Maurizio Vecchione, the Vice President for Global Good at Intellectual Ventures, gave the Washington Global Health Alliance Discovery Series talk Dec. 5 in Kane Hall on “Unlocking the Power of Invention for Developing Countries,” which united UW business and global health students. Global Good was founded by Bill Gates as a bridge between philanthropy and “creative capitalism.” Global Good is part of Intellectual Ventures, a firm investing in invention, founded by Nathan Myhrvold, the former chief strategist and technology officer at Microsoft. Vecchione said, Global Good is “tackling the world’s toughest problems through the power of invention.” Specifically, Global Good is looking for inventive ideas in six big areas: vaccine logistics, disease modeling, agriculture products, malaria and TB diagnostics, maternal child health, and vector control. He said any technological ideas must meet three criteria – appropriate, affordable, and accessible. Intellectual Ventures has a network of 4,000 researchers around the world and ideas are presented to this network. Global Good also has its own lab and is continuing to build its capacity for research and development. One invention that has seen success in developing countries is a milk jug that keeps milk clean and helps prevent spoilage