MSU Research Foundation to Host National Insights into Research Parks (I2RP) Conference
The MSU Research Foundation will host the 2024 AURP Insights into Research Parks conference, offering a platform for attendees to share developments and opportunities within research park ecosystems across North America, while highlighting the research parks at Michigan State University and the Greater Lansing region.
EAST LANSING, MI — The Michigan State University Research Foundation will host the Association of University Research Parks (AURP) Insights into Research Parks (I2RP) conference on May 8-9, 2024.
The national event offers attendees a platform to explore and discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in research park ecosystems across North America. Programming is focused on providing participants with a comprehensive understanding of ongoing developments, programs, and best practices for research parks.
“We’re thrilled to host I2RP this year along with Michigan State University,” said Jeff Smith, Director of Research Parks at the MSU Research Foundation. “The event embodies our commitment to sharing knowledge with our peers, fostering collaboration, and learning from one another.”
I2RP will include a tour of the Michigan State University Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), roundtable discussions on applied research with Fraunhofer, and panel discussions on designing tomorrow’s workplaces. Attendees will also tour innovative spaces in and around Michigan State University and East Lansing, including the STEM Teaching & Learning Facility at MSU, Fraunhofer USA Center for Coatings and Diamond Technologies, TechSmith Corporation headquarters, and VanCamp Incubator.
“This is a great opportunity to share the innovation and progress happening here at Michigan State University and throughout the Greater Lansing Region” said Dan Bollman, Vice President of Infrastructure and Planning at Michigan State University. “We’re also excited to learn new ideas from those attending.”
The conference will begin with dinner at The Jolly Pumpkin in East Lansing, hosted by the MSU Research Foundation, providing participants with an opportunity for networking within the local ecosystem. Registration for I2RP is now open at aurp.net/insights-into-research-parks.
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About the MSU Research Foundation
The Michigan State University Research Foundation was established in 1973 as an independent nonprofit committed to the commercialization of cutting-edge technologies invented by MSU faculty, staff, and students. Today, the MSU Research Foundation is focused on enhancing research, encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship, and facilitating economic growth at MSU and across the state through its subsidiary organizations—Spartan Innovations, Red Cedar Ventures, and Michigan Rise Pre-Seed Fund III—and its Research Parks.
About Michigan State University
Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 165 years. One of the world’s leading public research universities, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery to make a better, safer, healthier world for all while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 400 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.
About AURP
The Association of University Research Parks (AURP) is a non-profit international organization representing the leadership of technology developments aimed at promoting research institute-industry relations and innovation districts. AURP's mission is to foster innovation and facilitate the transfer of technology from research institutions to the private sector.