Innovation kNowledge eXchange
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- American Dream & United Nations
- 2022-06-06 0:00 to 2022-06-07 0:00
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Innovation kNowledge eXchange
2022-06-06 0:00 to 2022-06-07 0:00
June 6, 2022
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Join the Exchange: Felician University Innovation, Globalization, Sustainability Knowledge Exchange Forum
About INX2022
- Save the Dates | June 6-7, 2022
- Location | American Dream & United Nations
- Hotel Reservations | Renaissance Meadowlands Hotel | T 201.231.3108
- A special rate of $199 has been established for attendees. Contact the hotel and let them know you are attending the Felician University INX22 event.
Event Overview
The inaugural Innovation kNowledge eXchange of 2022 (INX22) is a two-day international forum, June 6-7, 2022, focused on sharing groundbreaking, innovative, global, and sustainable solutions to some of the world’s top challenges.
Presented by Felician University’s Lenke Family Center for Innovation, Center for Academic Technology, and its Buildings & Grounds Department, and the Royal Academy of Science International Trust, INX22 will bring together global and local business trailblazers; corporate social responsibility decisionmakers; philanthropy professionals; and U.S. and international university staff, faculty and students.
INX22 combines sustainability best practice presentations from industry leaders, problem solving inspiration, and a student case study competition where teams will present to a worldwide audience at the United Nations – and compete for a $10,000 team prize. The forum includes:
- Day 1: At the American Dream complex, attendees will hear from and network with business leaders who will share their journeys, enlighten participants, and show how they blaze new sustainability directions within their organizations.
- Day 2: The United Nations in New York City will host a student case study competition, featuring teams from universities across the globe. Teams will develop and present a solution to the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goal 3, focused on “Good Health and Well-Being,” which is one of its 17 Sustainable Development Goalsestablished in 2015. The official mission statement for this goal is: “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.” This competition will be broadcast to a worldwide audience on UN WebTV.
INX22 Event Program
Executive Committee
Joseph Lizza, MBA, CPA, CGMA, Executive Director Lenke Center for Innovation
Louis Ruvolo, DBA (ABD) Program Director Lenke Center for Innovation
HRH Adnan El-Hashemite, Executive Director & Associate Professor Office of Global Academic Initiatives Royal Academy of Science in Trust and Representative of Felician University to the United Nations Department of Global Communications
Meggan Oneill, BA, Director of Buildings and Grounds
Deanna Valente, DBA, Dean, Center for Academic Technology
Maura DeNicola, Vice President of Communications & External Relations
Ronald Gray, Vice President of Student Affairs/Dean of Students
Our Speakers
International and local innovation leaders from Canada, Ireland, New Jersey will headline day 1 of INX22. Speakers include one of Canada’s top US diplomats; a leading sustainability expert for Belfast, Northern Ireland; and innovation leaders based in the U.S. and New Jersey.
We are honored to confirm thus far these speakers who will share groundbreaking, innovative, global, and sustainable solutions to some of the world’s top challenges that their organizations have encountered, where they have been and where they are going.
- Khawar Nasim, acting consul general of Canada to the United States, in New York, who will speak about innovation in sustainability in the Canadian government sector. Nasim is a career diplomat who joined the Canadian Department of External Affairs in 1993. His career has included postings in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Minneapolis.
- Clare Guinness, Innovation District Director for Innovation City Belfast (Belfast, Northern Ireland), will share how her city is leveraging its strengths in Fin Tech, Green Tech, and Health Tech innovation to attract high-quality investment and provide an environment where the latest research from regional universities can be rapidly translated into world-class businesses. Innovation City Belfast is a partnership combining six of the city’s anchor institutions, harnessing significant knowledge, resources and influence to create a world-class hub for research and innovation in Belfast.
- Kai Feder, chief of staff at the New Jersey State Office of Innovation, will address the Office’s work to equip private entrepreneurs with the innovative skills needed to solve public problems; the Office’s pandemic response work; and its efforts to make it easier to start, operate, and grow a business. Feder oversees the Office of Innovation’s day-to-day operations, advises the chief innovation officer on strategic direction, leads projects and policy initiatives, and manages intergovernmental and external affairs.
