Innovation @ Penn: Partnerships & Perspectives [event recap]
PCI promotes Penn’s Industry partnerships and new technologies in San Francisco
Pennovation Center partner, The Penn Center for Innovation, hosted over 300 investors, corporate partners and Penn alumni for a program entitled Innovation @ Penn: Programs and Partnerships as part of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Investor Conference in San Francisco the first week of January. The 4th annual event gives PCI an opportunity to market and build interest in Penn’s portfolio of innovative activities and technologies emerging across campus. A keynote discussion with Melinda Richter, Global Head, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS and Craig R. Carnaroli, Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania highlighted Penn’s new partnership at the Pennovation Center with the opening of the JPOD and was followed by a panel of Penn's neuroscientific innovators and startups including:
- Kacy Cullen, PhD, Research Associate Professor Of Neurosurgery
- Michael Platt, PhD, James S. Riepe University Professor
- Dan Rizzuto, PhD, Founder & CEO, Nia Therapeutics
- Steven Kelly, President and Chief Executive Officer of Carisma Therapeutics
