Ever wondered how to start a company to market your research idea? Then this is one workshop you don't want to miss!
- Pardha S. Pyla, Virginia Tech University

July 6 - 10, 2009
Tahoe Center for Environmental Research
Incline Village, Nevada

Participants at GTEA 2008--Innovation Exercise

The five-day intensive academy provides participants with focused lectures, practical exercises, and hands-on experiences designed to give them the knowledge, skills, and networks to explore how their research can make broader impact in industry, the marketplace, and the world.

It is taught by venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, university faculty, intellectual property officers, industry sponsors and angel investors from across the country that serve as mentors as well as guest faculty, providing participants with the knowledge and networks needed to take the next steps toward commercialization.

2009 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Peter Santangeli, co-founder of Greenbox Technology and head of the company’s engineering division, will be the keynote speaker on July 8. Santangeli is the former vice president of engineering at Macromedia, where he led development of the company’s Flash Media Server and Breeze Web conferencing solutions. Greenbox is creating an interactive energy management platform that enables households to save money and reduce their carbon footprint.

PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES 2009

Babson College
Colorado State University
Corcoran College of Art & Design
Illinois Institute of Technology
Louisiana State University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Stanford University
Technical University of Denmark
Texas A&M University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Merced
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, San Diego
University of South Carolina
University of Masschusetts
University of Washington
Virginia Tech University

GTEA 2008