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	Archives As speakers' and panelists' materials and Podcasts of our events become available we will post these materials on the EntreTech web site. February 16, 2010 Greening of America:  Bio-Based Everything and the Funding That Goes With it! Moderator: Larry Grumer, Technology Associates & Alliances, iVEST Partners LLC Keynote: Sam Nejame, Founder, Promotum  View Presentation Panel: Curtis S. Felix, CEO, Plankton LLC Bilal Zuberi, General Catalyst Daniel R. Dwight, Partner and Cleantech & Renewable Energy Segment Leader, Tatum LLC View Presentation September 15, 2009 Counter-Terrorism:  Emerging Technological Solutions Moderator Don Byrne, North River Solutions Panel John Bagley, Mission Innovation, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems W. Russ Webster, Federal Preparedness Coordinator, DHS Rich Peitravalle, Principle, MITRE Corp. May 19, 2009 Photonics/Optics - Understanding the Latest Applications of Light-based Technologies in Medical, Consumer, Industrial, and Defense Sectors Moderator Andrew Fairbairn, Managing Principal, Fairbairn Ventures Panel Jonathan Rosen- Executive Director, Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization, BU School of Management Stephen Saylor- President & CEO, SiOnyx George Tegos-Instructor in Medicine (Harvard Medical School), Assistant Microbiologist (MGH),  Wellman Center for Photomedicine April 21, 2009 Robotics - Entrepreneurs and academics discuss the future breakpoints between artificial intelligence and human intelligence Moderator Tom Hopcroft- Executive Director, Mass Technology Leadership Council Panel Bob Quinn - VP, QinetiQ/Foster Miller Charles Remsberg -  CEO, Hocoma Barry Trimmer - Professor, Tufts University & Director, Tufts Biomimetic Devices Laboratory Dan Weinreb - Investor, Common Angels March 17, 2009 Cleantech - Power Wars - who wins in the end and where does academia fit in? Moderator Larry Grumer, Technology Associates & Alliances Panel Andrew Friendly- Principal, ATV, www.atvcapital.com Avi Goldberg- VP & COO, GreatPoint Energy, www.greatpointenergy.com Bill Staby- Co-Founder, Resolute Marine Energy, www.resolute-marine-energy.com Julianne Zimmerman- VP of Communications, General Compression, www.generalcompression.com February 17, 2009 Greening America - The Conversion of Bio-Agriculture, Bio-Energy, and Bio-Products to Eco-Sustainable Businesses Moderator Gary W. Patterson-FiscalDoctor, Inc. Panel Dennis R. Costello-Managing Director, Braemar Energy Ventures Patrick J. Govang- President and Co-founder, e2e Materials, LLC William “Jeff” Marshall – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – Green Earth Technologies, Inc. Donald W. Crookes- Sr., President and CEO/ Founder, Hy-SyEnce, Inc. January 20, 2009 Going to the GYM - Web-Media & Search, how Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft are interfacing with Boston's universities. Moderator Jerry Katzke, Principal, JK Associates Panel Dayna B. Grayson – Principal, North Bridge Venture Partners Steve Vinter – Director, Google Boston Development Center Beth Crow – Campus Relations Manager, Yahoo! Labs' Academic Relations Group Sara Spalding – Senior Director, Microsoft New England Research and Development Center Professor David R. Kaeli – Director, Northeastern Univ. Computer Architecture Research Lab Neena Buck – Senior Industrial Liasion Officer – MIT Office of Corporate Relations December 16, 2008 Nanotechnology - Timing is everything - knowing when to start commercializing academic research projects. Moderator Professor Ahmed Busnaina, Northeastern University Panel F. Mark Modzelewski- is a technology entrepreneur, investor and pundit, and has been an early proponent of commercial nanotech applications. Thomas Tiano-Team Leader for Nano-Materials, Foster-Miller Materials Technology Group November 20, 2008 The Youth Movement: Digital Media's Leaders and their Ideas Panel Evan Schumacher- CEO, Going.com Karen Ong- CEO and Founder, MyHappyPlanet.coma> Brian Balfour- CEO, Viximo Matt Lauzon- Co-Founder and CEO, Paragon Lake Brian Shin- Founder/CEO, Visible Measures October 21, 2008 Recent high tech university spin-outs - who is funding these deals and why? Panel Aram T. Salzman- President & CEO - NovoBiotic Pharmaceuticals, LLC Rick MIcak- Founder, President, CTO - Boston Microsystems, Inc. Tom Clay-CEO Xtalic Tim Surgenor- President, CEO, Director - Cyberkinetics September 16, 2008 Selling Vision and Innovation in the Life Sciences Sector - Senior executives and investors speak out on how to get your first early stage sale." Panel Amirana, M.D.