LiftOff!
Due to COVID 19, LIFTOFF! has been rescheduled for April 2021.
Sign Up Eligibility:
- Masters students only
- Chosen by the Dean of their respective College
Tentative Agenda
Day One
- 6:00pm-9:00pm KICKOFF RECEPTION & BBQ DINNER AT BRC EVENT SPACE
Day Two
- 7:45am Breakfast at Hotel
- 8:15am Short Walk to Rice BRC
- 8:30am Welcome to BRC
- 8:45am Introduction and Liftoff Conference Objectives
- 9:15am “Jumping into the Fire of Entrepreneurship” Brittany Barreto, Ph.D.
- 10:00am Networking Break
- 10:15am Scott Parazynski, M.D., Founder of Fluidity (Drone Controls)
- 11:00am Sinead Miller, Ph.D., The PATH EX Story
- 11:45am Lunch
- 12:30pm Larry Lawson, The Proxima CRO Story
- 1:15pm Anthony George, The FuelTrax Story
- 2:00pm Short Break
- 2:30pm Tyler Gill, The Strongroom Solutions Story
- 3:15pm Zaffer Syed, The Saranas Story
- 4:00pm Bryan Haardt, Founder, Decisio Health
- 4:45pm Summary, Wrap-up Panel
Day Three
- 7:15am Free time for breakfast
- 8:30am Buses depart
- 9:15am Arrive at NASA, Clear Lake
- 12:00pm Depart NASA for TMCx
- 12:45pm Sandwich Lunch at TMCx
- 1:15pm Tom Luby, Ph.D., welcomes Liftoff Students
- 1:45pm Tour TMCx
- 2:15pm Visit ABB Robotics at TMCx
- 3:00pm Visit JLABS@TMC
- 4:00pm Dr. Jack Gill, Take Away Talk “High-Tech Career Planning”
- 4:20pm Fireside Chat with High-Tech Entrepreneurs
- 5:15pm Survey
- 6:30pm Banquet, Awards and Sendoff