Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey to Speak at MEDLaunch Demo Day
Maggie Rotermund
Senior Media Relations Specialist
maggie.rotermund@slu.edu
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04/12/2018
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis native and Square co-founder Jim McKelvey will give the keynote address at the third annual MEDLaunch Demo Day event Wednesday, April 18.
Founded in 2015 by SLU School of Medicine students, MEDLaunch is a non-profit, biomedical and entrepreneurship incubator partnering with Saint Louis University and other organizations in the area.
MEDLaunch participants work in multidisciplinary teams under the guidance of clinical and industry mentors to improve the standard of health care in areas including surgical devices, health information technology and medical diagnostics.
The Demo Day presentation is open to local investors and angel networks, with the goal of obtaining seed funding to progress to advanced prototyping, clinical trials and manufacturing.
The program is the product of collaborative efforts between SLU School of Medicine, Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology, and SLU School of Law.
The event will be held from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, at The Sheldon, 3648 Washington Blvd. The event is free, but registration is required. Reserve a spot here before April 17.
Program
- 5-6:30 p.m. – MEDLaunch Team Expo. Meet this year’s teams and learn how they progressed from idea to prototype.
- 6:30 p.m. – Team pitches and keynote address.
MEDLaunch is a part of the Cortex Innovation Community as an "innovation center." Cortex's innovation centers are home-based within the district and work to support start-ups and emerging ventures.
Founded in 1818, Saint Louis University is one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious Catholic institutions. Rooted in Jesuit values and its pioneering history as the first university west of the Mississippi River, SLU offers nearly 13,000 students a rigorous, transformative education of the whole person. At the core of the University’s diverse community of scholars is SLU’s service-focused mission, which challenges and prepares students to make the world a better, more just place. For more information, visit slu.edu.