This panel will cover the topic of how companies typically partner
with Universities using Sponsored Research Agreements (SRA). We will
discuss when it is a good idea to pursue research within a University
setting and some of the benefits and issues associated with these
interactions. In particular, we will discuss:
Networking and light dinner from 6:30pm, plus networking session will follow.
Panelists:
William D. Stempel is a lawyer in Palo Alto, where his practice focuses on
the representation of companies and entrepreneurs in the life sciences
industry. From 2001 to 2004, he was Vice President and General Counsel of
Geron Corporation, a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company in Menlo
Park. From 1998 to 2000, he was General Counsel at UCSF Stanford Health
Care, a nonprofit health-care provider organization formed upon the merger
of the medical centers of the University of California, San Francisco and
Stanford University. From 1981 to 1998, he worked in the General Counsel's
Office at Yale University, serving as Deputy General Counsel from 1987 to
1998. He was the principal lawyer at Yale responsible for technology
transfer activities, research administration, and medical affairs, among
other responsibilities. From 1978 to 1981 he was an associate at Debevoise,
Plimpton, Lyons & Gates. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale College in
1975 and from Yale Law School in 1978.
Sally O'Neil manages Stanford's Industrial Contracts Office team, which
negotiates industry research contracts, including Sponsored Research
Agreements, Consortium Agreements, Master Research Agreements and Material
Transfer Agreements for departments throughout the university. Sally serves
as the liaison between Stanford's Office of Sponsored Projects and Office
of Technology Licensing. A member of the State Bar of California and the
American Bar Association, she is a frequent speaker at the National Council
of Research Administrators and the Association of University Technology
Managers. Sally is a former high technology journalist in Silicon Valley
and holds a B.A. in English from Oberlin College, a Master of Arts in
Teaching English from the University of Chicago with honors, a Master of
Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from
Santa Clara University. Before joining Stanford in 2001, Sally was an
associate at Russo & Hale LLP, an intellectual property law firm in Palo
Alto, California.
William D. Stempel
Sally O'Neil
Manager, Industrial Contracts
Office of Technology Licensing, Stanford University
