Commercializing Your Research: A Panel Discussion from Entrepreneurs, Researchers, and Professionals

As a graduate student or postdoc, starting an entrepreneurial venture or commercializing a product can seem daunting. However, many financial and academic supports exist to help you turn your creative or research insights into commercially viable products, whether you intend to launch your own statup or licensing your product to another business. In this panel discussion, you will hear from entrepreneurs and technology transfer experts on how you can leverage your expertise to launch an entrepreneurial venture as well as important considerations around intellectual property, patents, funding, and more! This session is facilitated jointly by the Graduate School and the Couri Hatchery Business Incubator.

This session is a panel discussion with...

• Fiza Hamshi, PhD, Associate of Intellectual Property and Licensing, SUNY Research Foundation
• Brian Gerling, J.D. L'99, Executive Director of the Innovation Law Center, SU College of Law
• Angelo Niforatos, MS '20 MBA '25, Founder of Vigilare AI

REGISTER HERE for the panel.