SUBJECT:

Joint Senate-Administration Task Force on University-Industry

Relations (UIR)

We are pleased to announce the formation of a Joint Senate-Administration Task Force which will broadly examine the opportunities and issues associated with university-industry partnerships including, but not limited to, incubation that includes the use of university space, consulting arrangements, intellectual property, and export control. Background and other issues to be considered may be found in the preceding 1999 report at http://research.ucsd.edu/industry/report/university_industry.pdf.

In view of the growing complexity and rapidly changing landscape of government and industrial agreements and contracts, this Task Force will provide timely and valuable advice to the campus.

The members of the Task Force are:

Philip Bourne (SSPPS/Pharmacology), co-Chair
Steven Constable (IGPP)
Valerie Dixon (Conflict of Interest Office)
Gary Firestein (School of Medicine)
Jane Moores (Technology Transfer Office)
James Posakony (Biological Sciences)
Robert Sullivan (Rady School of Management)
Roger Tsien (Pharmacology/Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Nancy Wilson (Contract and Grant Office - SIO)
Paul Yu (Office of Research Affairs/ECE) co-Chair

Your input on topics to be covered by the Task Force is requested. Please communicate directly with the co-Chairs: Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Initiatives Paul Yu (pyu@ucsd.edu; x4-3539) and Professor Philip Bourne (pbourne@ucsd.edu; x4-8301).

Arthur B. Ellis Vice Chancellor for Research William S. Hodgkiss Chair of the Academic Senate, San Diego Division