Whether near or far, AURP wishes you and yours a joyful and healthy holiday season!
Cheers! From your friends at AURP
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Excel in the Big League!
At this executive-level development series, plan to expand your leadership skillset with our ecosystem of experts and experience leaders. This IS Spring Training 2019, a deep-dive into challenges and opportunities, current or on your horizon. Get ahead of the curve, at THE go-to innovation network,
AURP Spring Training
in
Tempe, Arizona on February 25 - March 1
. What better place to gather with colleagues, friends, and innovation leaders -
especially in February
. As always with limited seating, we encourage you to
make your plans NOW
.
Our home run hitter is up to bat with
TARGET MARKETING TO DRIVE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
. Steve Jast
, President of ROI, and
Laura O'Blenis, President of Stiletto, will explore new tools in investment attraction and lead generation to fine tune your message and best position your park, innovation district, and community. Through hands-on activities and group pro
jects, put these theories into practice to develop an improved strategy of attraction, confirmation and retention.
Spring Training in Tempe, Arizona is where you will identify and unlock the key economic drivers for your market, and target the opportunities that best fit your park, innovation district, incubator and community. Learn more
here
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Spring Training Guest Speakers:
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NIST Green Paper
Your comments due before Jan 9th deadline
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AURP is pleased that NIST recognized the critical role that communities of innovation play in advancing the country's entrepreneurial ecosystem and will keep the AURP community apprised of further developments.
With the recent release of the NIST 'green paper' on its "Return on Investment' strategy to improve the effectiveness of federally funded research in the United States,
AURP members are encouraged to submit comments directly to NIST or send your comments to
AURP
. The Government Relations Committee
will include your comments in an update to NIST to be submitted
before the January 9, 2019 deadline
.
This past October, NIST Director Walter Copan addressed this initiative at the AURP International Conference 2018 at the University of Maryland Discovery District. Earlier this year, the AURP Government Relations Committee submitted comments emphasizing the critical role of university research parks in technology commercialization. These AURP comments echoed many of the recommendations contained in AURP's
Power of Place
and
Power of Place 2.0: Power of Innovation
available at
www.aurp.net
.
Comments on the green paper are open until January 9, 2019.
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Mike Bowman,
Delaware's DSMDC State Director, UD’s OEIP Associate Director, and Delaware Technology Park President
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AURP Past President, Mike Bowman was recently inducted into the Junior Achievement of Delaware's
Business Leaders Hall of Fame. Well deserved, Mike!
Read more.
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Dwaine Chapel,
CEO & Executive Director, Research Park at South Dakota State University
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AURP Board member, Dwaine Chapel, and his team at the Research Park at SDSU, celebrated 10 years of innovation on December 7th. Congratulations!
Read more.
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CAREER CENTER
Check out the AURP Career Center to discover your next career opportunity.
- Association of University Research Parks - Chief Executive Officer
- University of Delaware - Associate Vice President for Technology Commercialization and Business Development
- University of New Hampshire - Director of Corporate Engagement
- The University of South Florida - USF CONNECT Associate Director
- The University of North Carolina at Charlotte - Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development
- BioNexus KC - President & Chief Executive Officer
- Case Western Reserve University - Executive Director, Veale Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- North Dakota State University - Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation, College of Engineering
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