CCE Faculty:<br><br>See below....<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">George Bettinger brought this
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Research Commercialization Introductory</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Course</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">to my attention as something that may be of interest to you. The cost is free, but you need to register. Details are below.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Best regards,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Kim</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Kimberly Schuenke, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Associate Director, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Program Administrator, Western Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The University of Texas Medical Branch</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">1.104D Keiller Bldg., Dept. of Pathology</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">915 Strand St.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">phone: <a href="tel:%28409%29%20747-0766" value="+14097470766" target="_blank">(409) 747-0766</a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">fax: <a href="tel:%28409%29%20747-0762" value="+14097470762" target="_blank">(409) 747-0762</a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Research Commercialization and SBIR Center [<a href="mailto:announcements@mail1.ncet2.org" target="_blank">mailto:announcements@mail1.ncet2.org</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:45 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bettinger, George E.<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Research Commercialization Introductory Course Starts in September 2012<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#333333">The Research Commercialization and SBIR Center</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">presents</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc">Research Commercialization Introductory Course</span></b><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">every Wednesday, 3:30 to 5:00pm ET</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">from September 19 to November 14, 2012</span></b></span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#ff6600">|
<a href="#1399d56ef8c25f86_1399cfac282e4890_register">Registration & Cost</a> | <a href="#1399d56ef8c25f86_1399cfac282e4890_class">Class Schedule</a> |
<a href="#1399d56ef8c25f86_1399cfac282e4890_exam">Final Exam & Certificate</a> | <a href="#1399d56ef8c25f86_1399cfac282e4890_materials">Materials and Video</a> |
<a href="#1399d56ef8c25f86_1399cfac282e4890_contact">Contact Us</a> |</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#ff6600">* Please feel free to forward this announcement to your colleagues *</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc">INTRODUCTION</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Now on its fifth run, the Research Commercialization Introductory Course is a very popular online course designed to help science and engineering researchers better understand how
research commercialization works. Over 4000 researchers from across the US take the course each time it is offered.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Research commercialization involves taking articles, documentation, know-how, patents, and copyrights, which are created during research activities and getting them to users and patients
for real societal impacts. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In some cases, commercialization involved taking patents based on the research and licensing them to a company. This usually involves also having the researchers consult to the company.
In other cases, commercialization involves forming of creating a startup and applying to federally funded commercialization programs. In all cases, though, research commercialization typically involves defining the nature of the research being commercialized
(e.g., in a patent or intellectual property agreement), establishing a commercial relationship with another party (e.g., employment, a sale or license), and negotiating a contract (e.g., compensation).</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc">WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE?</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Research Commercialization Course is recommended for all science, engineering and medical researchers in public or private research institutions (e.g., grad students, post-docs,
and faculty). This is an indispensable course for S&E grad students looking for jobs in the next 6-18 months.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc">ABOUT THE RESEARCH COMMERCIALIZATION INTRODUCTORY COURSE</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Areas covered in the course include intellectual property, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, licensing agreements, employment agreements, consulting agreements, tech
transfer, creating and funding companies, and federally funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Each lecture is a live 90-minute online class with Q&A.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="text-align:justify"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a name="1399d56ef8c25f86_1399cfac282e4890_register"></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc">REGISTRATION AND COST</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc"><br clear="all">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This workshop course is offered
<b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc">free of charge</span></u></b> but registration is required by clicking on the GoToWebinar link below.
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><u></u><a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/836894946" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="reg" align="left" border="0" height="55" hspace="5" width="150"></a><u></u><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">or go to (<a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/836894946" target="_blank">https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/836894946</a>)<br clear="all">
<span>By clicking on the link above you will be registered to all sessions of this course.<br clear="all">
Once registered, you will receive a reminder email 24 hours before each session.</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><a name="1399d56ef8c25f86_1399cfac282e4890_class"></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc">CLASS SCHEDULE</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lecture 1:<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> The Importance of Commercializing Research</span></b><b><br>
</b>Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm ET<span>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lecture 2:<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"> Patents</span></b><b><span style="color:#333333"><br>
</span></b>Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm ET</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lecture 3:<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Copyright, Trademarks and Trade Secrets
</span></b><span><br>
</span>Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm ET</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lecture 4: <b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Employment and Consulting Agreements</span></b><b><br>
</b>Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm ET</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lecture 5: <b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tech Transfer and Licensing Agreements
</span></b><b><br>
</b>Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm ET</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lecture 6: <b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants</span></b><b><br>
</b>Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm ET</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lecture 7: <b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Introduction to Early Stage Funding</span></b><b><br>
</b>Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm ET</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lecture 8: <b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Introduction to Structuring and Leading the Research-Intensive Company</span></b><b><br>
</b>Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm ET</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lecture 9: <b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Moving from R&D to Manufacturing</span></b><b><br>
</b>Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm ET</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a name="1399d56ef8c25f86_1399cfac282e4890_exam"></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc">REGISTER FOR THE FINAL EXAM AND CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A Final Exam will be available to all registered students AFTER the course.
