Workshop Agenda

8:00

Continental Breakfast, Registration, Pre-Networking

8:30

Welcome

Dr. Thomas O'Neal, Associate Vice President, UCF Office of Research and Commercialization

Dr. Cameron Ford, Founding Director, UCF Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

8:50

About NCIIA

Angela Shartrand, Evaluation Coordinator, NCIIA 

9:00

Is Technology Entrepreneurship for You?

Carol Ann Dykes, Site Manager, UCF Technology Incubator

9:45

Break

10:00

Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment

Scott Faris, Founder and CEO, Planar Energy Devices

10:45

Marketing and Sales for Early Stage Companies

Michael Chriswell, President & Founder, Revelations Training

Lilian Myers, Associate Director & Coach, UCF Venture Lab

11:30

Building the Venture Team

Doug Calaway, President & CEO, KMA Capital Partners, Inc.

12:15

Lunch & Networking

Sponsored by Jimmy John's

1:15

Issues in Intellectual Property

Dr. Henry Estevez, Registered Patent Attorney

2:15

The Art of the Business Plan, Slide Show & Elevator Speech

Kirstie Chadwick, Director & Coach, UCF Venture Lab

Melissa Wasserman, 1st Place Winner, 2007 UCF The Joust Business Plan Competition

3:00

Break - Ice Cream Social

Sponsored by Cold Stone Creamery

3:15

Finding the Money

Jim Boyle, Managing Partner, Inflexion Partners

Pauline Davis, Assistant Director, Small Business Development Center

Gordon Hogan, Business Development Executive, UCF Incubator Network

Peter J. McAlindon, Ph.D., President & CEO, Blue Orb, Inc.

4:15

Ending Remarks

4:30 - 6:00

Office of Research BBQ/Networking

All I2V participants are invited to stay and celebrate with us!