Center For Technology Licensing

CTL Enterprise Seminar - From Here to There: Financing and M&A Options for Emerging Growth Companies
2019-11-06 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Bioventure eLab, 1157 York Avenue, New York, NY, NY, 10065, United States
Join us on November 6 from 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. at the BioVenture eLab (1157 York Avenue) for an interactive session on financing options for companies.

Founded by a Cornellian, Brooks, Houghton is a merchant banking firm located in New York that focuses on debt and equity financing, strategic advisory and M&A, and direct investing.

Agenda
4:00 – 4:30 pm Networking
4:30 – 5:30 pm Presentation and Q&A
5:30 – 6:00 pm Networking – Appetizers and drinks will be served.

About Brooks, Houghton and Company
Brooks, Houghton & Company, Inc. (“BHC”) is a merchant banking firm dedicated to providing corporate finance advisory services and direct investment to:

Middle-market public and private companies
Emerging growth companies

Founded in 1989, BHC emphasizes building long-term relationships with its clients by:

Providing innovative corporate finance solutions and professional execution at a reasonable cost
Taking a partnership approach with clients based upon mutual trust and responsibility
Delivering independent, objective and discreet advice

Applying these principles, BHC has earned a reputation for providing high quality, reliable professional services to its corporate clients, investors and referral sources in the United States and internationally.
BHC’s merchant banking products and services include:

Mergers and acquisitions advisory
Debt and equity private placements through Brooks Houghton Securities, Inc. (BHS), a FINRA member
Valuations and fairness opinions
General corporate finance advisory
Principal investments in debt capital

Venue: Bioventure eLab, 1157 York Ave. New York, NY 10065
RSVP: https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8rkSCXKAZjrwiRD
Contact information: Lynda Inseque, Program Manager, Technology Initiatives & Outreach, lci2@cornell.edu

I-Corps 'Clean Energy' Short Course Cornell & Binghamton Universities (Oct 26th - Nov 9th)
2019-10-26 09:00 - 2019-11-09 16:00
Session 1: Sat. Oct. 26 (10am-2pm)- In-person
Session 2: Sun. Oct. 27 (10am-2pm)- In-person
Session 3: Th. Oct. 31 (2pm-3pm)- Online
Session 4: Th. Nov. 7 (2pm-3pm)- Online
Session 5: Sat. Nov. 9 (10am-2pm)- In-person
Sessions 1 & 2 Location: Ithaca, NY
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works
314 E. State St. Ithaca, NY 14850
Session 5 Location: Binghamton, NY
Koffman Southern Tier Incubator
120 Hawley St. Binghamton, NY 13901
In this 2-week course, researchers working on a clean energy tech innovation “get out of the lab” and talk with customers to identify the best product-market fit. You may apply with a team of 1-3 people.
Teams may not split attendance between members. The Team Lead is required to attend and participate fully in every session of the short course. This is important for two reasons:
1) Course learning is cumulative
2) Only team members who personally complete the full short course can be considered for NSF lineage and a nomination for national I-Corps Teams.

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Webinar: CTAM Information Session 2
2019-10-25 12:00 - 13:00
Applications for CTAM are Open.
Register to the session 1 on October 25, 2019 at 12 PM to learn how your research project can get up to $50K!
Learn also about the program, the requirements, the success stories, and the application process to the CTAM program.
Register at https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5hXbbCkVr9B2EAt
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More about the CTAM program: https://ctl.cornell.edu/inventors/ctam/

Engineering Entrepreneurship Workshop: The Fast-Track to Licensing University Technology
2019-10-25 10:00 - 11:30
October 25, 10 – 11:30 a.m.
eHub Collegetown – Multipurpose Room
Pat Govang and Nate Cook will lead this workshop discussion focused on how to fast-track licensing of university technology.

Webinar: CTAM Information Session 1
2019-10-22 12:00 - 13:00
Applications for CTAM are Open.
Register to the session 1 on October 22, 2019 at 12 PM to learn how your research project can get up to $50K!
Learn also about the program, the requirements, the success stories, and the application process to the CTAM program.
Register at https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8i9GTTXW4S4ydhj
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More about the CTAM program: https://ctl.cornell.edu/inventors/ctam/

Cornell AgriTech Office Hours
2019-10-22 09:00 - 16:00, 2019-09-25 09:00 - 16:00
Where: Room 104 Hedrick Hall at Cornell AgriTech New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva.

Jess Lyga, Technology Licensing Officer, will be available to meet during her office hours at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, NY. She will be there to answer questions about the licensing process, disclosures, plant patents, plant variety protection (PVP), trademarks, etc.
Please contact her directly to schedule a meeting between 9am-5pm at jml73@cornell.edu

CTL Office Hours at Day Hall
2019-10-18 14:00 - 16:00
Location: Room 222-D, Day Hall

Come talk with the Associate Director for Technology Licensing in Physical Science, Martin Teschl, if you have any questions about an invention disclosure, the patenting process, and the licensing process.

Walk-in appointment.

Red Bear Angels Healthcare Innovation Roundtable
2019-10-17 17:30 - 20:00 | Tata Innovation Center, 11 East Loop Road, New York, NY, NY, 10044, United States
Top Investors, Healthcare Executives and Enterpreneurs discuss the biggest opportunities for innovation in healthcare and best practices.

Location: Tata Innovation Center, Tata 381 and 391
11 East Loop Road
New York, NY 10044

RSVP to Sarah Fox – Associate@rbangels.com
Limited space available
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Event sponsored by CTL

CTL Office Hours at Weill Hall
2019-10-15 13:00 - 15:00, 2019-09-17 13:00 - 15:00
Location: Weill Hall 404A (within the McGovern Center).
Come talk with one of our Licensing and Business Development Officers if you have any questions about an invention disclosure, the patenting process, and the licensing process.
Walk-in appointment.

IP & Pizza
2019-10-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Physical Sciences Building
Learn from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR) about the nuts and bolts of University-based Startups.
Join us for an overview and active discussion with deeply experienced professionals from Silicon Valley, hear their perspective on:

Creating Business Plans
Licensing University Technologies
Raising Capital

Katharine “Kathy” Ku, Chief Licensing Advisor, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati – Palo Alto office
Kathy served as the Executive Director of Stanford University’s Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) for 27 years. During that period, OTL licensed out hundreds of new technologies, bringing in $1.8 billion, most of which went back to support research and education at Stanford. Because Stanford’s OTL licensed many start-ups, including Google, Tableau, iRhythm, she understands the challenges of building a successful company through a robust intellectual property portfolio.
Kathy served as President of the Association of University Technology Managers. She also spearheaded the development and implementation of nine principles related to university technology licensing. The principles are set forth in document entitled “In the Public Interest: Nine Points to Consider in Licensing University Technology.” More than 120 institutions have adopted the principles since they were published in 2007.

Matthew J. Meyer, Chief Client Corporate Development Advisor in the life sciences, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Based in San Francisco, Matthew leads the firm’s life science business advisory practice—a newly formed, innovative resource aimed at providing start-up and emerging life sciences companies with business insights, capabilities, and strategies to help them thrive and address some of their most challenging issues.
Matthew is an experienced executive and corporate attorney who has held diverse roles of increasing responsibility across a wide range of private and public biopharma, medtech, and precision medicine companies from start-ups to Fortune 50 in the U.S. and Europe, including Pfizer, Novartis, and CareDx. His leadership capabilities include delivery of strong commercial results, structuring and executing partnering transactions across the product life cycle, raising debt and equity capital in the private and public markets, and working with founders, management teams, and boards to address complex business issues to support rapid growth.

For more information, please download a summary of the WSGR business advisory practice here.

