Wednesday, October 5th
16:30 Networking Reception hosted by Virginia Bio
Thursday, October 6th
06:00 Registration Opens
07:00 Continental Breakfast
08:00 Opening Remarks David Cifu
08:30 Keynote Speaker
09:30 Best Practices for Building a High-Potential Company: The Dos and Don'ts
James Powers, Andrew Krouse, Payam Pourtaheri, Ross Dunlap, Elaine Horn-Ranney
11:00 Accessing University Resources for High-Potential Collaboration
Gerard Eldering, Melur Ramasubramanian, Michael Friedlander, P. Srirama Rao, Andre Marshall
07:00 Continental Breakfast
08:00 Opening Remarks David Cifu
08:30 Keynote Speaker
09:30 Best Practices for Building a High-Potential Company: The Dos and Don'ts
James Powers, Andrew Krouse, Payam Pourtaheri, Ross Dunlap, Elaine Horn-Ranney
11:00 Accessing University Resources for High-Potential Collaboration
Gerard Eldering, Melur Ramasubramanian, Michael Friedlander, P. Srirama Rao, Andre Marshall
12:00 Networking Lunch Break
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Afternoon Track I
13:00 Scientists & Engineers as Entrepreneurs: Part I George Bloom, Richard Heller, Barbara Boyan Richard T. Marconi, Rafael V. Davalos 14:00 Scientists & Engineers as Entrepreneurs: Part II O. John Semmes, Emanuel F. Petricoin, Frank Gupton, Robert Gourdie 15:00 Establishing & Building Ecosystems: Part I John Newby, Paula Sorrell, Chandra Briggman, Michael Friedlander |
Afternoon Track II
13:00 Building a Winning Management Team Jeff Pompeo, Stephanie Maistrellis, Rony Thomas Howard Kern 14:00 Raising Capital: State & Federal Sources Jeff Conroy, Charles Anamelechi, Andre Marshall, Bob Stolle 15:00 External Resources for Building a Company Scott Meza, Paul Nolde, Phiippe Sommer, Kevin Seitter, David Chen |
16:00 Poster Session and Networking Break
18:00 Celebration Dinner
Friday, October 7th
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Morning Track I
08:30 Establishing & Building Ecosystems: Part II John Newby, Nikki Hastings, Kevin Leslie 09:00 Growing Pharm Manufacturing & R-D Cluster Jeff Gallagher, Frank Gupton, Eric Edwards, Allan Coukill 09:30 Raising Capital: Angel, Venture & Philanthropic Kyp Sirinakis, Monique Adams, Walter Greenblat, Bob Creeden |
Morning Track II
08:30 University Sponsored Research & Tech Transfer Ivelina Metcheva, Lynn Koplin, Morris Foster, Richard Chylla 09:30 University Clinical & Translational Collaborations F. Gerard Moeller, Karen Johnston, Ali Andalibi |
10:30 Morning Break
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11:00 Partnering with Fortune 500 Companies
Jeff Conroy, Charles Anamelechi, Sally Allain |
11:00 Partnering with Private / Community Hospitals
Howard Kern, Jordan Asher |
12:00 Closing Remarks
