March 6, 2009
Regenstrief Center to offer boot camp on assistive technologies
The Indiana Center for Assistive Technology, a part of the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, will offer the inaugural Innovators Bootcamp for assistive technology developers on April 2 in Purdue's Discovery Park.
The workshop, which is free and open to the public, will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121. Registration is required by 5 p.m. March 27 at http://cathub.org/bootcamp.
The workshop will provide tips on how to craft an innovator pitch, form research collaborations, position research teams for funding, understand the federal regulatory approval process and create sustainable working capital.
Regenstrief Center director Steve Witz and Julie Goonewardene, director of business development for the Purdue Research Foundation and Discovery Park, will lead the program.
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration's Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services and Regenstrief launched the Indiana Center for Assistive Technology in September to match advancements in technology with the needs of individuals with disabilities. The center also is creating an incubator to move research and new technologies quickly from the lab to the market.
A flier on the event is available as a pdf here.