- Lawrence Lenke, MD, and his wife, Beth Lenke, will introduce INX22 and discuss the importance of innovation in healthcare and throughout the intellectual spectrum. As benefactors of the Lenke Family Center of Innovation, Lenke is an internationally recognized expert in complex pediatric and adult spinal deformity surgery. He is Surgeon-in-Chief of the Och Spine Hospital at New York-Presbyterian.
- David Perlin, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer for the Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI), will present about CDI’s role as an entrepreneurial research enterprise that rapidly translates scientific innovations into improved patient outcomes for a variety of acute and chronic diseases and conditions. He was named to the ROI-NJ Influencers Power List for 2022 in the Health Care sector.
- Kemi Olugemo, MD, director of communications for Women of Color in Pharma (WOCIP) – a non-profit addressing equity in the life sciences industry and serving as a catalyst to address global inequities in health, economic wealth, and education within communities of color – will discuss WOCIP’s multi-pronged initiatives to address COVID-19 competency and confidence, along with related health disparities in communities of color.
INX22 will also feature several panel discussions, including one focusing on food sustainability at restaurants and within the food supply. Panelists include Chef Antonio and Brenda De Ieso, owners of Italian farm-to-table restaurant Fiorentini – the first business in Rutherford, N.J., to be identified on the State of N.J.’s Sustainable Business Registry. The panel also features Stacey Antine, MS, RDN, founder of Ridgewood, N.J.-based HealthBarn USA, a national leader in healthy lifestyle education for children and families; and Ron Mirante, founder of Bone In, LLC, headquartered in Hillsborough, N.J. Bone In is a food delivery service focused on small, local farmers using the most sustainable and regenerative farming practices, and currently serves 15 N.J. counties, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island.
An additional panel will showcase student leaders, presenting ideas and successes utilizing innovative technologies and products.
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Student Case Study Competition & Challenge
Student Case Study Teams Announced
Through a rigorous process, seven student teams have been confirmed to present their ideas at the United Nations regarding Sustainable Development Goal #3: “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”. They will deliver their presentation live at the UN with the world watching on UN Web TV as they compete for the top prize of 10,000 USD.
- Felician University UN Fellows Team (Rutherford, NJ)
- Felician University Team #2 (Rutherford, NJ)
- Felician University Team #3 (Rutherford, NJ)
- John Cabot University Team #1 (Rome, Italy)
- John Cabot University Team #2 (Rome, Italy)
- St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, NY)
- The University of Pisa (Pisa, Italy)
THE CHALLENGE: A student team is to develop a solution that addresses the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goal #3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages, and is essential to sustainable development.
Currently, the world is facing a global health crisis unlike any other — COVID-19 is spreading human suffering, destabilizing the global economy and upending the lives of billions of people around the globe.
The student presentations must focus on the following aspects:
- Identify the lack of data that has traditionally been missing in our healthcare systems, intensified by COVID-19, and will be needed in the future
- State your proposed solution in the context of innovation, globalization and sustainability
The U.N.’s 2021 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Report noted the global community is at a critical moment in its pursuit of its SDGs. The report noted the pandemic has halted or reversed progress in health and shortened life expectancy, with 90% of countries still reporting one or more disruptions to essential health services. It further stated that health workers, in short supply in many regions, have been stretched to their limits by the pandemic, and a decade of progress in areas including reproductive, maternal, and child health could be stalled or reversed by COVID-19.
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Sponsorship Benefits and Opportunities
Sponsorship provides visibility, both through INX22 communication materials, a presence at the forum, the opportunity to judge the competition at the United Nations, hosting meals and breaks at the forum, and more.
