Our Sponsors and Affiliates
Our sponsoring and affiliate groups have graciously helped with many aspects of this workshop. Please take a few minutes to learn more about them, and their important contributtions.
UC Davis Center for Translational Science Center (CTSC)
The UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, through the programs shown in the center of the diagram, will transform silos of research into new collaborative scientific discoveries.
Spearheaded in the UC Davis School of Medicine, the clinical and translational science center is a broad initiative that draws on the sciences across the broader UC Davis campus, institutional partners, as well as the community.
UC Davis College of Engineering
The College of Engineering plays a dynamic role in the mission of UC Davis, one of the nation's top public research universities. The College integrates teaching, research and service to society, advancing the leading edge of engineering knowledge and training the next generation of engineers who will make a difference in our world.
UC Davis Office of Research
UC Davis InnovationAccess, formerly Technology Industry Alliances / UC Davis CONNECT, is part of the Office of Research. We provide services that connect research to the marketplace and are focused specifically on protecting and commercializing intellectual property, and fostering entrepreneurship within the campus community. Our team is comprised of more than 20 professionals with PhDs, JDs, and MBAs with significant private sector experience and are organized into two service platforms:
Technology Transfer Services evaluates and patents inventions from UC Davis faculty, researchers, and staff, and licenses those inventions for commercialization in the private sector, in order to benefit the public.
Business Development Services helps develop strategic research alliances with industry; provides commercialization support for early-stage UC Davis technologies; and supports entrepreneurship and UC Davis originated start-up companies.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a premier applied science laboratory that is part of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) within the Department of Energy (DOE). LLNL was managed from its inception in 1952 through September 2007 by the University of California for the U.S. government. LLNL is currently managed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
As a national security laboratory, LLNL is responsible for ensuring that the nation’s nuclear weapons remain safe, secure, and reliable through application of advances in science and engineering. With its special capabilities, the Laboratory also meets other pressing national security needs, which include countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and strengthening homeland security against the terrorist use of such weapons.
Our breakthrough advances are made possible by an extraordinary technical staff and investments in research facilities that provide LLNL wide ranging capabilities. The Laboratory is an international leader in many areas of science and technology central to our national security mission.
SRI International, Inc.
SRI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. SRI also brings its innovations to the marketplace by licensing its intellectual property and creating new ventures.
For more than 60 years, since our beginnings when we were called Stanford Research Institute, our strengths have been our staff's world-leading expertise and passion for working with clients on important challenges. SRI is well known for its legacy of innovations in communications and networks, computing, economic development and science and technology policy, education, energy and the environment, engineering systems, pharmaceuticals and health sciences, homeland security and national defense, and materials and structures.
