Innovation Ecosystem Resources

ILO Working Group Calls

Call
Perfect Pitch 2026 - April 2026
Video file - Sumanta Acharyna
Use of AI in an ERC Innovation Ecosystem - February 2026
Video file - Scott Ransom
CRM Software Examples for ILOs - March 2025
CRM SW Options for ILOs - Slides/PDF - Tara Lannigan, Alex Bandar
Video file - Tara Lannigan, Alex Bandar
NSF Update and ERC Industry Days - February 2025
Tips on Running an Effective Industry Day - Slides - Scott Ransom, Don Linford
Example: Industry Day Agenda - pdf
Example: Industry Day Breakout Workshops Chart - Word file
Example: Industry Day Planning Worksheet - Excel file
Video file - Eric Miller, Scott Ransom, Don Linford
Tools to Foster ERC Intellectual Property Commercialization - October 2024
Commercialization Plan Template - Carla Pavone
Platform Technology Assessment - Commercialization Planning - Slides/PDF - Carla Pavone
Video file - Scott Ransom
Stakeholder Case Studies: Part 2 - August 2024
Intro/NSF Update: Four New ERCs
Video file - Steven Weiner, Katie Stofer, John Hartnett
Case Studies 1 and 2: ASAB IoT4Ag - Slides/PDF - Steven Weiner, Katie Stofer
Case Study 3: CELL-MET Patient Advocacy - Slides/PDF - John Hartnett
Stakeholder Case Studies: Part 1 - July 2024
Video file - Chris Finberg, Tim Tripp, Deborah Jackson, and Scott Ransom
Case Study 1: FDA - Slides/PDF - Chris Finberg
Case Study 2: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center - Slides/PDF - Scott Ransom
Case Study 3: MNSBIR - Slides/PDF - Tim Tripp
Fee-for-Services: A Commercialization and Sustainability Approach - April 2024
Video file - Schaffer Grimm
Slides/PDF - Schaffer Grimm
ILO Role, History, and Evolution - Transcript of talk - Court Lewis - Jan 2024
TIP and NSF Industry Summit - May 2023
Video file - Jennifer Pearl, Brandi Schottel, Allen Walker
Audio file - Jennifer Pearl, Brandi Schottel, Allen Walker
Slides/PDF - Jennifer Pearl, Brandi Schottel, Allen Walker
Sustainability Planning - March 2023
Video file - Peter Keeling, Scott Ransom, Nadia El-Masry
Audio file - Peter Keeling, Scott Ransom, Nadia El-Masry
Slides/PDF - Peter Keeling, Scott Ransom, Nadia El-Masry
Annual Reports, Industry Day, and Site Visits - March 2022
Video file - Scott Ransom
Audio file - Scott Ransom
Slides/PDF - Scott Ransom
ILO Value Proposition in an ERC - Feb 2022
Video file - Peter Keeling
Audio file - Peter Keeling
Slides/PDF - Peter Keeling

Entrepreneurship

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
TANMS Entrepreneurship	TANMS	Schaffer Grimm	2021
[COVID] Impact on Entrepreneurship	TANMS	Schaffer Grimm	2020
Ideas2Impact Bootcamp - Creating a Value Proposition for your Research	CMaT	Cynthia Sundel	2020
How can we increase the economic impact of the research dollars invested every year?	Cell-MET	Ayse Muniz	2020
Business Planning	CELL-MET	Tom Dudley	2020
Reading Financial Statements	CELL-MET	Tom Dudley	2020
Organization, Product Management, and Career Planning	CELL-MET	Tom Dudley	2020
Entrepreneurship & Innovation	CBiRC	Peter Keeling	2012
Entrepreneur Training Session	MIRTHE	Bernadeta Wysocka	2012
Conflict of Interest in an Entrepreneurial Environment	Carnegie Mellon University, Assistant VP	Anne Mathias	2012
Intro to the Organization Innovation Accelerator	innovation accelerator	Traci Hancock	2012

