S P A R K VT 2015 UVM Legislative Policy Summit November 17, 2015

S P A R K VT What is SPARK VT ? A modular infrastructure to facilitate the discovery to innovation to commercialization process through a Series of entrepreneur-focused workshops with the help of an Expert external Consultant Panel ready to mentor which produces A mechanism to facilitate the connection of resources thereby influencing: INSPIRATION …

S P A R K VT THE SPARK VT PROGRAM Mission Consultant Panel Members To accelerate the process of moving discoveries into the marketplace To develop an environment at UVM that fosters and facilitates moving innovative, collaborative research toward commercialization To increase the competitiveness for research funding involving small business and/or commercialization To educate faculty, fellows and students on how to transition innovative ideas and discoveries into commercial applications NameSpecialty John AbeleLarge Device Alex AbuinStrategic Industry Ventures Richard AndersVC MaryDilys AndersonIP Attorney Steve ArmsTechnology / Engineering Trina BrandDevice R&D Tim DavisVC Robert DeVoreCorporate Strategy & IP Proprietary Software Jack GlaserTechnology / SBIR Tanya KaniganEntrepreneur Susan KellyPharma/Biotech Drug Development Steven KindLarge Business / IT Martin MattessichSBIR/STTR Matthew McGinnissLarge Pharma Jake RederSBIR/STTR John RosenblumEntrepreneurship Richard TarrantTechnology / Business Edward WeinsteinSmall Pharma Controlled Expansion Department of Medicine Departments of Medicine, OB/GYN, & Neurological Sciences 2016 UVM-wide UVM-wide & BIO-Investor Forum participation Campus “Markets” AreaInvention Disclosures: CEMS80 CALS & MMG68 CAS/COM45 Extension7 IMF6 Rubenstein School4 Transportation Center2 CNHS2

S P A R K VT Fast Facts Category Participating Departments1319 Proposals Submitted10913 Workshops2814 Funded Projects244 Funding for Research$100K$200K Invention Disclosures and/or Patents Filed 5 79 Start-up Companies in Development 2 25 THE SPARK VT PROGRAM Bench Research Translational Research “Commercialization” Research Bench Research Translational Research Innovation & Commercialization Evolving the Research Model The “Old” Model The “New” Model June 2016: Proposal Presentations to Panel Timeline September 2015: Issue Call for Proposals October Workshops February 2016: Proposals due July 2016: New project begins

S P A R K VT SPARK-VT facilitated a shift in mindset from scientific research to scientific research with commercialization potential PI learning curve: establishing a strong team (business, legal/regulatory, and understanding/appreciating the regulatory process) Workshops influence better proposals: idea/concept/timeline better defined; better pitch (less science talk and better orientation toward commercialization) Partnered with campus/state resources: LaunchVT, UVM Office of Technology & Commercialization (OTC), Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET), Vermont Agency of Commerce & Community Development Office of Creative Economy, Vermont Technology Counsel Education opportunities: Expansion of workshops for Faculty, Post Docs, Graduate Students Entrepreneurial aspect is applicable to most campus disciplines, course and internship opportunities for the School of Business (MBA Students) and CTS (course work on the art and science of the regulatory process) Division of Continuing Education certificate series Joint curriculum initiatives: Biomedical/Engineering Research + School of Business + Vermont Law? SPARK VT PROGRAM OBSERVATIONS, YEARS 1-3

S P A R K VT Scheduled SPARK VT Workshops, Jeanne Clark, Esq., (Office of Innovation and Development, U.S. Patent and Trade Office) Searching for Prior Art from 12:00-12:45 on September 25, 2015 in 225 Kalkin Building Richard Galbraith, M.D., Ph.D., Mercedes Rincon, Ph.D., & Eric Gagnon (UVM Office of the Vice President for Research & SPARK-VT) SPARK-VT at UVM, from 12:00-1PM on October 15, 2015 in Memorial Lounge (Room 338), Waterman Building Colleen McKiernan, Ph.D. (Senior Patent Agent, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals) Patents 101: Identifying and Protecting Your Patentable Ideas from 12:00-1PM on October 26, 2015 in the Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Center Pavilion, College of Medicine campus. Steven Arms (Swarms Ventures, LLC) Turning Ideas into Products - Strategies for Success at noon on November 2, 2015 in Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Center Pavilion, College of Medicine campus. Dietrich Conze, Ph.D. (Spherix Consulting) Building your preclinical data package for your FDA-regulated product, from 12:00-1PM on November 16, 2015 in Memorial Lounge (Room 338), Waterman Building Tips on SPARK VT 2016 project presentations presented by TBD on May 4, 2016 at TBD time in TBD location. Richard Tarrant (Founder, IDX Systems) Entrepreneurial Businesses: The Beginning, the Middle, and the End from 12:00-1PM on May 23, 2016 in 427 Waterman Building

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