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Research-based Education Keeping Pace with Innovation and Tech Transfer

MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas Flagship event as part of the 2012 Transatlantic Science Week

MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas

Royal Norwegian Consulate General of Houston

Rice University Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering

Norwegian Center for International Cooperation in Education (SIU)

Nov. 14, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Rice Bioscience Research Collaborative Auditorium,

6500 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030

The MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas is partnering with the Royal Norwegian Consulate of Houston to co-

host one conference session as part of the annual Transatlantic Science Week.

Rapidly changing needs for clean water, energy, food and healthcare are driving demand in global markets

for new innovation and effective technology commercialization. The challenge facing higher education and

research institutions is to educate students to understand research methods and goals as they apply to

meaningful technology development. Speakers in this workshop bring experience from points along the

process of technology development, market introduction and business development to discuss strategies

to meet this challenge.

Registration and Parking

Please click here for Free Registration for all of the week’s events, or visit the home pages of

Transatlantic Science Week 2012 for more information.

The Self-Pay Parking Garage entrance is off Dryden Street. Map

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SESSION PROGRAMS

*Please click on speaker’s name for biographical information.

Session Co-chairmen

Michael Mann, M.D., MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas. Emergency Physician, Memorial Hermann Northeast

Hospital

Hilde Skeie, Director of International Affairs, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU

Keynote Speaker

Barry White, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Norway

Strategies and Challenges of Technology Research in Higher Education

Michael Wong, Ph.D., Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Professor of Chemistry,

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University

Tobjørn Digernes, Rector, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Jarle Aarbakke, Rector, University of Tromsø, Norway

Successful Collaborations between Research Institutions and Private Industry

Alan B. Lumsden, M.D., Medical Director, The Methodist Hospital DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center.

Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery

Frank Reichert, Ph.D. Dean Faculty of Engineering and Science, Agder University, Norway

Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., President and CEO of The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

Business Development for Technology Commercialization

Marvin Baker, Chairman Elect, Houston Mayor’s International Trade Development Council-Europe

Kjetil Martin Stuland, CEO Technology Ventures, Norway

Case Example of Inter-University Collaboration: Rice University and University of Bergin

Arne Graue, Ph.D. Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen

George Hirasaki, Ph.D. Hartsook Professor of Chemical Engineering, Rice University

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Biography of Speakers

Michael T. Mann, M.D. Michael holds a B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and an M.D. from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He completed an Emergency Medicine Residency at the State University of New York at Buffalo where he led the Buffalo Surviving Sepsis Initiative and the Pediatric Emergency Care Project. Michael has been practicing Medicine in Houston for three years and is currently an Emergency Physician with Teamhealth and Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital and has serves on several Memorial Hermann System committees and working groups. He also is a member of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas and recently served as Programming Chairman for that group. (Return to Program) Hilde Skeie, M.A. Hilde Skeie has served as the Director of the Office of International Relations at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) for twenty eight years. For four of these years, she also served as the Director of Studies at the same institution. She holds a Master of Arts degree from NTNU in French. During her time at NTNU Ms. Skeie has been working with International agreement/contracts, student and staff echanges, international programmes (joint programmes and double degreess), evaluation of foreign degrees, developing aid programmes within education and research etc. She has also served on several national working groups and she headed the group that prepared the first North America Strategy for Higher Education Cooperation 2008 – 2011. (Return to Program) Barry B. White Barry B. White was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Norway on September 22, 2009 and was sworn in as Ambassador on October 21, 2009. In a confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 15, 2009, Ambassador White emphasized the commitment shared by Norway and the U.S. to promoting human rights, democracy, and freedom throughout the world. He said that he looked forward to working to preserve and build upon this invaluable relationship, and to increase economic development opportunities both for U.S. companies in Norway and Norwegian firms in theUnited States. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador, Barry White served for over 13 years as Chairman and Managing Partner (CEO) of Foley Hoag LLP, where he was a senior partner in the firm’s business, corporate, international and government strategies practice areas. He practiced law at Foley Hoag for 40 years. Mr. White also served as Chair of Lex Mundi, the world’s largest international

