Retreats

The majority of the Fellows' time is focused on their year-long projects. In addition, the UC Discovery Fellows attend a one-week seminar and quarterly two-day retreats. These are designed as team-building and professional development events. Mentors attend selected parts of the seminar and retreats.

Following are examples of speakers from the 2007-08 seminar and retreats. The schedule is designed to be highly interactive.

Immersion Seminar

September 6-14, 2007 (UC San Diego)

Selected speakers/events:

• Richard Atkinson, President Emeritus, University of California, Former Chancellor of UC San Diego
• Mike Elconin, President, Board of Directors, Tech Coast Angels
• Art Ellis, Vice Chancellor for Research, UC San Diego
• Larry Gilbert, Senior Director, Tech Transfer, Caltech
• Paul Grand, Director, RCT BioVentures
• Marguerite Hancock, Associate Director, Stanford Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE)
• Ramesh Rao, Director, UC San Diego Division, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology.

Quarterly Retreats

November 29-December 1, 2007 (UC Berkeley, with a day at Stanford)

Selected speakers/events:

• Susan Autry, Executive Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, UC San Francisco
• Tim Draper, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
• Jay Keasling, Profesor, Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley and Member, IUCRP Steering Committee
• Katharine Ku, Director, Industrial Contracts Office, Stanford University
• Erik Lium, Director, Industry Contracts Division, UC San Francisco
• Teri Melese, Director, Research Technologies and Alliances, UC San Francisco
• Visit to Bio-X, Stanford University, and meeting with Paul Yock and Bio-X Fellows.

January 31-February 2, 2007 (UC Santa Barbara)

Selected speakers/events:

• Steven Beckwith, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, University of California
• Mona Ellerbrock, Director, Industry Research Alliances, UC Davis
• David Gay, Director of Technology and Industry Liaison, Industry for Collaborative Biotechnologies, UC Santa Barbara
• Lora Lee Martin, Director, Strategic Policy Initiatives and Government Affairs, California Council on Science and Technology
• Ketaki Sood, Director, Technology Commercialization Programs, Larta Institute
• Public launch of Venture Acceleration Initiative, a UC Discovery Fellows project

The third and fourth retreats of the 2007-08 year: April 17-19 (UC Davis) and June 26-28 (UC Irvine).