- Investment Manager – Oxford Biosciences, http://www.oxbio.com/ Erik Anderson- VP Operations & Finance – Adimab, http://www.adimab.com/ Glenn Batchelder-President and Chief Executive Officer – BIND Biosciences, http://www.bindbio.com/ Thomas M. Fitzgerald- CEO CellTraffix, http://celltraffix.com/ Keith Batchelder- Founder and CEO, Genomic Healthcare Strategies June 17, 2008 Patents, Licensing and Venturing Collaboration to Commercialization Keynote Stan Schurgin- Partner, Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici Moderator Jerry O'Connor- Partner, Foley Hoag Panel/> Tony Pirri- Director, Northeastern University Technology Transfer Team Bruce orwitz- President, TechRoadMap Linda Plano- Associate Director, Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center May 20, 2008 Government and Private Funding Sources, Selection, Success Moderator Mr. Andrew Fairbairn- Managing Principal, Fairbairn Ventures Panel Mr. Robert Kispert -Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Mr. Eric Shealy -Innovation Advisors Mr. Jay Schwartz -Boston Harbor Angels & Stage 1 Strategies Mr. Rob Day -@Ventures April 15, 2008 Photonic and Optics Bright Ideas? At The Speed of Light Keynote Dr. Thomas Bifano- Director of the Boston University Photonics Center, www.bu.edu/photonics Speakers Mr. Paul Bierden- President & CEO, Boston icromachines Corporation wwww.bostonmicromachines.com Dr. Alexei Erchak- Founder and CTO, uminus Devices Inc. wwww.luminus.com Mr. David Patch- President, RSL Fiber Systems www.rslfibersystems.com March 18, 2008 Robotics One Leg Up on the Competition Keynote Scott E. Kamholz, M.D., Ph.D., Foley Hoag Moderator Holly Heine, Partner, Weingarten Shurgin Gagnebin & Lebovici Speakers Joseph Ayers, Professor of Biology, Northeastern University - Department of Biology and Marine Science Center Tony Aponick, Vice President of Advanced Programs, Foster Miller Ed Godere, Vice President of Technology Group, Foster Miller Daniel Theobald, President & CTO, Vecna Technologies Robert Hughes, Vice President, Black-I Robotics Hermano Igo Krebs, MIT/Cornell Researcher/Lecturer and Founder, Interactive Motion Technologies   February 19, 2008 Communications/Networking Spinning the Semantic Web Keynote Speakers Kenneth Baclawski – Associate Professor, Northeastern University Mieczyslaw M. Kokar – Associate Professor, Northeastern University Moderator Lynda Moulton –  Analyst, Semantic Web and Enterprise Search - Gilbane Group Panel Stephen Walsh – VP Sales and Marketing, EasyAsk Adam Jacksonrong – Senior Associate, Argo Global Partners Jeff Catlin –  CEO, Lexalytics Brandy King – Information Specialist, Children's Hospital January 24, 2008 Physical and Cyber Terrorism Combating Terrorism with Technology Keynote Speakers Jose A. Vazquez - Department of Homeland Security, Director, First Responder Technologies, Science & Technology Directorate Robert Cunningham – MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Associate Leader of the Information Systems Technology Group; Leader of the I3P Survivability and Recovery of Process Control Systems Project. Moderator Jason Pontin – Editor-in-chief: MIT Technology Review Panel Dennis Treece – Director of Corporate Security, Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) Jose A. Vazquez - Department of Homeland Security, Director, First Responder Technologies, Science & Technology Directorate Robert Cunningham – MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Associate Leader of the Information Systems Technology Group; Leader of the I3P Survivability and Recovery of Process Control Systems Project. Joseph Krause - Managing Consultant, Trustwave December 18, 2007 Nanotechnology Panel Small Wonders in a Big World Moderator Prof. Ahmed Busnaina – Director, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing & NSF Center for Microcontamination Control Panel David Sykes, - Founder, Nanonexis, focusing on the built environment Dr. William Lee, - Founder, e-Membrane, nano-membranes for drug discovery Matthew Norden, - President, Lux Research   Seth Coe-Sullivan, PhD, - Founder and Chief Technology Officer Member of the Board of Directors November 20, 2007 Clean Power Tomorrow's Energy on a Low-Carb Diet Keynote Paul Afonso - Former Chairman Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy;  Partner – Brown Rudnick Moderator Mark A. Barnett – Attorney – Foley Hoag Panel Abigail Barrow, Ph.D. - Founding Director - Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center David Berry - MD, PhD, Principal – Flagship Ventures G. Bickley Stevens – Partner – Ardour Capital John Palmer – CEO Vanguard Solar Bill Davis – CEO Ze-Gen October 16, 2007 Biotechnology Moving the Life Sciences from the Research Lab to Industrial Implementation Keynote Robert Coughlin, President of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MBC) Moderator Barry Karger, Professor, Northeastern University, James L. Waters Chair in Analytical Chemistry Panel Steven Tregay, Managing Director, Novartis Option Fund Jonathan Fleming, Managing General Partner, Oxford Biosciences Dennis Crowley, Vice President of Corporate Development and Licensing, Covidien Eric L. Miller, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts University
Lawrence C. Grumer | Tel: 617-325-9852 | lgrumer@taacorp.com