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Join UCLA leaders, industry executives, faculty, students and members of Southern California’s innovation ecosystem as we celebrate UCLA’s legacy of innovation, invention and entrepreneurship. The event will highlight UCLA’s innovation ecosystem, examine the path from intellectual property to commercialization, and recognize the achievements of UCLA’s NAI Fellows and Senior Members. A networking reception will follow the program.

Featured speakers and panelists:

• Babak Daneshrad ’93, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, UCLA Samueli; Founder and CEO, Silvus Technologies (acquired by Motorola Solutions)
• Andrei Iancu ’89, ’90 M.S., ’96 J.D. Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell (former USPTO director and under secretary of commerce for intellectual property); Board  Chair, UCLA Technology Development Group
• Jamal Madni ’08 M.S., ’12 M.S. Founder, Ingage Solutions (acquired by VidCruiter)
• Zach Rash ’19, Co-founder and CEO, Coco Robotics
• Maryam Rofougaran ’92, ’95 M.S. Co-founder and CEO, Movandi
• Hanrui Wang Co-founder, Eigen AI (acquired by Nebius)