BioVentures hosted its first annual Innovation Week from May 12–15, 2025, bringing together researchers, startups, industry partners, and investors to explore the future of biomedical innovation at UAMS.
The event featured a dynamic lineup of panels, presentations, and networking opportunities across campus, designed to strengthen the bridge between academic research and real-world impact.
Over 50 attendees registered across the week’s activities, which included:
- The Inventors Lunch & Award Ceremony, celebrating the achievements of the AR Health Ventures Accelerator (ARHVA) awardees and UAMS researchers who submitted disclosures or secured patents in the past year
- The Industry Research Forum, where panelists and speakers discussed sponsored research, licensing, and collaboration opportunities with industry partners and UAMS
- “How to Raise Capital for Your Startup Endeavors” – a talk by BioVentures’ Technology Manager, Michael Geranen
Speakers included representatives from BioArkansas, the Arkansas Research Alliance, Tradespace, and BioVentures. Panelists included faculty and staff from across the UAMS ecosystem, and representatives from pharmaceutical and biomedical industry partners such as Johnson and Johnson.
The week underscored the critical role of translational science, commercialization of intellectual property, and industry-academia collaborations, and how institutions like UAMS can lead in transforming research discoveries into commercial and clinical solutions.
We’re grateful to everyone who participated, and we’re already looking ahead to Innovation Week 2026.
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