Attendees:

Jack Defandorf

Olympia Valentine

Rich Lay

Joanne Mathias

Donna Wells

Robin Elices

Stacy DeBartolo

Michael Leskiw

Ekaterina Trizlova

Courtney Bensey

Helene Kelsey

Kathleen McGrath

Elizabeth Lennox

Gabriel Campos

John Congdon

Guests:

Vivian Holmes, Executive Director, RAS

Meghan McCollum Fenno Counsel & Executive Director, OSATT Core

Announcement:

• Effective beginning of September 2024, battery powered scooters will no longer be allowed inside MIT buildings. 

Presentation

• Office of Strategic Alliances and Technology Transfer (OSATT) is 3 offices.  The Core (complimentary to RAS), TLO & Corporate Relations. 
• There has been updates to the reporting structure and there is a new Director of Corporate Relations: Gayathri Srinivasan. 
• The OSATT website has recently been updated.  The RAS website and OST are currently being updated.
• There is a common misconception at MIT about why proposals are being held up, is more often than not that the proposal is with the sponsor. 
• Corporate sponsors are different than government sponsors and have different (if any) deadlines.
• Does MIT own the intellectual property?  When hired, researchers sign IPIAs and give rights to the institute for any IP created using MIT resources.
• What determines a gift?  This is not always black and white, but the short answer is that a true gift is "no strings attached." 

Networking Breakfast Planning

• Need a topic that engages the attendees and gives them an opportunity to share their experiences.
• Suggested topic about Generative AI.  How do we bring generative AI into our DLCIs? 
• Speaker Rama Ramakrishnan gave a talk at Sloan about AI.  He has a number of videos on the topic posted on YouTube. 
• Location suggested is Schwarzman College of Computing.
• Morning session has worked well.
• If the budget allows, try to have light refreshments i.e. coffee, tea and etc...at 9:30am, before the event.  Then have lunch after the panel and table discussions. 
• Use lunch time to allow attendees to network.