GE Healthcare and UW-Madison collaboration is topic of March 12 WIN-Milwaukee meeting
How the nation’s second-largest research university works with one of Wisconsin’s largest companies on moving ideas from the lab to the marketplace was the topic of the March 12 meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network’s Milwaukee-area chapter.
WIN-Milwaukee Luncheon
Brookfield Suites Hotel and Convention Center
1200 S. Moorland Road
Brookfield
WIN-Milwaukee Luncheon
Brookfield Suites Hotel and Convention Center
1200 S. Moorland Road
Brookfield
The panelists were:
The panelists highlighted existing and emerging areas of collaboration and offered suggestions on how other industries could better access university-based research and development.
“As part of our continuing ‘Wisconsin Edge’ series, we’re highlighting those very real examples where university-based R&D is leading to industry collaborations – and direct economic benefit for Wisconsin and its workers,” said Tom Still, president of the Tech Council and WIN.
The Tech Council recently released a report on “The Economic Value of Academic Research and Development in Wisconsin,” which charted $1.1 billion in economic activity in that sector.
- Mike Wood, who leads GE Healthcare’s university research collaborations for the magnetic resonance business.
- Jerry Shattuck, licensing manager for medical imaging technologies at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which is the UW-Madison’s private, non-profit patenting and licensing affiliate.
- Dr. Charles Mistretta, a professor of biomedical engineering, medical physics and radiology at the UW-Madison and a pioneer in magnetic resonance technology.
The panelists highlighted existing and emerging areas of collaboration and offered suggestions on how other industries could better access university-based research and development.
“As part of our continuing ‘Wisconsin Edge’ series, we’re highlighting those very real examples where university-based R&D is leading to industry collaborations – and direct economic benefit for Wisconsin and its workers,” said Tom Still, president of the Tech Council and WIN.
The Tech Council recently released a report on “The Economic Value of Academic Research and Development in Wisconsin,” which charted $1.1 billion in economic activity in that sector.
