PART ONE

Thursday, Oct 7, 2 - 3:30 PM | Chem Lawn (Near the corner of Chem 1179 and ESB)

Resources for Involvement and Leadership

Come meet our Partner Program leaders in person and learn about the many UCSB resources available to students and postdocs who are interested in innovation and entrepreneurship. Stay for the book raffle where we will give away entrepreneurial titles from a reading list curated by the Partner Programs. Here's who you can expect at the tables:

Bren Eco-Entrepreneurship: Emily Cotter

CNSI: Tal Margalith and Dave Bothman

CSEP: Arica Lubin

MedVentures: Melissa Hingorani and Brian Dincau

Technology & Insustry Alliances: Alex Padilla and Robert Takara

Technology Management Management: David Adornetto and Sarah Hilliard-Rueff

PART TWO

Thursday, Oct 21, 10 - 11 AM | Virtual

UCSB Innovators: From Research to Entrepreneurship

Identifying new solutions, creating timely products, and innovating to meet a myriad of global needs takes a variety of perspectives, life experiences, and expertise. Hear from a panel of innovators and entrepreneurs as they share their stories of balancing academia and entrepreneurship.   The panel will include current and former UCSB grad students and postdocs who will share how they leveraged campus resources for their technology development and innovation career tracks.

Moderators: Melissa Hingorani (MedVentures at UCSB; PhD Candidate in Psych & Brain Sci) and Brian Dincau (MedVentures at UCSB; PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engr)

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PART THREE

Summer | Virtual

Technology Management Faculty Perspectives

Learn from Technology Management faculty as they discuss skills and knowledge that students and postdocs must often acquire on the road to technological innovation and entrepreneurship. Hear about insights from their own careers in the entrepreneurship space and their current research on innovation.

Rapid-fire interviews with UCSB Technology Management Professors:

Matt Beane. Workforce Automation: How do humans adapt to technological change?
Nelson Phillips. Technology and Organizations: How does new and emerging technology change how organizations operate and interact?
Renee Rottner. Contextualizing Innovation: Under what circumstances do innovators rise and succeed?
Jessica Santana. Entrepreneurial Resilience: How can entrepreneurs recover and learn from failure?

Interview hosts: Brian Dincau (4th year PhD student at UCSB) and Melissa Hingorani (5th year PhD student at UCSB)

Find the interviews on YouTube as part of the UCSB Innovation + Entrepreneurship 101 playlist

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PART Four

Summer | Virtual

Intersectionality in the Innovation Space

Innovating to meet a myriad of global needs and solve contemporary problems takes a variety of perspectives, life experiences, and expertise. Hear from a panel of diverse innovators and entrepreneurs as they share their stories of success from the crossroads of intersectionality.

Rapid-fire interviews with Innovators:

Part 1: Josanta Gray Emegano, Founder and CEO of Grayscaled Media.
Part 2: Dr Jay Sarkar, an aging and systems biology researcher and entrepreneur who leverages his background in applied physics and electrical engineering to design novel biotechnologies.
Part 3: Dr. Simone H. Stewart, an Industrial Policy Specialist for the National Wildlife Federation.

Interview hosts: Brian Dincau (4th year PhD student at UCSB) and Melissa Hingorani (5th year PhD student at UCSB)

Find the interviews on YouTube as part of the UCSB Innovation + Entrepreneurship 101 playlist