Networking and Discussion to Supercharge Your AIM Experience.

This June, top minds from across academia, industry, and the military will come together at the AIM Health R&D Summit, a collaborative forum that combines three of San Antonio’s leading life sciences events: Military Medical Industry Day (MMID), BexarBio, and the San Antonio Military Health and Universities Research Forum (SURF).

Leading up to the summit, VelocityTX will host a series of symposiums designed to promote pre-event connections between attendees. Join us for these informative sessions, and make the most of your AIM experience!

Introduction to AIM 2024: San Antonio Military Medical R&D (Part I)

March 18, 2024 | 1130-1300 (11:30 am - 1:00 pm)

Hosted online via Zoom and in-person at the VelocityTX Community Resource Center, 1305 E Houston St., San Antonio, TX 78205

This webinar will provide tips to get the most benefit out of the 2-day conference and it will introduce you to two military medical research units stationed at Joint Base San Antonio, the Air Force 59th Medical Wing, and the US Army Institute for Surgical Research (USAISR).  Representatives from both organizations with discuss their organization’s research and development mission, organizational structure, and provide tips on how best to work with them.  This information better prepares you for the one-on-one meetings and networking at AIM 2024.

Patricia Geppert, PhD
Director of Innovation, VelocityTX 

Scott Walter, PE, PhD
Director of Technology
59th Medical Wing, Science and Technology Office 

Sylvain Cardin, PhD
Director of Research, US Army Institute  for Surgical Research

Introduction to AIM 2024: San Antonio Military Medical R&D (Part II)

April 22, 2024 | 1130-1300 (11:30 am - 1:00 pm)

Patricia Geppert, PhD
Director of Innovation
VelocityTX

CDR Rachel Werner
Acting Chief Science Director
Naval Medical Research Unit – San Antonio

Joseph Maddry, MD
Chief, Department of Clinical Investigation
Brooke Army Medical Center

 Alicia Swan, PhD
Director of Rehabilitation Research
Department of Veterans Affairs

Hosted online via Zoom and in-person at the VelocityTX Community Resource Center, 1305 E Houston St., San Antonio, TX 78205

This webinar will provide tips to get the most benefit out of the 2-day conference and it will introduce you to three military medical research units in San Antonio, the Naval Medical Research Unit-San Antonio (NAMRU-SA), and the Brooks Army Medical Center (BAMC), and the Department of the Veterans Affairs.  Representatives from these organizations with discuss their organization’s research and development mission, organizational structure, and provide tips on how best to work with them.  This information better prepares you for the one-on-one meetings and networking at AIM 2024.

Mechanisms for Collaboration, Technology Transfer, and Commercialization with the Military

May 20, 2024 | 1130-1300 (11:30 am - 1:00 pm)

Hosted online via Zoom and in-person at the VelocityTX Community Resource Center, 1305 E Houston St., San Antonio, TX 78205

This webinar will provide tips to get the most benefit out of the 2-day conference and it will provide an introduction to military technology transfer mechanisms that will be discussed detail at AIM 2024.  This information better prepares you for the one-on-one meetings and networking at AIM 2024. 

Event registration coming soon

Patricia Geppert, PhD
Director of Innovation

VelocityTX

Tammy Crowder, PhD
Chief Business Development/Director

Office of Research and Applications/Tech Transfer, USAISR

Scott Walter, PE, PhD
Director of Technology

59th Medical Wing, Science and Technology Office

Diana Nieves
Agreement Program Coordinator/Resource Management
Naval Medical Research Unit – San Antonio

Alicia Swan, PhD
Director of Rehabilitation Research

Department of Veterans Affairs

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