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Discussion of two new NIC partnerships (Adjuvance Technology and Bolero Information Systems), NIC's first restaurant (The Mill Coffee and Bistro) and moving into phase two of development.

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[00:00:00.304]Well, we are thrilled to have with us here tonight
[00:00:03.002]University of Nebraska Lincoln chancellor,
[00:00:04.548]Ronnie Green.
[00:00:05.381]Cannot believe, chancellor, that we're hitting the
[00:00:07.625]home stretch of the spring semester,
[00:00:09.197]commencement coming up the first weekend in May.
[00:00:11.995]It's been a busy semester for you in the
[00:00:13.567]Universities newest campuses.
[00:00:15.274]Well, Nebraska Innovation Campus, you've got some
[00:00:18.171]new partnerships there.
[00:00:19.024]What can you tell us?
[00:00:20.078]Well, you know Greg, we're pretty excited
[00:00:21.693]about Innovation Campuses development.
[00:00:24.002]We stood up our first phase of Innovation Campus now
[00:00:26.969]a couple of years ago, going on a couple of years ago.
[00:00:29.877]This fall we'll have been in residence out there
[00:00:32.889]for now two years.
[00:00:34.702]Very excited about 20 partners that we currently
[00:00:37.609]have on the campus, just have added a couple of new
[00:00:41.029]ones here in the last month.
[00:00:45.034]We just announced Adjuvant Technology so we'll move
[00:00:48.694]into the Biotech Connector space that's at
[00:00:51.974]Innovation Campus that's a partnership between
[00:00:54.136]Bio Nebraska, the trade organization for bio sciences
[00:00:59.036]in the state and the University and the Economic
[00:01:02.019]Development Authority that's building out space
[00:01:04.226]for new startups in the bio science area.
[00:01:06.805]So we're very excited about Adjuvant.
[00:01:08.735]They're a company that's empowering health through
[00:01:12.176]fundamental breakthroughs in design and manufacturing
[00:01:14.805]of critical components that are part of vaccines.
[00:01:18.901]So they're in vaccine development to help fight disease.
[00:01:24.513]That biotech connector is the new home for them,
[00:01:28.935]I'm excited about what they're going to be bringing
[00:01:30.926]to the table.
[00:01:32.091]Tyler Martin, who is a Nebraska native,
[00:01:34.438]is the CEO of Adjuvant, he's a native of Hebron
[00:01:38.073]over in Thayer County.
[00:01:40.825]He's a Silicon Valley veteran in California.
[00:01:44.585]So it's a wonderful example of a Nebraska native
[00:01:47.087]coming back and starting business here in the state
[00:01:50.877]and what we think will be an outstanding example
[00:01:53.704]of this new biotech connector space that we're
[00:01:56.966]excited to have at the Innovation Campus.
[00:01:59.137]It's very exciting to hear this updates on
[00:02:01.063]Innovation Campus and you announced a new partnership
[00:02:03.494]in the month of February, as well, right?
[00:02:05.311]We did.
[00:02:06.668]Bolero Information Systems is the other partner
[00:02:09.339]that we just recently announced.
[00:02:11.145]It's a spin off company that started by several of
[00:02:13.305]our staff here at the university.
[00:02:15.796]Where they're specializing in research administration
[00:02:19.196]and business process automation and they'll work
[00:02:22.526]with us continuing to do work with UNL,
[00:02:26.037]but also will be working with UNO and with UNK,
[00:02:29.289]our sister campuses across the university system.
[00:02:34.071]And, for them, going out to NIC, to the Nebraska
[00:02:37.036]Innovation Campus, it's giving them the ability to
[00:02:40.098]expand and enhance their product to sell to additional
[00:02:43.599]customers beyond our own university system,
[00:02:46.977]generating economic development in the state
[00:02:49.868]and bringing that revenue to the state.
[00:02:51.815]And helping us along the way too, obviously,
[00:02:55.216]as a partner with the university.
[00:02:57.483]So excited about Bolero and Adjuvant and these
[00:03:00.697]new partnerships that they're bringing together
[00:03:03.240]with the other 20 partners that we already have
[00:03:05.591]on the campus.
[00:03:08.005]Very exciting, we're busy at the
[00:03:08.978]University of Nebraska Lincoln chancellor,
[00:03:10.576]Ronnie Green, here on sports (mumbles) on the Huskers
[00:03:12.497]sports network.
[00:03:13.456]A key to innovation is getting all the great minds at,
[00:03:16.100]you called it NIC, talking about bringing them
[00:03:18.603]together over food, right?
[00:03:20.596]You've recently announced the first restaurant
[00:03:22.481]located at Innovation Campus, what can you tell us?
[00:03:24.857]Yeah, so we now have well over 300 employees.
[00:03:27.766]So our part of partners, part of the university,
[00:03:30.734]our food science department is located also
[00:03:32.973]at Innovation Campus, the maker space that is part
[00:03:36.063]of that campus, the new conference center that's been
[00:03:38.773]in operation the last three or four years and has had
[00:03:41.134]so much success.
[00:03:42.321]So there's a buzz of people now and a community
[00:03:45.259]at Innovation Campus and we're very excited that
[00:03:49.269]we'll have a Lincoln establishment,
[00:03:51.290]a very well known Lincoln establishment, The Mill,
[00:03:54.630]that will become the first restaurant location
[00:03:58.217]on the Innovation Campus for the community out there.
[00:04:03.578]Daniel and Tamara Slone, the owners of The Mill,
[00:04:06.815]well known business people here in Lincoln and
[00:04:09.847](mumbles) of their business down in the hay market
[00:04:12.133]for a long time are bringing in a coffee and a bistro
[00:04:15.447]concept to the Innovation Commons part of
[00:04:19.117]Innovation Campus, directly across the courtyard
[00:04:21.912]from the conference center, the former 4H facility.
[00:04:26.055]They'll be on the first floor there of that facility
[00:04:28.860]and will kind of become a hub, if you will,
[00:04:31.627]for innovation to happen amongst the partners
[00:04:35.231]that are out there on the campus and the ones
[00:04:37.536]that we'll see come in the future.
[00:04:38.846]So exciting developments out on Innovation Campus
[00:04:41.611]as we now move into phase two.
[00:04:43.735]Was just announced, the first building in phase two
[00:04:47.340]was in some of our press here in Lincoln
[00:04:49.433]just in the last couple of weeks.
[00:04:51.794]So groundbreaking for that building also happened
[00:04:53.353]in with our partners at (mumbles).
[00:04:55.236]Very exciting, we certainly appreciate
[00:04:56.368]the updates that you give us from time to time
[00:04:58.457]and looking for the continued growth at Innovation Campus.
[00:05:01.097]Always great to see you.
[00:05:02.120]Good to see you, Greg.
[00:05:03.360]Ronnie Green, University of Nebraska Lincoln
[00:05:05.322]chancellor with us here on sports.

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