Webcast of Irwin Jacobs' von Liebig Forum Talk Now Streaming

QUALCOMM founder Irwin Jacobs speaks to The von Liebig Forum. Length: 24:42

Jacobs' talk was part of The von Liebig Forum, a series of "Profiles in Innovation," presented by the Jacobs School's William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Advancement. The live webcast was co-sponsored by the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2).

Von Liebig academic director Paul Kedrosky interviews Irwin Jacobs and opens the Forum to questions from the audience. Length: 51:01

    §       Where do new and commercially valuable technologies come from?

    §       What is the role of research universities in commercialization?

    §      How can universities balance societal pressure for bringing research to market with remaining unfettered by market prospects?

The complete program -- including the Q&A session -- will air on UCSD-TV as part of its ongoing von Liebig Forum series. Viewers will be able to catch the program at the following times: