Entrepreneurship In Academia: Concept, Capital, Commercialization

Thursday, October 3, 2013: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
212 B (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Chair:
Greg Villareal, PhD, Consultant, Entrepreneur
Presenters:
Clyde Phelix, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio , Claude Longoria, MBA, Assistant Director, South Texas Technology Management University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Randy Goldsmith, PhD, President and CEO, The Texas Technology Development Center

Description: Panelist will explain a path for idea inception in academia toward global patent protection, and the means toward technology funding and commercialization. Speakers are experts in their own field and will lend candid insight as to why most start-ups fail and only a few succeed.