The new issue of Technology and Innovation, Journal of the National Academy of Inventors ® (19:3) (full text) highlights papers from the Sixth Annual Conference of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI): “Recognizing Pillars of Academic Innovation.” The NAI Annual Conference, held last year from April 5 to 7, 2017, in Boston, Mass., provides an annual forum for celebrating academic invention and inventors, recognizing and encouraging invention, and enhancing the visibility of university and non-profit research.