Past Events
July 30 Faculty/Business Start-Up Share Session Have you ever thought about making the leap from academics to successful entrepreneurship? If so, plan to attend the Faculty/Business Start-Up Share Session on July 30, 2009, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the CTS Conference Room, K116. read more »
June 24 iwin Workplace Development Series: Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life, webinar, 12 p.m. Change the way you think about leadership development and yourself as a leader. Leadership development programs are meant to help people become better leaders at work; however, people improve their performance as leaders only when they enhance their performance in other domains of their life. www.iwin.uky.edu
May 18-21 BIO International Convention “Heal, Fuel, Feed the World”, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta GA. Includes 150 biotech sessions and exhibition with international country/state pavilions and product focus zones; 20,000 industry leaders including biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers, and related organizations in the U.S. and more than 30 other nations. Contact Deb Weis for information on UK’s participation at BIO. convention.bio.org
April 29 iwin Workplace Development Series: Using Emotional Intelligence to Enhance Leadership in Challenging Economic Times, webinar, noon to 1:30 p.m. Learn why Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is important in the day-to-day world and how its significance increases as difficult economic times stress the emotional system. Increase your EQ awareness so you can more effectively manage your own elements of EQ. www.iwin.uky.edu
April 23 iwin Workplace Development Series: Leveraging Workplace Flexibility as a Strategic Management Tool, April 23 Louisville, UK on Main / April 28, Lexington, Boone Center. Workshop provides, the why, what and how of workplace flexibility at both the individual and organizational level. www.iwin.uky.edu
April 23 Clinical and Translational Science Spring Conference, Lexington Civic Center, 3rd floor. Features keynote speaker Barbara Alving, M.D., director of the National Center for Research Resources, on the role of social networking in biomedical research. ccts.uky.edu/Events
April 7 Kentucky Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference, Marriott, Louisville, KY. Presentations on federal funding opportunities, entrepreneur success stories, energy innovations / biodegradable and renewal resources, and tech transfer. Sponsored by the Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation. Online registration
April 2-3 OVALS conference “Taking Flight: The Future of Bioscience” Dayton Marriott Hotel, Dayton, OH. Features Deputy Director Belinda Seto, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, and sessions on the toxicity of nanoparticals, medical devices, biosafety technologies and stem cell technology. Sponsored by the Ohio Valley Affiliates for Life Sciences. www.ovalsgroup.org
March 26 Kentucky SBIR-STTR Conference, Embassy Suites, 1801 Newtown Pike, Lexington, KY. Presenting federal agencies include DoD-Air Force, DoD-Army, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Online Registration