Workshop Agenda

8:00-8:30 am

Continental Breakfast, Registration, and Networking

8:30-9:00

Welcome and Opening Remarks

    -Mark Brucki, Director of Technology Partnerships, Lawrence Tech University

    -Matt Roush, Editor, Great Lakes IT Report

    -Thelma Castillo, Detroit Regional Chamber

Welcome and About NCIIA ~ What is techonlogy Entrepeneruship Anyway?

    -Thomas A. Porter, Treasurer & Business Development Manager, NCIIA

9:00-9:45

Is Technology Entrepreneurship for You? 

Entrepreneur tells his own story

Speakers:

    -Tad Machrowicz, Vice President - R&D Technology, Noble International

    -Richard Beedon, Founder and CEO, MacBeedon Partners, LLC

9:45-10:30

Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment

Speakers:

    -Art Espey, Serial Entrepreneur, ww.4stapes2.com

10:30-10:45

Break

 10:45-11:30

Issues in Intellectual Property Licensing

Speakers:

    -Jayson Pankin, New Venture Creation Specialists, Delphi Technologies Inc.

Panel:

    -Jayson Pankin, New Venture Creation Specialists, Delphi Technologies Inc.

    -Alain Piette, President SpaceForm Inc.

    -Michael A. Temple, Attorney at Law, Pepper Hamilton LLP 

    -Lawrence G. Almeda, Shareholder and Patent Attorney, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

    -Derek Richmond, Attorney, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Department, The Nath Law Group

Marketing and Sales for Early Stage Companies

Speakers:

    -Jonathan B. Smith, President and CFO, Wave Dispersion Technologies Inc. 

 12:15-1:15

Networking Lunch

1:15-2:15

Building the Team

Speakers:

    -Ross Sanders, Executive Director, Bizdom U

    -Alain Piette, President, SpaceForm Inc.

2:15-3:00

"Elevator Pitch" Contest = 10 participants will have 2 minutes each tp pitch their business or product idea to our experts. Winners will be announced at the Networking Reception with $100's of dollars in cash prizes.  

Judges:

    - Kenneth L. Harris, Chairman, President, CEO, International Detroit Black Expo 

    -Lawrence G. Almeda, Shareholder and Patent Attorney, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

    -Thomas E. Anderson, PhD, MBA, Senior Director, Automation Alley 

3:00 - 3:15

Break

3:15-4:15

Finding the Money

Speakers:

    -Carl Meyering, Chairman & CEO, The Meyering Corpoation, Development Bankers

    -Kyle Schwulst, President & CEO, Electrojet (SBIR Funding)

    -Thomas E. Anderson, PhD, MBA, Senior Director, Automation Alley

Ending Remarks

4:30-5:30

Networking Reception

Sponsors:

Lawrence Tech

NCIIA- National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance

KEEN- Kern Entrepreneurial Education Network