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URL:https://researchweek.unc.edu/events/innovation-road-trip-2021/
SUMMARY:Innovation Road Trip: From Science to Startup
DESCRIPTION:When faculty and student researchers decide to transform their 
 scientific discoveries into startup companies\, they set out on innovation
  journeys filled with promising possibilities and perplexing unknowns. How
  do you create a business plan? What’s the best way to engage with the U
 niversity? How do you handle intellectual property? Which funding paths ar
 e best? What can you learn from other researchers-turned-entrepreneurs? An
 d how can you accelerate your startup to get up and running faster?\n\nDur
 ing this panel discussion\, University leaders\, Carolina startup experts 
 and media partner WRAL Digital Solutions will explore the intriguing and i
 nspirational paths traveled by research-based startups born at UNC-Chapel 
 Hill. You’ll be the first to see the screening of a new episode from WRA
 L’s Innovation Road Trip series that features UNC-affiliated startup Ane
 lleO\, which is using advanced 3D-printing technology for novel solutions 
 in women’s health. Join us for lively conversation with a group of entre
 preneurial scientists and startup enthusiasts who are working to launch ne
 w ventures from Carolina labs. And get firsthand insights on new campus- a
 nd community-based initiatives\, hubs and partnerships that are creating a
  faster lane for faculty startups to make a human and economic impact.\n\n
 Panelists: \n• Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz\n\n• Rahima Benhabbour\, As
 sistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering\; Founder and Director of Anel
 leO\n\n• Michelle Bolas\, Interim Vice Chancellor for Innovation\, Entre
 preneurship and Economic Development\n\n• Eric Linsley\, co-founder\, Bi
 oLabs NC\n\n• Mireya McKee\, Interim Director\, KickStart Venture Servic
 es\n\n• Panel Moderator: James Amato\, Director of Strategic Business De
 velopment\, WRAL Digital Solutions\n \nTours of the Institute for Converge
 nt Science\, including the KickStart Accelerator\, will be available as pa
 rt of this panel session.\n\nClick here to Register for this Event
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LOCATION:UNC Institute for Convergent Science\, 250 Bell Tower Road\, Chape
 l Hill\, North Carolina\, 27514\, United States
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