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SPARK VT 2015 UVM Legislative Policy Summit November 17, 2015

SPARKVT at UVM facilitates moving research to commercialization through entrepreneur-focused workshops and expert mentorship. It aims to accelerate discoveries to marketplace, educate on commercial transitions, and enhance research competitiveness.

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SPARK VT 2015 UVM Legislative Policy Summit November 17, 2015

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  1. SPARKVT 2015 UVM Legislative Policy Summit November 17, 2015

  2. What is SPARKVT? A modular infrastructure to facilitate the discovery to innovation to commercialization process through a Series of entrepreneur-focused workshops with the help of an Expert external Consultant Panel ready to mentor which produces A mechanism to facilitate the connection of resources thereby influencing: INSPIRATION …

  3. THE SPARKVT PROGRAM Mission Controlled Expansion To accelerate the process of moving discoveries into the marketplace To develop an environment at UVM that fosters and facilitates moving innovative, collaborative research toward commercialization To increase the competitiveness for research funding involving small business and/or commercialization To educate faculty, fellows and students on how to transition innovative ideas and discoveries into commercial applications UVM-wide & BIO-Investor Forum participation UVM-wide Consultant Panel Members Campus “Markets” 2016 2015 Departments of Medicine, OB/GYN, & Neurological Sciences 2014 Department of Medicine 2013

  4. THE SPARKVT PROGRAM Evolving the Research Model Translational Research Bench Research Innovation & Commercialization The “New” Model The “Old” Model “Commercialization” Research Translational Research Bench Research 2015-2016 Timeline July 2016: New project begins 2012-2015 Fast Facts June 2016: Proposal Presentations to Panel 10-12 Workshops February 2016: Proposals due October 2015 September 2015: Issue Call for Proposals

  5. SPARKVT PROGRAM OBSERVATIONS, YEARS 1-3 • SPARK-VT facilitated a shift in mindset from scientific research to scientific research with commercialization potential • PI learning curve: establishing a strong team (business, legal/regulatory, and understanding/appreciating the regulatory process) • Workshops influence better proposals: idea/concept/timeline better defined; better pitch (less science talk and better orientation toward commercialization) • Partnered with campus/state resources: LaunchVT, UVM Office of Technology & Commercialization (OTC), Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET), Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development Office of Creative Economy, Vermont Technology Counsel • Education opportunities: • Expansion of workshops for Faculty, Post Docs, Graduate Students • Entrepreneurial aspect is applicable to most campus disciplines, course and internship opportunities for the School of Business (MBA Students) and CTS (course work on the art and science of the regulatory process) • Division of Continuing Education certificate series • Joint curriculum initiatives: Biomedical/Engineering Research + School of Business + Vermont Law?

  6. Scheduled SPARKVT Workshops, 2015-2016 Jeanne Clark, Esq., (Office of Innovation and Development, U.S. Patent and Trade Office) Searching for Prior Art from 12:00-12:45 on September 25, 2015 in 225 Kalkin Building Richard Galbraith, M.D., Ph.D., Mercedes Rincon, Ph.D., & Eric Gagnon (UVM Office of the Vice President for Research & SPARK-VT) SPARK-VT at UVM, 2015-2016 from 12:00-1PM on October 15, 2015 in Memorial Lounge (Room 338), Waterman Building Colleen McKiernan, Ph.D. (Senior Patent Agent, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals) Patents 101: Identifying and Protecting Your Patentable Ideas from 12:00-1PM on October 26, 2015 in the Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Center Pavilion, College of Medicine campus. Steven Arms (Swarms Ventures, LLC) Turning Ideas into Products - Strategies for Success at noon on November 2, 2015 in Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Center Pavilion, College of Medicine campus. Dietrich Conze, Ph.D. (Spherix Consulting) Building your preclinical data package for your FDA-regulated product, from 12:00-1PM on November 16, 2015 in Memorial Lounge (Room 338), Waterman Building Tips on SPARKVT 2016 project presentations presented by TBD on May 4, 2016 at TBD time in TBD location. Richard Tarrant (Founder, IDX Systems) Entrepreneurial Businesses: The Beginning, the Middle, and the End from 12:00-1PM on May 23, 2016 in 427 Waterman Building

  7. More Details? Web: uvm.edu/sparkvt Email: sparkvt@uvm.edu Phone: 847.1968

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