Upcoming Conferences
May 11, 2012
The JOBS Act and the America Invents Act
Lunch & learn sponsored by Hulsey, P.C.
11:30 AM CDT
At the IC² Institute, 2815 San Gabriel St., Austin, TX 78705
Free admission. Complimentary lunch provided, registration required
Or attend via free webinar at https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/ic2webinar
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May 21-25, 2012
Smart.Clean.Energy Course
A course in smart grid and clean energy entrepreneurship
June 7-8, 2012
CGI America 2012
IC² Institute Director John Sibley Butler to speak at Clinton Global Initiative event in Chicago.
June 10-14, 2012
SDPS 2012 Berlin
The Technology of Complex Systems: Handlungskompetenz.
Annual conference of the Society for Design and Process Science.
June 21, 2012
TechBA Expo
Mexican Technology Business Accelerator Annual Exposition
3:00 to 7:00 PM
West Pickle Research Building, 3925 W. Braker Ln, Austin, TX 78759 (map)
Register now
October 4, 2012
 SXSW Eco Startup Showcase
Submit your cleantech startup for the SXSW Eco Startup Showcase, a one-day venture capital competition presented by the ATI Clean Energy Incubator and Austin Energy.
Register now!
IC² events contact
Coral Franke
2815 San Gabriel, Austin, TX 78705
512-475-8947
coral@ic2.utexas.edu
Recent Conferences
January 9-13, 2012
Smart.Clean.Energy
IC²'s Austin Technology Incubator, Pecan Street Project Inc., and Dr. Michael Webber of UT Austin host a week-long course on entrepreneurship and business development in the clean energy and smart grid sectors.
November 14, 2011
University Technology Enterprise Network (UTEN) Annual Conference
Porto, Portugal
November 11-12, 2011
 Border Workshop/Jornadas Fronterizas
"Youth Innovating for Bi-National Development"
The IC² Institute has paired with Espacio de Vinculación A.C. (EVAC) to organize a two-day workshop for college students from both sides of the Mexico-US border to examine the issues of immigration, security, and employment and to discuss innovative solutions in terms of entrepreneurship.
A select group of graduate and undergraduate college students from a variety of majors will be selected from the states of California, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, as well as from the bordering states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Sonora and Tamaulipas to participate in this event. The participants will include approximately 40 students from the United States and 40 from Mexico.
The objective of the Border Workshop is to inspire students from both sides of the Mexico-US border to engage in entrepreneurial activities as a means of improving border relations through economic growth and job creation.
More information.
October 1, 2011
Angel Investing 101
A one-day, "how-to" seminar for qualified individuals who are interested in investing in early-stage companies... and for experienced investors looking to brush up on best practices.
September 29, 2011
Patent Reform Lunch and Learn
Presentations on the America Invents Act of 2011 by local attorneys from Hulsey IP Law and speakers from Congressional offices and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
September 28-29, 2011
Clean Energy Venture Summit 2011
The ATI Clean Energy Incubator proudly announces the Fifth Annual Clean Energy Venture Summit and Cleantech Open Regional Judging & Awards. The Summit has become the premier clean tech business plan completion and educational conference in the southern United States.
This year the Clean Energy Venture Summit competition will select 10 later-stage start-up companies to present their technology to a panel of experienced investors, and for the first time the winners will be rewarded with cash prizes.
September 28-29, 2011 at the AT&T Conference Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
Registration and competition information at ATI or cleanenergyventuresummit.com.
September 8-9, 2011, Bogotá, Colombia
International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation (ICTPI)
"Building National Innovation Policies in a Globally Networked Economy"
International committee chair: David Gibson, IC² Institute
www.ic2.utexas.edu/ictpi
www.urosario.edu.co/ICTPI-11/
August 15-19, 2011
Smart.Clean.Energy Short Course
IC²'s Austin Technology Incubator, Pecan Street Project Inc., and the Webber Energy Group will host a weeklong course on entrepreneurship and business development in the clean energy and smart grid sectors August 15-19, 2011 at the AT&T Conference Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
More information at ATI or the Pecan Street Project.
July 11-14, 2011
Triple Helix 9 International Conference
Silicon Valley: Global Model or Unique Anomaly
Stanford University
IC² Director John Sibley Butler will deliver the keynote address on July 12th.
