EIR (entrepreneur-in-residence) programs have long been used by VCs to allow prospective CEOs to cycle through opportunities until they find one that matches their interests and skill sets. Both the U.S. Department of Energy and The University of Texas at Austin are using variants of these programs to help commercialize research.

The invention speed view sessions (there will be three total throughout the day) will showcase UT Austin inventors who will present compelling presentations in just 100 seconds each. Immediately following, attendees will be invited to visit the inventors’ kiosks to learn more about their inventions face-to-face.

In order to give attendees more time to talk to inventors and to drill down into invention details, inventors show their technologies at kiosks.

Research faculty work in a different reality than most entrepreneurs and VCs. This group of UT faculty will discuss solutions to issues that arise because of the differences between commercial and academic cultures.

More 100-second inventor presentations

Inventors are available at kiosks through 1:30pm.

Intellectual Ventures is built on the belief that combining capitalism and invention will benefit the world with more and better inventions, as well as create financial rewards for investors. Since its beginning, Intellectual Ventures has focused on creating a network of sources and users of inventions and funding. By building infrastructure, making invention investments, and developing a variety of invention investment models, Intellectual Ventures is pursuing the goal of creating a more efficient and dynamic invention economy.

The venture investment models that helped drive innovation in semiconductors, software, and the Internet have shifted. The current economic meltdown, international markets driven by a billion new middle-class consumers, demand for new sources of energy, and the growing stature of overseas IPO markets are changing the nature of high-tech investing. This panel includes entrepreneurs from the United States and China and two VCs who have seen the evolution of today's system of venture capital.

More 100-second inventor presentations

Inventors are available at kiosks through 4:30pm.

Every day, we produce rivers of personal data simply by living our lives—swiping credit cards, making cell phone calls, clicking from one website to another. Journalist Stephen Baker will discuss the world of the Numerati. A global elite of computer scientists and mathematicians has infiltrated every realm of human affairs, and the implications for us are vast.
Click here for a brief video on The Numerati.

Privacy evaporates. Our bosses can monitor and measure our every move at work. Politicians can manipulate us into feeling appreciated, plunking us into new political groupings with names like "Hearth Keepers" and "Crossing Guards." But the Numerati can also work on our behalf, helping us find our soul mates, upping our consumer power—even transforming health care by diagnosing illnesses like Parkinson's years before symptoms become obvious. The panel will discuss this powerful cultural endeavor, the mathematical modeling of humanity.