VISE Seminar: Promote and Accelerate Commercialization and Translation (EmPACT) of Medical Device Technologies.Thursday March 17th, 12:20. SC 5326, Refreshments provided at 12:15.
Title: Promote and Accelerate Commercialization and Translation (EmPACT) of Medical Device Technologies
Speakers: Dr. Pietro Valdastri, PhD, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, & Byron Smith, MS, VISE Corporate Outreach and Marketing Specialist
Date: March 17, 2016
Time: 12:20pm Start, 12:15 Lunch
Place: Stevenson Center 5326
Abstract: In Fall of 2015 VISE piloted a new program designed to Empower, Promote and Accelerate Commercialization and Translation (EmPACT) of medical device technologies. The EmPACT Program builds on the award winning National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) curriculum to teach scientist and engineers how to uncover the value presented by new technologies. In order to address many of the challenges unique to the commercialization of medical devices, the program draws on expertise from Vanderbilt’s Medical Device Regulatory Affairs Program (MDRAP), the Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization and members of the local entrepreneurial ecosystem. During this seminar series we will here from members of the first cohort of EmPACT as they discuss what they have learned with regard to the value their technology presents to patients and payers, the heralds that must be overcome to move their technology to market and the local resources that are available to support technology translation. Speakers will include members of the MED Lab, the STORM Lab and DCES.