July 14, 2011
 4th Annual TechBA Austin Expo
A showcase of innovative technologies, products and services.
TechBA Austin is a business accelerator for Mexican technology companies, operated in partnership with the Global Commercialization Group of the IC² Institute.
Keynote speaker: Gary Hoover, veteran entrepreneur
Attendance is free - Register now
Thursday, July 14, 2011
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
West Pickle Research Building (formerly MCC), 3925 W. Braker Lane, Austin, TX 78759
June 17, 2011
Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and IP in Latin America
IP Breakfast Briefing sponsored by Hulsey IP Law
Join local and international experts on the developing Latin American marketplace, one that is rich in creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and IP. Featuring a special WIPO video address from Geneva, Switzerland.
May 25, 2011
CleanTX Forum
Clean Tech: After the Gold Rush
 Remember the 2008 gold rush? That was the banner year for clean tech investing. Not only did venture capital firms invest more than $6 billion in clean tech companies, but the Federal "stimulus" package included massive investments in clean energy: $11 billion for smart grid projects, $2 billion for electric car battery programs, $3.4 billion for "clean coal."
Now all that's over. In 2010 VCs invested $1 billion less in clean tech than they had in 2008. And Federal money? Forget about it. Our May 25 CleanTX Forum addresses this new funding environment. Our panel features the traditional sources of private capital, venture capitalists and angel investors. But it also includes representation from some of the "new" sources of capital that clean tech companies may need to engage - strategic investors from the "old" energy industry, private equity firms looking for consolidation opportunities, and non-stimulus sources of public money.
Moderated by Austin Technology Incubator Director Isaac Barchas.
 April 27, 2011
Reception for Global Perspectives on Technology Transfer and Commercialization
Please plan to attend a reception hosted by the IC² Institute to celebrate the publication of Global Perspectives on Technology Transfer and Commercialization: Building Innovative Ecosystems, ed. by John Sibley Butler and David V. Gibson.
This edited volume is dedicated to the continued understanding of technology transfer, commercialization, and regional technology-based development with an emphasis on how issues converge or diverge in a global context. All of the contributors are Research Fellows or associated scholars of the Institute for Innovation Creativity and Capital (IC²) at the University of Texas at Austin.
April 26, 2011
World Intellectual Property Day:
Why Austin is America's Most Innovative City
Please join us for lunch at the IC² Institute on World Intellectual Property Day 2011 for special presentations to Austin's IP stakeholders from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and local leaders.
Speakers include: James Pooley, Deputy Director General of Innovation & Technology at the World Intellectual Property Organization; Dr. John Butler, Director of the IC² Institute and Herb Kelleher Chair in Entrepreneurship at the McCombs School of Business; Dr. Steven Nichols, Director of the I2P Program and Chair of Free Enterprise at the Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin; Binitha Surendran, Executive Director of TiE Austin; Donna Hulsey, Head of School at ACE Academy Independent School for Gifted Students.
Download the flyer [PDF]
April 12, 2011
John Sibley Butler on How "Great Cities" Become "Great" —
Through Innovation, Technology Transfer and Economic Development
Since ancient times, cities and regions have provided the eco-systems for people to engage in economic activity and live an exceptional life. This presentation will focus on how "great cities" become "great" by showing the relationship between innovation (inventions, technology transfer to the business world) and economic development. Over the last thirty years, Austin, Texas has developed a model that is serving as best practices for America and cities across the globe. Dr. Butler will explain how Austin was "built," and how the "Austin Model" is being taken globally. Austin will be placed in the context of great regions from 2000 B.C. to present as the philosophical traditions of "great" cities are explored.
April 7, 2011
CleanTX Forum
Smart Grid "The Customer Side of the Meter"
IC²'s Austin Technology Incubator sponsors the CleanTX Forum in a discussion of the barriers and sources of change towards a smarter energy system. Topics discussed will address three primary sources of change: (1) new business models and consumer acceptance of smart-grid technologies, (2) institutions that facilitate deployment of smart grids and reduction of electricity demand, and (3) promoting interoperability of smart-grid technology standards.
