UPCOMING EVENTS
PAST EVENTS
- University Research Corridor Environmental Health Sciences Conference
January 20, 2010
Wayne State University will host a conference in partnership with the University Research Corridor on environmental health sciences. The conference will feature Dr. Linda Birnbaum, director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the NIH. Audiences: Current graduate students and faculty. Cost: Free.
- NIH Comes to Michigan
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Co-hosted by: Michigan's University Research Corridor, BioArbor and Biotechnology Business Consultants
- U-M Ross School of Business Net Impact Conference, "Michigan's
Workforce and the Changing Economy"
Oct. 15-16, 2009
URC Executive Director Jeff Mason is a speaker.
- University Economic Development Association meeting in San Antonio, Texas
URC Executive Director Jeff Mason spoke on "Economic Transformation through
University-Business Partnership: The Michigan Model" along with Doug
Rothwell, President & CEO of Business Leaders for Michigan.
- Midwest Governors Association Conference in Detroit
October 6-7, 2009
URC Executive Director Jeff Mason, U-M President Mary Sue Coleman and MSU President Lou Anna Simon each moderated panel discussions related to developing green jobs.
- Speaking at the University Economic Development Association meeting
October 12, 2009
in San Antonio, Texas on: Economic Transformation through
University-Business Partnership: The Michigan Model, along with Doug
Rothwell
- The National Summit: A Gathering to Define America’s Future
June 15-17, 2009 at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center.
This unique national conversation, convened by the Detroit Economic Club with the University Research Corridor serving as a key sponsor, will engage prominent leaders and participants in debate and dialogue on four issues of vital importance to America’s future in a global economy: technology, energy, environment, and manufacturing.
The objective of The National Summit is to develop a list of “Must Do” policy actions in each of the four areas to bring attention to actions that will improve America’s ability to compete for generations to come. Participants will have direct access to America’s top business, government and academic leaders and a voice in shaping the outcome of the discussions. Each of the three URC presidents will speak during the summit.
- From Ideas to Innovation Symposium
June 9, 2009, 7-8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library.
In partnership with the Ann Arbor District Library, the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research will co-host an interactive exploration about turning ideas into innovation with University of Michigan faculty and students. Developing new medical technologies to improve health and health services does not happen automatically. It takes an idea and the commitment of an interdisciplinary team to make it happen. Join us at this fascinating symposium to hear how innovative solutions can happen — and how they make a difference.
The symposium will take place from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, at the Ann Arbor District Library, at 343 West Fifth Street, featuring James Geiger, M.D. Geiger is executive director of the Medical Innovation Center at the University of Michigan. His research interests include immunotherapy of cancer and the development of novel medical devices. He is board certified in pediatric surgery, general surgery, and surgical critical care. Dr. Geiger will be joined by the 2008/2009 class of innovation fellows. For more information, call 734-998-7309. This event is open and free to the public — so please feel free to share this event broadly with your friends and colleagues.
- Forum promotes economic innovation, partnerships
May 11, 2009: The University of Michigan is reaching out as it delves into a new kind of manufacturing — welding knowledge-based innovation with partnerships that can yield seismic economic impact. On Monday, U-M hosted 300 people from business, industry and state government to exchange ideas about how the university can leverage its research and development expertise to strengthen local, state and national economies and keep its graduates in Michigan.
- WWJ, URC offer program on job growth in energy, life sciences
April 22, MSU Management Education Center. WWJ Newsradio 950 and the University
Research Corridor will present “Sectors of Promise for the Michigan Economy:
Life Science and Energy,” a free morning business conference.
The event will be held at the Michigan State University Management Education
Center, 811 W. Square Lake Road in Troy. It begins with registration and continental
breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and the program from 8:30 to noon. Learn more about Sectors of Promise.
Experts to review sectors of promise for state’s economy
4/22/2009
- Michigan’s
Transition to a Knowledge-based Economy
April 14, 2009, 11 a.m. Tuesday, U-M Detroit Center. Michigan Future, joined by representatives of business, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, will release “Michigan’s Transition to a Knowledge-Based Economy: Second Annual Progress Report.” Lou Glazer, President of Michigan Future, and co-author and researcher Don Grimes, senior research specialist at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy, will discuss their new report detailing the impact the current national recession has had on Michigan’s transition to a knowledge-based economy.
- Panel Discussion: Michigan’s Economy in 2009 and Beyond
February 9, 2009, 4:00 - 5:30 pm, University of Michigan, Annenberg Auditorium, Ann Arbor
- RX for Michigan
February 7, 2009: URC Presidents Mary Sue Coleman, Jay Noren and Lou Ann Simon are featured in the news documentary “RX for Michigan: Is healthcare the prescription for what ails Michigan’s economy?”
- Nanotechnology in the Health Sciences
December 3-4, 2008, University of Michigan Henderson Room, Michigan League
- The Michigan Business Review Innovation Experience
September 17, 2008, 10:30 am - 2 pm, Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center
Friedman calls for bold action, Energy Technology revolution
9/22/08
- Developing a Regional View of the Midwest Economy: Breaking Down Barriers
That Impede Regional Progress
A conference involving the CIC universities and the Minneapolis Federal
Reserve
June 26-27, 2008, Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis
- Embracing A Green Michigan: Carbon Culture
At The Crossroads
A half day business conference highlighting the work that’s being done in Michigan to develop new technologies and new thinking about the energy and environment.
April 22, 2008, Wayne State University,
Community Arts Auditorium
Conference presentations can be viewed online
- The Role of Engaged Universities in Economic Transformation
A Regional Conference based on the National Academies Study,
"Rising Above the Gathering Storm".
October 15-16, 2007, Rackham Auditorium, University of Michigan
CONFERENCE REPORT
Conference presentations can be viewed online
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