Editor’s Note: Every year, the R&D100 Conference highlights emerging technologies that have the potential to transform industries and change the way we work and live. The 2018 conference, held in Orlando November 15-16, did not disappoint. The conference included the Tech Match Sprint, a special session that provided hands-on examples of typical emerging technologies that…
Building Bridges for a Faster Path to Technology Transfer
More than $150 billion in federal funding is invested in R&D annually in the United States. A key question is whether or not we are getting the maximum return on that investment. Right now, the answer is that we could do better (1). Although technology transfer from 1996 to 2013 has contributed $518 billion to…
Unlocking the Potential for Successful Technology Transfer
Editor’s Note: A special highlight of the third annual 2017 R&D 100 Conference—held Nov. 16 and 17, 2017 at the Walt Disney World Swan Resort in Orlando, Florida—was the “R&D Technology Transfer Forum (TTF): Unlocking the Potential,” a session that explored the obstacles and barriers encountered with transferring technologies from the government to the private…