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Kansas City Chapter Prior Events Speaker presentations for this meeting are now available online! The Kansas City Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) is proud to announce it's 1st official rescheduled meeting due to the snow on the 8th. The new date is February 22nd, 2005. We have checked the long-range weather forecast and they are not predicting snow on the 22nd We also know that Gates has great BBQ every day, regardless of weather conditions. Mother Nature provided us with a little surprise, but now its time to get the group together. The time of the event, location, and speaker are the same. For those of you who had pre-registered, your registration is still valid and you do not need to do anything. If you pre-registered and cannot attend this meeting, your registration is valid for a future meeting. If you had conflicts on the 8th and are now available on the 22nd, please register on-line using the information provided below. You're invited to be a part of that first official meeting. It doesn't matter what industry you work in-high tech, life sciences, government, higher education, legal, financial services-the Kansas City Chapter of LES will become an invaluable resource of information and ideas, especially with your participation. Here are the details:
Date:
Place: Parking - Across the Street Time:6 - 8 pm
Speaker:
Click on the topic below to download one of Dr. Huston's presentations.
Commercialization
Topic:
Dinner: Provided
Admission:
If you have problems registering on the website or would like more information about this event, please contact Dr. Serge Wandji at (785) 286-8217.
Please RSVP by February 17th, if you have not previously registered.
We will also award a gift certificate to Gates Barbecue as the door prize in a drawing. Entry into the drawing is automatic when you complete a short survey, which will be available at the event.
Please forward this invitation on to others who you know that might be interested. See on the 22nd!
Special thanks to Armstrong Teasdale, LLP. for sponsoring this event.
Rob Nelson
Dr. Richard has over thirty five years experience in research and administration of outreach programs in federal labs, private industry and the academic sector including five years as a Research Chemist at the U. S. Army Medical Research/Nutrition Laboratory in Denver and ten years at the Ross Division of Abbott Laboratories. The latter included research on metabolic adaptations to exercise and high altitude sickness and developing human clinical nutrition research protocols to test new products for neonatal and geriatric applications. He has worked with commodity groups such as the United Dairy Industries and National Livestock and Meat Board to oversee nutrition research programs and served as a spokesman to consumer advocacy groups and the public media on a variety of human nutrition issues. He has served in academia at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha and now at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC). In those positions he served in the Sponsored Research Administration to manage internal grant competitions, build research collaborations within the university, develop research training grants and forge strategies for major university initiatives such as Functional Foods for Health (FFH) at the University of Illinois. He has directed Intellectual Property offices at UIC, UMMC and now at KUMC. He chairs the Biotechnology Development Center of Greater Kansas City (KCBDC), a 6,000 square foot business incubator located on the KUMC campus. The incubator provides wet lab space and business development services to start-up life sciences companies. He is a member of LES and the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) where he serves on national and regional program planning committees.
Upcoming events:
We look forward to welcoming you on February 22nd. Please contact Serge Wandji for more information at 785-286-8217.
Event sponsored by: Armstrong Teasdale
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