This week, at 9am EST on Wednesday, October 7, Innovate Carolina will be hosting their annual State of Innovation Forum online via Zoom. Along with other University leaders and innovators, Dr. Ronit Freeman will be speaking at the forum about her NSF-RAPID and RCSA grant research research into the transmission, detection, treatment, and prevention of COVID-19.

The topic for this year’s forum is How Crisis Sparks and Speeds Innovation. It will explore how UNC’s campus, local region and society at large are confronting a convergence of crisis-level challenges: the COVID-19 pandemic, racial injustice, climate change, and others. How are University problem solvers using the methods and tools of innovation to create positive and necessary disruptions at a rapid pace? And how might we maintain a brisk and nimble pace in the future?

Innovate Carolina will also be amplifying Carolina innovation stories on Twitter during and after the forum. If you have any examples of ways in which your team or department has been innovating in this time of crisis, you can share your story here!  

Registration is open for this event. We hope to see you there!