Kauffman Foundation Vice President Lesa Mitchell Provides Testimony Before the House Committee on Science and Technology on Improving Technology Commercialization
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June 10, 2010 at 10 a.m. Eastern/9 a.m. Central
Tune in to watch Kauffman Foundation Vice President Lesa Mitchell provide testimony before the House
Committee on Science and Technology tomorrow, June 10, at 10 a.m. Eastern/9 a.m. Central.
The hearing will be streamed live at: http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?newsid=2855
This hearing will focus on the role that improving technology commercialization of government-funded research can play in driving economic growth and and job creation. Mitchell will testify and provide information on several policy proposals, along with the Kauffman Foundation’s current thinking on best practices in technology commercialization. Mitchell will discuss the Kauffman Foundation’s call for an increase in the transparency of research resulting from federal funding through the creation of an “Innovation Exchange” and the need to encourage federal agencies that fund research to become more involved with driving university-specific improvements in technology commercialization.
To watch this hearing on the critical need to improve technology commercialization, go to the following website at 10 a.m. Eastern:
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?newsid=2855
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