After a welcome from Engage 2021 Chair Coleen Burrus, Princeton’s director of corporate engagement and foundation relations, Princeton's first-ever vice dean for innovation Rodney Priestley reflected on Princeton's innovation initiative; the impact it has had so far on Princeton's campus, in the region and beyond; and his vision for the future. Tom Bergeron, editor of New Jersey business news site ROI-NJ, interviewed Dean Priestley.
This session was part of Engage 2021, Princeton University's 2nd annual innovation and entrepreneurship conference. The conference was live streamed December 1-2, 2021. Engage brings together researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, industry, government and stakeholders from throughout the innovation ecosystem to catalyze the transformation of research into innovations that impact the world. Engage 2021 was hosted by Princeton Innovation and organized by the Office of Corporate Engagement and Foundation Relations. https://bit.ly/PrincetonEngage2021PlaylistSummary
Princeton Innovation is the University’s campus-wide initiative to extend the benefits of Princeton discoveries into the world to create solutions for humanity. Princeton Innovation emerges from the University’s commitment to service, research and education.
Session Date and Time: Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 9:00 AM-9:55 AM ET
Speakers: Tom Bergeron - Co-founder, chief content officer, ROI-NJ
Coleen Burrus - Director, Office of Corporate Engagement and Foundation Relations
Rodney Priestley - Vice Dean for Innovation; Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton University