Building Successful University Entrepreneurship Centers

June 20 – 22, 2023

Instructor: John M. Hanak, Chief Innovation and Corporate Officer and Executive Director of the Office of Innovation and Corporate Partnerships, The University of Oklahoma

This course will provide the knowledge and tools to create a robust, successful entrepreneurial ecosystem within a university environment. Topics will include appropriate tech transfer models, best practices in migrating research from the lab bench to the market, and leveraging regional resources to support university startups. Attendees will also learn about a variety of granting, donor/sponsorship, and self-funding models, especially from know-how or licensed intellectual property. Finally, attendees will work through exercises to help identify the best staff for their centers while also finding student or other talent throughout the university community to help with technology commercialization.

Each one and a half-hour webinar will start at 1 p.m. EDT beginning June 20th.