Join the Park at its March Lunch and Learn to hear from a panel of Jayhawk innovators! This panel will feature KU founders and leaders in innovation on emerging technologies they’re most excited about.

This event is free, but registration is required as lunch will be provided. Please register below. This event is open to anyone. You do not have to work for a Park company to attend. If you register and can no longer attend, please let us know. Registration will close on Wednesday, March 26.

Lunch and networking begin at 11:45 a.m., with the presentation from 12–1 p.m. at KU Innovation Park, 2033 Becker Dr.

Panelists include:

Adam Roush, a’11, g’16
Co-Founder & CDO
Bryght Labs (as seen on Shark Tank!)

Bryght Labs is a connected gaming startup – a team of tech enthusiasts and innovators with 48 combined years of experience in consumer tech. Its mission is to make STEM-focused games more approachable. The first product, ChessUp, is available now.

Kalin Baca, PhD ’23
Co-founder and CEO
Icorium Engineering Company

Icorium is on a mission to maximize the recovery and reuse of refrigerants and other high global-warming-potential gases. They leveraging novel separation technologies to create true circular economies for these critical materials, keeping them in-use and out of the environment so we can keep cooling without warming our planet.

Dave Alburty, c’93
CEO
InnovaPrep

In the world of laboratory analysis, the efficient isolation and concentration of diverse targets—including biological, chemical, and synthetic particles—from complex matrices is crucial for rapid and effective insights. With InnovaPrep’s novel sampling and sample preparation technology, not only do you gain the power to concentrate your biological targets with remarkable speed and sensitivity, but you also unlock improved workflow efficiencies.

Nate Crosser, b’16, l’19
Founder
Bombadil Ventures LLC

Nate’s mission is to celebrate and defend biodiversity. His work is to transform the food system through support of the alternative proteins, regenerative agriculture, and biomanufacturing industries. His strategy is to cover these sectors on his blog, Fifth Industrial, as a venture capitalist and as an advisor to startups and charities through his new advisory firm, Bombadil Ventures.