Workshop Agenda

8:00

Continental Breakfast, Registration, Pre-Networking

8:30

Welcome

Dr. John Haeger, President, Northern Arizona University (NAU)

Tom Rainey, President, Northern Arizona Center for Emerging Technologies (NACET)

8:45

What is Technology Entrepreneurship Anyway?

Sharon Ballard, President & CEO, EnableVentures, Inc.

9:45

Break

10:00

Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment at NAU

Dr. Laura Huenneke, Vice President, Office of Research, NAU

Dr. Al Poskanzer, NACET Senior Advisor on Technology Commercialization, Poskanzer & Associates

10:45

Launching Early Stage Companies via the Center for Emerging Technologies (NACET)

Tom Rainey, President & CEO, NACET

Dr. Tim Vail, SenesTech, Inc.

Brad Van Orden, President, SunWind Solutions

Jason Baer, President, President, Mighty Interactive

11:30

Legal Issues for Emerging Companies

Gina Costant, Rodey Law Firm, Albuqurque, NM

12:15

Lunch & Keynote Speaker - William Travis, Attik Marketing

1:15

Building a Regional Sustainable Technology Cluster

Carl Taylor, Coconino County Supervisor

Susan Casebeer, Southwest Windpower

Steve Atkins, Research Engineer, NAU  

2:15

Building a Regional Life Sciences Technology Cluster

Robert Eaton, President & CEO, AzBio (Arizona Biotech Council)

Dr. Loretta Mayer, Professor, NAU; Founder, SenesTech, Inc.

3:00

Break

3:15

Developing - Implementing a Winning Business Plan

Dan O'Neill, Business Coach,  ASU Technopolis

4:00

Finding the Money - Seed Funding for New Ventures

Dr. Marc Chopin, Associate Dean, W.A. Franke College of Business, NAU

 Dr. Tim Porter, Professor, NAU; Director, SABRE

Sharon Ballard, President, EnableVentures, Inc., Coach in SBIR, STTR and AZ Fast Grants

 Andy Kruse, Executive VP, Southwest Windpower

 Andy Wykstra, President, Compass Bank

5:00

Closing Remarks

Dr. Laura Huenneke, Vice President of Research, Office of Research, NAU

Adjourn