The timing is right to increase technology transfer from government labs to the private sector.
That was the assessment Wednesday of Karina Edmonds, technology transfer coordinator for the Department of Energy, who delivered the keynote address at the Entrepreneurial Imperative Conference being held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in downtown Knoxville. Appointed in 2010, Edmonds is the DOE's first coordinator for technology transfer.
The amount of attention focused on technology transfer by government leaders is cyclical, Edmonds said, noting that the current state of the economy has prompted strong interest in creating jobs through technology transfer.
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