The Office of Innovation Outreach (OIO) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be hosting the Proud Innovation series on June 15 and June 22, 2022 from 3:00 pm to 4:05 pm (ET) each day. The USPTO's Proud Innovation series celebrates LGBTQIA+ inventors, entrepreneurs, and small business owners who use their intellectual property to bring new ideas to market.
The series will consist of two panel discussions:
• June 15 -- Part one of the series will feature a panel discussion on "How to transform your idea into reality" -- Theodore 'TJ' Ronningen of Ohio State University will moderate a panel consisting of Arianna T. Morales of General Motors R&D Center, Suma Reddy of Future Acres, and David Taubenheim of NVIDIA, who will discuss how their education and experiences help them improve technology, rethink challenges, and transform new ideas into realities.
• June 22 -- Part two of the series will feature a panel discussion on "Making your passion profitable" -- Phillip Bailey of the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce will moderate a panel consisting of Ana Maria Hernandez Marti of Equal Love, Jake Kenyon of Kenyarn, LLC, and Robin Williams of Bowtie Behavior, who will talk about what it takes to turn individual passions into entrepreneurial successes.
Additional information regarding each part of the program can be found here and here.
More information regarding the Proud Innovation series can also be obtained by contacting [email protected].
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