Fuentek Senior Consultant Leads Panel at AUTM 2013 Annual Meeting

Dr. Nannette Stangle-Castor Moderates Discussion of Leveraging Trade Associations in Technology Transfer Marketing.

Apex, NC, February 14, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Laura A. Schoppe, president of Fuentek, LLC (http://www.fuentek.com/), a local consulting firm that provides intellectual property (IP) and technology transfer services, has announced that Nannette Stangle-Castor, a senior technology transfer consultant, will moderate a panel titled “Leveraging Trade Associations in Technology Transfer Marketing” on Saturday, March 2 at the Association of University Technology Managers® (AUTM®) 2013 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. The panel will discuss how technology transfer offices can utilize trade associations to enhance communication between their offices and the industries that could benefit from university technologies and research expertise. Drawing on firsthand experiences, the panel will give advice on how technology transfer offices can create effective strategies for hosting and participating in trade association meetings, and how to use them to their best advantage to facilitate marketing efforts.

Dr. Stangle-Castor will moderate a panel consisting of Kimberly Dalgleish-Miller from NASA’s Glenn Research Center and Jennifer Sherer of Southeast BIO.

As a pioneer of “symbiotic innovation,” a framework which posits that commercializing technology and technology sourcing are interdependent activities best pursued simultaneously, Dr. Stangle-Castor is highly regarded by innovators and business leaders as she works to achieve breakthroughs in technology transfer and business development. She also has an extensive background in intellectual property management, strategic partnerships and open innovation, and she has delivered several live and web-based seminars on these topics.

Quotes:
“Nannette’s demonstrated success in bringing technology transfer offices and industry associations together for mutual benefits makes her an excellent addition to the AUTM discussion,” said Schoppe. “I am pleased that she will be a member of this informative panel and look forward to her contributions to AUTM’s Annual Meeting.”

Details:
- Dr. Stangle-Castor received her Bachelor of Arts in biology from Alfred University, and her Ph.D. in molecular pharmacology and cancer therapeutics from the Roswell Park Division of the State University of New York at Buffalo.

- AUTM serves a global network of more than 3,200 technology transfer professionals in the academic, research, government and private sectors. To join AUTM, visit www.autm.net/join.

- The AUTM 2013 Annual Meeting is a four-day educational and networking event for technology transfer professionals and newcomers to the field. It will be held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, from Feb. 27-March 2. For registration information, visit http://www.autm.net/Meeting_Home2.htm.

- Fuentek will have booth no. 412 at the AUTM Annual Meeting.

New Media Content:
Fuentek Blog Post: “Leveraging Industry Associations to Attract Tech Transfer and Strategic Partnerships”
http://bit.ly/PL1aLR

Fuentek Twitter Page:
http://twitter.com/fuentek

Fuentek LinkedIn Page:
http://www.linkedin.com/company/fuentek-llc

AUTM Twitter Page:
https://twitter.com/AUTM_Network
For updates about the AUTM 2013 Annual Meeting, follow @AUTM_Network and the hashtag #AUTM2013.

About Fuentek, LLC:
Fuentek, LLC is a consulting firm that provides intellectual property (IP) and technology transfer services to a wide variety of university, government and corporate clients. Drawing upon its unique combination of technical, business and commercialization expertise, Fuentek identifies clients’ promising technologies and assists them in converting their ideas and inventions into marketable products. Fuentek also has helped organizations around the world find the technology they need through licensing as well as collaborative research and development (R&D) partnerships. Led by President Laura A. Schoppe, Fuentek offers training workshops, webinars, white papers, and a comprehensive blog to help clients and other tech transfer professionals improve effectiveness in managing their IP while functioning as proactive and strategic technology transfer offices (TTOs). Recognized as an industry leader and a top woman- and minority-owned small business in North Carolina, the firm has received numerous awards for its work. Fuentek also has been featured on National Public Radio and in the book The New Small: How a New Breed of Small Businesses is Harnessing the Power of Emerging Technologies. For more information, please visit Fuentek’s website at http://www.fuentek.com or call (919) 249-0327.

Erin Smith
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
erin@mmipublicrelations.com
http://twitter.com/MMIPR
www.mmipublicrelations.com
Contact
Fuentek, LLC
Patty Briguglio
919-233-6600
ContactContact
Categories