By Kevin Berkopes, CEO, Crossroads Education I developed Crossroads Education, an Indianapolis-based technology and professional services company, while a faculty member at IUPUI. Our mission is to build a new human ecosystem for education, one built upon the power of human connection augmented by technology. I want to focus on the potential impact of artificial… Read more »
Technology Commercialization
Another view of the Northeast Indiana Technology Commercialization Forum: Lucretia Cardenas
Joe Carley, director of economic development at Indiana University, recently wrote an opinion piece about the June 4 Northeast Indiana Technology Commercialization Forum. He summarized key points made during the presentation about the state’s intellectual portfolio and the subsequent panel discussion. A second opinion piece was written by Lucretia Cardenas, former editorial director for KPC… Read more »
Collegial collaboration: the Northeast Indiana Technology Commercialization Forum
By Joe Carley, director for economic development, Indiana University In the book “The Smartest Places on Earth,” authors Antoine Van Agtmael and Fred Bakker write about the transformation of rustbelt areas into hotspots for innovation. They argue that the success of local innovation-oriented economic development efforts requires “collegial collaborations, open exchange of information, partnerships between the… Read more »
Tech innovations, personal relationships, the Air Force and Indiana University
IU Bloomington campus hosted the Air Force Science and Technology 2030 Initiative More than 300 professionals in higher education, government and industry convened at the Indiana University Bloomington campus May 10 and 11 to conceive products and methods to maintain the U.S. Air Force’s air superiority through 2030 and beyond. The Air Force Science and… Read more »
IU at the 2018 TechPoint Mira Awards: Digital Health Solutions
The 2018 TechPoint Mira Awards will celebrate the state’s success stories in the technology sector. A record 205 applications were submitted, which were vetted by subject-matter experts and resulted in 116 finalists in 12 categories. We congratulate Digital Health Solutions, whose vision is to improve the quality of care for children through the timely, seamless… Read more »
IU at the 2018 TechPoint Mira Awards: Crossroads Education
The 2018 TechPoint Mira Awards will celebrate the state’s success stories in the technology sector. A record 205 applications were submitted, which were vetted by subject-matter experts and resulted in 116 finalists in 12 categories. We congratulate Crossroads Education, which is dedicated to improving the education system through the design of collaborative learning spaces and… Read more »
IU at the 2018 TechPoint Mira Awards: IU students, alumni & their companies
The 2018 TechPoint Mira Awards will celebrate the state’s success stories in the technology sector. A record 205 applications were submitted, which were vetted by subject-matter experts and resulted in 116 finalists in 12 categories. We congratulate seven IU alumni and student- and alumni-launched companies nominated in six categories: New Startup of the Year tend.ly… Read more »
Apexian Pharmaceuticals opens phase I clinical trial of APX3330
Congratulations to Apexian Pharmaceuticals, which licenses technology through the Indiana University Innovation and Commercialization Office. Mark R. Kelley, Apexian Pharmaceuticals’ chief scientific officer, is the Betty and Earl Herr Chair in Pediatric Oncology Research and a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Indiana… Read more »
New website connects inventors with IU Innovation and Commercialization Office
Researchers at all Indiana University campuses can visit a new website to disclose inventions created with university resources, learn about the commercialization process, review the IU Intellectual Property Policy, contact personnel at the IU Innovation and Commercialization Office (ICO) in Bloomington and Indianapolis, and more. ICO operates through the Office of the Vice President for… Read more »
IU one of six universities helping Air Force ‘invent the future today’
Indiana University Bloomington is one of six universities nationwide to host innovation workshops as part of the U.S. Air Force Science and Technology 2030 initiative, which is working to update the Air Force’s science and technology strategy. Hosted on the Bloomington campus May 10 and 11, the conference will feature workshops on a variety of advanced technological and… Read more »