Registration is now Closed. Questions can be directed to info@greatlakesicorps.org

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About the Workshop

This Platform Technology Assessment Workshop is designed for innovators who have developed breakthrough and/or early-stage technologies that could be developed for multiple market applications, and who now need to determine a starting point and trajectory to achieve their vision.

This program is primarily intended for teams accepted into the 2024 Winter National I-Corps cohorts. In addition to your Technical Lead, Entrepreneurial Lead, and Industry Mentor, we recommend that you include your technology commercialization manager. As a group, you will:

• Refine your understanding of the unique, differentiating capabilities of your technology.
• Identify real-world problems your technology has the potential to solve better than available alternatives.
• Assess and prioritize the feasibility of potential application opportunities based on level of uncertainty, risk, and market potential.
• Design an overall development roadmap including your initial “lilypad” application and risk-mitigation strategy.

Through this course, you will:

• Identify a lower risk path to high impact commercial innovation.
• Inform your use-inspired research agenda.
• Identify an effective starting point for customer discovery in the NSF I-Corps Teams program.
• Upon completion of the workshop, you will have identified a logical starting point for your commercialization journey as well as a longer-term roadmap of innovation opportunities to guide your research and strengthen your case for commercialization funding.

Workshop Dates

The workshop consists of two sessions:

• November 28, 9am-1pm ET
• December 5, 9am-1pm ET