Innovation is often serendipitous, springing from unexpected places. Today, many experienced observers have declared the death of big R&D labs like Bell Labs. The new thrust is university driven research and innovation. If you’re looking for what’s cool and likely to spawn new business opportunities, visit research labs at CalTech, Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech, Harvard, MIT, Stanford and UC Berkeley to name a few. You’ll find plenty of compelling ideas, ranging from micro sensors and tags to distributed security and rich synergy of biology and electronics taking shape in these institutions. In this Emerging Technology Forum panel discussion we’ll get a read on cool, innovative technologies in the labs to talk and why it matters. We’ll take a hard look at the challenges of getting this next wave of innovation out of the lab and into the marketplace.

Moderator: Lee Bruno, Senior Editor, Red Herring
Esteemed Panelists:
Patrick Ennis, Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners
Tom Kalil, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology at UC Berkeley
Paula Szoka, Director, Invention Licensing, University of Washington
Norman Winarsky, Vice President, Ventures and Strategic Programs, SRI

Date: October 19, 2005
Doors open: 6:00 p.m. for informal networking & registration
Panel Discussion: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Q&A: 8:30 p.m.-9:00pm
Location: Orrick Silicon Valley
1000 Marsh Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025-1015

Fee: $55 VC Task Force members, $65 Affiliates, $75 General
Register now!
Hors d'oeuvres, wine and soft drinks will be served.

Emerging Technology Forum Committee Overview
The Emerging Technology Forum educates investors, entrepreneurs and trend watchers on the commercial potential and likely impact of "coming" technologies. Subjects in this forum have progressed beyond raw technology development to early product developments but are only beginning to see customer adoption and have not yet become broadly adopted by mainstream customers.

Committee Chair: Dr. Ron Weissman, Venture Partner, Apax Partners
Committee:
Dr. John Mashey, TechViser
Lee Bruno, Senior Editor, Red Herring
Richard Bullen, Management Consultant
Committee Manager: David Kohls, Consultant