Venue: Physical Sciences Building, Room 401.
RSVP: https://cornell.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9vsyLpDLmpPFpQh
Contact information: Lynda Inseque, Corporate Outreach & Engagement Manager, lci2@cornell.edu

I-Corps Short Course @ Cornell University (Oct 4th - Oct 18th)
2019-10-04 09:00 - 2019-10-18 16:00
Session 1: Fri. Oct 4 (9am-1pm)- In-person
Session 2: Sat. Oct 5 (9am-1pm)- In-person
Session 3: Thrs. Oct 10 (2-3pm)- Online
Session 4: Tues. Oct 15 (2-3pm)- Online
Session 5: Fri. Oct 18 (12pm-4pm)- In-person

In this 2-week course, researchers working on a tech innovation “get out of the lab” and talk with customers to identify the best product-market fit. You may apply with a team of 1-3 people.
Teams may not split attendance between members. The Team Lead is required to attend and participate fully in every session of the short course. This is important for two reasons:
1) Course learning is cumulative
2) Only team members who personally complete the full short course can be considered for NSF lineage and a nomination for national I-Corps Teams.

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IP & Pizza (Weill Cornell Medicine Office)
2019-09-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Ruben Conference Center, 1305 York Ave., New York, NY, 10065, United States
Kick off your journey to innovation by joining the Center for Technology Licensing (CTL) for an informative and interactive session that will present CTL services to the Weill community and will delve into the technology commercialization process.

Lean about:

Patenting & Licensing
Start-ups & Collaborations
How to Get Started

Join us for an engaging conversation at the Selma Ruben Conference Center, Weill Cornell Medical College Weill Greenberg Center, 1305 York Avenue Room B-C (2nd floor).

Pizza and refreshments will be provided.

RSVP by September 20, 2019 here.

Praxis Center Lunch and Learn
2019-08-15 12:00 - 14:00 | Duffield Hall, 343 Campus Rd, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
Join the team at the Praxis Center for Venture Development for “Lunch & Learn” on accounting compliance for SBIR grants and on Cornell Technology Acceleration and Maturation
(CTAM) grants.
Guest speakers:

Renata Dabrowska, Partner and head of the Outsourced Accounting department at Sciarabba Walker & Co LLP
Pat Govang, Director of Innovation Partnerships at the Center for Technology Licensing – Cornell University

Audience: Graduate students
Lunch will be provided
Click HERE to RSVP.

CTAM Fund Info Session
2019-03-07 12:15 - 13:45 | Physical Sciences Building
Please plan to join us for an information session on the CTAM Fund on Thursday, March 7, in the Physical Sciences Building, Room 401 at 12:15 p.m. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Detailed information and application form for CTAM Fund can be found at http://ctl.cornell.edu/inventors/ctam/.

The CTAM Fund provides critical funding to advance technologies of promise towards commercialization and venture creation. Two types of projects are eligible for applications:

Cornell Technology Projects: Faculty, research staff and/or graduate students, who are listed inventors of Cornell technologies can submit applications directly online.
Cornell Spinoff Projects: Cornell spinoff companies or resident clients in Cornell incubators.

The Spring Cycle application deadline is April 12. Project awards will be up to $50K.

RSVP by March 6

NSF I-Corps Short Course (Session 5)
2019-03-01 09:00 - 13:00
In this 3-week course, researchers working on a tech innovation “get out of the lab” and talk with customers to identify the best product-market fit. You may apply with a team of 1-3 people.

Feb 8 (4pm – 8pm) – Session 1 (In person)
Feb 9 (9am – 1pm) – Session 2 (In person)
Feb 14 (3pm -4pm) – Session 3 (Online)
Feb 22 (1:30pm -3pm) – Session 4 (Online)
March 1 (9am – 1pm) – Session 5 (In person)

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NSF I-Corps Short Course (Session 4)
2019-02-22 13:30 - 15:00

NSF I-Corps Short Course (Session 3)
2019-02-14 15:00 - 16:00

NSF I-Corps Short Course (Session 2)
2019-02-09 09:00 - 13:00

NSF I-Corps Short Course (Session 1)
2019-02-08 16:00 - 20:00

Cornell AgriTech Office Hours
2018-12-18 09:00 - 17:00, 2018-11-27 09:00 - 17:00, 2018-10-23 09:00 - 17:00 | Cornell AgriTech, Hedrick Hall, Room 104
Jess Lyga, Technology Licensing Officer, will be available to meet during her office hours at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, NY. She will be there to answer questions about what CTL does, licensing, disclosures, plant patents, plant variety protection (PVP), trademarks, etc.

