VIRTUAL EVENT
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April 27-29, 2021
(all times are in Mountain Daylight time)
Tuesday, April 27:
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Opening Session - “Ask Me Anything”
Our opening seminar kicks off CSU Demo Day by showcasing diverse and extraordinary entrepreneurial and innovative panel members. Join us for 90 minutes of conversation where the audience creates the topics for discussion, exploring the experiences of these dynamic women and learning from their individual journeys in the world of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Submit questions for the full panel or individual members in advance by emailing
Sarah Hibbs-Shipp.
Panel Members
Molly Kocialski, JD, Regional Director, Rocky Mountain USPTO
Nicole Ressue. JD, Patent Attorney, Santangelo Law Offices
Susan James, PhD, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs & Professor Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University, Fellow - National Academy of Inventors
Emily Roberts, Vice President, Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA)
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm: demoday.csuinnovates.org Platform Session
Innovation Posters, Startup Companies, Service Organizations
(All presenters available on the platform to answer messages - to use the internal messaging system, you must create an account on the virtual platform)
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research
Wednesday, April 28:
POSTPONED - Keynote Session - David Frakes, PhD
Dr. Frakes co-founded EndoVantage to further develop his simulation-based planning technology, which was acquired by RapidAI in 2020. Dr. Frakes will be highlighting the efforts and challenges faced when scaling the EndoVantage technologies and successfully delivering the tech to market.
David Frakes, PhD
BME Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Applied Vision Laboratory
Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University
sponsored by faegre drinker
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm: CSU Demo Day Community Happy Hour
Take a moment to drop in and see who has joined from the CSU Demo Day community! This is an open 90-minute interactive session where community members can chat with each other, and if more detailed connections/questions come up, breakout rooms will be available on-demand. As the name suggests, we are encouraging a happy hour feel, so please bring your personal favorite beverages and food. We wish we could provide them for you (as we would do during an in-person event). Unlike all the other seminars during Demo Day, this zoom meeting will not be recorded.
Thursday, April 29:
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: “Leading Innovation in Sustainability”
The "Leading Innovation in Sustainability" closes out three days of CSU Demo Day by showcasing a diverse set of panel members that exemplify the strategic and far-reaching efforts CSU undertakes to make innovative and effective strides in sustainability. Join us for ninety minutes of dynamic conversation about leading innovation in sustainability for water resources, food, transportation, and energy.
Panel Members
Amy Prieto, PhD, CSU Professor of Chemistry, Founder Prieto Battery
Bryan Willson, PhD, Executive Director, CSU Energy Institute
Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, PhD, Director, CSU Sustainable Livestock Systems Collaborative
Erika Benti, TDM-CP, CSU Alternative Transportation
Sybil Sharvelle, PhD, CSU Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Director CSU Urban Water Center
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Awards Ceremony
Please join us for the CSU Demo Day Awards Ceremony! We are excited to present the many awards that recognize innovative excellence from our CSU community. We are honored to host this symposium and can think of no better way to close out the week than by awarding over $20,000 in cash prizes and showcasing work that our Industry, Faculty, and Alumni judges deemed to be truly innovative.
Sponsored by Polsinelli