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SUMMARY:Fralin Commercialization Fellows Speaker: Start Up Stories with Bill Walker
DESCRIPTION:Researchers may dream of bringing high-impact products to market\, but few have been educated with the knowledge and skills required to achieve that goal. In this talk\, as part of the Fralin Commercialization Fellows Project Vital Speaker Series\,  Dr. Walker will address that gap by sharing his experiences in founding and building three companies around his own inventions. For each company he will share what went well\, what went poorly\, and the lessons he’s carried forward. He will share the formal analytical issues\, as well as the softer\, but critical human elements. This talk will help you prioritize your entrepreneurial ideas\, identify your areas of greatest potential growth\, and appreciate the work required to build a successful product and venture.  \nSpeaker Spotlight:  \nBill Walker is an inventor\, serial entrepreneur\, and educator. He has repeatedly invented solutions to unmet clinical needs and built companies to deliver those solutions. PocketSonics\, acquired in 2014\, developed the Sonic WindowTM\, a compact\, low-cost imaging platform to guide peripheral vascular access. HemoSonics\, acquired in 2017\, developed a comprehensive point of care in vitro diagnostic to determine the cause of critical bleeding and enable rapid\, directed treatment. Over a 12-year period as a professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia\, he built a world-class ultrasound research lab and co-created UVA’s undergraduate major in Biomedical Engineering. From 2016 to 2025 he served as the inaugural Mattson Family Director of Entrepreneurship at Duke Engineering. In this role he coached innovators and entrepreneurs\, led two major research projects\, directed the A. James Clark Scholars Program\, and actively built new programs in education and entrepreneurship. Today he focuses his effort on developing life-saving treatments for lung failure at Boundless Science\, which he cofounded in 2020. He recently founded Impact Readiness Ltd. to provide structured assessment and support to startups in every sector. Dr. Walker serves as a Director of Cerulean Scientific\, CoapTech\, and Boundless Science. Dr. Walker holds BSE and PhD degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University.   \nAbout the Series: \nHow does a scientific discovery become a real-world solution? Join the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and RBIA’s Innovation Studio for the Fralin Commercialization Fellows Project Vital Speaker Series at RoVa Labs. Hear from biotech entrepreneurs and industry leaders about turning biomedical research into innovative products\, companies\, and careers. Designed for students\, faculty\, and aspiring innovators\, this series explores the possibilities beyond the lab. \n \nREGISTER NOW
URL:https://www.rbtc.tech/event/fralin-commercialization-fellows-speaker-start-up-stories-with-bill-walker/
LOCATION:RoVa Labs\, 1030 South Jefferson Street\, Roanoke\, Virginia\, 24016-4418\, United States
CATEGORIES:RBTC Signature Event
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SUMMARY:RAMP Pitch & Polish
DESCRIPTION:Pitch & Polish clinics provide a valuable opportunity for entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to a team of regional mentors who want to help them polish their presentation\, provide feedback on their business model\, and connect them with the resources they need to grow. \nThese are private events with one company at a time pitching their business idea to a regional group of mentors with expertise ranging anywhere from banking\, legal services\, entrepreneurship\, and more. Each participant receives a 25 minute time slot – the first 10-15 minutes to pitch and the remaining time for questions and feedback. \nParticipants will have the opportunity to: \n\nHave a private pitch session with regional\, industry-expert mentors\nReceive feedback on business idea\nPolish presentation\nConnect to resources in the region\n\nSpots will fill up\, so register ASAP! \n \nREGISTER NOW
URL:https://www.rbtc.tech/event/ramp-pitch-polish-4/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Ecosystem Navigator Office Hours
DESCRIPTION:Book a 30 minute 1-on-1 session for any tech or life sciences innovators that would like support in the region or would like to learn more about the entrepreneur support resources available across the region. \nYou can book a 1-on-1 meeting to get guidance and introductions.  \nThese sessions are available on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. \n \n \nREGISTER NOW
URL:https://www.rbtc.tech/event/ecosystem-navigator-office-hours-4/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:RBTC Signature Event
