Past Events: Innovation^ΧΔ Lunchbox

• Thursday, March 24, 2011 - Dr. Hamad Faridi, Vice President of Research & Development at McCormick & Company, discussed McCormick's "tasteful" innovation process and their passion for flavor. Awards were presented.
  


• Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - Carole Tomko, President and GM at Discovery Studios shared her insights on how Discovery encourages and satisfies curiosity. Awards were presented.
  


• Monday, October 12, 2009 - Rick Hutley, Vice President Global Innovation at Cisco shared his perspective on the future of global innovation and discussed how Cisco pursues innovation to "transform how people connect, communicate and collaborate.
  Patent Awards were presented


• Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - The first Innovation^ΧΔ Lunchbox event, held on February 3, 2009, was a celebration of Information Technology and Open Source innovation at APL. OTT's co-sponsors for this event included the Office of Patent Council, GED, AISD and the Software Developers Group. Chris DiBona, Open Source Manager for Google discussed Google's use of open source. Awards were presented.
  

• Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - Kip Fulks, Senior Vice President, Outdoor Business Unit and Innovation Team for Under Armour, gave a key note talk on how the company recognizes, pursues and incorporates scientific innovation "to make all athletes better."
  Patent Awards were presented.


• Monday, July 14, 2008 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
  Presenting "Creating Value with Ideas" with Hans Kobler, CEO of Icx Technologies
  Patent Awards were presented.
  See handouts: Icx - Creating Value with Ideas (.pps) | Handout (.pps)


• Thursday, Feb 21, 2008 - Lon Levin, co-founder of XM Satellite Radio, gave a key note talk.
  Patent Awards were presented.
  See handouts: Handout (.pps)


• Thursday, September 6, 2007 - B. Feldman of Prototype Productions, Inc. gave a key note talk titled: Prototyping for Commercialization
  There was information shared about the Automated Integrated Distress Device (AIDD), a request for event feedback from inventors, a reminder about OTT office hours on the main campus and information about the Departmental Technology Transfer Team and its members.
  Patent Awards were presented.
  See handouts: Prototyping for Commercialization (.pps) | Handout (.pps)


• Thursday, June 7, 2007 - V. Hess, Senior VP, Small Business, Howard County Economic Development Authority gave a key note talk titled: The Center for Business and Technology Development
  There was a discussion about disclosing inventions and Patent Awards were presented.
  See handouts: The Center for Business and Technology Development(.pps) | Handout (.ppt)


• Thursday, February 8, 2007 - P. Arsenault, VP Business Development, Optech, Inc. gave a key note talk titled: A Licensee's Perspective
  Patent Awards were presented.
  See handouts: A Licensee's Perspective (.pps) | Handout (.ppt)


• Tuesday, October 3, 2006 - H. K. Charles, Jr., Ph.D., Department Head of JHU/APL's Technical Services gave a key note talk titled: An Inventor's Perspective
  Patent Awards were presented.
  See handouts: An Inventor's Perspective (.pps) | Handout (.pps)


• Thursday, June 8, 2006 - S. R. Ludwig, Ph.D., Esq., of Stern Kessler Goldstein Fox, Attorneys at Law, gave a key note talk titled: Patents: What you Should Know.
  Patent Awards were presented.
  See handouts: Patents:What You Should Know (.ppt) | Handout (.ppt)


• Tuesday, October 4, 2005 - Michael S. Steele, Lt. Governor State of Maryland gave a key note talk on Maryland Economic Development and presented award plaques to inventors.
  See videos and photographs of Lt. Governor Steele's visit and speech
  Patent Awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)


• Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - Innovative Seed Stage Funding Programs for Technology Transfer and Development with a key note talk by P. A. Singerman, President/Executive Director of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation
  Patent Awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)


• Friday, December 10, 2004 - OTT - The First Five Years: Summary and Road Forward with a key note talk by W. E. Swann, Director of the APL Office of Technology Transfer
  Patent Awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)


• Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - Funding opportunities for APL inventors with a key note talk by L. Saffer, Ph.D. of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation
  Patent Awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)


• Thursday, February 26, 2004
  Panel discussion with APL Sponsors featuring Dr. R. Polidan of NASA, S. Landau of the U.S. Navy and C. Paust of the Department of Defense
  Patent Awards were presented
  See handouts (.ppt)


• November 4, 2003 - Patents and Pasta
  Panel discussion of commercial licensees of APL technology featuring P. D. McGee of the Bio-Defense Research Group and R. L.Wallace of The BiTH Group, Inc.
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)
  
  
• June 10, 2003 - Patents at a Picnic
  Panel discussion of APL inventors featuring J. Hanson (NSTD), D. Blodgett (AMDD) and T. Frey (SSD)
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)
  
  
• February 11, 2003 - Key note talk by Mrs. C. E. Gonsalves
  Industrial Specialist, Department of Defense
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)

• October 3, 2002 - Key note talk by Mr. R. Habal
  Associate, Mohr, Davidow Ventures
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)

• March 12, 2002 - Key note talk by Dr. R. A. DeMarco
  Associate Technical Director, Office of Naval Research
  Patent awards were presented.

• November 19, 2001 - Key note talk by Dr. C. Cottell
  Director of Technology Transfer, Naval Research Laboratory
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)
  

• June 4, 2001 - "The APL Technology Transfer Cycle: From Invention to Royalties"
  Part 3 of 3 - Licensing/Royalty and Development Income.
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)


• March 16, 2001 - "The APL Technology Transfer Cycle: From Invention to Royalties"
  Part 2 of 3 - Intellectual Property Protection/Marketing.
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt):
  • Marketing APL Inventions
  • Intellectual Property Protection
  
  
• January 30, 2001 - "The APL Technology Transfer Cycle: From Invention to Royalties"
  Part 1 of 3 - Invention/Assessment.
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)

• October 31, 2000 - "From Flower to Akorn: A Case Study of the Cycle of Technology Transfer"
  Patent awards were presented.


• March 23, 2000 - "Software Patenting"
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.ppt)


• January 14, 2000 - "What Do I Do, When Do I Do It, and What Does It Mean?"
  Patent awards were presented.
  See handouts (.doc)


• November 15, 1999 - "Invention, Inventorship, and Documentation"
  Patent awards were presented.