July 2016 E-Newsletter
INSPIRE. CONNECT. INNOVATE.
THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT THANKS TO YOU
Representatives from Abcombi Biosciences receive the $20,000 grand prize. From left: Bill Rancic, keynote speaker; Charles Jones, Abcombi Biosciences; Marie Beitelshee, Abcombi Biosciences; Scott Stenclik, president and CEO,  Superior Group - Bright Title Sponsor; and Norma Nowak,
executive director, CBLS. Photo: Nancy J. Parisi
A heartfelt thank you to all of the Bright Buffalo Niagara sponsors, attendees and presenters for making this year's event a success! Event highlights included:
  • Exclusive investor luncheon featured Howard Zemsky, chairman and CEO of Empire State Development Corporation, and Ashok Subramanian, founder and CEO of Liazon
  • Partnered with Launch NY for Bright's first ever Twitter Chat
  • 25, 90-second pitches and six, five-minute pitches with five minutes of Q&A from a distinguished investor panel
  • Audience live voting awarded best 90 second pitch. Congratulations to Painless1099 for winning the $5,000 People's Choice Award.
  • Jack McGowan received the inaugural "Bright Partner of the Year" Award
  • Entrepreneur trade show and cocktail reception
  • Keynote address from Bill Rancic, bestselling author and winner of NBC's breakthrough program "The Apprentice"
  • Mayor Byron Brown declared June 15 "Bill Rancic Day in Buffalo"
  • Distinguished Investor panel awarded Abcombi BioSciences the $20,000 grand prize

Miss the event? Click here for more event highlights. 
INNOVATION LECTURE SERIES: WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU
The Innovation Lecture Series will continue this Fall with all new speakers and programming. Thank you for your continued support and attendance. 

In preparation for the upcoming season, we want to hear suggestions on how we can create a better experience for you. We have developed a short survey that will take five minutes to complete. Click here to access the survey.

We appreciate your time and look forward to seeing you in September.
UB AND VCAMP PARTNER ON SOFTWARE ACCELERATOR
The Buffalo Institute for Genomics and Data Analytics (BIG) and VCAMP 
have joined forces to form a lean-startup healthcare software venture accelerator that will assist in the university's regional economic development efforts. 

The accelerator will have 10, pre-seed stage healthcare, safety and wellness startups come to Buffalo each year for a 14-week program to determine the validity of their software products. 

Interested startups, investors, mentors and corporate partners can contact info@vcamp.co and follow @VCAMPhealth or http://vcamp.co.

To read more about this exciting partnership, click here. 
GENOME, ENVIRONMENT AND MICROBIOME COMMUNITY OF EXCELLENCE (GEM)
Five teams selected for GEM pilot grant projects

After reviewing 16 proposals from 41 UB faculty, members from the  Jacobs School of Medical and Biological Sciences,  School of Public Health and Health Professions, S chool of Dental Medicine,   Research Institute on Addictions, and   College of Arts and Sciences, a panel of reviewers from across the university selected five teams for   pilot grant projects. The teams will have the opportunity to perform an initial study to generate data for future funding proposals. Each pilot project will also be funded by GEM to engage an external evaluator to help develop the results for larger grant applications.
 Click here  to learn more these exciting grant projects.
WE'RE MAKING HEADLINES
PARTNER EVENTS
TCIE | Learn a Holistic, Quicker Avenue to Product Design

Are you interested in improving your development process so that minimal changes are implemented after product launch? 

Join the UB Center for Industrial Effectiveness on July 21 from 8 a.m. to noon for the Lean Product Design Workshop. It explores the set-based design approach, which decreases cycle time (from concept to market delivery) while controlling costs. 

Register here   by July 14.
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