Where: Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard St., Madison
Agenda
8:30 - 9 a.m.: Registration and continental breakfast
9 a.m.: Welcome remarks
9:15 - 10:45 a.m: Session 1: Building an entrepreneurial and technology commercialization ecosystem in a university setting—from Bayh-Dole to business creation in the U.S. and China.
Moderator B.J. Ard (UW Law School)
Panelists:
Michael Falk, WARF
Andy Richards, D2P
Scott Resnick, StartingBlock
Maggie Brickerman, gener8or
Chuan Chen, UW–Madison School of Business
Jignesh Patel, UW–Madison Computer Science
Difeng Xu (invited)
Jia Zhu (invited)
10:45 - 11 a.m.: Break
11 a.m. - Noon: Greg Keenan, WARF Accelerator
Greg will discuss the WARF Accelerator Program and introduce three flash talks by innovation teams.
Noon - 1 p.m.: Lunch
1 - 2:15 p.m.: Session 2: Myths and the reality of enforcing and commercializing IP in China
Moderator: John Ohnesorge, UW Law School
Panelists:
Lori Meddings, Quarles and Brady
Justin Anderson, WARF
Eric Apfelbach, PegEx
Kening Li
Xiang Gao (invited)
Li Zhu, Quarles & Brady
2:15 - 2:30 p.m.: Photos
2:30 - 3 p.m.: Ice cream break
3 - 4 p.m.: Looking ahead and next steps
A conversation with Xinfang Gao and Erik Iverson
4 p.m.: Reception
4:30 p.m.: Remarks from Chancellor Rebecca Blank