Workshop Agenda

7:30

Continental Breakfast, Registration, Pre-Networking

8:40

Welcome Remarks

Dr. David Wormley, Dean, College of Engineering, Penn State

Mary Secor, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

9:00

Is Technology Entrepreneurship for You?

Nolan Bushnell, Founder of Atari, Inc; Named by Newsweek as "50 men that changed America"

10:00

Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment

Erik Davidson, Co-Founder, Buzby Networks

Aaron Fleishman, Co-Founder, Mashavu: Networked Healthcare Solutions for the Developing World

10:45

Break

11:00

Marketing and Sales for Early Stage Companies

Brad Bogolea, Co-Founder, I-Conserve 

Tom Taulli, Founder, BizEquity

11:45

Building the Team

Dr. Dave Landis, VP, The Technology Collaborative

Matt Allison, Co-Founder, BrioBody

12:30

Lunch & Networking

1:30

Issues in Intellectual Property

Rick Weyer, Sr. Technology Licensing Officer, Penn State

John Meier, Science Librarian, Penn State

2:15

The perfect Business Plan and Slide Show

Richard Button, Incubator Manager, CBICC

Dr. Dan Hayes, President, NanoHorizons

3:00

Break

3:15

Finding the Money

Liz Kisenwether, Director - Engineering Entrepreneurship, Penn State

Todd Bacastow, Associate, FirstMark Capital

3:50

Ending Remarks

4:00

Adjourn

Ending Remarks

5:00pm - 7:00pm

Networking Reception at Atherton Hotel

Cash Bar + Hors d'oeuvres