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USPTO event: From Inspiration to Commercialization (WES)

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - 11:00am to 12:30pm
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FREE

Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium: From inspiration to commercialization

Headshots of March 30 Womens Entrepreneurship Symposium panelists

Register today for the final program of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium. In this session, speakers, including Ceata E. Lash, Founder, Inventor, and Co-CEO of PuffCuff LLC, and Georgia Grace Edwards, CEO and Co-Founder of SheFly Apparel, share how they turned ideas into commercial successes. Learn about their secrets to success and how they overcame obstacles in their journeys.

The afternoon’s final conversation on innovative women brings together the USPTO leadership and Abi Olukeye, founder and CEO of Smart Girls HQ, which promotes science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education by providing engaging content and facilitating exciting experiences that enable young girls to achieve STEM career literacy by age 12.

 

Agenda
(All times ET)

 

2–2:05 p.m.  Welcome and overview    

  • Sean Wilkerson, Innovation Outreach Program Manager, USPTO

2:05–2:55 p.m.  Finding innovation: Learn how exceptional innovators discovered their inspiration for success and commercialization

  • Georgia Grace Edwards, CEO and Co-Founder of SheFly Apparel
  • Ceata E. Lash, Founder, Inventor, and Co-CEO, PuffCuff LLC 
  • Hope Shimabuku, Director of the Texas Regional Office of the USPTO (moderator)

2:55–3 p.m. Break

3–3:30 p.m. A conversation on enabling success for the next generation of innovative women to succeed    

  • Abi Olukeye, Founder and CEO, Smart Girls HQ  

3:30–3:35 p.m. Thank you and wrap-up

  • Sean Wilkerson, Innovation Outreach Program Manager, USPTO

    This program is presented by the USPTO’s Office of Innovation Outreach. For more information, please contact WES@USPTO.GOV
    The USPTO offers many informative presentations, panels, and chats throughout the year. For more information, visit www.uspto.gov/events.

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