Agenda
March 25, 2006
8:00am - 5:00pm
Crowne Plaza Worcester
10 Lincoln Square
Worcester, MA
508-791-1600
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| 8:00 - 12:00 | Registration (continental Breakfast Available until 9:30) |
| 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. | Welcome / Breakfast Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Mitchell Sanders, Founder & President of ECI Biotech - Expressive Constructs, Inc. |
| | Morning Concurrent Sessions
(includes 20 min coffee & networking break)
- Is Your Business Idea Valid?; James F. Fee, President, JFF Associates
- Setting up The Books; Andrew Goloboy, Managing Partner, Goloboy CPA LLC
- Making Lab Notebooks Worth Their Weight in Gold; Attorney Jennifer LaCroix; McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL
- Internet Resources for Building Business Plans; Christine Drew, Instructional Coordinator, WPI's Gordon Library
- Making Your Idea into a Business; Tom Fox, COO, SourceAid, LLC
- IP Lingo and Logistics; Attorney Jennifer LaCroix; McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., Chicago, IL
- Business Structure and Legal Requirements of Setting up Your Business; Attorney Michael Refolo, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP
- Elevator Pitch Clinic- mentoring for writing and practice
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| 12:00 - 1:15 | Lunch and Keynote Speaker
Mitch Tyson, CEO & Director of Advanced Electron Beams |
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Afternoon Concurrent Sessions(includes a 15 minute networking and refreshment break)
- Manufacturing, Darlene Flaig, President, Product Solutions, International
- Can You Afford Not to Have Legal Council When Starting Your Company?; Jeremy Hitchcock, CEO of DynDNS and Elizabeth Hitchcock, Owner and Founder of Hitchcock Creations and Partner of Vermont Nanny Connection.
- The Art of Negotiation (Double Session), Moshe Cohen, President, The Negotiating Table
- E-Commerce (Double Session), Shari Worthington, President, Telesian Technology
- Essentials for Product Branding, Richard O'Brien, Founder, Nagog Hill Partners
- Manufacturing, Darlene Flaig, President, Product Solutions, International
- Elevator Pitch Competition
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| 4:00 | Finding the Funding Panel and Closing Ceremony |
* Times and sessions subject to slight revisions. More are being added as we grow!
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