This weekend - FORUM USA at MIT

[Janet Fischer]

FORUM USA 2006
The International Networking Event in Science and Technology

This weekend!
April 8 and 9
MIT Stata Center (map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32)
www.forumusa.org

Forum USA is an opportunity for students, 
postdocs and professionals in all disciplines to 
meet leading French and international companies, 
major research agencies and schools.

A specific space will be dedicated to company 
creation. Participants will have the opportunity 
to better understand the links in the innovation 
chain in France. Representatives from France will 
include: OSEO Anvar, Provence Promotion, ARD Ile 
de France-Conseil Regional Ile de France, CNRS, 
Inserm Transfert, Retis, Invest in France, 
Conseil Regional Ile de France, Bretagne 
Internationale and Genopole.

For a full schedule of events and exhibitor list, visit www.forumusa.org.

*************

In conjunction with Forum USA, events organized 
on the theme of Innovation, Technology Transfer 
and Entrepreneurship will take place starting 
Friday:

Friday, April 7
MIT Tang Center, Wong Auditorium (map: 
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=e51)

2:30-4pm
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem France-US, Good Practices
Moderator: Windham Eugène Loopesko, specialist of 
commercial, regulation and legal questions for 
European and American companies
Speakers: Lita Nelsen, Director, Technology 
Licensing Office at MIT; Oded Hecht, Associate 
Director of the Office of Technology Development 
at Harvard; Pascal Iris, Director, ARMINES and 
CEO, Transvalor

This event will be followed by a networking reception from 4-5pm.

Saturday, April 8
MIT Stata Center (map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32)

10-10:15am
Starting an innovative company through the Young Entrepreneurs Initiative (YEI)
Speaker: Supriya Chakrabarti, 2005 YEI Laureate

10:15-10:30am
Presentation of the Company Creation Space: Stakeholders and Conferences

10:35-11:35am
Practical and Financial Follow-Through: 
Responding to the Continuing Needs of the 
Entrepreneur
Speakers: Retis, Provence Promotion, CRIF, OSEO Anvar

5:30-5:45pm  
Connecting eMembrane to France via the Young Entrepreneurs Initiative
Speaker: William Lee, 2005 YEI Laureate

Sunday, April 9
MIT Stata Center (map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32)

11am-12pm
France’s Appeal and Business Incentives for Innovation
Speakers: Invest in France, ARD Ile de France, CNRS
-- 
Janet E. Fischer
Office of the Provost
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Administrator, Postdoc Advisory Council
http://web.mit.edu/mitpostdocs
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mit-postdocs/attachments/20060405/7b960ecd/attachment.htm