Agenda

12:30 pm Check-in and Networking

1:00 pm Opening Address, Grand Staircase

Governor Deval Patrick

1:30 pm Opening Remarks, Gardner Auditorium

MassEntrepreneurship Planning Committee

Representative Dan Bosley, co-chair of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies

2:00 pm Panel 1: Best Practices in Mentoring

Moderator: Alec Dingee

Panelist: Jerome Smith, Co-Director, MIT Venture Mentor Service

Panelist: Susan Ward, Mentor
Panelist: Iya Khalil, Mentee, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder, Gene Network Sciences
Panelist: Dan Gregory, Digital Media Entrepreneur in Residence, Northeastern University

3:15 pm Break

3:30 pm Panel 2: Supporting Young Entrepreneurs

Moderator: Trish Costello, Babson College

Panelist: Bob Hyers, UMass Amherst

Panelist: Travis May, StudentBusinesses.com

Panelist: Joseph Steig, NCIIA's VentureWell

4:45 pm Closing Remarks