Innovation Engagement Speaker Series
The Innovation Engagement Speaker Series at Jefferson is aimed at uncovering several aspects of innovation as it is developing at Jefferson and beyond. The focus includes local, regional and national perspectives, with topics ranging from start-up challenges, innovation across healthcare, venture capital, and prototype generation. The series exposes participants to opportunities that are emerging in their respective areas. Whether a clinician, researcher, nascent inventor, entrepreneur or just a curious mind, attendees will walk away with something of value!
Bookmark this link to watch the Spring Innovation Engagement Speaker Series as event takes place
The 2020 series kicks off on Thursday, January 23rd and runs every Thursday from 12-1 p.m. until April 9th. Catch us in 901 Walnut Street in the main lobby. Lunch will be served.
2020 Lineup
January 23, 2020
The spark in SPARK: Early History
Steve Alshuler MD
Chair, Board of Directors
Spark Therapeutics
January 30, 2020
Angel Seed & Venture Capital: A 2020 Snapshot
Sharam Hejazi PHD and Rick Jones MD, MBA
Partners, BioAdvance
February 6, 2020
Lights, Camera, Action:
Filming in Philly
Sharon Pinkenson
Executive Director
Greater Philadelphia Film Office
February 13, 2020
Barista to a Billion -
My Journey and What I've Learned so Far
Todd Carmichael
CEO and Co-Founder
La Colombe Coffee Roasters
February 20, 2020
Innovation and Business Development
Hope D'Oyley-Gay, JD
General Counsel and Vice President of Administration
Spirovant Sciences, Inc.
February 27, 2020
So you want to do a start up?
Legal Considerations
Karen Keating Mara, Esq.
Managing Member
Keating Mara & Associates
March 19, 2020
Building the Bioprocessing Foundation for
Advanced Therapies at Jefferson
Parviz Shamlou
Executive Director
Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing
March 26, 2020
Innovating End-of-Life Care
Jessica Son MD, MBA
Director, Physician Services
Bayada
April 9, 2020
From Concept to Prototype
Edmund Pribitkin MD, MBA, FACS
President, Jefferson Medical Group; CMO
Thomas Jefferson University
April 16, 2020
Entrepeneurship & Social Justice:
Opportunities and Responsibilities
Michael Rubin
Executive Chairman, Fanatics; Partner, Philadelphia 76ers;
Co-Chair, REFORM Alliance
Philadelphia 76ers, REFORM Alliance
Recordings & Archive
Did you miss a session? Want to re-watch your favorite speaker? Sessions from 2017 and 2016 are available on the Jefferson Innovation YouTube channel.
Photos
Photos from all of our events are posted to our Innovation Engagement Flickr page.
Questions: innovation@jefferson.edu
Follow on Twitter: @JeffInnovation