idea but what do I do next? How do I find innovative people?

These questions are being asked everyday by business and education leaders pressured to "be more innovative." Companies and organizations struggle with the innovation process and how to apply it. And while there’s no magic bullet for innovation, you can put in place actions, training, and environment that cultivates an innovation mindset and prepares your staff to recognize and act upon new opportunities.

This workshop will help you better understand these innovation questions and issues, and you’ll come away with a few usable tools and ideas that can be applied to your work, study, or research today.

3:00-5:00: Tours

• *Information, times, and sign-up located at the registration desk.
• Advanced Visualization Lab
• Pervasive Technologies Lab
• Informatics 3-D Lab
• IUETC (off-site)