Quincy Quick is the associate vice president for research and sponsored programs and chief research officer at UIDP member organization Tennessee State University. Tennessee State, along with Fisk University and Meharry Medical College, is a lo

Michael Oakes, Interim Vice President for Research, University of Minnesota

May 13th, 2022 19m 30s

Michael Oakes, interim vice president for research at the University of Minnesota, shares some of the "secret sauce" behind its culture of entrepreneurship and what it takes to achieve $1 billion in external research investment.

with Eric Corey Freed, CannonDesign, on sustainability as the default for design

Feb 17th, 2022 16m 30s

Eric Corey Freed, senior vice president, sustainability at CannonDesign. Architect, speaker, author and thought-leader in deep green buildings joins UIDP Conversations to discuss building sustainability into every design to enhance health, prod

with Lubab Sheet-Davis, Lam Research

Oct 29th, 2021 16m 32s

Lubab Sheet-Davis, vice president of strategy and innovation at Lam Research, joins UIDP Conversations to discuss Lam's work to keep innovation humming during the pandemic, the importance of visible female leadership in the tech industry, and h

Carlos de Brito Cruz, Elsevier, on using research and data to better humanity

Jun 4th, 2021 17m 53s

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Senior Vice President of Research Networks at Elsevier, on the role of triple helix collaboration to advance science and technology and drive economic gains. He also considers how data can help research organizati

Nathan Utz, Purdue University, on repositioning to maximize university-industry engagement

Mar 10th, 2021 14m 17s

Nathan Utz, vice president in Purdue University's Office of Industry Partnerships, speaks to his new role, repositioning university-industry relations in the midst of a pandemic, and the critical importance of holistic engagement.

Ned Calder and Freddy Solis: Can You Say What Your R&D Strategy Is?

Feb 15th, 2021 27m 23s

Innosight's Ned Calder and Freddy Solis are pros at helping large organizations drive innovation and transformational change. In this podcast moderated by Alan Blatter of Edgewell Personal Care, they share research and observations about succes

The Digital Battlespace with Charles Johnson-Bey

Dec 17th, 2020 20m 33s

Charles Johnson Bay, Senior Vice-President at Booz Allen Hamilton, discusses the digital battlespace and the need for industry & academic partnership for emerging technologies. The fundamental challenge that defense leaders face today is not pi

Natascha Eckert on long-term partnerships and promoting women in tech leadership

Nov 3rd, 2020 29m 1s

Natascha Eckert, head of university relations at Siemens, on the elements of mature university-industry partnerships, Siemens' philosophy of managing those relationships, and taking action to promote women in tech leadership--not just talking a

Malcolm Skingle, GSK, on the elements of successful industry-academic collaboration

Oct 13th, 2020 26m 17s

Malcolm Skingle, GlaxoSmithKline's director, academic liaison, discusses the critical role of industry-academic collaboration to address the world's big scientific challenges and what it takes for industry-academic collaborations to succeed.

Chris Austin, NIH NCATS, on the role of collaboration in translational science

Sep 10th, 2020 31m 19s

Chris Austin, director of the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, on the power of collaboration for translating basic science into the cures and therapies that benefit society.

David Reed, University of Florida, on leveraging industry partnerships

Sep 8th, 2020 16m 36s

David Reed, associate provost and director of research and collections for the Florida museum of natural history at the university of Florida, describes how the university will leverage a $50 million hardware gift from industry partner NVIDIA t

Daron Green, Facebook Research, on academic research partnership and joint hires

Sep 3rd, 2020 36m 44s

Daron Green, Facebook's director of research operations and academic relations, on talent development, industry-based faculty employment, and how partnerships with university-based research broaden technology exploration and the scope of indust

Cynthia Sweet, University of Pittsburgh, on partnership intentionality and leading through influence

Aug 7th, 2020 9m 8s

Cynthia Sweet, the University of Pittsburgh's associate vice chancellor for economic partnerships, on partnership intentionality, building internal and external relationships, and leading through influence rather than authority.

Doug Maughan, NSF Convergence Accelerator, on the niche between basic science and commercialization

Aug 6th, 2020 10m 45s

Doug Maughan, office head for NSF's Convergence Accelerator Program, on flexibility, new topics of research interest, and what happens in that niche between basic research and commercialization.

John Bamforth on open innovation and READDI (Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Discovery Initiative)

Aug 4th, 2020 18m 43s

John Bamforth, director, Eshelman Institute for Innovation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on what it takes to bring the world's top pharmaceutical researchers and industry leaders in an open-science partnership to ensure we're read

Matt Ridley on innovation, serendipity, and freedom

Jul 30th, 2020 24m 13s

In this wide-ranging discussion, Matt Ridley--author, journalist, businessman--dives into the role of serendipity and collaboration in innovation, why innovation itself is an "infinite improbability," and how freedom is the necessary element fo