Tech Tuesday: Standing Ovation

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – Happy Tech Tuesday. Im Melanie Moron here at US Innovate and Im joined with Jim OConnell. Jim, thanks so much for joining us today.

Very glad to be here.

So tell me, what you do here at UF?

My title is the Assistant Vice President of Commercialization, and in short, what that means is that Im in charge of converting a billion dollars in research out of the university research arm to get it, move it on, and get it into the public good .

And what is a Standing Innovation Award?

Standing Innovation is about recognizing our innovators, and thats the people who invent and come up with all the invention disclosures on an annual basis, and then also recognizing the person who we feel has done the most to actually move that technology out into the public good . This year was Dr. Barry Burn.

And why is this so important to recognize these inventors?

Faculty need the feedback. They need to understand that what they do is impactful and not just by waiting for a company success but for getting that feedback that look, we need that disclosure from your research and we recognize you for it.

This marks the fifth year of Standing Innovation, what are you looking forward to in the next five years?

Next five years, thats big. I would say were looking forward to more company success, increased number of disclosures, and an increase in the variety of different kinds of disclosures we get.

Why is this so important to use UF Innovate Tech Licensing for any startups?

Because we are number two in the country, were literally number two in the country. Were really good at what we do and we do it here in Gainesville, went Gainesville Forum.

And to wrap up this event, what were your thoughts on it?

Id love being able to recognize the adventures, the Innovators, when I get the word out, that we are excited about hearing more on your disclosures and want to say that we cant do it without you.

And for anyone whos looking to invent anything and be a startup in a company, what is your advice to them?

Get in touch with us early.

Thank you, Jim, for joining us today. And thats it for todays Tech Tuesday episode. Well catch you next week

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