Program:


Thursday, September 16, 2010, Michigan League


Friday, September 17, 2010, Michigan Union

  • 07:30: Breakfast
  • 08:30: Opening Remarks by Stephen Forrest, VP-Research, Univ. of Michigan
  • Federal Funding Trends
  • 08:45: Andrew Benjamin, Avionic Senior Technologist, NASA-JSC
  • 09:30: Sanjay Raman, Program Manager, DARPA-MTO
  • 10:15: Coffee Break at Exhibit Hall
  • 10:45: Introduction by David Munson, Dean of Engineering, Univ. of Michigan
  • 11:00:Zachary Lemnios (Keynote Speaker), Dir., Research & Engr., Dept. of Defense
  • 12:00: Lunch
  • 1:30: PANEL 1, Tech Transfer/Commercialization
    • Stephen Forrest, VP-Research, University of Michigan
    • Kenneth Nisbet, Director, Tech Transfer Office, University of Michigan
    • Lesley Millar, Dir., Office of Tech. Mgmt., Univ. of Illinois-UC
    • Tony von Sadovszky, Software Licensing Manager, Ohio State University
    • Eric Stief, Director, New Venture Creation, Wayne State University
    • Larrell Walters, Director, IDCAST, University of Dayton
    • Lisa Kurek (Moderator), Managing Partner, BBCetc
  • 3:00: Coffee Break at Exhibit Hall
  • 3:30: PANEL 2, Start-up Funding/Business Acceleration
    • Skip Simms, VP-Entrepreneurial Business Development, Ann Arbor SPARK
    • Gary Rawlings, Director, Technology Commercialization, TechColumbus
    • Jayson Pankin, New Venture Creation Specialist, Delphi Corporation
    • Paul Brown, VP-Capital Markets, Michigan Economic Development Corp.
    • Thomas Kinnear, Exec. Dir., Inst. Entrepreneurial Studies, Univ. of Mich.
    • Matthew Carbonara, General Partner, Reservoir Venture Partners, Ohio
    • Phil Tepley (Moderator), Team Coordinator, MI-SBTDC
  • 09:00am – 04:00pm: Exhibits
(*) Attendees must show ID to gain admission into the reception area due to the university policy concerning alcohol consumption at its premises.