The following are the sponsorship levels offered for INX22:
DIAMOND SPONSORSHIP ($10,000) – The Best Value & Highest Visibility for Organizations Seeking Primary Exposure at the Event
As a Diamond Sponsor, your organization will receive premium recognition on all communication throughout, during, and after the event, materials at the event, and much more – providing top-level exposure to your organization. (FMV = $250)
- Complimentary passes to the June 6 event at American Dream: 10 tickets
- Advertisement in the INX22 event program: Special page
- Social media live interview at the June 6 INX22 event with links provided for your website and other social media outlets
- Case study prize sponsor, presentation of the check to the winning team at the United Nations on June 7 (only 1 sponsor)
- Bi-weekly dedicated posting on INX22’s LinkedIn, Instagram & Twitter
- Logo on an INX22 event keepsake for attendees
- Weekly dedicated posting on INX22’s LinkedIn, Instagram & Twitter
- Logo and hyperlink on INX22 website
- Verbal recognition as a sponsor at both days of INX22
- Recognition in INX22 media materials
- Recognition in INX22 social media
- Registration area signage at event on June 6
- Recognition and logo in INX22 event program
- Listing of your name or organization on the INX22 website
- Listing of your name or organization in the event program
PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP ($7,500) – High Visibility for Your Organization
As a Platinum Sponsor, your organization will receive maximum recognition on our event materials, website, media materials, and more, materials at the event, and other benefits before, during, and after the event to provide the very best exposure to your organization. (FMV = $200)
- Complimentary passes to the June 6 event at American Dream: 8 tickets
- Advertisement in the INX22 event program: Full page
- Bi-weekly dedicated posting on INX22’s LinkedIn, Instagram & Twitter
- Logo on an INX22 event keepsake for attendees
- Weekly dedicated posting on INX22’s LinkedIn, Instagram & Twitter
- Logo and hyperlink on INX22 website
- Verbal recognition as a sponsor at both days of INX22
- Recognition in INX22 media materials
- Recognition in INX22 social media
- Registration area signage at event on June 6
- Recognition and logo in INX22 event program
- Listing of your name or organization on the INX22 website
- Listing of your name or organization in the event program
GOLD SPONSORSHIP ($5,000) – A Great Value!
As a Gold Sponsor, your organization will receive consistent and prominent recognition on all materials throughout and after the event, and more, providing excellent exposure to your organization. Your business will be prominently featured through the event’s marketing. (FMV = $150)
- Complimentary passes to the June 6 event at American Dream: 6 tickets
- Advertisement in the INX22 event program: Half page
- Weekly dedicated posting on INX22’s LinkedIn, Instagram & Twitter
- Logo and hyperlink on INX22 website
- Verbal recognition as a sponsor at both days of INX22
- Recognition in INX22 media materials
- Recognition in INX22 social media
- Registration area signage at event on June 6
- Recognition and logo in INX22 event program
- Listing of your name or organization on the INX22 website
- Listing of your name or organization in the event program
SILVER SPONSORSHIP ($2,500) – Everything You Need!
As a Silver Sponsor, your organization will receive prominent recognition on all materials leading up to, throughout, and after the event, providing exposure to your organization. (FMV = $100)
- Complimentary passes to the June 6 event at American Dream: 4 tickets
- Advertisement in the INX22 event program: Quarter page
- Weekly dedicated posting on INX22’s LinkedIn, Instagram & Twitter
- Logo and hyperlink on INX22 website
- Verbal recognition as a sponsor at both days of INX22
- Recognition in INX22 media materials
- Recognition in INX22 social media
- Registration area signage at event on June 6
- Recognition and logo in INX22 event program
- Listing of your name or organization on the INX22 website
- Listing of your name or organization in the event program
FRIEND OF INX22 SPONSORSHIP (Any donation level) – Perfect Entry Level!
As a Friend of INX22, you or your organization will receive recognition on event materials and the event’s website leading up to, during, and after the event, providing an opportunity to increase awareness of your organization.
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES ($500-$2,000) – There are also additional opportunities to sponsor a meal or break event during the two-day session. Receive recognition and acknowledgement for this distinctive participation. (FMV = $50)
- Complimentary passes to the June 6 event at American Dream: 2 tickets
- Verbal recognition as a sponsor at both days of INX22
- Recognition in INX22 media materials
- Four mentions in INX22 social media
- Registration area signage at event on June 6
- Recognition and logo in INX22 event program
- Listing of your name or organization on the INX22 website
Event Amount Breakfast at American Dream on June 6 $750 Snack break at American Dream on June 6 $500 Lunch at American Dream on June 6 $1,000 Breakfast at the United Nations on June 7 $750 Lunch at the United Nations on June 7 $1,000 Awards Dinner on June 7 $2,000
For questions, please email INX2022@Felician.edu
To reserve your sponsorship, please go to Sponsorship or felician.edu/INX2022.
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