1. 6:40 Welcome Luis Mejia, Serena Hanes, Mary Jane Wolf
Overview of the iFarm Teams program
Schedule
iFarm Technology Pool (iTP)
TechFinder Tour – techfinder.stanford.edu
7:05 Singari Seshadri Stanford Venture Studio
7:15 Shane Lofgren Spring 2016 Alum
7:20 Life of a Stanford Invention Luis
7:40 Team Breakout
8:00 Q&A Luis, Serena, Mary Jane
8:20 End

2. What are iFarm Teams? Not an incubator – not an accelerator
A new approach for innovation transfer that uses multi-disciplinary and diverse teams of creative people with common interests and passions to help to identify a pathway from the lab to the marketplace for a real invention

3. Who Can Participate?
Stanford students
Faculty
Staff
Alumni
Other qualified individuals

4. Why Participate?
For Students/Post Docs/Faculty/Staff:
get hands-on experience moving a new technology towards commercial reality
learn about intellectual property, licensing, market and opportunity assessments
Work with terrific team members and mentors on something that may be brought forward for society’s use and benefit

5. Why Participate?
For Alumni/Others:
Apply your work experience to help Stanford further its research and education mission
Use your real world experience to help students learn about marketing, sales or manufacturing

6. Why Participate?
For everybody
Network with Stanford Community members
Possibly be involved with starting up a company around a Stanford technology
Be a part of helping to move technology forward for public use and benefit
Have Fun!

7. How do the iFarm Teams work?
Meet your Team and Mentor
Assign roles – Designate a Liaison
Pick a technology from the iTP – Interact with OTL Licensing Associates and Stanford Inventors
Attend Group Meetings, Submit Progress Reports
Complete the Final Project Report
SWOT, Market, Industry Analysis
Regulatory Analysis
Opportunity Assessment
Potential Partners or startup route?
Present your work

8. iFarm Teams Fall 2016 Upcoming Important Dates:
September 13
GSB McClelland Bldg NGP CoLab, M101, 6:30 PM 
Fall Kick-off Meeting: Luis Mejia, iFarm Teams Program Overview and Life of a Stanford Invention
Guest Speakers: iFarm Alum Spring 2016 and Singari Seshadri, Venture Studio
Team Liaison Due: By September 15, your Team’s Liaison designee to
Homework: Patent Review
September 27
GSB McClelland Bldg NGP CoLab, M101, 6:30 PM
Guest Speaker: Ryan Jones, Biotech Connection, SWOT, Market and Industry Analysis
Progress Report 1 Team Technology Evaluations
Team Networking: 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and OTL
Homework: Primary v. Secondary Research
October 4
Guest Speaker: Efrat Kasznik, Opportunity Assessment and Potential Partners
Progress Report 2 Team Final Technology Selection
Team Networking: 1 and 5, 2 and 4, 3 and OTL
Homework: Effective Presentations
October 25
GSB McClelland Bldg
M104, 6:30 PM
Progress Report 3 Team Mini Briefings – 10 min per Team
OTL Licensing Associate will attend and meet with team after the presentation.
Homework: Customer Discovery and Development
November 8
Working Group Session: Contacting Potential Partners
Progress Report 4: SWOT, Market, and Industry Analysis
Team Networking: 2 and 5, 1 and 3, 4 and OTL
Homework: Value Proposition
November 29
GSB McClelland Bldg NGP CoLab, M101
6:30 PM
Working Group Session: Open Team Session, Final Project Q&A
Progress Report 5: Opportunity Assessment, Potential Partners, Regulatory Analysis, Summary and Recommendation
Team Networking: 3 and 5, 1 and 4, 2 and OTL
Homework: OTL Exclusive License Agreement
December 6
Final Team Presentations and Final Project Form: 20 minute PowerPoint presentation on technology analysis and results and completed Final Project Report.
December 13
iFarm Mixer Session Finale: Mingle with the fellow iFarm teams, inventors from the session projects, OTL associates, and speakers.

9. Rules
The iFarm Team program is completely voluntary; there is no compensation for participation; Team members must identify themselves as iFarm Team Program volunteers when introducing themselves to Stanford inventors.
The Stanford inventions remain the property of the University.
Improvements to existing inventions would be governed by the University’s IP policy (Note: Focus of program is not inventing).
The iFarm Team members are expected to commit to participating for 4 months and attend group meetings.
Stanford may use the iFarm Team work product to try to license the technology.

10. iFarm Technology Pool (“iTP”)
Pool of iFarm technology candidates
Outlines status of case
Inventor Availability/Participation
OTL Licensing Associate Perspective
Startup Potential
Excel Sheet provided
First come, First serve
Teams should not work on same technology
Choose sooner than later

11. TechFinder Tour

12. “Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.”
Demosthenes