Agenda 

8:00 - 8:30am       

Registration / Networking / Continental Breakfast          

Support from The Howbowda Bagel Company & Herriott's

8:30 - 8:45am       

Welcome
(15 min)  Mary Secor; Program Coordinator for Outreach at the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) 

8:45 - 9:30am       

Keynote Address: Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences

(45 min)  Paul Keough; Founder and President, Turnkeough Corporation  

9:30 - 10:15am       

Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment

(45 min)  Kathryn Hyer; Director of IllinoisVENTURES

10:15 - 11:00am   

Building the Startup Team 

(45 min) Harlee Sorkin; Principal of Mentor Management LLC

11:00 - 11:15am       

Coffee Break and Networking           

Sponsored by Med Tech Detect; www.medtechdetect.com

11:15 - 12:00pm      

FDA Regulations

(45 min) Howard Coooper; Senior Regulatory Consultant, Strategic Regulatory Consulting    

12:00 - 1:00pm       

Lunch and Networking 
(60 min) Rosati's Pizzeria, 701 S Gregory

1:00 - 2:00pm  

Intellectual Property Management and Licensing/ Technology

(60 min)    Transfer PANEL     TBA; Technology Manager, Office of Technology Management
Brian Frizzell; Associate Principal, CRA International
Alan Singleton; Attorney, Singleton Law Firm
Troy A. Groetken; Shareholder, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
Moderator: Laura Hollis; Clinical Professor of Business Administration, College of Business & Adjunct Lecturer, IESE & TEC; University of IL

2:00 - 2:45pm       

Prototype and Product Development Process 

(45 min)    John Steck; Senior Engineering Specialist of Baxter Healthcare in the Applied Science and Technology, Disposables Engineering Group  

2:45 - 3:15pm   

The Perfect Business Plan, Slide Show and Elevator Pitch

(30 min)    Caralynn V. Nowinski; Associate, Midwest Venture Partners

3:15 - 3:30pm   

Coffee Break and Networking    

sponsored by Singleton Law Firm; www.singleton.law.pro/index.htm

3:30 - 4:30pm   PANEL - Finding the Money: Angels, VC's, State Funding Sources

(60 min)    Ronald L. Kirschner; M.D.; President of Heartland Angels, Inc.

Henry Sanders; Owner, Capacity360

Jim Keating; Associate, IllinoisVENTURES, LLC.

Moderator: TBA      

4:30pm    Closing Remarks