This event is tailored for UNC Gillings and UNC School of Medicine faculty.

Workshop participants will: 1) learn tools to develop human-centered innovations; 2) interact with UNC resources to help translate ideas into innovations for the public good; and 3) engage with the Innovate Carolina EcoMap.

This 75-minute interactive session is for faculty, staff, and post-docs with emerging entrepreneurial potential who are still learning about the opportunities available to support their innovation journey. During this workshop, leaders from Innovate Carolina will teach human-centered innovation skills and how to utilize Innovate Carolina's resources to ideate, co-create, and test creative ideas that can provide societal and commercial benefit.

After completing the workshop participants will gain hands-on experience and understand the value of...

• Using a human-centered design framework to develop, test, and translate their best research and commercial ideas into innovations for the public good
• The resources and people at Innovate Carolina available to inform and support the development of their idea or venture, and
• Using the new Innovate Carolina EcoMap to connect faculty, staff, and student with the Carolina resources to inspire the next step on their innovation journey