IAB Management

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
Thoughts on Building Industry Relationships: Leveraging the IAB & Universities: For Commercial Impact & PI/Student Development	Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Yale University	John Dexheimer	2020
"Covid 19: The Great Equalizer" - ERC Member Recruiting & Engagement	PATHS-UP and NEWT	Chris Finberg and Ernest Davis	2020
Recruiting and Retaining New Members at NSF ERCs	ASSIST	R. Casey Boutwell	2017
Recruiting and Retaining	CBiRC	Peter Keeling	2017
The Role of the IAB	CBBG	Nasser Hamdan	2017
Recruiting and Retaining	CBiRC	Peter Keeling	2016
Creating Connections for our Industry Partners	QESST/ASU	John Mitchell	2016
IAB Retention & Recruitment	TANMS	Tom Normand	2016
Industry Engagement	CNT	Scott Ransom	2016
Industrial Membership Program and Innovation Model	QESST	John Mitchell	2016
Recruiting and Retaining Industry Members	CSNE, CBiRC	Rad Roberts and Peter Keeling	2013
Value of Conferences and Trade Shows	CURENT	Brad Trento	2013
Recruiting and Retaining	CBiRC	Peter Keeling	2013
Membership Agreements and NDAs	SynBERC	Peter Ackermann	2013
Role of the IAB	SynBERC	Leonard Katz	2013
ERC Best Practices Manual - Industrial Collaboration and Innovation Chapter Update	Elysium Holdings	Erik Sander	2013
Securing the Correct Company Contact in Recruiting	SynBERC	Leonard Katz	2012
Articulating the Value Proposition	Elysium Holdings	Erik Sander	2012
Member Account Management	CCEFP		2012
CSOPS Agency Interactions (primarily FDA)	CSOPS	Eric Erenrich	2012
Agency Partnerships	ReNUWlt	Josh Dickinson	2012

ILO Summit

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
ILO Summit - Day 2 video	HAND	Scott Ransom	Oct2025
ILO Summit - Day 1 video	HAND	Scott Ransom	Oct2025
2025 ILO Summit slide deck	All ERCs	Various	Oct2025
2024 ILO Summit Report	All ERCs	Various	Aug2024
2022 ILO Summit	CNT	Various	2022
2021 ILO Summit Day 2 Video Recording	CNT	Scott Ransom	2021
2021 ILO Summit Day 1 Panel Video	SensThys, Sand Hill Angels	Marla Sanchez, George Jones	2021
2021 ILO Summit Day 1 Video Recording	NSF	Deborah Jackson (video begins at 00:12:20)	2021
2021 ILO Summit Agenda	CNT (virtual)	Scott Ransom	2021
2020 ILO Summit Agenda	CELL-MET	Tom Dudley	2020
2016 ILO Summit Agenda	CNT	Scott Ransom	2016
2013 ILO Summit Report	EUV	Bob Bower	2013
2012 ILO Summit Report	QoLT	Jim Osborn and Kristen Sabol	2012

Site Visit & Annual Report

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
Conducting Site Visits & Writing Annual Reports after COVID	TANMS-ASSIST	Schaffer Grimm and Adam Curry	2020

ILO Role

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
SPI and NSF Update	NSF	Deborah Jackson	2021
ILO Forum	CNT	Scott Ransom	2021
Impact of COVID on Conduct of Research and ILO Role within ERC	CISTAR and QESST	Peter Keeling and John Mitchell	2020
Role of the ILO			2013