</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Registering for the Final Exam is separate from the GoToWebinar registration. If you would like to take the Final Exam and be issued a
Certificate of Completion register for a <a href="http://center.ncet2.org/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=registers" target="_blank">
free NCET2 account (click here)</a>. Once registered, login and click on "<a href="http://center.ncet2.org/index.php?option=com_joomla_lms&Itemid=53&task=details_course&id=90" target="_blank">Subscribe</a>" at the top of the
<a href="http://center.ncet2.org/index.php?option=com_joomla_lms&Itemid=53&task=details_course&id=90" target="_blank">
course page</a>.<br clear="all">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Final Exam is an online, multiple-choice test. Subscribed students who achieve 60% or greater on the Final Exam will receive a Certificate
of Completion for this course. The Final Exam will be opened after the last session and will remain available for 3 weeks to give you enough time to review and take the exam.<br clear="all">
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a name="1399d56ef8c25f86_1399cfac282e4890_materials"></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc">DOWNLOADING COURSE MATERIALS AND VIEWING RECORDED VIDEOS OF PREVIOUS SESSIONS</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc"><br clear="all">
</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The materials and recorded video for each session will be uploaded on the
<a href="http://center.ncet2.org/index.php?option=com_joomla_lms&Itemid=53&task=details_course&id=90" target="_blank">
course page</a> before and after each session, respectively. Did you miss a session? The video recording will be posted within 24 hours after each session and will be available for you to view until after the Final Exam. <b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc">CO-ORGANIZERS AND CO-MODERATORS:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc">
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ali Andalibi</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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VP Research and CSO<br>
Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center<br>
former Program Director SBIR/STTR National Cancer Institute, NIH</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Clara Asmail</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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Sr. Technical Advisor, NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership <br>
formerly SBIR Program Manager <br>
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)<br>
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Frank Barros</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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SBIR Program Analyst<br>
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)<br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lenka Fedorkova</span></b><br>
Assistant Manager, SBIR/STTR Programs, <br>
Office of Extramural Research, <br>
Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Steve Ferguson</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Deputy Director, Licensing & Entrepreneurship <br>
Office of Technology Transfer <br>
National Institutes of Health <br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Juan E. Figueroa</span></b><br>
Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnership <br>
National Science Foundation </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tony Stanco </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Executive Director <br>
National Council Of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Christine Villa</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Chief Technology Officer, BRTRC, Inc.<br>
Principal Consultant, DOD SBIR/STTR Programs</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066cc">IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ATTENDEES:</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">WEBINAR SCHEDULE:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This course is scheduled every Wednesday, from 3:30 to 5:00pm starting September 19 through November 14, 2012. Changes in schedules or topics will be posted on this page and sent to
you through email.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">WEBINAR DURATION:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Each session is a 90-minute webinar with 60 minutes of presentation and 30 minutes of Q&A.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">COST:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Free, but registration required by clicking on the
<a href="#1399d56ef8c25f86_1399cfac282e4890_register">Register button</a> above. You only need to register once. Your registration is valid for all sessions in this course.<br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HOW TO PARTICIPATE?:</span></b> This webinar is online. You need a computer with web access for the visual/audio. You may also dial-in using the audio-only telephone number. The call in details and
instructions on how to join the webinar will be sent to you via email after you register. Once registered you will also receive a reminder email 24 hours before the start of the webinar.
</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">QUESTIONS TO SPEAKERS:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Q&A is conducted by a chat box to the speakers.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Research Commercialization Course is recommended for all science, engineering and medical researchers in public or private research institutions (e.g., grad students, post-docs, and faculty).
This is an indispensable course for S&E grad students looking for jobs in the next 6-18 months.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">SLIDES AND VIDEO:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The materials and recorded video for each session will be uploaded on a separate page before and after each session.<span> If you are unable to join the live webinar, you may
view the recorded video that will be posted within 24 hours after the scheduled webinar ends.
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