2010 Annual Meeting
Pathways to Innovation
March 2-4, 2010
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Meeting Highlights
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Tuesday, March 2: Dinner and Seminar: “Attracting Capital Through Improved Business Planning”
•John Peel Executive Vice President, USIC
The New USIC: Opening Pathways to Innovation [video]
•Trevor Gunn Director of International Relations, Medtronic, Adjunct Professor at CERES/School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, and former Director of BISNIS Structuring Business Plans to Attract Investment Capital [video]
Wednesday, March 3 : Open Session
- Welcome and Introductions: Thomas A. Shelton; Chairman of the Board, USIC [video]
- USIC President’s Report: Gerson S. Sher; President, USIC [video]
- DOE Address: Monte Mallin
- Keynote Address: Ambassador James F Collins Former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation and Director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Foundation of International Peace [video]
Diversification Initiatives Opens New Pathways to innovation for USIC Members
- USIC Diversification Initiatives Opens New Pathways to Innovation for USIC Members, John Peel, USIC Executive Vice President, [video]
- Developing Medical Countermeasure for Public Health Emergency Threats , Ron Manning, Project Officer and Branch Chief, CBRN Division, Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Authority/NIH, [video]
- Your GPS for Pathways to Innovation, Michael Waldman, Managing Director, IGenera LLC., [video]
Forging Pathways to Innovation Through Collaborations: USIC Success Stories
- Georg Abakumov of ADMA (to be added)
- Richard Halstead of Empire Magnetics, [video]
- Dr. Robert Felton of Numotech, Inc , [video]
An update on the state of research and innovation in Russia:
Irina Dezhina, Economics of Science Division, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Government Policy and Reforms in the Russian R & D Complex [video]