The 10th annual Innovation Week kicks off Oct. 3 to celebrate and recognize world-class research and discovery at UNMC.
Hosted by UNMC’s technology transfer office, UNeMed Corporation, Innovation Week begins with an open house 9 a.m. Oct. 3, in the Durham Research Center atrium, and culminates with the UNMC Research Innovation Awards Ceremony and Reception from 4-6 p.m. on Oct. 6, which will include a drawing for a free Micro 3D Printer.
All events are free and open to the public, but the Micro 3D Printer drawing is for UNMC faculty, students and staff only. They may register for the drawing by attending any UNeMed-sponsored event. Further details can be found on the Innovation Week page.
Innovation Week continues Oct. 4 with an expert panel discussion about the biomedical applications and implications of 3D printing. Presented by the UNMC 3D Makers Club and co-sponsored by the McGoogan Library of Medicine and UNeMed, “Transforming Health Care Through 3D Printing” will be held in the Durham Research Center auditorium, beginning at noon. Lunch will be provided for the first 80 people.
Innovation Week continues Oct. 5 when BioNebraska hosts tours of the Biomechanics Research Facility at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Also on Oct. 5, UNMC Technology Demonstration Day will enter its fourth year, featuring new technologies invented at UNMC and startups that are either based on UNMC innovations, or are working to help further UNMC research. The event will feature six short presentations geared toward a general audience, followed by a short reception. That event will be held in the amphitheater at the Sorrell Center from 4-6 p.m.
The iEXCEL Expo will once again feature an open house with some of the most sophisticated medical training tools. The advanced technologies will be part of UNMC’s new Interprofessional Experiential Center for Enduring Learning, or iEXCEL, a new initiative that is expected to create more than 300 new jobs when it moves into a $102 million facility in 2018.
The iEXCEL Expo is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Oct. 6 at the Sorrell Center.
Innovation Week culminates on Oct. 6 with the UNMC Research Innovation Awards Ceremony and Reception. The ceremony will recognize all those who were issued a new patent, licensed a technology, or developed a new invention over the previous year. UNeMed also will present special awards for the “Most Promising New Invention” of 2016 and the “Innovator of the Year.”