AGENDA

9:30 a.m.   Green Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Starting a green venture. Opportunities and challenges. Getting help with the basics. How NJ's incubators assist new companies, create jobs, and help new ventures cross the threshold from idea to reality.
Moderator: Dr. Ethné Swartz, Chair, Marketing and Entrepreneurship Department, Silberman College of Business, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Panelists:
     *       Patricia Boswell, Safonique
     *       Frank Zammataro, Rentricity
     *       Leon Baptiste, LB Electric

11 a.m. Green IP
Creating and protecting intellectual property.
Panelists:
      *       Carole E. DeNatale, Porzio Bromberg & Newman

      *       Others TBA

12:30 p.m. - Plenary Lunch Panel on Green Venture Opportunities (Gym, Ferguson Recreation Center)

Moderator: Jim Barrood

Panelists:
      *       Shihab Kuran, Petra-Solar
      *       Leslie Joy, Joy Organics
      *       Baye Adofo- Wilson, Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (or)
      *       Robert Wisniewski, Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District  
      *       Brad Neilly

2 p.m. Financing Your Green Venture
This panel will introduce a variety of organizations that provide financing for startup ventures. Each organization will review their unique offerings any specific investment criteria and current market insights. After that an open audience question and answer session will be facilitated.

Moderator: Bill Russell, SKN Worldwide-USA, Inc.
Panelists:
    *       Paula Durand, EDA
    *       Chuck Slotkin, Natures Equity
    *       Mario Casabona, JumpStart NJ
    *       Randy Harmon, SBIR

4 p.m. Finding Strategic Partners 

Moderator: Judith Sheft, NJIT
Panelists:

     *      Tom Bryant

     *      Others TBA

5 p.m. I2V Wrap-up and Look Ahead to Advanced I2V
Judith Sheft, NJIT