2022 Building Industry-Academic Partnerships - Emerging technologies for sustainability and health 

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This event brings together companies and university innovators and researchers to learn, share, network, and discover new areas of interest, collaboration, and synergies in the areas of sustainability and health, along with cross-cutting and game changing approaches.

With sustainability at the forefront of business, politics, health, economics, lifestyle, and technology, the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering is leading efforts to better understand and develop commercializable and impactful solutions.

While our faculty and researchers are experts at constructing tools and models for deep insights into the most challenging problems facing society, it is clear that our industrial  partners, national labs, and the balance of the innovation ecosystem all play a pivotal role in deploying meaningful solutions that will actually change the world. Sustainability as a truly effective movement is still in early stages with solutions that capture low hanging fruit, but higher order downstream effects will need to be holistically addressed (e.g. microplastic impacts on health and the ecosystem).

The connections and conversations started here will help guide thinking about what is missing from current partnership and collaborations, introduce new talent and ideas, and bring together solutions across themes and traditional boundaries. I hope you will join us at this exciting event!

 

AGENDA: https://pme.uchicago.edu/industry/industry-partnerships-event

Who is this event for? 

This is event is for academic and industrial scientists, engineers, managers, and innovators

What is this event all about? 

This event brings together companies and university innovators and researchers to learn, share, network, and discover new areas of interest, collaboration, and synergies in the areas of sustainability and health, along with cross-cutting and game changing approaches.

Where will this event take place?

This event will be held on the campus of the University of Chicago int he atrium of the Eckhardt Research Center (ERC), 5640 South Ellis Ave., Chicago , IL 60637.

Why should I attend this event?

Listen, converse, and get to know academic and industry thought leaders - but also interact with new talent in Molecular Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, and Immunology. Molecular Engineering is a challenge-based approach to engineering research and training that integrates and prioritizes tools and perspectives from different disciplines. You will learn about emerging technologies, assumptions, limits, and the molecular engineers working towards solving these challenges. More importantly, these conversations will lead to deeper discussions on research infrastructure and bottlenecks to overcome to facilitate more seamless and productive partnerships. The Dinner socials are a place to relax and connect with other event attendees, but also a place to ride out rush hour traffic! We encourage you to stay and enjoy the conversations!

When will this exciting event take place?

Wed-Oct 26 (afternoon reception into dinner) through Thursday, Oct 27th (all day into dinner)

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