Sounds awesome, but I sadly won't be around. Anybody able to go? -Adi
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Kevin Donovan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rahwa Tareke <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 2:36 PM > Subject: Re: Invite to participate in the UAEM University Innovation > Symposium > To: [email protected] > > > UAEM University Innovation Symposium > > Hosted by the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property > > American University in Washington D.C. > > November 20, 2010 > > > > > > October 5, 2010 > > > > > > Dear Kevin Donavan: > > > > Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) is organizing a > symposium on the role of universities as non-profits in the medicine > innovation system, particularly related to their role in finding cures for > neglected diseases as well as open-source research methods. The symposium > will be held in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 2010 from 8:30 A.M until > 6:30 P.M. > > > > We have selected a list of product development partnerships, university > administrators, researchers, industry actors, technology transfer officials, > funding institutions and students who have demonstrated that they are > innovators in the fields of neglected disease discovery, university > licensing, and open-source methods. You are receiving this email because you > are among this group. We believe that your presence at this event will > further our collective efforts to bring medical discoveries to those who > need them most. The symposium aims to specifically explore the role of > universities in the broader innovation system and directions for university > policy to best improve both innovation and access to medicines. The agenda > is attached. > > > > We hope that coming out of this meeting, we will have gathered a good deal > of collective wisdom from participants to help create new policies that can > further our shared goal of maximizing biomedical innovation. > > > > We urge you to circulate the conference announcement to colleagues in > research and policy alike. > > > > In closing, we would be pleased and honored if you would join us at the > symposium. Please register (no registration fee) at your earliest > convenience at this link: https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm. > Once at the page, select the drop down and scroll to "Nov. 20 Workshop on > Neglected Diseases." The symposium web site will be updated regularly and > you can find it at: > http://essentialmedicine.org/uaem-university-innovation-symposium. If you > have any questions or concerns, or if you would like to register by phone or > email, please do not hesitate to contact us at (510) 868-1159, or at > [email protected]. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > The University Innovation Symposium Organizing Committee > > Universities Allied for Essential Medicines > > > > Symposium Location: > > American University, Washington College of Law, Room 603 > > 4910 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 > > > > -- > Kevin Donovan > Georgetown '11: SFS > 630.849.8285 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > >
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