Webinar

2025 Predictions for Tech Transfer & IP

Join us for an insightful dialogue on the recent past and near future of tech transfer and the IP landscape. Our panel of tech transfer experts will review the most impactful news stories and industry moments from 2024 and examine key lessons learned from the year. 

Then, looking ahead to 2025, they’ll offer up their expert predictions on the trends, challenges and opportunities that are poised to shape the future of the industry. From evolving regulation and breakthrough innovation to shifting global markets and new IP management strategies, this webinar will equip tech transfer professionals with insights to stay ahead of the curve in the coming year. 

Register today to be prepared for the opportunities and challenges next year will bring!  

Date:  Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Time: Noon – 1 p.m. ET
Costs: $0 – AUTM Members / $225 – Non-Members
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Learning Objectives

  • Predict 2025 trends
  • Discuss 2024 industry learnings
  • Prepare for 2025

Presenter

Presenter Bio

Mary Albertson is a leading innovation management professional with 30 years of experience in leadership, strategic management and facilitating transfer of academic innovations through commercialization. As Director of the Office of Technology Licensing at Georgia Tech, she leads the office in protecting and commercializing technology resulting from $1.4 billion of research expenditures. Mary has previously served as Senior Director of Commercialization at PIVOT, University of Utah; the Associate Director at Stanford University’s Office of Technology Licensing (OTL), where she worked for more than two decades supporting academic research commercialization; and as President of AUTM (2017). Mary has managed technologies from evaluation through licensing in the life science, physical science and medical device fields. She has been involved in information management, the analysis of technology transfer business processes and information collection systems. 

 Myron Kassaraba is Vice President at MassVentures, where he leads initiatives focused on technology transfer and investments in academic spinouts. Myron’s career in tech transfer began at MIT’s Technology Licensing Office, where he managed a portfolio of AI, computing and software technologies. Most recently, he was the Director of Commercialization at Northeastern University’s Center for Research Innovation where he led the licensing team. He’s been active in AUTM, serving on both the Public Policy Advisory and Licensing Survey Committees. Before transitioning to tech transfer, Myron had an extensive career in business development, strategic alliances and technology licensing/commercialization, including Managing Director of MJK Partners, LLC, and founded or was on the management team of multiple startups and held senior roles at companies like Pluritas, LLC, Mitsubishi Electric’s Research Labs (MERL) and Kodak. Myron holds a BS in Political Science from Northeastern University and has completed executive development programs at The Wharton School. He is recognized for his leadership in the tech transfer community and Boston’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. 

Daniel Pendergast is responsible for setting the strategy for investment in intellectual property generated from research conducted at Case Western Reserve University. His team of licensing professionals forges relationships with existing industry partners, as well as new ventures formed to commercialize the earliest stages of these technologies–all with the ultimate goal of public benefit. 

Daniel has built his academic and professional career at CWRU. Over the past 20 years, he’s held a variety of licensing and operations roles in the Technology Transfer Office and has managed technology portfolios that include imaging, medical devices and software. 

He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering from Case School of Engineering, as well as an MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management. As part of his graduate work, he was a member of TeamCASE for CWRU’s entry in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, an autonomous vehicle competition. 

Michael Poisel is the Executive Director of PCI Ventures, the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) internal venture studio, which assists faculty researchers in the creation and building of companies around their innovative technologies. He and his team also provide incubation services at Penn’s incubator, The Pennovation Center. As part of these programs, he has participated in the founding of more than 275 companies, which have gone on to raise over $900 million in funding. Prior to Penn, Michael made investments for NewSpring Capital, Apax Partners and GE Capital, spanning more than ten years in private equity. He began his career in manufacturing operations for General Electric/Lockheed Martin and participated in the successful completion of several commercial and government satellite programs. Michael graduated with honors in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, holds an MS in Systems Engineering from The Moore School of Engineering at Penn, and has an MBA in finance and entrepreneurial management from The Wharton School at Penn. 

Justin Rerko, prior to Tradespace, was in-house IP and patent counsel for KPMG, LLP and also co-founded KPMG’s externally-focused IP Consulting practice. Justin blends 20+ years of experience across several domains – law firm, in-house and in corporate strategy and growth roles, and is a multi-year member of the IAM Strategy 300:  The World’s Leading IP Strategists list. He has a BA, JD and MS, Technology Entrepreneurship (ABT), all from Case Western Reserve University, lives near Washington, DC and is an avid photographer.