Commercialization Planning Session
On July 27, 2012, Project 17
International sponsored an invitation-only commercialization planning
session with assistance from the Agricultural Research Service and the Naval
Post Graduate School. This session
was held in collaboration with Hartnell College and the Grower-Shipper
Association. The objective of the
session was to design a process for commercializing technologies out of USDA’s
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Naval Post Graduate School (NPS)
that could benefit the economies of the California Ag Triad: Monterey Bay, Fresno and San Luis
Obispo areas.
Dr. David Nicholson of the Agricultural Research Service and Dr. Rudolph Darken of the Naval Post Graduate School presented a sampling of innovative technologies being developed in their respective institutions. They each reviewed their institution’s process for those interested in availing themselves of existing intellectual property as well as collaborating with researchers in their entities. After their presentations the group -- comprised of representatives of the agricultural sector, investment community, entrepreneurs, economic development agencies, and education -- outlined what a process for commercialization would need to look like in order to bring an idea to commercial product for the agricultural sector.
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