OMAHA, Neb. (Sept. 19, 2016)—The tenth annual Innovation Week kicks off Monday, Oct. 3, to celebrate and recognize world-class research and discovery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Hosted by UNMC’s technology transfer office, UNeMed Corporation, Innovation Week begins with an open house 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 3, in the Durham Research Center atrium, and culminates with the UNMC Research Innovation Awards Ceremony and Reception Thursday, Oct. 6, which will include a drawing for a free Micro 3D Printer.
All events are free and open to the public, but the Micro 3D Printer drawing is for UNMC faculty, students and staff only. They may register for the drawing by attending any UNeMed-sponsored event. Further details can be found on the Innovation Week page.
Following Monday’s Kick-off event, Innovation Week continues the following day with an expert panel discussion about the biomedical applications and implications of 3D printing. Panelists are expected to discuss what has been successfully printed in the medical field and the potential that 3D printing holds for healthcare in the future. Presented by the UNMC 3D Makers Club and co-sponsored by the McGoogan Library of Medicine and UNeMed, “Transforming healthcare through 3D printing” will be held in the Durham Research Center auditorium, beginning at noon. Lunch will be provided for the first 80 people.
Innovation Week continues Wednesday, Oct. 5, when BioNebraska hosts tours of the Biomechanics Research Facility at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Also on Wednesday, UNMC Technology Demonstration Day will enter its fourth year, featuring new technologies invented at UNMC and startups that are either based on UNMC innovations, or are working to help further UNMC research. The event will feature six short presentation geared toward a general audience, followed by a short reception. That event will be held in the amphitheater at the Michael F. Sorrell Center at 4-6 p.m.
Building on last year’s success, the iEXCEL Expo will once again feature an open house with some of the most sophisticated medical training tools. The advanced technologies will be part of UNMC’s new Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning, or iEXCEL, a new initiative that is expected to create more than 300 new jobs when its moves into a $102 million facility in 2018.
The iEXCEL Expo is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6 at the Sorrell Center.
Innovation Week culminates on Thursday, Oct. 6, with the UNMC Research Innovation Awards Ceremony and Reception. The ceremony will recognize all those who were issued a new patent, licensed a technology, or developed a new invention over the previous year. UNeMed will also present special awards for the “Most Promising New Invention” of 2016 and the “Innovator of the Year.”
More details about individual events will be available soon, and announced through UNeMed’s Facebook page and Twitter feed.