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SUMMARY:Defense Against the Dark Arts
DESCRIPTION:Join the RBTC IT-Security Forum for our popular “Defense Against the Dark Arts” panel-demo event to see some of the most cutting-edge cyber-attacks today\, and how to protect your systems and infrastructure from them. Bring a laptop and participate or just watch. Each panelist vulnerability/exploit demo will include a cloud-documented HOWTO for you to take home with on\, detailing how to defend against or prevent each attack\, or mitigate against it. These live demos are pure gold for IT-Security experts.\nFood\, beverages\, power and wifi (for playing along) are provided. Just RSVP\, and BYOLaptop + power supply.\n \n\nFeatured Panel Demos\n(Growing list) \n\nAI/MCP Defenses – Your AI Has Root: Pentesting Agentic AI and MCP\, By B.Bagby @VWCC\nThis demo will show how an attacker can poison\, inject and exploit AI chatbot Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools\, and show how untrusted tool descriptions or outputs can influence agent behavior across trust boundaries. Then\, I will apply defenses and rerun the same attacks to show the difference between asking an AI to behave safely and technically preventing it from doing something unsafe. \n\nWeb App/APIs – “Finding IDORs Before Attackers Do”\, By Brandon Lester\, @CDW\nInsecure Direct Object References (IDOR) are a common vulnerability in web applications/API’s ranging from benign impact to critical exposures of sensitive information. This talk will examine how the vulnerability is introduced\, how attackers find+exploit IDORs\, and how you can find/prevent them before attackers do. \n\nWhitebox CVE Pentesting – “Kali w/Vulnerable Targets”\, By T.Weeks @VACyberRange\nThis workshop will walk you through getting logged into Cyber Range in our dedicated “vulnerabilities lab” network filled with documented CVE vulnerable targets that we will step you though to pop-root on. Just bring your laptop and from there we’ll step you through the basics of Linux-based nmap recon scans\, and jump right into intermediate level network penetration testing against several classic CVEs (vulnerabilities). \n\n\n \n\nSpeakers\n \n\nProfessor B. Bagby\n \nProfessor B.Bagby is an Associate Professor of Information Technology and Computer Science with a background in instructional design\, information systems\, and cybersecurity education. His work focuses on making complex technical topics practical and understandable\, with particular interests in cybersecurity\, artificial intelligence\, and hands-on computing. He teaches at the community college level and has a particular fondness for turning intimidating subjects into things that feel a little less like dark magic. \nPublic email: bbagby@virginiawestern.edu \n\n \n\nBrandon Lester\n \nBrandon has over 5 years of experience in offensive security. He works as a full time penetration testing/red team consultant at CDW co-leading the Application Security (AppSec) Team. Beyond AppSec\, Brandon has experience in a number of different areas\, including IoT\, internal/AD networks\, and more. \nPublic email: haicenhack@proton.me \n\n \n\nThomas “Tweeks” Weeks\n \nThomas “Tweeks” Weeks is a published Linux author\, and has 30 years of IT/Engineering experience. Tweeks is an IT director with Virginia Tech IT\, but most of his time is spent working as a Lead Engineer with the Virginia Cyber Range\, helping develop security courseware\, design lab-VM images\, and write CTF challenges for the Range. Tweeks also sits as the technical lead for the Roanoke Blacksburg regional technology council’s IT-Security Forum and leads homeschool cybersecurity teams in Virginia. \nPublic email: tweeks@VirginiaCyberRange.org \n\n \n\nCheck Last Year’s DADA Event\n2025 DADA Overview –  https://go.vacr.io/2025-dark-arts-overview  \n2025 DADA Photos –  https://go.vacr.io//2025-dark-arts-photos  \n \nInterested in Presenting at DADA 2026?\nIf you think you might like to present at the 2026 DADA\, submit to our CFP here: \n https://go.vacr.io/2026-dark-arts-cfp  \nAnd we’ll reach out to you! \n \n\nThe IT Security Forum is dedicated to professionals engaged in IT and cybersecurity related fields of work\, the IT Security Forum is focused on exploring best practices and sharing insights in the always-evolving landscape of organizational IT. \n\n \nREGISTER NOW
URL:https://www.rbtc.tech/event/defense-against-the-dark-arts-2/
LOCATION:Virginia Western Business Science Building\, Room M302\, 3099 Colonial Avenue Southwest\, Roanoke\, Virginia\, 24015\, United States
CATEGORIES:IT Security Forum
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