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Seattle Chapter Spring 2013 Meeting: A Great Success |
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 The ISSNAF Seattle Chapter Meeting which took place on Thursday May 9th at the Belleuve Arts Museum (BAM) of Belleuve (WA), has been a great success with almost 100 presences during the general meeting and 50 during the official dinner, as confirmed by Chapter member Lorenzo Mannelli. During the event, has also been elected a new president of the ISSNAF Seattle Chapter: Lorenzo Giacani.
The new Chapter Chair, just wrote a brief summary about it with many thanks to everyone who participated.
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Seattle Chapter Spring 2013 Meeting on May 9th |
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The spring 2013 ISSNAF -Seattle Chapter meeting will take place on Thursday, May 9th at the Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM), in Bellevue (WA). The year 2013 is the year of Italian culture in the US, and ISSNAF and BAM joined forces to offer an unprecedented occasion for all Italians, Italian-Americans, and lovers of the Italian culture currently living in the Seattle area.
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 The ISSNAF-Seattle Chapter Fall Meeting took place on December 6th at Harborview Medical Center in the Auditorium of the Research and Training building.
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Seattle Chapter Fall Meeting |
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 Dear ISSNAF members, affiliates and friends,
We are pleased to announce the next Seattle Chapter Meeting that will take place On Thursday, Dec 6th 2012 at Harborview Medical Center, Research and Training Building Auditorium (300 9th Ave., Seattle WA 98109) starting at 6.15 pm. See attached flyer
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ISSNAF Seattle Chapter spring meeting |
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 The ISSNAF-Seattle Chapter spring meeting took place on Thursday, May 17th in the Harborview Medical Center Auditorium under the auspices of the Italian Consulate in San Francisco. After Lorenzo Mannelli, Chair of ISSANF-Seattle Chapter recapitulated progress made since the inaugural meeting, the stage was left to the speakers selected for the Spring Meeting of our Chapter.
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Seattle Chapter Launch Event |
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L.Mannelli,F.TesorieriThe inaugural meeting of the Seattle Chapter was held at the Harborview Medical Centre in Seattle on the 15th of March under the auspices of the Italian Consulate General in San Francisco and the Radiology Department, University of Washington.
Translational research has been the main focus of the ISSNAF-Seattle Chapter inaugural meeting, titled "From Research to Commercialization". In presence of the ISSNAF president Dr. Vito Campese and the Italian Honorary Consul in Seattle, Mr. Franco Tesorieri, five selected speakers have provided forty attendees with practical examples and advice on how to transform ideas into business opportunities.
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 F.Tesorieri L.Mannellifor the photogallery click here
Dennis A. Hanson from the University of Washington Center for Commercialization (C4C) has effectively explained how academic institutions are now stepping forward in helping university employees transformideas into products and launch their own start-up company.
In parallel, Andrea Riposati from Amazon.comInc. shared valuable advice on the same topic for those that wish to develop their ideas outside of academic institutions.
Albert Sbragia, chair of the Department of Italian and French Studies at the University of Washington offered his prospective on commercialization in the field of Humanities, that holds many but often unrecognized opportunities to convert culture into a marketable product.
In the end, Emilio Fonzo, senior electrical engineer at MicroPlanetInc., and Dr. Stephen McCraith, founder ofRJS Biologics, LLC shared their experience of professionals whose ideas are close to become commercial products.
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