The UCLA Innovations Technologies for a Sustainable Future event provides a unique opportunity for UCLA inventors, investors and industry executives to establish new relationships for furthering innovation.

This one-day event will be hosted at the California Nanosystems Institute, UCLA Campus on Tuesday, October 30, 2018.

Event Agenda [PDF]

Full list of Bios and Headshots [PDF]

TECHNOLOGIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE – UCLA INNOVATIONS

3:00pm – REGISTRATION / CHECK-IN

3:30pm – WELCOME
Emily Loughran, UCLA Technology Development Group

3:35pm – KEYNOTE
Eric Hoek, Water Planet

3:50pm – EARLY STAGE INVESTOR PANEL
Jim McDermott, US Renewables
Anil Tamineedi, Angeleno Group
Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital
Pulakesh Mukherjee, BASF Venture Capital America
Taj Eldridge, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator

4:20pm – SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES PANEL
Gary Gero, Los Angeles County
Nurit Katz, UCLA
Mark Gold, UCLA Environment and Sustainability
Danny Hayes, Borealis Engineering
Eui-Sung Yi, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, The NOW Institute, Morphosis

4:50pm – CNSI – MAGNIFY INCUBATOR OVERVIEW
Brian Benson, UCLA California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)

4:55pm – FACULTY QUICK PITCHES 
Gaurav Sant—Carbon Sequestering Cement/X-Prize nominee
Rajit Gadh—Smart Vehicle Charging
CJ Kim — Drag Reduction Technology
Richie Wirz — Biplane Wind Energy

5:15pm – CLOSING KEYNOTE
Thom Mayne, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design, The NOW Institute, Morphosis

5:30pm – RECEPTION