Event Summary
The Innovation Engagement Speaker Series at Jefferson is aimed at exploring multiple 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 the Jefferson enterprise, venture capital, and prototype generation. Whether you are a clinician, researcher, nascent inventor, entrepreneur or just a curious mind, attendees will walk away with something of value.
- Lunch will be served
- This event is open to all
- Recorded sessions will be uploaded within a week to YouTube.
2020 Lineup
January 23 - Steve Altschuler MD
Chair - Board of Directors, Spark Therapeutics
- The Spark in SPARK: Early History
January 30 - Shahram Hejazi PhD & Rick Jones MD, MBA
Partners with BioAdvance
- Angel Seed and Venture Capital: A 2020 Snapshot
February 6 - Sharon Pinkenson
Executive Director, Greater Philadelphia Film Office
- Lights, Camera, Action: Filming in Philly
February 13 - Todd Carmichael
CEO and Co-Founder, La Colombe Coffee Roasters
- Barista to a Billion - My Journey and What I've learned so far
February 20 - Hope D'Oyley-Gay, JD
General Counsel and Vice President of Administration, Spirovant Sciences, Inc.
- Innovation and Business Development
February 27 - Karen Keating Mara, Esq.
Managing Member, Keating Mara & Associates
- So you want to do a start up? Legal Considerations
March 19 - Parviz Shamlou, PhD
This engagement is canceled. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Executive Director, Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing
- Building the Bioprocessing Foundation for Advanced Therapies at TJU
March 26 - Matthias J. Schnell, PhD
Department Chair, Microbiology and Immunology, Director Jefferson Vaccine Center, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
- COVID-19: Virology of the Pandemic
April 9 - Edmund Pribitkin MD, MBA, FACS
President, Jefferson Medical Group; CMO, Thomas Jefferson University
- From Concept to Prototype
April 16 - Michael Rubin
Executive Chairman, Fanatics; Partner, Philadelphia 76ers; Co-Chair, REFORM Alliance
- Entrepreneurship and Social Justice; Opportunities and Responsibilities
