Due to COVID 19, LIFTOFF! has been rescheduled for April 2021.

Sign Up Eligibility:

• Masters students only
• Chosen by the Dean of their respective College

Tentative Agenda

Day One

• 6:00pm-9:00pm KICKOFF RECEPTION & BBQ DINNER AT BRC EVENT SPACE

Day Two

• 7:45am Breakfast at Hotel
• 8:15am Short Walk to Rice BRC
• 8:30am Welcome to BRC
• 8:45am Introduction and Liftoff Conference Objectives
• 9:15am “Jumping into the Fire of Entrepreneurship” Brittany Barreto, Ph.D.
• 10:00am Networking Break
• 10:15am Scott Parazynski, M.D., Founder of Fluidity (Drone Controls)
• 11:00am Sinead Miller, Ph.D., The PATH EX Story
• 11:45am Lunch
• 12:30pm Larry Lawson, The Proxima CRO Story
• 1:15pm Anthony George, The FuelTrax Story
• 2:00pm Short Break
• 2:30pm Tyler Gill, The Strongroom Solutions Story
• 3:15pm Zaffer Syed, The Saranas Story
• 4:00pm Bryan Haardt, Founder, Decisio Health
• 4:45pm Summary, Wrap-up Panel

Day Three

• 7:15am Free time for breakfast
• 8:30am Buses depart
• 9:15am Arrive at NASA, Clear Lake
• 12:00pm Depart NASA for TMCx
• 12:45pm Sandwich Lunch at TMCx
• 1:15pm Tom Luby, Ph.D., welcomes Liftoff Students
• 1:45pm Tour TMCx
• 2:15pm Visit ABB Robotics at TMCx
• 3:00pm Visit JLABS@TMC
• 4:00pm Dr. Jack Gill, Take Away Talk “High-Tech Career Planning”
• 4:20pm Fireside Chat with High-Tech Entrepreneurs
• 5:15pm Survey
• 6:30pm Banquet, Awards and Sendoff