UNiES
The Innovative, Entrepreneurial, and Sustainable University

Program

Each session’s topic seeks to promote an exchange of knowledge and experiences amongst participants.

The speakers are a mix of prestigious professors and professionals who have extensive experience in the field, and are active in the Boston entrepreneurship ecosystem.

THE SCIENTIST-ENTREPRENEUR: FROM HARVARD PROFESSOR TO BIOTECH CEO

David Lagares
David Lagares
Founder & CEO of Zenon Biotech, Founder of Mediar Therapuetics, Former Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

LAUNCHING NEW VENTURES

Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
Ramon Casadesus-Masanell
Herman C. Krannert Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School

FAIL FAST: THE KEY TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP, VC, AND CORPORATE INNOVATION

Christina Wallace
Christina Wallace
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

UNIVERSITIES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
HOW SHOULD THEY BE PART OF THE SAME ECOSYSTEM?

Alvaro Rodríguez-Arregui
Alvaro Rodríguez-Arregui
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

PERSPECTIVE FROM AN MIT RESEARCHER: ACADEMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Mercedes Balcells-Camps
Mercedes Balcells-Camps
Principal Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

STRATEGIES FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
AND INDUSTRY (INCLUDING SPIN-OFFS)

Enrique Shadah
Enrique Shadah
Adjunct Instructor - Nerin-Mit-I Corps

PATENTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: THE TRANSFER
OF PATENT SALES AT A MACRO LEVEL

Marco Muñoz
Marco Muñoz
Executive Director for Strategic Initiatives at the Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT and Harvard

WHAT IS MISSING AND WHAT SHOULD STAY?:
THE HUMANITIES CONSIDER SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Doris Sommer
Doris Sommer
Ira Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Director of Graduate Studies in Spanish, Harvard University
Eric Mazur GROUP PROJECTS:
ENTREPRENEURIAL RESEARCH TEAMWORK: WORKING MEETINGS WITH FIVE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY INNOVATION CENTERS

 


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