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association of independent law firms, and co-founded the Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, to provide pro bono legal advice to social entrepreneurs around the world. Barry White has been deeply involved in community services, and served as Secretary, General Counsel and Member of the Executive Committee of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and as a Director of the Massachusetts Alliance for International Business. In 2005, he and his wife were awarded the American Jewish Committee of New England’s Award for Community Service. He was active with many organizations and boards, including the American Bar Association, as a member of the Business and International Sections; Edgewater Technology; the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City; the Boston Municipal Research Bureau; the Northeastern University School of Social Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs; the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health; the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine; and several others. Mr. White was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Public Health Service and served from 1967 to 1969 in the legislative liaison office in the Office of the Surgeon General at the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Mr. White holds an A.B. from Harvard College, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, where he was an Editor of the Harvard Law Review. Barry White is married to Eleanor G. White, an affordable housing expert. They have three sons and one granddaughter. (Return to Program) Torbjørn Digernes, Rector, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway Torbjørn Digernes holds a master degree in technical physics and a doctorate degree in computer science from the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He is professor in Marine Systems Design at NTNU. Prior to taking the position as a full time professor at NTNU, he had work experience in marine and maritime research institutes a.o. in the SINTEF Group, and worked for six years in the Space Station Program of the European Space Agency. He was Dean of engineering faculties at NTNU from 1999 to 2005. From August 2005, he was appointed Rector of NTNU, with responsibility for both academic and administrative matters. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, and of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences Letters. He has been a member of the Board of the Division of Innovation in the Research Council of Norway. He is chairing the Council of the SINTEF Group, and has been a member of the board of two of the SINTEF Groups research companies. He is chairing NORDTEK, the Nordic network of engineering universities. He is presently a member, formerly the chair, of the Research Policy Committee of the Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions. He represents Norway in the Research Policy Working Group of the European University Association (EUA). He is heading the steering committee of EUA’s European Platform of Universities involved in Energy Research and Education (EPUE), and is the EUA observer in the Executive Committee of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA). Return to Program

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Jarle Aarbakke, Rector, University of Tromsø Education: Md University of Bergen 1968 Ph.d. University of Tromsø 1978 Carrier: Rector Jarle Aarbakke is Professor of pharmacology and became Head for Department of clinical Pharmacology in 1982 at the University and University Hospital of Tromsø, where he was later made the Dean Medical faculty for the period 1989 – 1993. He was elected Rector at the University of Tromsø in 2002 and won the subsequent reelection, ensuring his present position. Furthermore Rector Aarbakke serves as the Head of University Forum and previously also for the Nordic Forum for the period 2007 – 2009. He is also presently serving as the Vice chair on the board of the Norwegian Research Council. A widely published scholar, Rector Aarbakke has over 105 International publications in Pear revived journals; he has also supervised over 15 Ph.d. students. Among other positions Rector Aarbakke has served as chairman and member of national and international boards, most importantly a committee on behalf of the Norwegian government 1996-1998 on alternative and complementary medicine, which laid the foundation for a new law. He served as head of Export Committee of The High North, reporting to the minister of foreign affairs of Norway. Highly distinguished he has also won many awards, and was most recently declared as Honorable professor at the Murmansk State University, a prestigious Russian University and collaboration partner of University of Tromsø. Return to Program Alan B. Lumsden, M.D.

Dr. Alan Lumsden is Professor & Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and the Medical Director of the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center at the Methodist Hospital. He received his medical degree with honors from the University Of Edinburgh, Scotland. He completed his internship in General Surgery at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He then moved to the United States, completing his General Surgery residency, clinical and research

fellowships in Vascular Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Lumsden was an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine. He later became Director of the Emory Endovascular Training Center and the Emory Venous Clinic in Atlanta. He was initially appointed Head of General Vascular Surgery at

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Emory University School of Medicine and later moved to the Houston where he was named Professor and Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Lumsden then moved to his present position as chairman of Cardiovascular Surgery. Dr. Lumsden is Co-Founder and Co- Director of the Pumps & Pipes Program. His clinical expertise includes:

Open & Minimally Invasive Aortic Repairs Thoracic & Abdominal Aortic Repairs Visceral Revascularization Peripheral Vascular Disease Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease Varicose Vein Treatment Carotid Artery Disease Limb Salvage Arteriovenous Malformations

Dr. Lumsden has developed an international reputation as a leader in the field of endovascular surgical research. He has received grants from the National Institutes of Health. His work has resulted in more than 200 scientific articles, abstracts, books, book chapters and more than 100 presentations. His research interests include:

Vascular Restenosis Developing newer methods of minimally invasive technologies Stem Cell Therapy Vascular Imaging Endovascular Navigation Robotic Endovascular Surgery

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Frank Reichert,Ph.D.

