APS Conference on Physics Innovation and Entrepreneurship

APS is holding a conference in June 2014, “Redesigning the Physicist: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education for the 21st Century,” which will focus on strategies for implementing Innovation and Entrepreneurship education into undergraduate classrooms.  

The conference will be primarily targeted toward physics department leaders. Sessions will feature existing programs which have successfully implemented innovation and entrepreneurship components (such as the Scienceworks program at Carthage College, and the Case Western Physics Entrepreneurship Program), as well the "success stories" of students who have graduated from these programs and started companies or found successful employment in companies as a result of these programs.

The conference will also focus on resources for educators who are interested in developing innovation and entrepreneurship curricula, or in promoting entrepreneurship among their students and faculty. Representatives from the National Collegiate Innovators and Inventors Alliance (NCIIA) will provide information on existing programs focusing on translating research into viable commercial innovation, and discuss new opportunities for collaboration with departments seeking to implement innovation and entrepreneurship components.

For more information, and to register for the conference, please visit this site.