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Below is the text version of the video, Supporting Energy I-Corps. This video describes the Energy I-Corps program and how it strengthens the clean energy economy.
Visit the Energy I-Corps webpage to learn more about the program.
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[Video opens with upbeat music. Several short video clips from an in-person event show various groups of people talking wither each other. The screen goes blank, then shows the title, "Energy I-Corps, U.S. Department of Energy." The music fades.]
[A man in a suit begins to speak, followed by text appearing in the lower part of the screen, "Bill Farris, Associate Laboratory Director for Innovation, Partnership and Outreach, National Renewable Energy Laboratory." As he speaks, the video cuts to scenes of a panel and audience.]
Bill Farris: The Energy-I-Corps program is designed to help these scientists and engineers take their technical result, translate them, and prepare them for a business creation opportunity.
[A woman appears on screen, followed by text in the lower part of the screen, "Sally Hatcher, Instructor for Energy I-Corps, Commercialization Academy Director, University of Colorado." As she speaks, the video transitions to a group of people sitting around a table having a conversation.]
Sally Hatcher: I think it's transformational. Because what we are trying to do is not just tell them what could happen if they theoretically wanted to spin out a company. We're changing mindset so you can look at your tech in a different way.
[A man in a button-up shirt appears on-screen speaking, followed by text in the lower part of the screen, "John Carlisle, Director of Chain Reaction Innovations, Argonne National Laboratory." As he speaks, the video transitions to a clip of a woman listening and nodding.]
John Carlisle: I think it's one of the great things about culture at national labs and the way it's changing, and the way Energy I-Corps helping to change that. It's fostering entrepreneurial thinking at multiple levels.
[The title, "Pairing Researchers with Industry Mentors to Accelerate the Path to Market" fades in then out. A man in a blazer begins to speak, followed by text in the lower part of the screen, "Rob Tenent, Materials Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Team SwitchGlaze." As he speaks, the video transitions to a man listening to another man speak at a table.]
Rob Tenent: Putting them through the development process that we go through under Energy I-Corps, helping them see that value is, I think, huge, in terms of really calibrating them with what's needed versus what's maybe just being discussed in scientific literature.
[Video transitions to Sally speaking.]
Sally Hatcher: And then, I think that if the tech does get licensed, they're gonna have an easier flow with the technology transfer office about how should they work with industry to make a smooth transition and to add value to that long-term product.
[Text appears, "Strengthening Our Clean Energy Economy."]
[A man begins to speak as a video of a group of people are sitting at a table conversing and writing on paper. The video transitions to show a group of panelists. Next, the man speaking appears with text at the bottom of the screen, "Edward F. Williams, Chairman, Colorado Cleantech Industries Association."]
Edward Williams: These scientists that are employed by the National Labs are some of the brightest in the world, and some of the innovations that they come up with can go a long way to keep the economy strong and to keep America very, very competitive worldwide.
[A woman appears on screen and speaks while text appears at the bottom of the screen, "Shelly Curtiss, Executive Director, Colorado Cleantech Industries Association."]
Shelly Curtiss: They literally cannot do the program and keep up with their regular work if they don't have the funding to put towards the effort.
[Shelly continues to speak as the video transitions to a group of individuals talking at a table.]
Shelly Curtiss: And for the Department of Energy to be able to dedicate some funding to that is critical.
[A man in a button-up shirt—John Carlisle—appears on screen and speaks.]
John Carlisle: This isn't a distraction. This is not something that subtracts from their investment in the labs to do basic research. It's an enhancement.
[A woman in glasses stands in front of a brick wall and begins to speak. The text, "Elsie Quaite Randall, Chief Technology Transfer Officer, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory," appears at the bottom of the screen.]
Elsie Quaite Randall: It really, really does, I think, help accelerate technology transfer out of the DOE lab system into the private sector that really breathes a spirit of entrepreneurship at the lab.
[As Elsie speaks, the video shows people talking with one another.]
[A man in a blazer—Rob Tenet—appears and begins to speak.]
Rob Tenent: It's not enough to have an innovation in the laboratory. It has to make it into the marketplace for it to have its full impact.
[Musical outro plays while the text, "Energy I-Corps, U.S. Department of Energy," appears on the screen.]
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