Dean Faculty of Engineering and Science, Agder University, Norway

Prof. Frank Reichert has been working for over 25 years on technology and strategies for fixed and

wireless communication systems both on national and international level.

Since July 2005 he is with UiA (University of Agder), undertaking research in wireless

communication networks and services. Currently he is the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering &

Science. Cooperations include a project with Ericsson on wireless residential communications, and

the Norwegian Center for Wireless Innovation with six other institutions.

From 1995 he was with Ericsson Sweden, guiding investigations on, e.g., Future Service Layer

Architectures, Wireless Internet technologies, and 3G applications and terminals. Assignments

included creating and managing European Research projects (e.g. EUREKA Subproject PRO-COM,

ACTS OnTheMove).

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Frank established Ericsson Cyberlab Singapore in 1999, focusing on user centric, ethnographic

application and terminal design, as well as rapid prototyping of new HW/SW products exhibited at

fairs like CeBIT 2001 and COMDEX (e.g. Ericsson Cordless WebScreen, Delphipad, Nanorouter). He

was board member for Singapore CWS (Centre for Wireless Communications). He has been

working as an expert, evaluator and auditor for the European Commission in industrial R&D

frameworks such as RACE, ACTS, 5FP, 6FP, and Celtic Calls 1-3.

Dr. Reichert holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Aachen University of Technology,

Germany. He has published about 60 papers at international conferences on mobile technologies.

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Marvin Baker, Ph.D.

Dr. Marvin L. Baker holds three degrees in Chemical Engineering

including the doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of

Technology (M.I.T.)

He established his own company, High Technology Associates (HTA) in

January, 1984 to provide strategy, tactics and implementation for

European companies wishing to penetrate the USA market, noting

that the failure rate in general exceeds 60%. In its 28 years, HTA has

served ca. 135 European companies, and Dr. Baker has delivered 320

workshops in Europe on the topic “Overcoming USA Market

Resistance”. Incidentally, HTA specializes in supporting European

companies which have failed in the USA, some even 2 and 3 times,

prior to using our support.

Prior to founding HTA, Dr. Baker was employed by Shell Chemical Company, during which time his

positions included General Management of three business units, overall location manager of two

plant locations, and director of an R&D laboratory. During this time frame, he was President of the

International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers.

Currently, Dr. Baker serves as Chair-elect of the Houston Mayor’s International Trade

Development Council-Europe, advisory board member for the Texas Emerging Technology Fund

and advisor in the energy sector for the Houston Technology Center. (Return to Program)

Arne Graue

Arne Graue is Professor of Physics at the Department of Physics and

Technology, University of Bergen, where he is Head of the Petroleum and

Process Technology Research Group. His scientific interest is within Reservoir

Physics emphasizing heterogeneous and fractured reservoirs, multiphase

flow in porous media, in-situ fluid saturation imaging, laboratory

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investigation of Integrated EOR-techniques, CO2 sequestration and gas hydrates. He has published 150

scientific publications and supervised 80 PhD and MS students. He has MS-degree in Exp. Nuclear Physics

and PhD degree in Reservoir Physics. Graue has been Invited Visiting Scientist/Professor at MIT, U. of

Wyoming, U. of Kansas and at ConocoPhillips Research Center. He is currently international coordinator for

a collaboration of 8 universities in 5 countries on EOR in fractured reservoirs, coordinator for CCS research

collaboration between Norway and the USA and Chairman of the Board for the Petroleum Research School

of Norway, where all universities in Norway are members. (Return to Program)

Dr. George J. Hirasaki is a Hartsook Professor in Chemical Engineering

at Rice University.

