Social Enterprise Chicago cordially invites you to Marc Lane's fireside chat with Dr. TJ Augustine, UIC's Vice Chancellor for Innovation, at Roosevelt University, 430 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, on November 2nd at 5:00 p.m. Please join us as we explore how propelling academic innovation can drive collective impact.
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| Dr. TJ Augustine | Marc J. Lane |
As Vice Chancellor for Innovation at UIC, Dr. Augustine leads the teams and programs that form the school's innovation ecosystem. He and his team work on behalf of students, faculty, and staff to propel academic innovation, enhance technology usage in all aspects of UIC's mission, make entrepreneurship more accessible, and drive collective impact.
In addition to his administrative leadership, Dr. Augustine is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Public Administration. He joined UIC after just three years as the Associate Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation for the University of Illinois System, where he was responsible for providing strategic leadership in identifying potential public-private partnerships and enhancing connections among internal and external stakeholders to foster innovation and technology commercialization.
Dr. Augustine is an alumnus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S. in Chemistry) and earned both a Master's in Public Policy and a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Stanford University.
Marc Lane is a nationally recognized business, nonprofit, and tax attorney representing social enterprises and their stakeholders. He chaired Gov. Pat Quinn's Task Force on Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Enterprise and currently serves as Vice Chair of the Cook County Commission on Social Innovation. He is the author of 36 books, including Social Enterprise: Empowering Mission-Driven Entrepreneurs (American Bar Association) and The Mission-Driven Venture: Business Solutions to the World's Most Vexing Social Problems (John Wiley and Sons). Marc Lane is the President of Social Enterprise Chicago.
For those attending in person, there will be an open bar and hors d'oeuvres. Regular tickets are $75, and VIP Tickets are available for $150.
Social Enterprise Chicago is a convener, a collaborator, and a catalyst. Its mission is to empower for-profit, nonprofit, and hybrid ventures that rely on earned-revenue strategies to create positive social, economic, and environmental change.
Register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/driving-positive-social-change-through-academic-innovation-a-fireside-chat-tickets-720896379477