Foresight Retreat 2016
By: Norton Kaplan, President & COO On September 11-15, 2016 Foresight convened our annual retreat at our corporate headquarters in Comptche, CA. A review of the current year’s performance verified that the company remains financially strong and that customer satisfaction remains extremely high. This is due to the continued effort to be innovative and flexible […]
TechInnovation 2016
By: Thom Abbott, International Business Development Our 4th year supporting Techinnovation, and our 1st going solely as a service provider, gave a slightly different perspective on this hugely successful and well attended event. Between Techinnovation and the concurrent SLUSH and Techventure events the NRF estimated a total 5000 people went through the doors over the two […]
International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum, Newport, R.I. – Oct 2-5
By: Daniel Satinsky, VP Business Development The overflow attendance at the Forum was testament to the fact that offshore wind is becoming a reality, with the first demo project off Block Island, Rhode Island set to begin delivering electricity within weeks. The NASA Langley exhibit stand was well received, with many new possibilities for possible […]
SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit: “Partnering to Create a Successful Pipeline”
By: Norton Kaplan, President & COO On December 1, 2016 I had the pleasure of participating in a panel presentation at the SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit in Austin TX. Dr. Carlos Kemeny, Assistant Director, Office of Innovation and Strategic Investment, The University of Texas System chaired the panel titled “Partnering to Create a Successful Pipeline.” The […]
Foresight Trains TTO Staff in Marketing
March 1-2, 2017, Foresight held a two-day training for a Canadian University technology transfer office staff on marketing. Like many universities, this university has a large portfolio of technologies for which they are seeking more cost-efficient and effective marketing. The Foresight trainers Phyllis Speser, J.D., Ph.D. R.T.T.P., founder and Vice Chair of the Board, and […]
AUTM 2017 Experience/Observations From a First-Timer
Posted on March 17, 2017 By: Reda El Alami, Analyst From March 13th to 16th I attended the 2017 AUTM Annual Meeting in Hollywood, FL. As a newbie to AUTM, my experience during this conference was a series of first times followed by moments of reflection. I had anticipated that the conference would be a […]
Making and growing connections at AUTM2017
Posted on March 17, 2017 By: Alyssa Nacewicz, Director of Sales & Marketing This year Foresight sent two staff members (myself included) to the AUTM Annual Meeting which took place March 13-15 in beautiful Hollywood, FL. In contrast to the last 14 years when we sponsored and exhibited at the event, we had the opportunity […]
Growing Opportunities in Asia
Posted May 3, 2017 By: Konstantin Izvolsky, Director of Assessment & Training On April 24-25, 2017 Dr. Phyllis Speser (CEO) and I represented Foresight Science & Technology at the AUTM Asia-2017 conference which took place in Hong Kong Science and Technology Park. Several hundred attendees representing China, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, India and other […]
Thoughts from Attending the ASTP-Proton Annual Conference in Budapest
Posted on June 2, 2018 By: Phyllis Speser, CEO In a session on the commercialization of Social Science, Humanities, and Arts (SSHA) inventions, the presenters discussed how you measure impact. It struck me as curious that no-one mentioned what was perhaps the greatest example of impact in modern times, especially in light of the fact […]
The First McDonald’s in Hungary: “Tasting the Capitalism”
Posted June 3, 2017 By: Phyllis Speser, CEO Foresight again sponsored and exhibited at the ASTP-Proton Annual Conference this year. A delightful part of the ASTP-Proton Annual Conference is a walking city tour the first afternoon. This year we strolled downtown Pesh, one side of the river in Budapest. Our tour guide, George, stopped in […]