Professor Hirasaki joined the Rice faculty after a 26 year career with

Shell Development and Shell Oil Company. His research in fluid

transport through porous media ranged from the microscopic scale

intermolecular forces governing wettability to the megascopic scale

numerical reservoir simulators for field-wide modeling. A reoccurring

theme throughout this research is the dominance of interfaces in the

determination of fluid transport processes.

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Dr. Michael S. Wong

Dr. Michael Wong currently serves as Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular

Engineering, Chemistry, and Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice

University. The general research interests of his Catalysis and Nanomaterials

Laboratory are to design and synthesize nanoparticle-based materials that can

address chemical engineering problems concerning energy, the environment,

and health; to develop new chemical techniques for these materials; and to

deepen our understanding of underlying chemical processes at the molecular

level. He has 80+ publications, 300+ presentations, and 20+ issued/pending

patents. His group's research has been recognized with the 3M Nontenured

Faculty Award, the Richard Smalley-Bob Curl Innovation Award, an MIT TR35

Young Innovator Award, an American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Young Investigator Award, and a Smithsonian Magazine Young

Innovator Award, among others. He is Past-Chair of the AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum,

Past-Chair of the Southwest Catalysis Society, and an editorial board member of the journals Chemistry of

Materials and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. (http://tinyurl.com/wonglab).

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Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D

Mauro Ferrari, Pd.D.

President and CEO

Ernest Cockrell Jr. Distinguished Endowed Chair

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute

Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

Dr. Mauro Ferrari serves as President and CEO of The Methodist Hospital Research Institute and holds the

Ernest Cockrell Jr. Distinguished Endowed Chair. He is also professor of biomedical engineering medicine at

the Weill Cornell Medical College, president of the Alliance for NanoHealth in Houston, and holds

professorships at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the University of Texas MD

Anderson Cancer Center Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rice University, The Tecnologico de

Monterrey School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Monterrey, Mexico, and the University of Naples

“Federico II” in Naples, Italy.

Dr. Ferrari is a founder of biomedical nano/microtechnology, especially in their applications to drug

delivery, cell transplantation, implantable bioreactors, and other innovative therapeutic modalities. He has

published more than 200 peer reviewed journal articles and books and has invented more than 30 issued

patents. His contributions have been recognized with a variety of accolades, such as the Presidential Young

Investigator Award of the National Science Foundation and the Shannon Directors Award of the National

Institutes of Health. Dr. Ferrari began his academic career at the University of California, Berkeley, where

he tenured in material science, civil engineering, and bioengineering. Upon recruitment to the Ohio State

University, he served as the Edgar Hendrickson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and held numerous

other positions in the fields of internal medicine, mechanical engineering, materials science, and health

sciences technology and commercialization. He was also associate director of the Dorothy M. Davis Heart

and Lung Research Institute and director of the Biomedical Engineering Center. Dr. Ferrari also served as

Special Expert on Nanotechnology at the National Cancer Institute from 2003 to 2005, providing leadership

into the formulation, refinement, and approval of the NCI’s Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer,

currently the world’s largest program in medical nanotechnology.

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Kjetil Martin Stuland

My background before starting my own Venture Capital Company, Technology

Venture , is as CEO (8 years) the largest independent petroleum research

institute in Europe ( IRIS- Stavanger ,Norway). Founder of the technological

research organization Teknova ( Kristiansand , Norway), established 4

investment and VC companies, and been responsible for + 30

commercialization’s from R&D, making net values over USD 300 mill. I have

been member of more than 30 Boards of Directors , Chairman of + 10 Board

of Directors, and nominated as Chairman of the Year among all companies

listed at Oslo Stock Exchange in 2007. I hold a PhD in Aerodynamics, and 3

M.Sc.’s i.e. Cybernetics, Numerical Mathematics and Chemical Engineering.

After M.Sc. graduation I was a visiting research engineer at South West Research Institute in San Antonio,

has for 2 years worked at the French oil company Elf Aquitaine, for 3 years been a management

consultant, and for 11 years been Sr. VP and later President of 2 SME`s and one larger industrial

corporation in Norway.

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