{"id":151370,"date":"2021-11-04T14:29:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T00:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=151370"},"modified":"2021-11-04T14:29:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T00:29:43","slug":"innovation-entrepreneurship-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/04\/innovation-entrepreneurship-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s best invited to <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> innovation\/entrepreneurship conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_122199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122199\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/manoa-engineering-arif-rahman-fellowship.jpg\" alt=\"person wearing sunglasses looking at computer\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-122199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/manoa-engineering-arif-rahman-fellowship.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/manoa-engineering-arif-rahman-fellowship-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/manoa-engineering-arif-rahman-fellowship-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arif Rahman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> is a key driver of the state\u2019s economic development and diversification efforts. In a post COVID-19 world, innovation and entrepreneurship through talent from <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>\u2019s students, faculty and staff will play a significant role in helping to shape our future. How <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> has and will continue to impact innovation in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and across the world will be on display at <a href=\"https:\/\/research.hawaii.edu\/blending-of-culture-and-science\/\">A <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Innovation Virtual Conference<\/a> hosted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation<\/a>, November 15&#8211;17.<\/p>\n<p>The virtual conference is free and open to the first 1,000 participants. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.hawaii.edu\/blending-of-culture-and-science\/\">Register online<\/a>. Innovation is the topic for the third and final day of the conference on November 17, 8&#8211;10 a.m. The journeys of three successful <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> innovations will be featured:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Battery Health is by <strong>Matthieu Dubarry<\/strong>, an assistant researcher from <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hnei.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Natural Energy Institute<\/a>. Dubarry conducts research in battery testing and modeling. His research on battery performance, charging and degradation, led to his development of the <span aria-label=\"Alawa\">&#699;Alawa<\/span> Toolbox, a powerful tool for battery diagnosis and prognosis.<\/li>\n<li>Nanotech is by <strong>Mehrdad Nejhad<\/strong>, a <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/me.hawaii.edu\/\">mechanical engineering<\/a> professor. Nejhad has partnered with Goodman Technologies <abbr title=\"Limited Liability Company\">LLC<\/abbr> to apply advancements in nano-composites into real world applications for the Department of Defense and <abbr title=\"National Aeronautics and Space Administration\">NASA<\/abbr>. Together they have won multiple Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer awards totaling more than $4.5 million.<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Innovation Lab is led by <strong>Arif Rahman<\/strong>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/ee.hawaii.edu\/home\/\">electrical engineering<\/a> postdoctoral fellow. They are developing a low-cost liquid metal coating for concentrated solar power polymeric mirrors. This technology was developed out of <strong>Professor Aaron Ohta<\/strong>\u2019s lab in the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Engineering<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A live panel discussion, &ldquo;Perseverance, Partnership and Place&#8212;What It Takes to Succeed,&rdquo; moderated by <a href=\"https:\/\/research.hawaii.edu\/oic\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Office of Innovation and Commercialization<\/a> Interim Director <strong>Steve Auerbach<\/strong>, will feature <strong>Olga Boric-Lubecke<\/strong>, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa electrical engineering professor and co-founder and president of Adnoviv, <abbr>LLC<\/abbr>; Heidi Kuehnle, founder of Kuehnle Agrosystems, <abbr title=\"Incorporated\">Inc<\/abbr>.; Keoni Lee, chief executive officer of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Investment Ready; and Cindy Wu, co-founder of Jelly and founder of Experiment. Kirsten Leute, previously the director at Stanford\u2019s Office of Technology Licensing and now at Osage University Partners&#8212;a company investing in university innovation, will deliver the keynote address to kickoff the session at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Come see and hear from innovation and entrepreneurship leaders as they share more about how to take one&#8217;s idea from the lab to the market and how partnerships and collaboration with the private sector is foundational for a thriving innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem,&rdquo; Auerbach said. &ldquo;One of the key tenets of our mission is to bridge connections and build partnerships between <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>, the community and the world, strategically advancing discoveries, and inspiring researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs to create new opportunities for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and beyond.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/08\/innovation-exceeds-fy-2021-goal\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> innovation exceeds <abbr title=\"Fiscal Year\">FY<\/abbr> 2021 goal, new strategy shared with <abbr title=\"Board of Regents\">BOR<\/abbr><\/a>, June 8, 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/25\/grow-entrepreneurship-workforce-development\/\">$2.7M to grow <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> entrepreneurship, workforce development programs<\/a>, May 25, 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/08\/26\/hacking-4-recovery-complete\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> entrepreneurship ideas geared toward diversifying <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s ailing economy<\/a>, August 26, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Conference sessions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Connecting Hawaiian Indigenous Culture with Modern Astronomy: Monday, November 15, 8&#8211;10 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Conservation of our <span aria-label=\"Ahupuaa\">Ahupua&#699;a<\/span>: Tuesday, November 16, 8&#8211;10 a.m.<\/li>\n<li><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Innovation and Commercialization: Wednesday, November 17, 8&#8211;10 a.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.hawaii.edu\/blending-of-culture-and-science\/\">go to the conference website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation will host a virtual conference November 15&#8211;17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[179,182,734,294,1505,1496,1432,9,947],"class_list":["post-151370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-college-of-engineering","tag-engineering","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-hawaii-natural-energy-institute","tag-innovation","tag-mechanical-engineering","tag-office-of-innovation-and-commercialization","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151378,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151370\/revisions\/151378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}