Venue
The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center
The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, 215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA

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Event Date Thu Oct 3 EDT - Fri Oct 4 EDT (about 5 years ago)
Location The Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center
215 Innovation Blvd, State College, PA 16803, USA
Region Americas
Details

Moving Innovative Ideas to Market.

The Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference is one of the largest tech startup conferences in the Mid-Atlantic - drawing over 600 attendees including 70+ start-up ventures and 40+ investment firms from across the country. The conference highlights innovations from high growth and emerging markets including IT, Energy, Advanced Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Healthcare, B2B and B2C, among others. The 2019 conference is expected to be an even bigger draw. We can’t wait to introduce you to these remarkable trailblazers and to celebrate the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship that we embrace at Penn State. Please join us.

Speakers

2019 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Bruce Booth
Partner, Atlas Venture

Dr. Eric J. Barron
President, Penn State

Anna Mason
Partner, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund

PANELISTS:

Laura Freedman
Financial Advisor and Portfolio Manager, UBS

Priya Amin
Co-Founder, Flexable

Rachel Herder
Director, Intellectual Property Clinic, Penn State Law

Ellen Saksen
CEO, Go Jane Go

Teresa Whalen
Co-Chair, Investment Committee, Next Act Fund, CEO at CytoAgents

Aniyia Williams
Executive Director, Black & Brown Founders

James Delattre
Associate Vice President for Research & Director, Office of Entrepreneurship & Commercialization
Penn State University

Jonathan Moyer
Partne, Reed Smith

Derek Bowen
Vice President, Head of Business Development & Strategy, Blackfynn, Inc.

Anna Mason
Partner, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund

Matt Rhodes
Founder & Managing Director, 1855 Capital

Taylor Whitman
Managing Director, Concord Health Partners

Matt Weinbaum
Director, Cohen & Grigsby

Fred Marroni
President & CEO, INDIGO Biosciences

Maureen Mulvihill Ph. D.
President & CEO, Actuated Medical, Inc. (AMI)

Hunter Swisher
Founder, Phospholutions, Inc.

Steve Welles
Co-founder & CEO, Ikos

Matthew Frederick
Partner, Reed Smith LLP

Dennis Butler
Partner, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

Rachel Herder
Director of Intellectual Property Clinic and Assistant Professor of Clinical Law, Penn State Law - Intellectual Property Clinic

Karen Keller
IP Litigator and Co-Founder, Shaw Keller LLP

Tom Sharbaugh
Professor of Practice, Penn State Law

Lou Berneman
Founding Partner, OUP

James Delattre
Associate Vice President for Research & Director, Office of Entrepreneurship & Commercialization
Penn State University

Howard Lubert
Area President, Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic (K4-MA)

Beth Cohen
Director of Business Strategy & Innovation & Counsel, Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld

Chris Hastings
Managing Director, DCS Advisory

Sponsors & Partners

2019 Sponsors

• PennState Alumni Association
• Fox Rothschild LLP
• First National Bank
• Ansys
• LSGPA
• Ben Franklin Partners
• Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC
• MEDWIG International Commercial Law LLC
• McKee, Voorhees & Sease, Plc
• Bakertilly
• ReedSmith
• Duane Morris
• K&L Gates
• Shaw Keller LLP
• Buchman Ingersoll & Rooney PC
• Cohen & Co
• Schnader
• SteelBridge Labs
• Psecu
• Rivers Agile
• CBICC Chamber of Business & Industry
• PennState
• DFIN
• Cohen & Grigsby
• Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP