Date & Location:

Friday, November 16, 2007

Gleacher Center

Tickets Required

Keynote Speakers:

Howard Berke
Executive Chairman, Konarka Technologies

George Conrades
Executive Chairman, Akamai Technologies & Venture Partner, Polaris Ventures

Panels:

The New New Thing
Sourcing VC Deals
Partnering for Success
Avoiding Classic Startup Mistakes
Going Global with Your Idea
Effecting Social Change

Agenda

Please check the conference program for last minute changes and locations.


8:00 am	Registration and Contintenal Breakfast - 6th Floor, Gleacher Center
8:45 - 8:55 am	Welcome and Introduction, Professor Ellen Rudnick and Eugene Bialczak - Room 621
8:55 - 9:55 am	Morning Keynote: Howard Berke, Executive Chairman, Konarka Technologies - Room 621
10:05 - 11:25 am	Avoiding Classic Startup Mistakes Moderator: Professor Waverly Deutsch Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship - Room 600	Sourcing VC Deals Moderator: Professor Scott Meadow Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship - Room 400
11:35 - 12:55 am	Going Global With Your Idea Moderator: Professor Linda Darragh Director of Entrepreneurship Programs and Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship - Room 400	Effecting Social Change Moderator: Professor Robert Gertner Wallace W. Booth Professor of Economics and Strategy - Room 600
1:05 - 2:25 pm	Lunch and Afternoon Keynote: George Conrades, Executive Chairman, Akamai Technologies & Venture Partner, Polaris Ventures - Room 621
2:35 - 3:55 pm	The New New Thing Moderator: Professor Ira S. Weiss '01 Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting - Room 400	Partnering for Success Moderator: Professor Ellen A. Rudnick, '73 Executive Director of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship - Room 600
4:00 - 5:30 pm	Networking Reception - Room 650

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Conference Program:

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