December 1-3, 2010
Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC
The Premier University Startups Conference Now In Its 5th year
With the Obama Administration's new funding programs for university research
commercialization, this conference is a "must-attend" event for all university officials, including VP's of research and directors of tech transfer
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The University Startups Conference will take place December 1-3, 2010 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC.
The University Startups Conference is a unique conference series dedicated exclusively to creating and funding university startups. We bring together universities creating startups with VCs, angel investors, Federal Government program managers and Fortune 500 companies that fund them.
The Conference is organized annually by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2.org). This year's University Co-Hosts are the University of Maryland and Boston University. The Government Co-Hosts are the National Science Foundation (Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnership) and National Institutes of Health (Office of Tech Transfer). The Embassy Host is the British Embassy. The venture capital sponsors are the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF).
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AGENDA
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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1, 2010
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| 1:00-5:00pm (tentative) |
Pre-Conference Workshop on Research Commercialization and University Startup Metrics
- Julia Lane (National Science Foundation - NSF)
- Stefano Bertuzzi (National Institutes of Health - NIH)
- Tiffany Sargent (National Science Foundation - NSF)
- Ashley Stevens (Association of University Technology Managers - AUTM)
- Bob Samors (Association of Public and Land-grant Universities-APLU)
- Phil Phan (Tech Transfer Society)
- Jim Jaffe (National Association of Seed and Venture Funds)
- Robert Boege (Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America - ASTRA)
- Stephen Merrill (Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, The National Academies)
- Paul Corson (Department of Commerce)
- Tony Stanco (National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer)
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| 6:30-8:00 pm |
Opening Reception at the Washington Convention Center |
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THURSDAY DECEMBER 2, 2010
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| 7:30-8:15 am |
Registration/Breakfast |
| 8:15-8:30 am |
Conference Opening and Welcome
- Errol Arkilic (Program Manager, National Science Foundation - NSF)
- Steve Ferguson (Deputy Director, Licensing & Entrepreneurship, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health - NIH)
- Ali Andalibi (Program Director, SBIR/STTR, National Institutes of Health - NIH)
- Clara Asmail (SBIR Program Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST)
- Tony Stanco (Director, National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer)
- Ashley Stevens ( Special Assistant to the Vice President for Research, Boston University, Co-Host)
- Brian Darmody (Associate Vice President, Research and Economic Development, University of Maryland, Co-Host)
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| 8:30-8:45 am |
Vinit Nijhawan (Managing Director, Office of Technology Development, and Director of Enterprise Programs at ITEC, Boston University)
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| 8:45-9:00 am |
President Wallace Loh (University of Maryland)
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| 9:00-9:45 am |
University Panel 1
- Goldie Blumenstyk (Senior Writer, The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Norma Allewell (Vice President for Research, University of Maryland at College Park)
- Mark E. Coticchia (Vice President for Research and Technology Management, Case Western Reserve University)
- Holden Thorp (Chancellor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- Trevor Newsom (Queen's University Belfast)
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| 9:45-10:30 am |
University Panel on Mentoring Startups
- Jerome Smith (Co-Director, MIT Venture Mentoring Service, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Lisa Blakely (Director of Commercialization, Florida State University)
- Michael Poisel (Program Director, University of Pennsylvania)
- Cherie Nichols (Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University)
- Daniel Pullin (University Vice President, Strategic Planning & Economic Development, University of Oklahoma)
- Kevin Cullen (Director of Research & Enterprise, University of Glasgow)
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| 11:00-11:45 am |
University Panel on Deal Terms in Challenging Times
- Joseph Scaduto (Assistant Director of Business Development at the Center for Biotechnology, Stony Brook University)
- Burton Lee (Lecturer, European Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Stanford University)
- Mary Good (Dean, Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock)
- James Boyle (Yale University)
- Charlie Lewis (Vice President of Venture Development, Arizona State University)
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| 11:45-12:00 pm |
Matthew Portnoy (Acting SBIR/STTR Coordinator, National Institutes of Health - NIH) |
| 12:00-12:15 pm |
Kesh Narayanan (Director, Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, National Science Foundation-NSF) |
| 12:15-12:30 pm |
UK Keynote |
| 2:00-2:30 pm |
Ginger Lew (Senior Counselor to the White House National Economic Council at the White House and the SBA Administrator) |
| 2:30-3:00 pm |
Sean Green (Associate Administrator for Investment, and Special Advisor for Innovation Small Business Administration) |
3:00-3:15 pm
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Chuck Wessner (Director of the Program on Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, National Academies, STEP Program) |
| 3:15-4:00 pm |
NSF SBIR Panel
- Greg Baxter (National Science Foundation-NSF)
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| 4:00-5:30 pm |
SBIR Agencies Comparison Panel On Funding University Startups
- Ali Andalibi (Program Director, SBIR/STTR, National Institutes of Health - NIH)
- Christine Villa (Chief Technology Officer, DoD SBIR)
