Idea Exchange

Building and deepening meaningful engagement between university experts and Indiana business and industry leaders

The IU Idea Exchange is intended to be a first meaningful step on a path toward identifying partners, engaging around areas of expertise, sharing information, and building relationships. IU Idea Exchanges start with a conversation, and leads to strategic opportunities built upon mutual interest, expertise, values, and resources.

Simply put, IU Idea Exchange opens communication lines to shared knowledge, new expertise, and resource investments. IU Idea Exchange liaisons will connect IU researchers, experts, and talent with corporate and industry leaders and researchers, so that both parties benefit by sharing information, ideas, and demonstratable expertise on critical issues identified by corporate leaders, innovators, and talent recruiters.

Idea Exchanges are presented as informal, one to two-hour, virtual events that bring corporate and university experts together to: 

• Share ideas, challenges, and research with the intention of forging long-term partnerships and collaborations.
• Unleash innovative ideas and resources.
• Create new relationships and sustainable talent pathways.

All IU Idea Exchanges are intended to be targeted, and yet organic. While we don't know what may come of individual Idea Exchanges, we believe there are endless possibilities for positive outcomes and mutual benefits that can emerge through this match-making of interests and expertise.