News Release

San Diego, CA, November 29, 2005 -- UCSD faculty and students participated in a national workshop aimed at grooming university entrepreneurs, and most of the talks and panel discussions are now available for on-demand viewing over the Internet (see below).

The 3rd annual Invention to Venture (I2V) workshop took place Nov. 19 on the UCSD campus. It was organized and hosted by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), the Jacobs School of Engineering's von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Advancement, and the UCSD student group VentureForth.

As with all I2V events, the workshop's goal was to engage a wide range of participants from the university community, including science and technology students and faculty, as well as members of the surrounding business community.

	2005 INVENTION TO VENTURE WORKSHOP
	Paul Kedrosky Executive Director, von Liebig Center Introduction Length: 3:34 [video]
	Richard Mejia Dir, Life Sciences - SoCal, Ernst and Young Where is the Investment Money Going in Life Sciences? Length: 22:50  [video]
	David Hale President and CEO, CancerVax Challenges in Commercializing Research Length: 48:21  [video]
	Panel: Directions in Life Sciences John Watson, Assoc Dir, von Liebig Center (Chair) Eleazar Eskin, Asst Prof, CSE, Jacobs School Wayne Giles, Prof, Bioengineering, Jacobs School Bob Mattrey, Prof, UCSD Molecular Imaging Center Judy Swain, Dean for Translational Medicine, UCSD Length: 33:42 [video]
	Panel: Case Study with a Successful Entrepreneur Steve Flaim, Advisor  von Liebig Center (Chair) Eric Donsky, CEO, Ocusence Corporation Steve Richieri, CEO, American Life Science Pharmaceuticals, Inc. John Rodenrys, Sr Managing Director, Leading Ventures  Length: 24:03 [video]
	Diane West President & Co-founder, 2Connect Delivering the Pitch Length: 23:32 [video]
	Panel: Intellectual Property Issues Denise Lew, Licensing Officer, UCSD TechTIPS Tim Rueth, CEO, Rhevision Technology Inc. Chris Steinhardt, Attorney, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Jessica Wolff, Shareholder, Heller Ehrman Length: 34:42 [video]
	Panel: Financing and Structuring the Life Sciences Startup Paul Kedrosky, von Liebig Center (Chair; not pictured) Gari Cheever, Atty, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati Norm Brown, Owner, Innovations Group LLC David Urso, Principal, Forward Ventures Jennifer Kearns, Partner, Duane Morris, LLP Length: 25:17 [video]

For logistical reasons, three of the workshop's panel discussions were not made available for video distribution. For panelists who discussed “Innovation: Measuring Success in Business Directions,” “UCSD Alumni/Professor Case Studies” and "The Role of Leadership In Small Businesses and Start-Ups," see the workshop website in Related Links below.

Silver sponsors of the 3rd annual workshop at UCSD included Duane Morris LLP, Attorneys at Law; the Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technologies (CCAT); and Townsend Inc. Other sponsors included Heller Erhman LLP; Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP; Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati; and Bente Hansen & Associates.