Research Translation & Relations with External Organizations

DATE

Thursday, April 11, 2024

TIME

Arrival, Networking, & Breakfast starts at 8:15 am, workshop runs from 9:00 – 3:00 pm. Informal networking from 3:00 – 4:00 pm.

PARKING ADDRESS

Parking available in Tigerbelle Parking Lot with provided TSU parking pass: accessible via 37th Ave. N.

EVENT ADDRESS

Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP) Building, Room 163 at Tennessee State University: 1008 37th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37209.

TIME

LOCATION AND ACTIVITY

8:15 am – 9:00 am

Arrival, Informal Networking, and Breakfast

9:00 am – 9:10 am

Welcome, Workshop Rules and Tools

9:10 am – 10:00 am

Panel on Government Partnerships

• Xaviar Warren (Managing Director, Congressional Partners)
• Pearl Amanfu (Digital Inclusion Officer, Nasvhille Mayor's Office)
• Abby Loehr (Manager of Research Practice, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Co-Director for Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research - PEER)

10:00 am - 10:45 am

Discussion Session 1: Government Partnerships

10:45 am - 11:00 am

Recap Session 1

11:00 am - 11:15 am

Break

11:20 am - 12:05 am

Discussion Session 2: Commercialization, Tech Transfer, Research Translation

12:05 pm - 12:20 pm

Recap Session 2

12:20 pm - 12:30pm 

Break for Lunch

12:30 pm – 1:15 pm

Lunchtime Panel Discussion: Commercialization, Tech Transfer, Research Translation

Panel Session Moderated by Dr. Quincy Quick (Chief Research Office and Associate Vice President of Research and Sponsored Programs, TSU)

• Robert Turner (Technology Transfer and Innovation Manager, Tennessee State University)
• Chris Rowe (Executive Director for Industry Collaborations, Vanderbilt University)
• Holly Rachel (Executive Director for the Darrell S. Freeman Sr. Incubation and Innovation Center, Fisk University)

1:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Break

1:30 pm - 2:20 pm

Panel on Corporate and Non-Profit Partnerships

Panel session moderated by Matt Seaton (Director of Corporate Partnerships, Vanderbilt University)

• Kandace Harris (Client Service Advisor, Pinnacle Bank)
• LoLita Toney (Assistant Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Tennessee State University)
• Achintya Ray (Professor of Economics and Endowed Chair of Excellence in Banking and Finance Services, Tennessee State University)
• Lena Winfree (John Lewis Center Tech/Data Science Fellow at Fisk University, Rachel + Winfree Consulting)

2:20 pm - 2:40 pm

Discussion Session 3: Corporate Relations and Non-Profit Partnerships

2:40 pm - 2:55 pm

Recap Session 3

2:55 pm - 3:00 pm

Closing

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Informal networking time with coffee and refreshments