Hosted by Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) and Osage University Partners, Equalize 2020 is a symposium and pitch competition designed to take national action around the disparity of women academic inventors forming university startups.

Register to attend the event: here

This event is presented by Millipore Sigma, and sponsored by: Armstrong Teasdale, Dennemeyer, Polsinelli, Future Forward at McKelvey Engineering at WashU.

Event Schedule

12:00 p.m. – Keynote: “The State of Women Inventors in America” Elizabeth Dougherty, USPTO

12:45 p.m. –  Pitch Competitions (12 pitches, 10 minutes each with 5 minute judges Q&A)

4:00 p.m. – Closing remarks

4:15 p.m. – Announce Awards