Events

Featured Events

Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)

Next January we celebrate the 58^th year of HICSS (Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).  With an h-factor of 72, HICSS is among the world’s most cited conference proceedings, and over thirty top research journals consider HICSS-accepted papers for fast-track. Cesar Bandera, one of our Operations Committee members, has been chairing the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Track since we formed it in 2016

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Research paper submission deadline: June 15, 2024 | 11:59 pm HST.

NSF ART Program Leadership and Principal Investigators (PIs) Kick off Meeting 

Date and Venue: February 29 - March 1, 2024; George Mason University, Arlington 

Event Description:  NSF Technology and Innovation Partnerships (TIP) Directorate and its Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program organized and hosted the ART Kick-Off meeting of PIs, Co-PIs and IHE Partners to discuss the vision, mission and objectives of the ART Program and funded projects. The U.S. National Science Foundation just funded the first-ever Accelerating Research Translation (ART) investment — more than $100 million to 18 teams at academic institutions across the nation. NSF's investment will enable academic institutions to accelerate the pace and scale of translational research that will grow the nation's economy. For a copy of the meeting agenda, please click here. 

Forthcoming Events

CTR Workshop on Pathways to Translational Research and Innovation Partnerships

Date and Venue: May 21, 2024, 9.00 AM – 3.30 PM; Atrium, Campus Center

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Full Announcement and Additional Information Posted Here

Brief Description: The Center for Translational Research is committed to promoting excellence in collaborative research, innovation partnerships, entrepreneurial pathways, education, training and infrastructure development to translate technology into applications with a high societal and economic impact. To follow up on the CTR mission to enhance research, innovation and technology entrepreneurship ecosystem at NJIT, will host a workshop on pathways to translational research and innovation partnerships with panel discussion and breakout sessions for faculty, postdocs and students to interact with experts on early and advanced translational research, tech transfer, licensing and funding strategies for entrepreneurial activities.

Who Should Attend: Faculty, Research Staff, Undergraduate and Graduate Students and Post-Doc and External Partners who are pursuing or interested in translational research and innovation, technology development for use-inspired applications, market research and validation, pathways to entrepreneurship for technology translation from lab to commercialization for societal benefits.

Why You Should Attend: You will have the opportunity to listen from translational research and innovation, tech transfer, market validation, networking and impact assessment, and industry experts and entrepreneurs with successful start-ups companies. You will have opportunities to speak with them on 1-1 basis and in small groups at lunch and breakout sessions focused on specific topics in the complete spectrum of technology translation from lab to market. You will be able to discuss your issues with experts and ask questions about your technology translational research and development of innovation partnerships along with funding strategies for societal impact.

Distinguished Experts You will Meet and Interact:

• Translational Research and Tech Transfer Expert: Maria Rahmany, Adjunct Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Director - Business Development and Portfolio Management, Columbia University’s Technology Transfer office- Columbia Technology Ventures (CTV)
• Translational Research Partnership and Networking Expert: Pallavi Gupta, PD/COP LASER PULSE (USAID), Purdue University   
• Collaboration, Partnership and Industry Expert: Pallavi Madakasira, Vice President at Phase Change Solutions, Mentor, Female Leaders in Energy (FLIE), Previous Managing Director - Clean Energy, New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)
• Translational Research and Innovation Expert: Craig Arnold, Vice Dean of Innovation, Princeton University

NJIT Experts:

• Intellectual Property: Sanjiv M. Chokshi, Esq., Associate General Counsel
• : Michael van Ter Sluis, Vice President, Entrepreneurship, New Jersey Innovation Institute
• : Cesar Bandera, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, MTSM School of Management
• Innovation Acceleration, Market Research and Financial Investment: Michael Ehrlich, Associate Professor of Finance, MTSM School of Management
• DEIB Initiatives in Technology Translation and Partnerships: David Jones, Chief Diversity Officer

Past Events

NJIT Research Centers Showcase and NAI-NJIT Workshop Series on Sustainable Societies – Advances in Material Science and Engineering 

Date and Venue: March 21, 2024; 9.00 AM - 3.00 PM; Ballroom A & B

Event Description: Innovations in material science and engineering are fueling vital advances in diverse sectors, including healthcare, the environment, energy, infrastructure, computing and cyber-communications.  The showcase will provide an open forum to discuss pathways for developing synergistic technology innovation partnerships enhancing translational research in advanced material science and engineering. The NAI Chapter-NJIT Forum and Research Showcase will feature:

Distinguished Keynote Talk by Pradeep Fulay, Program Director, Accelerating Research Translation (ART), National Science Foundation and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

Distinguished Panel Discussion on Material Science and Engineering Research for Technology Innovations Towards Addressing Global Challenges

Distinguished Student Panel Session on Translational Research in Material Science and Engineering

e-Poster sessions on ongoing research at institutes, centers and specialized laboratories from leading universities in the region.

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Inauguration of NJIT Center for Translational Research and Advisory Boards Meeting

Date and Venue: February 21, 2024; CTR, VentureLink-II, NJIT

Event Description: NJIT received $6 million cooperative agreement funding from NSF to establish a Center for Translational Research (CTR) to enhance the translational research, innovation, and technology entrepreneurship ecosystem at NJIT. As an important part of the capacity building for translational research at NJIT, the CTR is being launched as the first step. The CTR will administer and expand NJIT’s Technology Innovation Translation Acceleration (TITA) seed funding program, and organize workshops, training and networking, and collaborative partnership programs to further promote translational research and innovation. Princeton University is mentoring IHE on the cooperative agreement to help steer and assess CTR programs. The Princeton University (PU) team will be led by Dr. Craig Arnold, Vice Dean of Innovation. For a copy of the meeting agenda, please click here. 

PCS-NJIT CTR Forum: Role of Advanced Engineered Materials in Decarbonization

Date and Venue: February 15, 2024; 11.00 AM - 3.00 PM; Agile Strategy Lab, NJIT

Event Description: The industry-university partnership forum , cosponsored by Phase Change Solutions (PCS) and NJIT Center for Translational Research (CTR) focused on keynote session, open discussion and a panel session with leading experts from industry and academia on the role of advanced engineered materials in reducing the carbon footprints and future trends in translational research of applications of advanced materials in energy conversion and sustainable infrastructure. The agenda information is posted here.