The 2018 Activities Report focuses on Connecting the Innovation Community. This year, the NAI launched two new programs: the Senior Member program and the Global Academic Inventor Network. The 2017 class of NAI Fellows were inducted at the Seventh Annual Meeting, which also featured the second Student Innovation Showcase. The report also features an article from the USPTO on their 10 millionth patent, as well as spotlights on innovators from each of the NAI's nine Sustaining Member Institutions.