On February 19-22 , join Winstead Shareholder Lekha Gopalakrishnan at the 2023 AUTM Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas. AUTM’s Annual Meeting is where technology transfer professionals from around the globe meet to connect, make deals and gain insights from world-class speakers and panels.

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Date: Sunday, February 19, 2023 – Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Location: JW Marriott, Austin, TX

Winstead Speakers: Lekha Gopalakrishnan

Who Should Attend: Tech transfer professionals

Our attorney will participate in the following panel:

Innovation Districts: A Solution to the Technology Transfer Conundrum
Date: Monday, February 20, 2023
Time: 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Location: Lone Star B, Level 3

Innovation districts are a public-private partnership model that merge the innovation potential of research-oriented universities and the economic strength of industry partners in a physical environment that facilitates the creation and commercialization of new ideas. This panel presentation will discuss the guiding principles for creating an innovation district and the financial rewards that can be reaped by participant universities and their technology transfer offices.

Moderator: Lekha Gopalakrishnan, Shareholder, Winstead PC

Panelists: Stephen Coulston, Principal, Perkins & Will; Mark Romney, Chief Industry Alliance Officer, University of California, Davis; Katherine Lynch, Principal,  Trammell Crow Company; David Snow, Ph.D., Executive Director-Technology Ventures, University of Arkansas