{"id":203515,"date":"2011-04-20T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T13:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/?p=6028"},"modified":"2011-04-20T13:00:58","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T13:00:58","slug":"may-event-driving-innovation-through-university-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/04\/may-event-driving-innovation-through-university-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"May Event: Driving Innovation Through University Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/case23.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6076 img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"case2\" data-src=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/case23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"292\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 288px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 288\/292;\" \/><\/a>On May 25, 2011, UConn will host a special event for entrepreneurs, inventors, capital investors and other who are interested in technology commercialization and want to explore novel innovations emerging from the academic sector. Entitled \u201cConnecting Opportunities: Driving Innovation Through University Resources,\u201d the program is sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvg.org\/\">Connecticut Venture Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Program activities will take place at the Student Union Theater and ballrooms at the UConn Storrs campus, from 3:00-7:00 p.m., and feature a keynote address by UConn engineering alumnus T. Scott Case (B.S. Computer Science &amp; Engineering, &#8217;92), who was recently appointed CEO of The Startup America Partnership, a private sector alliance launched at the White House in January to celebrate and accelerate entrepreneurship. He is also Vice Chair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malarianomore.org\/\">Malaria No More<\/a> and the co-founder and former CTO of Priceline. Read more about Mr. Case <a href=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/scottcaseandstudents.php\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other activities will include commercialization breakout panels and networking opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, and to register, please visit the program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eiseverywhere.com\/ereg\/index.php?eventid=22523&amp;\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 25, 2011, UConn will host a special event for entrepreneurs, inventors, capital investors and other who are interested in technology commercialization and want to explore novel innovations emerging from the academic sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-203515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engr"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-27 01:48:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203515"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=203515"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=203515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}