NACIE UNVEILS "COMPETITIVENESS THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP" REPORT

FEATURED NEWS

At the recent National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE) meeting, the council released its latest report, "Competitiveness Through Entrepreneurship: A Strategy for U.S. Innovation." Developed over months, the report offers 10 key recommendations to enhance U.S. innovation and competitiveness, including establishing a National Innovation Council and expanding R&D investments. UK Innovate’s Ian McClure serves as a board member of NACIE.

Read the the full publication to learn more about the strategies proposed to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in the United States.

NACIE REPORT

2024 KENTUCKY INNOVATOR CHALLENGE

The second annual Kentucky Innovator Challenge, held on April 11 at the University of Kentucky, convened leaders from business, service organizations and higher education. They gathered for a one-day summit aimed at identifying Kentucky’s most pressing challenges and exploring collaborative solutions through research and innovation.

The event brought together over 200 participants and 10 industry partners for a full day of keynote addresses, federal funding and resource program overviews and three presentation tracks featuring 15-minute TED Talk-style presentations.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and contributed to the success of the Kentucky Innovator Challenge. Stay tuned for next year's event date, which we will be sharing in the coming months.

EVENT PHOTOS

SAVE THE DATE: GAME CHANGE

The next GAME Change Workshop and Summit will be held on October 29-30 at the Marriott Downtown in Louisville, KY in partnership with the Kentucky Association of Manufacturers (KAM) and Metals Innovation Initiative (MI2).

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BY THE NUMBERS

U.S. PATENTS ISSUED

MARCH 2024

11,932,557 Detection and extraction of plastic contaminants within water using hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents

James Hunter, Wenqi Li, Jian Shi, Qing Shao, Yuxuan Zhang (College of Engineering)

11,932,897 Biosynthesis of curcuminoids in mammalian cells

Logan W. Warriner, Daniel W. Pack (College of Engineering)

11,938,443 Hybrid post-combustion CO2 capture system and method

Kunlei Liu (Center for Applied Energy Research)

LICENSES/OPTIONS EXECUTED

MARCH 2024

Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma

Justin Todd Burus (Markey Cancer Center), Pamela Hull (Markey Cancer Center), Lee Park (College of Arts & Sciences)

Kentucky Christian Recovery

Jennifer Hunter (College of Agriculture, Food & Environment)

Lake County Behavioral Health Services

John Lyons (College of Public Health)

SickKids Center for Community Mental Health

John Lyons (College of Public Health)

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MARCH OTC WEBINAR

If you missed our March OTC webinar on 'Approaches to Common Licenses,' you can find the recording on the UK Innovate YouTube channel. Watch to learn more about the interplay between intellectual property rights and open-source software, including the impact of various licensing regimes on patents, copyrights and trade secrets.

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OPPORTUNITIES

UACCEL QUICK START + I-CORPS PROGRAM

UAccel Quick Start, the university technology commercialization focused program of Launch Blue, offers professional development and an experiential learning opportunity to innovators affiliated with a university who are interested in learning the best commercialization path for their technology.

Click below to view summer dates and sign-up.

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