Innovation Ecosystems Modules

Title	Content	Presenter	Year
ILO Role in an NSF ERC	Audio file	Scott Ransom	Nov 2025
ILO Role in an NSF ERC	Slides/PDF	Peter Keeling, Scott Ransom	Nov 2025
ILO IAB Management: Recruit & Retain	Zoom recording	Scott Ransom	Nov 2025
ILO IAB Management: Recruit & Retain	Slides/PDF	Chris Finberg	Nov 2025
IP & Tech Transfer in an NSF ERC	Zoom recording	Scott Ransom	Nov 2025
IP & Tech Transfer in an NSF ERC	Slides/PDF	Peter Keeling	Nov 2025
Annual Reports, Site Visits & Industry Days	Zoom recording	Scott Ransom	Nov 2025
Annual Reports, Site Visits & Industry Days	Slides/PDF	Scott Ransom	Nov 2025
Module 3: IAB Management	Video	Scott Ransom	Mar 2025
Module 3: IAB Management	Slides/PDF	Scott Ransom, Chris Finberg	Mar 2025
Module 1: ILO/SPI Role at an NSF ERC	Slides/PDF	Scott Ransom	Feb 2025
Module 1: ILO/SPI Role at an ERC	Slides/PDF	Peter Keeling, Tim Tripp	Dec 2023
Marketing and Communications at an ERC	Video	Scott Ransom	June 2022
Marketing and Communications at an ERC	Audio	Scott Ransom	June 2022
Marketing and Communications at an ERC	Slides/PDF	Scott Ransom	June 2022
Entrepreneurialism for ERCs	Zoom recording	Schaffer Grimm (author:Scott Ransom)	April 2022
Entrepreneurialism for ERCs	Slides/PDF	Schaffer Grimm (author:Scott Ransom)	April 2022
Annual Reports, Industry Day and Site Visits	Video	Scott Ransom	March 2022
Annual Reports, Industry Day and Site Visits	Audio	Scott Ransom	March 2022
Annual Reports, Industry Day and Site Visits	Slides/PDF	Scott Ransom	March 2022
Value Proposition in an ERC	Video	Peter Keeling	Feb 2022
Value Proposition in an ERC	Audio	Peter Keeling	Feb 2022
Value Proposition in an ERC	Slides/PDF	Peter Keeling	Feb 2022
IAB Management	Video	Scott Ransom, author; Christopher Finberg, presenter	Jan 2022
IAB Management	Audio	Scott Ransom, author; Christopher Finberg, presenter	Jan 2022
IAB Management	Slides	Christopher Finberg	Jan 2022
IP & Tech Transfer	Video	Scott Ransom & panel	Jan 2022
IP & Tech Transfer	Audio	Scott Ransom & panel	Jan 2022
IP & Tech Transfer	Slides	Thomas Dudley, Ernest Davis	Jan 2022
ILO Onboarding Curriculum	PDF		Nov 2021
ILO/SPI Role Within an ERC	Slides	Deborah Jackson, Peter Keepng, Randy Duran	Dec 2021

Mentoring

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
RET Program Tips for New ERCs - video	CNT	Eric Chudler	2025
NSF ERC ILO/SPI Biobook 2025	NSF HAND	Scott Ransom	2025
Biobook	CMat	Scott Ransom	2023
ILO Mentor Chart	PATHS-UP	Christopher Finberg	2021
Mentoring Update	CNT	Scott Ransom	2021
ERC ILO Mentor Program Description	CNT	Scott Ransom	2021
Core Competencies	CNT	Scott Ransom	2019

Sustainability

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
Achieving CCEFP Sustainability	CCEFP	Mike Gust	2017
Sustainability Planning for Post Graduation	CURENT	Lisa Beard	2017
The EUV ERC Sustainability Plan	EUV		2013
Building a Sustainability Plan	CIAN		2013
View from a Graduated Center (Sustainability Planning)	Elysium Holdings	Erik Sander	2013
The role of the Sustainability Director	CCEFP		2013
ERC Beyond NSF - Sustainability	QoLT	Dan Siewiorek	2012

COVID-19 Impact

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
COVID Impact	CELL-MET	Tom Dudley	2021
Conducting Site Visits & Writing Annual Reports after COVID	TANMS-ASSIST	Schaffer Grimm and Adam Curry	2020
Impact of COVID on Conduct of Research and ILO Role within ERC	CISTAR and QESST	Peter Keeling and John Mitchell	2020
"Covid 19: The Great Equalizer" - ERC Member Recruiting & Engagement	PATHS-UP and NEWT	Chris Finberg and Ernest Davis	2020

Introduction to a Specific ERC

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
POETS	POETS	Karen Bender	2017
QUEST	QESST	John Mitchell	2017
NSF Engineering Research Center	CBiRC	Peter Keeling	2016
CIAN - Center for Integrated Access Networks	CIAN	Nasser Hamdan	2016
Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (now CNT) - ILO Round Robin	CNT	Scott Ransom	2016
CURENT Overview	CURENT	Brad Trento	2016
FREEDM System Center	FREEDM	Ken Dulaney	2016
Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment	NEWT	Ernest Davis	2016
What is POETS?	POETS		2016
Re-inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure ILO Round Robin	ReNUWlt	Meabon Burns	2016
TANMS Overview	TANMS	Tom Normand	2016
How does nature do it?	CBBG	Nasser Hamdan	2016
CSU Lab Tour	EUV	Jorge Rocca and Carmen Menoni	2013

NSF and Funding Opportunities

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
NSF Perspective on ERC IEs	NSF	J. Kemi Ladeji-Osias	Sept 2024
TIP Directorate Overview for ILOs	NSF TIP	Allen Walker	2023
SBIR-ERC Collaborative Opportunities (SECO)	NSF	Deborah Jackson (ERC) and Murali Nair (IIP)	2016
The ERC Program in NSF ENG/EEC	NSF	Keith Roper	2016
ILO Support for SECOs	CURENT	Brad Trento	2016

Marketing / Communications

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
Marketing and Communications at an ERC	CNT	Scott Ransom	2022
Marketing and Communications: Forming a Strategic Plan	CNT	Wayne Gilam	2016
ERC ILO Retreat 2016	University of Florida, Florida Engineering Experiment Station	Erik Sander	2016
Industry Communications - Marketing the ERC for Sustainability	QoLT	Randy Eager	2013

IP and Tech Transfer

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
IP Strategies	QESST	John Mitchell	2013
Trends in University Technology Transfer	CTTEC	Tara Branstad	2012

Student Leadership Councils (SLC) Resources

Title	Short Description	Tags/Keywords	Year
How to Operate an SLC	Covers how to operate an SLC and how to conduct the SWOT Analysis. Presented at 2012 ERC Annual Meeting	How-to, SLC, SWOT Analysis	Sun, 2013-09-01 11:00
What is the role of the SLC in a successful ERC?	Covers activities carried out by an SLC. Presented at 2012 ERC Annual Conference.	SLC, Education within ERC	Sun, 2013-09-01 10:48
How to Effectively Communicate ERC Activities and Accomplishments?	PowerPoint that covers SLC's communication within an ERC. Presented at 2012 ERC Annual Meeting.	How-to, Communication, Reporting	Sun, 2013-09-01 10:38

Title

Short Description

Tags/Keywords

Year

How to Operate an SLC

Covers how to operate an SLC and how to conduct the SWOT Analysis. Presented at 2012 ERC Annual Meeting

How-to, SLC, SWOT Analysis

Sun, 2013-09-01 11:00

What is the role of the SLC in a successful ERC?

Covers activities carried out by an SLC. Presented at 2012 ERC Annual Conference.

SLC, Education within ERC

Sun, 2013-09-01 10:48

How to Effectively Communicate ERC Activities and Accomplishments?

PowerPoint that covers SLC's communication within an ERC. Presented at 2012 ERC Annual Meeting.

How-to, Communication, Reporting

Sun, 2013-09-01 10:38

Other

Title	Affiliation	Presenter	Year
IE Collaborative Engagements	HAND	Scott Ransom	2026
Gen-4 ERC: Convergent Research and Innovation through Inclusive Partnerships and Workforce Development	NSF	Deborah Jackson	2020
NSF ERC ILO Biobook, Resource Repositories, & Communications	ReNUWlt	Kara Baker	2020
Questions for NSF	NSF	Deborah Jackson	2013

Additional Resources

Perfect Pitch materials - https://erc-assoc.org/content/perfect-pitch-guidelines
Chapter 5 of Best Practices Manual - https://erc-assoc.org/content/chapter-5-industrial-collaboration-and-innovation
“What is an Innovation Ecosystem” white paper - https://erc-assoc.org/content/what-innovation-ecosystem
Membership Agreements & Bylaws (examples, 2011)
From the 2011 Annual Meeting:
- Jean Wylie COI Talk (50MB podcast)
- COI Risk Analysis (Word doc)
ILO Resources by Topic (Excel file)

Retreats