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Events

von Liebig Center FREE Seminar: Using Your Royalties to Finance Your Start-Up Company

On Monday, May 21st from 12 pm - 1:30 pm, the von Liebig Center will hold a seminar by renowned investment banker Arthur Lipper in the Qualcomm Conference Center at EBU 1, Jacobs Hall. This free seminar will be a discussion of the pros and cons of using royalties by early stage companies and project managers. Register here.

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Southern California Clean Energy Technology Acceleration Program: 12 Finalists

The von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement in conjunction with the Rady School of Management, San Diego State University, CONNECT and CleanTech San Diego are excited to announce the 12 finalists for this year's Southern California Regional Renewable Energy Technology Acceleration Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.

To view the finalists, click http://www.vonliebig.ucsd.edu/cleanenergy/

UC San Diego's von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center Opens Scripps Office

The von Liebig Entrepreneurism Center, based at UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering, opened a satellite office in Scripps' Vaughan Hall on March 6. Although new to the Scripps campus, the von Liebig Center (vLC) has been a presence at UCSD since 2001 as the first commercialization facility of its kind in the country.

Learn more at: http://sio.ucsd.edu/Announcements/Von_Liebig/

DoE Awards $5.3 Million to Support the Development of University-Based Technology Commercialization

University of California, San Diego (San Diego, Calif.) - $1,050,000 - The University of California, San Diego's William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement and Rady School of Management will partner with San Diego State University to plan and hold an annual Regional Energy Innovation Challenge. After establishing an expert advisory board to develop criteria and solicit applications, the board will screen and select promising teams comprised of experienced advisors, faculty, science and business students; conduct a commercialization boot camp for applicant teams to refine their commercialization plans; and award fellowship opportunities to three teams. Winning teams will showcase their technologies and commercialization plans to connect to potential sources of capital. A virtual network will also be developed to connect innovators, business students, entrepreneurs and sources of capital to each other and to other initiatives within the clean energy space on campus, in the region, and worldwide.

Read full article published Sept. 15, 2011 on the Department of Energy's web site.