Cornell University is joining New York state agencies and universities in sponsoring a Technology Transfer Summit at the Desmond Hotel, Albany, Oct. 4-5.

Other sponsors are the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR), Columbia University, the State University of New York and the state Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities.

The meeting will bring together university technology transfer leaders, including James Severson, president of the Cornell Research Foundation. He will speak on the commercialization of inventions through licensing or through venture capital.

The focus of the meeting will be developing the best way to administer a technology transfer office, facilitating inventions and executing successful commercialization of products and services fostered at the research level. The agenda will include workshops on job creation, launching a new business, exit strategies, intellectual property and product development.