Managing Technology from Laboratory to Marketplace

Introduction.- Levers of Survival.- Creation.- Targeting.- Competing.- Expanding.- A Case Study: ESS, Inc. and the Energy Storage Revolution.- Conclusion: The End Game.

Dr. Sanford L. Moskowitz is Professor of Global Business at St. John's University and the College of St. Benedict (Collegeville, MN). Dr. Moskowitz's work focuses on the evolution of advanced global technologies and their markets. He consults in the area of innovation and technological development and has delivered keynote presentations on advanced materials and technologies at academic and professional conferences in the United States and internationally. His views on trends in advanced materials technology have appeared in publications such as The Economist, Wired Magazine and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's Frontiers of Materials Research: A Decadal Survey (2019), and his most recent book is Advanced Materials Innovation: Managing Global Technology in the 21st Century (2016, John Wiley & Sons).

Chris Erickson is the founding partner of Pangaea Ventures and has been investing in climate and sustainability start-up companies for over 20 years. Chris is based in Phoenix and sits on the boards of several portfolio companies. Chris has also been on the board of the Canadian Venture Capital Association and several non-profits. Chris has a Juris Doctorate from the University of Toronto and a B.Comm from the University of Calgary.