UIDP Conversations

Brad Lukanic, principal and CEO, CannonDesign, on sparking innovation across the organization and collaborating with smart clients to support their endeavors.

Quincy Quick is the associate vice president for research and sponsored programs and chief research officer at UIDP member organization Tennessee State University. Tennessee State, along with Fisk University and Meharry Medical College, is a local co-host for HBCU Engage, which will be held April 18-19, 2023, in Nashville. In a recent interview, Quick shared his vision for Tennessee State’s research enterprise and why he supports HBCU Engage.

Michael Oakes, interim vice president for research at the University of Minnesota, shares some of the "secret sauce" behind its culture of entrepreneurship and what it takes to achieve $1 billion in external research investment.

Eric Corey Freed, senior vice president, sustainability at CannonDesign. Architect, speaker, author and thought-leader in deep green buildings joins UIDP Conversations to discuss building sustainability into every design to enhance health, productivity, and societal impact.

Lubab Sheet-Davis, vice president of strategy and innovation at Lam Research, joins UIDP Conversations to discuss Lam's work to keep innovation humming during the pandemic, the importance of visible female leadership in the tech industry, and how to push innovation through education, innovation infrastructure, and culture.

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Senior Vice President of Research Networks at Elsevier, on the role of triple helix collaboration to advance science and technology and drive economic gains. He also considers how data can help research organizations identify strengths, weaknesses, and common ground for better partnerships.

Nathan Utz, vice president in Purdue University's Office of Industry Partnerships, speaks to his new role, repositioning university-industry relations in the midst of a pandemic, and the critical importance of holistic engagement.

Innosight's Ned Calder and Freddy Solis are pros at helping large organizations drive innovation and transformational change. In this podcast moderated by Alan Blatter of Edgewell Personal Care, they share research and observations about success elements every organization should include in their R&D strategy.

Charles Johnson Bay, Senior Vice-President at Booz Allen Hamilton, discusses the digital battlespace and the need for industry & academic partnership for emerging technologies. The fundamental challenge that defense leaders face today is not picking winners, but accurately seeing global technology trends and being able to translate and adapt --because it's not who has the edge this year, or even this month, but this minute that matters.

Natascha Eckert, head of university relations at Siemens, on the elements of mature university-industry partnerships, Siemens' philosophy of managing those relationships, and taking action to promote women in tech leadership--not just talking about it.