The registration for this year’s University Startups Conference ‘09 entitled “Creating Jobs and Powering Innovation with University Startups” has just opened.

The International University Startups Conference will take place December 2-4, 2009 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC, with an opening reception at the British Embassy on December 2, 2009.

The Conference is organized annually by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2.org).

With the help of the Washington embassies the organizers have identified and are including in the agenda :
- 12 foreign universities doing very innovative things in the creation and funding of university startups from the UK, India, France, Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, and Finland.
- 2 Global 1000 Strategic Relationship Panels (Global 1000 are the largest companies interested in working on Open Innovation with universities around the world)
- a By Invitation “Strategic Investors in Global Innovation” Dinner for U.S./International VCs, Private Equity Firms, Global 1000 Corporations, Embassies and University Sponsors attending the conference.
- Another highlight this year is the new SBIR program. Given the heightened interest by universities in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, we are holding a Pre-Conference Workshop on SBIRs for University Technology Commercialization, which will include topics on * Understanding SBIR Programs For Maximum Benefit to University Commercialization Efforts, * Getting University Researchers Commercialization Funding, * Forging Tech Transfer Links Between Funded SBIR Companies And Universities For Optimal University Research Commercialization.

As usual, there will be presentations from a large number of U.S. universities creating startups and a large number of VCs and angel investors interested in funding them. Mark Heesen, president of the National Venture Capital Association as he has done the last 3 years (since the beginning of the conference series), will provide a keynote on the state of the VC industry and their increasing interest in working with universities.

More details and registrations: http://ncet2.org/UpcomingEvents/UnivStartupConf09

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