Balancing Academic and Entrepreneurial Lives: The Dr. Joy Laskar Story (A Cautionary Tale)

Dr. Laskar will talk about what transpired at Georgia Tech and lessons that can be learned. He will then join a panel of UW faculty entrepreneurs discussing policy challenges they have navigated. Their insights should be thought-provoking—prompting discussion about the balance between academic and entrepreneurial roles at UW-Madison, and ways to ensure sound university policy that facilitates the transfer of creative ideas and technology into public use.