Tech Day @Rutgers University-New Brunswick

http://www.njtc.org/techday16/

This year’s Tech Day will offer a day of keynotes and panels discussing the latest trends in tech transfer, commercialization and data analytics and science. In addition, there will be demos and exhibits which will focus on AI/VR/AR as well as robotics. Come to one or stay for both events!

Part I – Commercialization Conference
9:00 – 10:00 Registration & Exhibits Open
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome: Dr. Christopher Molloy, Senior Vice President, Research and Economic Development, Rutgers University
10:10 – 10:40 Keynote: Darryl Mitchell, Senior Technology Manager, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
10:40 – 11:15 Panel: Licensing and Marketing Technologies – Academic Perspectives
Laurie Actman, COO, University of Pennsylvania – Center for Innovation
Laurie Tzodikov, Assistant Director, Office of Technology Licensing, Princeton University
David Zimmerman, Assistant Director, Physical Sciences & Engineering Licensing, Rutgers University
Satish Rao, PhD, Associate Director, Physical Sciences Licensing, Columbia University, New York
11:15 – 11:50 Panel: Licensing and Marketing Technologies – Corporate Perspectives
11:50 – 1:00 Lunch
11:00 – 4:00 University/Corporate Presentations – Showcase of posters & technologies plus Robotics and VR/AR demos

Part II – Data Summit
1:00 – 1:05 Opening Remarks
1:05 – 1:30 Keynote Presentation: The Future of AI
Maria Elbing, Director, Embodied Cognition & Conversational Systems, IBM Watson Center
1:30 – 2:10 Panel: How Industries are leveraging Data Science
Walter Willinger, Chief Scientist, NIKSUN
Rosario Mastrogicomo, Director of Architecture & Design, SPHERE Technologies
Johannes Hermann, Director Machine Learning & Advanced Algorithms, Johnson & Johnson
2:15 – 3:20 Panel: How AI is Playing a Role in Healthcare
Raj Jhaveri, Partner, The Catalan Group
3:20 – 4:00 Networking