Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Personal Observation

Speaker:
Mr. Eric A.Swanson (Director, Acacia Communications)

Eric Swanson serves in a variety of technical and managerial roles in academic, entrepreneurial, industrial, and nonprofit organizations.  Mr. Swanson has co-authored 79 journal articles, 183 conference presentations and lectures, 36 issued US patents, and 8 book chapters.  In 2002, he was elected a Fellow of the OSA for “Pioneering contributions to the fields of intersatellite laser communication systems, fiber optic communication networks, and biomedical optical imaging.” In 2017 he was elected a Fellow of IEEE for “Contributions to optical coherence tomography and leadership in optical networking.” He is a co-recipient of the 2002 Rank Prize, the 2012 Champalimaud Vision Award, the 2017 Russ Prize, and the 2017 European Inventor Award.  Mr. Swanson is a co-founder or founding board member of five start-up companies: Advanced Ophthalmic Devices (acquired by Zeiss Meditec in 1994), Lightlab Imaging (acquired by Abbot in 2016), Sycamore Networks (Nasdaq IPO 1999), Acacia Communication (Nasdaq IPO in 2016), and Curata Incorporated (private).

Programme Flow:

(Venue: NTU, Lecture Theatre to be advised at a later date)

3:30pm - 4:00pm : Registration

4:00pm - 5:00pm : Public Lecture

5:00pm - 5:30pm : Q&A Session

5:30pm - 6:00pm : Networking Dinner