Bringing Emerging Tech to Market

This panel will explore the unique resources Oklahoma State University offers to help bring emerging technologies to market. The discussion will dive into intellectual property management, funding support, digital innovation, and prototyping assistance. Attendees will gain insight into how OSU fosters innovation and commercialization, contributing to economic growth and technological advancement in Oklahoma and beyond. 

Key Takeaways:

• Insight into the university's resources that support commercialization 
• Understanding of how universities like OSU help transform early-stage technologies into market-ready products and startups

Speakers:

John Nickel is the Assistant Director of Cowboy Enterprises and Cowboy Technologies, LLC at The Innovation Foundation at OSU where he manages the Cowboy Innovations Accelerator which provides commercialization assistance and grant support to companies in northeastern Oklahoma.

Dr. Jai Rajendran is the Director of Digital Innovation Commercialization at The Innovation Foundation at OSU where he is responsible for leading and facilitating comprehensive digital application design and development programs and commercialization services for The Innovation Foundation’s applied research institutes, One Health Innovation Lab and OSU’s system-wide units to advance early-stage digital innovations to strong commercial outcomes that benefit the state of Oklahoma and beyond.

Amanda Aker is a Patent Agent and IP Process Specialist at The Innovation Foundation at OSU where she uses her 20 years of industry IP capture and management experience to provide valuable insight into identifying, protecting, and applying IP protection to innovators through OSU services.

Jodi Prouty is the Assistant Director at OSU's New Product Development Center where she runs the Inventors Assistant Service to help inventors with their engineering needs.

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW)  is a celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. During one week each November, GEW inspires people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators.