Callye Keen, a serial entrepreneur, inventor and public speaker, and Hina Mehta, a former colleague at Mason, now with Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC), will present about the various pathways available to commercialize academic research and how tech transfer can help bridge the gap between academia and industry, enabling researchers to translate their innovations into real-world applications that generate revenue and funding for further research.

Attendees Will Learn:
-The tech transfer process and how it can help maximize the impact of their research
-Funding opportunities and hearing from a rep of VIPC
-Success stories of how tech transfer has resulted in significant impact

This session will be held virtually. Click here to register.

About the Speakers

Callye Keen has presented at national events, spoken at universities, and ran successful incubator programs. He has sold millions in products and services each year for more than a decade. Through collaboratively developing and manufacturing 100s of products, Callye saw a massive range of strategies, tactics, successes, and failures firsthand. He packaged this experience into the Red Blue Collective framework coaching physical product entrepreneurs from idea through development, manufacturing, launch, and growth. He frequently presents on startup funding strategies which includes crowdfunding, bootstrapping, accelerators, and investment strategies.

Hina Mehta, Director of University Programs at VIPC participates in the development and execution of the Commonwealth Commercialization Fund (CCF) grant programs and serves as the lead for promoting and managing the CCF’s university-focused programs. Hina has extensive experience in research commercialization and was, during her tenure as Director of the Office of Technology Transfer at George Mason University, successful at engaging with and supporting commercialization-minded research faculty. At Mason, she also mentored faculty-led teams participating in customer discovery programs such as NSF I-Corps and ICAP. Prior to Mason, Hina worked in biomedical research, in strategic consulting, and co-founded a startup. She holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, and an MBA from the University of Maryland.