Visit of ESSEC-EAP Graduate Business School (Paris, Berlin, Oxford, Madrid Program) Executive MBA Group

"Global Technological Innovation and Management: The New University-Industry Commercialization Nexus"

Tuesday, October 21, 2003, 8:30am - 12:00pm (followed by lunch)

Venue: Huang Executive Education Center, Conference Room 314, 800 West Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta

Organized by the Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education & Research (GT CIBER)



8:30-8:45 Arrival

8:45-8:50 Welcome
Dr. Nate Bennett, Professor of Strategy and Associate Dean, DuPree College of Management (nate.bennett@dupree.edu)

8:50-9:00  Program Overview
Dr. John R. McIntyre, Professor of Strategy and Exec. Director, Georgia Tech CIBER, DuPree College of Management (john.mcintyre@dupree.gatech.edu) - http://www.ciber.gatech.edu

9:00-9:45 "From  Benchtop to Bedside:  Commercializing Life Science and Biotechnology"
David Ku, PhD, MD, Lawrence P. Huang Professor of Engineering Entrepreneurship and   Regents' Professor of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Program for Engineering Entrepreneurship,  DuPree College of Management (david.ku@me.gatech.edu) - http://www.entrepreneurship.gatech.edu

9:45-10:15 "Global Technology, Entrepreneurship and Commercialization:  Preparing Future Technology Leaders through Business Plan Competition"
Prof. Nick Voigt, Executive-in-Residence and Assistant to the Dean for Global Entrepreneurship, DuPree College (nick.voigt@dupree.gatech.edu) - http://www.globaltechbiz.gatech.edu

10:15-10:30 Coffee Break

10:30-11:00 "Venture Lab:  A University Commercialization Model of Technology:  The Process of Pre-Incubation New Venture Creation"
Prof.  Ben Hill,  Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)  and DuPree College of Management (ben.hill@dupree.gatech.edu)

11:00-11:30 "The Medical Device Industry:  Current Status, Future Directions and Challenges" 
Prof. Paul Citron,  Visiting Professor of Management, DuPree College of Management  & Vice President, Technology Policy and Academic Relations,  Medtronic, Inc.,  Minneapolis,  Minnesota  (paul.citron@dupree.gatech.edu)

11:30-12:00  "Harnessing Technology, Management and Law for Economic Development,  The TI:GER Program and Case"
Prof. Alan Flury, Program Director, TI:GER (sm) Program--Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results, DuPree College of Management  (alan.flury@dupree.gatech.edu) - http://www.dupree.gatech.edu/tiger/

12:15-1:30 Lunch