On December 13 and 14, 2018 Foresight’s Dr. Konstantin Izvolsky, Director of Consulting and Training, and Mr. Norton Kaplan, President, visited the University of South Dakota GEAR Center to provide Commercialization 101 (COMM 101) training to technology transfer office (TTO) staff, faculty, and graduate students. Foresight’s COMM 101 Course is designed to target the broad audiences with the various levels of technology commercialization experience and help TTO staff, faculties and young entrepreneurs to better assess and market the technologies originating in the university laboratories from the conceptual stage to commercialization. The COMM 101 training assists in technology evaluation and identification of commercially viable technologies, defining the value proposition and appropriate application, interactions with potential commercialization partners.
The training was well received by the USD audience. Over two days, participants were actively engaged in discussions covering various aspects of technology commercialization making it interactive and fun experience. Foresight team wishes all the best to out USD friends and is looking forward to providing more commercialization support to USD and other universities in the future!
