Takeaways from the AUTM Annual Meeting
Earlier this month, the Brandeis Office of Technology Licensing team attended the annual meeting of AUTM, the world’s leading organization for university technology transfer. In between meetings with prospective licensees of Brandeis’ groundbreaking technologies, the team enjoyed thought-provoking discussions on issues related to technology transfer. Representing Brandeis University at the conference this year were Associate Provost for Innovation and Executive Director of the Office of Technology Licensing Rebecca Menapace, MBA; Director of Licensing and Strategic Alliances Rajnish Kaushik, PhD, and Licensing Associate Rong Zhou, PhD.
The focus this year centered on diversity and inclusion, with powerful insights from thought leaders in the technology transfer sector. In addition, many sessions looked at inventions developed to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Other key themes included optimizing the benefits of tech transfer offices within university entrepreneurship ecosystems as innovation becomes a competitive differentiator in the global economy. All told, the event provided the team with inspiration and new strategies that will benefit the entire Brandeis innovation community.
