Scholarship program
Scholarship program
Join us for a webinar series focused on the intersection between life science and entrepreneurship targeting students and young professionals. As a participant you will gain unique insights into life science in Silicon Valley and how to navigate the start-up world and how this has changed since the emergence of COVID-19.
29. September 2020 10:00 to 08. December 2020 10:00
Every day, young scientists are making great discoveries, they are finding new ways to diagnose diseases and they contribute to understanding and fighting diseases - a crucial element in life science inventions, but how do we bridge the gap from lab to market in order to bring the ideas to life? And especially during a global pandemic? To encourage Danish students and young Danish researchers to commercialize their research, to spin out companies from universities, and to transform their discoveries into valuable solutions, the Novo Nordisk Foundation have in collaboration with Innovation Centre Denmark in Silicon Valley made the International Innovation Project (2IP). The program supports Danish students with unique insights into the life science and entrepreneurial scene in Silicon Valley. This fall, 2IP will host a series of four webinars.
These webinars will share some of the secrets and inside stories from Silicon Valley and are meant to educate and inform participants on how to succeed, while inspiring and motivating the audience to explore opportunities within life science and entrepreneurship.
Grace Wei, COO/Founder at Encellin - 17:00-18:00 (CET)
During the first webinar you will have the opportunity to meet Grace Wei, COO and co-Founder at Encellin, who will share her inspiring story of how she made the transition from a university setting to navigating the start-up world and learning the lexicon for biotech from a business viewpoint.Kevin Grimes, Professor at Stanford University; Co-director of the SPARK Program - 17:00-18:00 (CET)
Listen to some of the learnings that Kevin Grimes has made over the past 10 years working with the SPARK program and how he recommends students and entrepreneurs move forward with their projects.
The Spark program emphasizes new ways to bridge the gap between academic discoveries and products that benefit patients by providing mentorship, funding and hands-on advising and funding to Stanford affiliates whose product proposals have been accepted for development.
Mark Cannice, USF Professor of Entrepreneurship - 17:00-18:00 (CET)
Mark Cannice will talk us through the history of Silicon Valley and why it remains one of the most innovative and dynamic environments and why it is the place where more than 50% of all venture capital in the US is located.Shomit Ghose, General Partner at Onset Ventures - 17:00-18:00 (CET)
How does the investor think and how does he see the future of innovation? Meet Shomit Ghose who will share his perspective on what changes the Covid-19 crisis brings for entrepreneurs and what upsides the new reality brings with it.
Shomit Ghose is one of the Silicon Valley legends famous for his sharp and blunt analysis of the trends that he sees developing in the ever-changing ecosystem in Silicon Valley.
All webinars are free, and brought to you by 2IP (the International Innovation Project), a unique program for master students with the opportunity for a semester in a Silicon Valley Life Science start-up learning entrepreneurship first hand as part of your master.
The program is sponsored by Novo Nordisk Fonden and run in collaboration with Innovation Center Denmark, Silicon Valley.
Read more and register for the four webinars here!
Title: Investment Manager, Life Science & Digital Health
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (650) 272-9510
Title: Senior Innovation Advisor, Sustainability & Entrepreneurship
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (650) 720-2588