Please contact her directly to schedule a meeting between 9am-5pm. jml73@cornell.edu

GateWay to Partnership Info Session
2018-12-04 12:00 - 14:00 | Clark Hall Room 410
Please plan to join us for an information session in Clark Hall Room 410. Pizza and refreshments will be provided. Learn about a newly launched program by the Office of Sponsored Programs and the Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University, leading the way to innovative industry research partnerships!
Launched in 2018, the GateWay to Partnership program is a new initiative for industry sponsors to encourage collaboration, streamline negotiations for sponsored research agreements and subsequent licenses, and promote technology development and commercialization.
With three options the Gateway to Partnership programs meets the needs of industry sponsors while enabling companies to manage their investments with the certainty of access to project intellectual property.
More information about GateWay to Partnership can be found at https://osp.cornell.edu/gateway/

RSVP by December 3

GateWay to Partnership Info Session
2018-11-02 12:00 - 14:00 | Morrison Hall Room 334
Please plan to join us for an information session in Morrison Hall Room 334. Pizza and refreshments will be provided. Learn about a newly launched program by the Office of Sponsored Programs and the Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University, leading the way to innovative industry research partnerships!
Launched in 2018, the GateWay to Partnership program is a new initiative for industry sponsors to encourage collaboration, streamline negotiations for sponsored research agreements and subsequent licenses, and promote technology development and commercialization.
With three options the Gateway to Partnership programs meets the needs of industry sponsors while enabling companies to manage their investments with the certainty of access to project intellectual property.
More information about GateWay to Partnership can be found at https://osp.cornell.edu/gateway/

RSVP by November 1

GateWay to Partnership Info Session
2018-10-29 00:15 - 13:15 | Hollister Hall Room 206
Please plan to join us for an information session in Hollister Hall Room 206. Pizza and refreshments will be provided. Learn about a newly launched program, leading the way to innovative industry research partnerships!

Launched in 2018, the GateWay to Partnership program is a new initiative for industry sponsors to encourage collaboration, streamline negotiations for sponsored research agreements and subsequent licenses, and promote technology development and commercialization.

With three options the Gateway to Partnership programs meets the needs of industry sponsors while enabling companies to manage their investments with the certainty of access to project intellectual property.

More information about GateWay to Partnership can be found at https://osp.cornell.edu/gateway/

FastTrack Startup License Info Session
2018-10-19 12:15 - 13:15 | Hollister Hall Room 206
Please plan to join us for an information session in Hollister Hall Room 206. Pizza and refreshments will be provided. Learn about a new licensing program for Cornell technologies in Engineering and Physical Sciences, offering a quicker path from lab to market!

Institute of Biotechnology Open House & 35th Anniversary
2018-10-18 10:00 - 17:00 | Biotechnology Building G10, 215 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY, 14853, United States
A day to celebrate research in the life sciences at Cornell and the Institute of Biotechnology.

CTAM Fund Info Session
2018-10-08 12:15 - 13:15 | Mann Library Room 102
Please plan to join us for an information session on the CTAM Fund next Monday, October 8, in Mann Library room 102 at 12:15 p.m.; Pizza and refreshments will be provided.

Detailed information and application form for CTAM Fund can be found at http://ctl.cornell.edu/inventors/ctam/.

The objective of the CTAM Fund is to provide critical funding to advance technologies for commercialization and venture creation. Two types of projects are eligible for applications:

Cornell Technology Projects: Faculty, research staff and/or graduate students, who are listed inventors of Cornell technologies can submit applications directly online.
Cornell Spinoff Projects: Cornell spinoff companies or resident clients in Cornell incubators should submit through a Commercialization Professional.

The deadline for applications is October 31. Project awards will be up to $50K.
