10 Year Review - The University of Akron
10 Year Review - The University of Akron
10 Year Review - The University of Akron
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Intellectual Property Management Institute<br />
National Business Incubator Association<br />
Ohio Venture Association<br />
Rotary International<br />
Technology Transfer Society<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Akron</strong> Law School Intellectual Property Advisory Council<br />
<strong>University</strong> Economic Development Association<br />
Utah State Bar Association<br />
Selected Presentations<br />
Provided invited testimony (one <strong>of</strong> two representing universities) to the United States <strong>of</strong> House <strong>of</strong><br />
Representatives Subcommittee on Research and Science Education <strong>of</strong> the Committee on Science<br />
and Technology on ―From the Lab Bench to the Marketplace: Improving Technology Transfer‖<br />
Washington DC, June 20<strong>10</strong><br />
Presenter, International Economic Development Association, ―Promoting Technology and Innovation<br />
in the Global Economy: Higher Education: Opportunities, Challenges and Roles‖ Washington DC,<br />
March 2009<br />
Presenter, Center for Applied Chemistry (CIQA), Intellectual Property Management Workshop,<br />
Monterrey Mexico, September, 2006<br />
Consultant and Presenter, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Trinidad Tobago and the World Intellectual Property<br />
Organization,― Development <strong>of</strong> Effective <strong>University</strong> Intellectual Property Policies,‖ Port <strong>of</strong> Spain,<br />
Trinidad, May, 2006<br />
Presenter, Mexico Intellectual Property Association (IMPI) and the World Intellectual Property<br />
Organization, symposium on intellectual property, Mexico City, Mexico, December, 2005<br />
Panelist and Presenter, <strong>University</strong> Economic Development Association, ―Regional Economic<br />
Development and the Northeastern Ohio Experience,‖ Monterrey California, November, 2005<br />
Consultant, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Provided direction to the<br />
Jamaica Small Business Development Center and the Government <strong>of</strong> Jamaica on technology based<br />
economic development with a specific focus on financing intellectual property and using intellectual<br />
property management principles for economic development, Kingston, Jamaica, October, 2003<br />
Presenter, CARICOM and the World Intellectual Property Organization, Seminar on the Patent<br />
Cooperation Treaty, ―Commercializing Inventions,‖ Kingston, Jamaica, June, 2003<br />
Presenter, Government <strong>of</strong> Barbados and the World Intellectual Property Organization, Seminar on<br />
Patents, Barbados, November, 2002<br />
Presenter, <strong>The</strong> Society <strong>of</strong> the Plastics Industry, Midwest Region, ―Strategies and Tools for Effective<br />
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