- Clara Asmail (SBIR Program Manager, National Institutes of Standards and Technology Tech Transfer)
- Frank Barros (SBIR Program Analyst, Science and Technology Directorate, Department of Homeland Security-DHS)
- Dave Goodwin (Physical Scientist, Department of Energy- DoE)
- Juan Figueroa ( Senior SBIR Electronics, Components and Engineering Systems Program Manager, Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, National Science Foundation-NSF)
- Charles F. Cleland (SBIR National Program Leader, USDA)
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5:30-6:15 pm
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"Innovation Coalition" Panel
- Dan Berglund (President and CEO, State Science and Technology Institute-SSTI)
- Ashley Stevens (Special Assistant to the Vice President for Research, Association of University Technology Mangers-AUTM )
- Jim Jaffe (President, National Association of Seed and Venture Funds )
- Brian Darmody (Associate Vice President, Research and Economic Development, University of Maryland)
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| 6:15-9:00 pm |
Dinner (on your own) |
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2010
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| 7:30-8:30 am |
Registration/Breakfast |
| 8:30-8:45 am |
Friday Welcome |
| 8:45-9:45 am |
Embassy Panel: Global Innovation: Working With Other Countries To Build A Global University Startups Innovation Community
- Brian Ferrar (First Secretary, Science & Innovation, British Embassy)
- Rachel Stephen-Smith (Minister-Counsellor, Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Embassy of Australia)
- Christoph Ebell (Counselor, Office for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Embassy of Switzerland)
- Kamilla Kohn Radberg (Counsellor of Science and Innovation, Swedish Embassy)
- Nitzan Arad (Embassy of Israel)
- Lars Aukurst (Counselor for Science and Technology, Norwegian Embassy)
- Debapriya Dutta (Embassy of India)
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9:45-10:00 am
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Mark Heesen (President, National Venture Capital Association-NVCA) |
10:00-11:00 am
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VC Panel: Successes and Failures in Venture-Backed University Startups
- Jeffery J. Bussgang (General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners/Harvard Business School EIR)
- Tom Grossi (Principal, New Enterprise Associates)
- Jim Matheson (General Partner, Flagship)
- Kiran Hebbar (Partner, Valhalla)
- David Wells (Greentech Team, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers)
- William Rosenzweig (Managing Director, Physic Ventures)
- Bilal Zuberi (Principal, General Catalyst Partners)
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11:00-11:15 am
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NASVF keynote- Rich Bendis (Founding President and CEO, Innovation America)
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11:15-12:00 am
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NASVF Panel: Sources of Seed Stage Funding
- Jim Jaffe (President, National Association of Seed and Venture Funds)
- Louis Berneman (Founding Partner, Osage University Partners)
- Shekar Rao (Center of Innovation of Arlington)
- Rick Holdren (Angel Investor, Health Care Angels)
- Linda Saffer (Program Manager, University Programs, Maryland Technology Development Corporation)
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| 12:00-12:15 pm |
Steve Ferguson (Deputy Director, Licensing & Entrepreneurship, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health - NIH) |
1:30-2:00 pm
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VC/Industry Collaborations Panel: A Unique Approach To University Spinouts
- Val Livada (Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Management, MIT)
- Paul Cummings (Principal, Honda Strategic Venturing)
- Russell Pyne (Managing Director, Atrium Capital)
- Robert Wooldridge (Director, Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation, Carnegie Mellon)
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2:00-2:45 pm
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University Startups Metrics Project Panel
- Ashley Stevens (Special Assistant to the Vice President for Research, Boston University)
- John Fraser (Past President, AUTM; Assistant Vice President for Research and Economic Development, and Executive Director of the Office of IP Development & Commercialization, Florida State University)
- Tony Stanco (Director, National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer)
- Elizabeth Good Mazhari (Director, Ventures, Johns Hopkins University)
- Bob Samors (Association of Public and Land-grant Universities-APLU)
- Mark Crowell (University of Virginia)
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| 3:00-3:45 pm |
University-Global 1000 Strategic Relationships and Open Innovation: The Industry Perspective- Govt Prime Contractors Panel
- Frank Barros (SBIR Program Analyst, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security-DHS)
- Kathleen Kingscott (Director, Global Strategic Partnerships, IBM)
- Michael Beck (Lockheed-Martin)
- Tim Collins (Managing Director, Visual Analytics for Command, Control and Interoperability Environments (VACCINE), Purdue University)
- Isaac Maya (Director of Research, National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE), University of Southern California)
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3:45-5:00 pm
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University-Global 1000 Strategic Relationships and Open Innovation: The Industry Perspective- Panel
- Tony Boccanfuso (Executive Director, The National Academies-UIDP)
- Meredith Schwarz (Managing Director, General Mills Ventures)
- Mark Mielke (Scouting & Strategy, BASF)
- Kiran K. Baikerikar (The Dow Chemical Company)
- Jerry Duncan (Manager, University R&D Relations, John Deere Moline Technology Innovation Center, Deere & Company)
- Jon Lauckner (GM Vice President and President, General Motors Ventures, LLC)
- Thomas Fare (Director, Technology Licensing Integrator, External Scientific Affairs, Merck)
- Jeff Southerton (Executive Director, Worldwide Business Development, Pfizer)
- Eric Whitters (Vice President and Global Head of Research, Novartis Diagnostics)
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National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer
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