 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|||||||
  |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
 |
|
||
 |
|
|||
|
||||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||
|
||||
 |
 |
|
||
 |
|
|||
 |
 |
|
||
 |
|
|||
 |
 |
|
||
BEACON MISSION STATEMENT
BEACON pledges to facilitate collaborative exchange and research among its industrial, clinical and academic partners. Our commitment is to foster an environment that optimizes the development and delivery to commercially viable innovations in biomedical science and engineering for healthcare applications.
BEACON is incorporated as a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) trade association whose major goals are to facilitate collaborative research and industrial partnering as well as the facilitation of new developing medical technology companies. To accomplish this goal, BEACON has created a “Preferential Access Network” which provides its members access to the expertise and resources within the BEACON community.
Strategic Objectives
- Promote collaborative research among its academic, medical and industrial partners in the field of biomedical engineering. These efforts include developing program projects like grant applications as well as SBIRs.
- Build bridges to other centers and organizations interested in biomedical research and development. These efforts include establishing alliances with such organizations as MetroHartford Alliance, CBIA (CT Business & Industry Association), CTC (CT Technology Council) and the Alliance for Connecticut Technology.
- Provide educational opportunities (courses, seminars, curriculum, programs, etc.) that facilitate a better understanding and the acquisition of specific knowledge and expertise in the field of biomedical research and development. These efforts include the creation of educational opportunities for a wide audience, such as undergraduate and graduate BME students, practicing professionals via continuing education, industry via seminars and programs to assist them learn for competitive advantage, medical/clinical community via seminars and specific courses of interest and the general public via seminars and conferences.
- Facilitate
the development of new medical device companies by assisting academics
and clinicians develop their business plan and obtain funding.
BEACON’S administrative offices are located at the heart of one of New England’s medically and technically rich environments in Hartford, Connecticut.
