John Dement, technology transfer manager from NSWC Crane, presenting to the group.

To connect local business with university and other public and private technology transfer opportunities, Indiana University hosts technology showcases around the state.  On March 27^th, I was pleased to co-host the most recent showcase at the Bloomington campus with Ron Walker, President of the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation.

The showcase featured patent presentations from Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane Division engineers and was sponsored by the Bloomington Technology Partnership and IU.

Participants at the March 27 showcase in Bloomington.

Keep an eye on the Innovate Indiana website for future regional showcases.

And definitely check out the video: 4 Reasons Indiana Entrepreneurs Rock.

What: Startup Indiana launch event
When: April 25,  6pm – 8:30

Sign up at the event page. Hope to see you there!

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INDIANAPOLIS: LIFE SCIENCES

Indianapolis used to be the quintessential Rust Belt city. Now it’s at the center of a statewide boom in the life sciences business.

The state has added 8,800 jobs in the life sciences in recent years, and today some 825 medical-device companies, drug manufacturers and research labs call Indiana home.

Indianapolis, which is home to big names in the field such as Eli Lilly & Co. and health insurer WellPoint Inc., is leading the transformation. Corporations like these have added the lion’s share of the state’s new life-sciences jobs. Now they’re helping smaller companies get off the ground, too—by spinning off new businesses as well as by backing independent start-ups. Eli Lilly, for instance, has contributed roughly $60 million to seed and venture funds that are supporting entrepreneurs.

That isn’t the only way big companies are easing the way for small ones. With new firms arriving to supply the large drug makers, start-ups are getting access to a range of services at competitive prices.

“We have access to companies in Indiana where we can outsource functions like toxicology, analytics and clinical supply,” says Ron Ellis, president and CEO of Endocyte Inc., a 65-employee firm that’s testing a cancer treatment.

Many small firms, meanwhile, are helping others get off to a good start. David Broecker, president and chief executive of BioCritica Inc., an Eli Lilly spinoff, says his peers have referred employees, suggested work space and given information on tax and financial incentives.

It’s just the environment he hoped for when he left the East Coast to build a company. He considered other spots but settled on Indianapolis because “it’s all new and exciting here for these folks, so there is a hunger for doing this type of thing.”

Elected officials, community and economic development professionals, local volunteer leaders and university students will want to attend this dynamic regional workshop that will feature important topics such as: “Understanding Your Regional Economy”, “Measuring Economic Impact” and “Best Practices Impacting Economic Vitality.”  Both Uric Dufrene and Brenda Swartz of the outheast School of Business will present during the workshop.  Those in attendance will be able to participate in a Regional Resource Fair.

This workshop series is presented by the Economic Development Working Group, a unique collaboration of the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, Indiana Economic Development Corp., Association of Indiana Counties, Indiana Association of Cities and Towns, Indiana Economic Development Association, Ball State University, Indiana State University, Indiana University, Purdue University, and University of Southern Indiana.

Next event:

New Albany Regional Economic Impact Workshop
June 28, 9 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.
IU Southeast
University Center, Room 127
New Albany, Indiana

Registration: 

To register, please go to the following web link:

http://innovate.indiana.edu/programs/RegImpactWorkshopIUS.shtml

The $20 registration fee includes lunch.

Indiana University and Purdue University will present innovative technologies, developed directly through leading-edge university research, that have high commercialization potential through both existing companies and new start-up businesses. These technologies are patented and ready to be licensed.

Date:               Friday, April 1, 2011

Location:        Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana

                        3000 Technology Avenue

                        New Albany, Indiana 47150

Time:              10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time

Cost:              FREE with lunch provided (registration required)

Registration: Go to https://www.tap.purdue.edu/natechshowcase/

Questions:     Contact Karen Leaman at leamank@purdue.edu

Technologies to be presented:

• Self-Aligned Wafer Level Integration System
• Photovoltaic Charging System for Use in Electric Motorcycles
• Self Cleaning Anti-Fogging Materials
• Medtric Biotech, Inc.
• Method and System for Ensuring Integrity, Authenticity and Indemnity in Outsourced Cloud Databases
• Integration of ICU Data in Interactive Visual Format for Enhanced Critical Care Evaluation Treatment
• Solution-Based Layer-by-Layer Nanoassembly of Thin Film Solar Cells
• An Old Drug Finds a New Use – Treating Autism and Fragile X Syndrome

Sponsored by:

Indiana University Office of the Vice President for Engagement                                                              

Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation

Purdue University Office of Engagement

Purdue Research Foundation