2011 Ohio Innovation Summit – April 19 and 20

ORISadmin Events, General

The 2011 Ohio Innovation Summit is coming soon and the full conference schedule is now available online: http://www.ohioinnovationsummit.org/2011/agenda.shtml  

This year’s Summit will be in Toledo on April 19 and 20, and the theme is “Returning to Ohio’s Material Roots.”

Highlights include:

  • Concurrent sessions in a variety of topics
    • Photovoltaics
    • Biomedical Materials
    • Polymers
    • Electronic and Device Materials
    • Bio-based Products
    • Aerospace Materials and Nano-enabled Systems
  • Poster sessions featuring the work of Ohio researchers, including many from OSU
  • Ohio Third Frontier capital access programs and entrepreneurial service/assistance programs
  • Recent significant activities specific to carbon nanotubes and nanofibers: reports from NIOSH and EPA and a business perspective

The 2011 Ohio Innovation Summit is sponsored by three materials Ohio Wright Centers of Innovation at OSU – Center for Multifunctional Polymer Nanomaterials & Devices, Ohio BioProducts Innovation Center, and the Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization.