UTRF Happenings
Life Science Tennessee’s Beer & Biotech
May 24 – Knoxville at the Elkmont Exchange Brewery & Eating House
Each month, our members and friends socialize at a local pub or brewery to network with each other, idea share and hear about the latest life science news from interesting speakers.
Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit
May 29 – Oak Ridge
The Tennessee Valley Corridor will convene its 23rd annual National Summit at the CNS Y-12 New Hope Center, May 29-31, 2018, in cooperation with Rep. Chuck Fleischmann of Tennessee. The theme of the Summit will be, The TVC: Connecting People, Ideas & Opportunities.
Summer of Acceleration – Epicenter Memphis
Starts May 7 – Memphis
Four programs are included in the 100-day initiative: Epicenter Logistics Accelerator, Launch Delta Home Services Accelerator, ZeroTo510 Medical Device Accelerator, and AgLaunch
Life Science Tennessee – HHS Startup Day Nashville
June 6 – Nashville
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has embarked on a multi-city “Startup Day” tour, opening the organization’s doors to startups and entrepreneurs in the major technology hubs across the country. The goal is to demystify the vision, priorities, and process of working with the federal government. Further, attendees learn simple and actionable ways to engage with HHS.
Launch Tennessee: 36 | 86 Entrepreneurship Festival
Aug 29 & 30 – Nashville
36|86 Entrepreneurship Festival is the place where entrepreneurs and investors connect. And this year 36|86 will offer multiple tracks for entrepreneurs, investors and ecosystem builders with actionable programming for each to Build, Scale and Execute on goals.
TBA: 2018 NSF I-Corps Regional
Kickoff (coming Fall 2018)
An intensive two-week program designed by I-Corps South to help individuals who are interested in commercializing their research. Participation in NSF I-Corps has been shown to increase the success rate in being awarded an SBIR grant.
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