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The University of Pittsburgh's Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship will celebrate the Pitt faculty, students, and staff who are working to make their ideas and research discoveries have a real world impact at the annual Celebration of Innovation.
Where: Courtyard Marriott | Pittsburgh University Center | Oakland, Pittsburgh
100 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213
(formerly the Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center)
When: 5-7 p.m.
5-5:45 p.m. Registration, networking, appetizers and drinks
5:45-6:45 p.m.: Awards Presentation
6:45-7 p.m. Closing Remarks & Networking
Speakers:
Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Pittsburgh & Associate Dean for Commercial Translation in the School of Medicine
Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be provided. Bella Christie's will be providing desserts!
We will select a Pitt faculty member to receive the Marlin Mickle Outstanding Innovator Award. This award is in recognition of a Pitt Innovator who has demonstrated consistent dedication to achieving societal impact through commercial application of his or her research.
To celebrate student entrepreneurship across the entire University, a Student Innovator award will be given to student teams who exemplify the passion that Pitt students possess to bring their entrepreneurial dreams to life.
In addition to recognizing Pitt faculty and students and regional entrepreneurs who have achieved a major innovation milestone, such as submitting an invention disclosure, obtaining a patent, or launching a startup company, the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship will present two special business awards:
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