Equalize 2021
Equalize 2021
22 September 2021
Location: Hybrid | 12:30 PM in Central Time (US and Canada)
Equalize is a virtual mentor program and pitch competition designed to take national action around the disparity of women academic inventors forming university startups.
This mentorship and education program culminates in a one-day virtual pitch event on 22 September 2021.
The program selects, coaches, and promotes academic women inventors with startup technologies to engage the investor and corporate community, build networks, and create a sustainable effort to drive women-founded university startups.
Registration: https://wustl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qcO6grjgvHdVyaS1IpCl_jDEzLwFcNF1Y/
Zoom link will be sent out after registration
Equalize is focused on academic women in:
- therapeutics
- med tech
- physical science
Sectors and will provide education on startups and pitching, individual sessions with a dedicated mentor, and preparation for a final pitch to an audience of investors, peers, and other supporters of advancing academic women entrepreneurship. Read More.
This event is hosted by Washington University in St. Louis & Osage University Partners.
Submit a pitch application and view eligibility requirements.
Event Schedule
| Time | 22 September 2021 |
|---|---|
| 12:30 CST | Welcome Nichole Mercier, Washington University in St. Louis Kirsten Leute, Osage University PartnersPresentation: The State of America’s Academic Women Inventors Jane Muir, Muir & Associates Consulting |
| 1 p.m. CST | Pitch Competition — 10 minutes, followed by 5-minute judge Q&A MedTech Breakout Room: 6 pitches Therapeutics Breakout Room: 6 pitches |
| 1 p.m. CST | Pitch 1
MedTech Room — Guelay Bilen-Rosas, University of Wisconsin Therapeutics Room — Moshmi Bhattacharya, Rutgers University |
| Pitch 2
MedTech Room — Susann Brady-Kalnay, Case Western Reserve University Therapeutics Room — Angelique Bordey, Yale University |
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| Pitch 3
MedTech Room — Hong Chen, Washington University in St. Louis Therapeutics Room — Ashley Brown, North Carolina State University |
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| 2 p.m. CST | Pitch 4
MedTech Room — Anjelica Gonzalez, Yale University Therapeutics Room — Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, University of Kentucky |
| Pitch 5
MedTech Room — Anais Rameau, Cornell University Therapeutics Room — Ruchi Gupta, Northwestern University |
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| Pitch 6
MedTech Room — Kyuson Yun, Houston Methodist/Cornell University Therapeutics Room — Carrie Perlman, Stevens Institute of Technology |
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| 3 p.m. CST | Panel
Jill Helms, Stanford University |
| 3:30 p.m. CST | Closing & Awards Nichole Mercier, Washington University in St. Louis Kirsten Leute, Osage University Partners |
| 4 p.m. CST | End |
