[Sci-tech-public] Isaac Kohlberg at the ITWG this Thursday, Sept. 21

[Kara Swanson]

The Ivory Tower Working Group is pleased to bring you:

*Isaac Kohlberg, **Senior Associate Provost and Chief Technology 
Development Officer, Harvard University*

who will discuss:  

*Science, Industry and The Research University in the 21st Century*

*This Thursday, September 21, Science Center 469, 12:30-2*

A light lunch will be served.

*In order to ensure a rich discussion, please look at the following in 
advance of the meeting:*

http://www.autm.net/aboutTT/index.cfm
http://www.techtransfer.harvard.edu/

and the two readings available for download 
at: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~jhurlbut/itwg/ 
<http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/%7Ejhurlbut/itwg/>

As the session will be primarily a discussion, please take some time to 
look at the above materials and come prepared with questions.


*Please RSVP* to Ben at jhurlbut at fas.harvard.edu 
<mailto:jhurlbut at fas.harvard.edu>
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Mr. Kohlberg, formerly chief executive officer of the Tel Aviv 
University Economic Corporation and CEO of its technology transfer 
organization, will oversee the development of new technologies based on 
discoveries made at Harvard. He received his LL.B. from Tel Aviv 
University and his M.B.A. from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. 
Previously, Kohlberg served as vice provost of New York University and 
vice dean for industrial liaison and research administration at the New 
York University School of Medicine. Kohlberg was associate dean, science 
and technology administration (1994-98), and, before that, vice 
president for industrial liaison at NYU Medical Center. From 1982 to 
1989 he was CEO of the YEDA Research and Development Company, the 
technology transfer company of the Weizman Institute of Science.

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Kara W. Swanson, B.S., M.A., J.D.
Ph.D. Candidate
History of Science 
Harvard University 
Science Center 371
Cambridge, MA 02138
kswanson at fas.harvard.edu
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