Join UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright for an evening of innovation and inspiration at UCF’s Boldly Inventing the Future event.
This special gathering marks the beginning of a new way we share UCF’s story with you. He will provide an update on the state of the university and the momentum we are building together to shape the future of education, research, and innovation.
You will also hear directly from featured guest Dr. Manny Urquieta, a board-certified emergency physician and former flight surgeon who spent a decade as Chief Medical Officer at NASA’s Translational Research Institute for Space Health. Today, he is shaping the nation’s first interdisciplinary aerospace medicine program right here at UCF – fueling the next generation of space health visionaries to take humanity further than ever before.
This is an opportunity to see how UCF is not just rising – we are leading.
Kindly RSVP by Tuesday, Feb. 17.
After South Florida, we’ll be bringing this same spirit of innovation and dedication to improving lives to other key locations across the U.S. Each stop will highlight how UCF is pushing boundaries and elevating the human experience, always with unwavering commitment and grit. We invite you to join us as we continue to share our breakthroughs and demonstrate the real-world impact of our work, from mobile clinics to digital twins, as we bring our expertise to communities far and wide.
Boldly Inventing the Future Featured Locations:
Venue: Woodruff Arts Center, Taylor Lobby
1280 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, GA 30309
Venue: Glasshouse Chelsea
Chelsea Arts Tower, Floor 21
545 25th St. New York, NY 10001
Venue: Winter Park Events Center
1050 W Morse Blvd. | Winter Park, Florida 32789
Space Technologies & Systems
Thank you for joining UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright for Boldly Inventing the Future, an event series that explores UCF’s vision for shaping the future of education, research, and innovation, and the ways in which our researchers and students are leading the charge.
We heard directly from featured guest Dr. Deborah Beidel, who is leading bold advances in health. A nationally acclaimed treatment program for veterans, first responders and trauma survivors, UCF RESTORES pairs innovative virtual reality with mental health treatment, elevating health outcomes and expanding access to transformative care. UCF is Boldly Inventing the Future. Venture into what’s next with us.
We look forward to your involvement in this bold new chapter of advancing the knowledge, technologies, and industries that drive our world forward.
Thank you for joining us for an evening of innovation and inspiration at UCF’s second Boldly Inventing the Future event.
This special gathering continued the new way we share UCF’s story with you. We provided an update on the state of the university and the momentum we’re building together to shape the future of education, research, and innovation.
You also heard directly from featured guest Dr. Deborah Beidel, a Pegasus Professor of psychology and medical education with UCF’s College of Sciences, who is leading bold advances in health through UCF RESTORES. A nationally acclaimed treatment program for veterans, first responders and trauma survivors, UCF RESTORES pairs innovative virtual reality with mental health treatment, elevating health outcomes and expanding access to transformative care.
This was an opportunity to see how UCF is not just rising – we’re leading.
We look forward to your involvement in our bold new chapter of advancing the knowledge, technologies, and industries that drive our world forward.
Thank you for joining us for an evening of innovation and inspiration at UCF’s inaugural Boldly Inventing the Future event.
This special gathering marked the beginning of a new way we share UCF’s story with you. We provided an updates on the state of the university and the momentum we’re building together to shape the future of education, research, and innovation.
You also heard directly from our outstanding researchers and students in presentations that bring to life the groundbreaking work taking place at UCF—from using AI to accelerate medical breakthroughs to transforming health education through simulation.
This series will be an opportunity to see how UCF is not just rising…we are leading.