"Production of electricity in the United States is entering a period of dramatic transformation. Yet, despite broad-based support for a smarter energy grid in many states and the federal government, a combination of socioeconomic, technological, and legal barriers sometimes impede deployment of smart grid systems. The barriers include information gaps, capital constraints, poor pricing methods, and outdated laws. Market failures also exist in the form of network effects, high transaction costs, and technology spillovers from investments in learning-by-doing."
April 6, 2011
IC² and the ATI Clean Energy Incubator present
GoGreen ’11 Austin
GoGreen ’11 Austin is a one-day sustainability conference for business in Austin built to motivate, inspire, and educate business owners to “go green” and become more sustainable. As an action-oriented, non-typical conference, GoGreen ’11 Austin teaches tactical steps on how to “green” your business and provides actionable next steps to sustainability for business owners and decision makers. Attendees will learn from live success stories and participate in panel discussions to provide solid takeaways to make any size of business the most sustainable it can be. The GoGreen Conference will feature over 50 business leader speakers and 15 different sessions on how to build sustainability into your business.
April 4, 2011
IC² and the ATI Wireless Incubator present
MobileMonday: Mobile Enterprise Apps
March 30, 2011
The Texas Enterprise Speaker Series presents John Daly
Advocacy: Selling Innovative Ideas Within Your Organization
Innovation matters. But like it or not, in every organization, there is the politics of ideas. Before innovations hit the market, they must be sculpted and sold within the innovator's organization. The internal sell always proceeds the external sell. Daly discusses how great advocates for their ideas successfully market them within their organizations, and what it takes to get buy-in for ideas.
March 12-17, 2011
UT Austin|Portugal at SXSW
Researchers from the UT Austin|Portugal CoLab will participate at a number of activities at SXSW Interactive. See the CoLab website for details.
Thursday, March 17
SXSW Technology Summit: Regional Creative Industries Development
David Gibson of the IC² Institute will appear along with Jim Butler, Creative Industries Development Manager for the City of Austin, and a panel of international experts to discuss global approaches to regional economic development through the creative industries sector.
This session of the SXSW Technology Summit will be held at 3:30 PM in the Austin Hilton, room J. It is open to all SXSW badgeholders.
David Gibson's presentation
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property David Kappos at IC²
David Kappos, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, will hold an conversation with small businesses and startups on Saturday, March 12, 2011. Mr. Kappos is the head of the US Patent and Trademark Office. The meeting is an opportunity for him to hear directly from members of the business community about their experiences with the USPTO.
February 25, 2011
Maggie Anderson, author of Our Black Year
IC² Endowed Fellow Juliet Walker and the IC² Institute are helping to sponsor a visit to UT Austin by Maggie Anderson on Friday, February 25th. Dr. Anderson will make a presentation from her forthcoming book, Our Black Year: A Tale of Buying Black in America’s Racially Divided Economy. Anderson (University of Chicago, JD, 1998, MBA, 2001) will cover the extent to which the Empowerment Experiment resulted in a movement that inspired and found support from business owners, consumers, academics, professional and activist organizations, and also led to a landmark study conducted by Chicago’s Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
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February 24, 2011
EU IP Protection & US Lawsuit Prevention
A Transatlantic Video Conference on Legal Issues for Successful International Market Expansion
The United States—European Union transatlantic economy dominates the world economy with a combined population of the US and EU now approaching 800 million people who generate 50% of world production. Germany is the largest economy and largest exporter in the EU, and Texasis the second largest economy and largest exporter in the US. In both Germany and Texas, small businesses represent 99% of all employer firms,employ half of all private sector employees, pay at least 45% of total private payroll, and have generated 60% to 80% of net new jobs annually over the last decade. Yet, US and EU emerging businesses regard worries about intellectual property (IP) theft and litigation in the US courts as two principal legal issues. This session addresses these topics for German & Texas enterprises, in order to help maximize IP values and prevent lawsuits from devastating their businesses.
February 23, 2011
Texas Enterprise Speaker Series with Bob Metcalfe
Enernet: Internet Lessons for Solving Energy
"Come let’s talk about lessons from 65 years of building the internet and how they might help us solve energy. Solving energy will take decades, and when we’re done, we will not be using less energy than today -- we’ll have energy in squanderable abundance."
Event details and registration
February 7, 2011
UTEN Social Entrepreneurship Workshop
Cascais, Portugal
January 25, 2011
symBIOsis
The Austin Technology Incubator and the Austin Chapter of the Rice Alliance invite you to Austin's life sciences networking and educational event – symBIOsis.
The mission of symBIOsis is to provide an Austin-area forum for the life sciences community to network, support each other, and learn about the challenges of starting and growing life sciences technology companies.
http://symbiosisaustin.org/
October 12-16, 2010, Porto, Portugal
FUTUREPLACES Digital Media Festival
A project of the UT Austin|Portugal Program
June 1-4, 2010
From Lab to Market, a Fulbright Scholar Enrichment Seminar
The IC² Institute will welcome 32 Fulbright foreign students for a four-day seminar on translating scientific discovery into economic and social progress.
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June 6-11, 2010, Dallas, Texas
SDPS2010: Society for Design and Process Science
November 1-5, 2009, Montgomery, Alabama
SDPS Transdisciplinary Conference-Workshop on Integrated Systems, Design & Process Science
The Informatics Institute, Auburn University at Montgomery
Co-sponsored by the IC² Institute
SDPS09 Final Program [PDF]
October 17-20, 2009
Association for University Business & Economic Research (AUBER) – 63rd Fall Conference
Bruce Kellison, Director, Bureau of Business Research
www.auber.org
The 63rd annual Association for University Business and Economic Research (AUBER) conference will be held in Austin, Texas, October 18-20, 2009, and is being hosted by the IC² Institute’s Bureau of Business Research at the University of Texas at Austin. The conference will take place at the historic Driskill Hotel (www.driskillhotel.com) located in the heart of Austin’s entertaining 6th Street downtown. Conference "tracks" for researchers, directors, and editors/communicators will provide a wide range of stimulating panels and presentations. Continuing our theme from Bellingham last year, a number of panels this year will highlight research on a variety border issues, from security to trade to tourism. If you would like to present a paper or organize or participate on a panel, please contact Sean Snaith (ssnaith@bus.ucf.edu).
July 13-14, Porto, Portugal
International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation (ICTPI)
David Gibson, Associate Director, IC² Institute
www.ic2.utexas.edu/ictpi
www.ictpi09.org.pt
May 6-8, 2009
IC² Institute Fellows Meeting:
Global Perspectives on Technology Transfer and Commercialization
IC² Endowed Fellow John Sibley Butler
Conference Program
Conference Video [358MB MP4]
May 6, 2009
Entrepreneurship Eco-system Conference
Developing a University-Wide Entrepreneurship Eco-system: A Comparative Case-Study Across School and Country Boundaries
IC² Endowed Fellows John Sibley Butler and Patricia Greene
Conference announcement [PDF]
Conference program [PDF]
Mark Rice of Babson College on Creating a Vibrant Entrepreneurship Ecosystem [video]
December 2-4, 2008
Clean Energy Venture Summit
Isaac Barchas, Austin Technology Incubator
www.cleanenergyventuresummit.com
December 1-3, 2008, New Delhi, India
International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation (ICTPI)
David Gibson, Associate Director, IC² Institute
www.ictpi08.in
November 14, 2008
Payday Lending: Realities & Challenges
IC² Endowed Fellow John Sibley Butler & Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
http://dallasfed.org/news/ca/2008/08payday.cfm
Conference flyer [PDF]
Conference video [214MB MP4]
October 14-16, 2008
Texas Wireless Summit
Austin Technology Incubator
www.twsummit.com
September 17, 2008
My Research as Commercialization Colloquium
IC² Endowed Fellows John Sibley Butler, Robert A. Peterson & Ted Rappaport
Conference program
An American Story: Mexican American Entrepreneurship & Wealth Creation
April 2008
Conference program
Texas: The State of Manufacturing
30th Anniversary Celebration with IC² Institute Fellows
Austin Clean Energy Venture Summit
21st Century Corporate Governance for Early Stage Companies, Dallas, TX
Business to Consumer Workshop, Coral Gables, FL
10th World Congress on Integrated Design & Process Technology, Antalya, Turkey
International Conference on Technology Policy and Innovation (ICTPI 2007), Stavanger, Norway
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