Wednes­day, Novem­ber 16, Eagle Crest Con­fer­ence Center

8:00–8:30am — Wel­come Speak­ers: Mary Sue Cole­man, Pres­i­dent, Uni­ver­sity of Michi­gan,
       Leslie Smith, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, TechTown

8:00–7:00pm — Exhibit area open

8:30–10:15am — Semi-finalist Com­pany Pre­sen­ta­tions

Conf Room A Conf Room B Conf Room F Conf Room H
Blue Water Bioproducts Fam­i­lyMint ePack Apo­Life
Vinci Tech­nol­ogy Corp are you a human N. Coast Indus­trial Imaging Blaze Med­ical Devices
Arbor­Wind Lla­ma­soft Sen­Sigma DeN­ovo Sciences
NextCAT GPX Soft­ware H3D, Inc. Ocu­Science

10:15–10:45am - Net­work­ing break

10:45am-Noon — Inno­va­tion and Invest­ment Chal­lenges in Manufacturing

Man­u­fac­tur­ing has changed con­sid­er­ably in the past sev­eral years. New trends, shifts in tech­nol­ogy devel­op­ment and inno­va­tion will lead to many new oppor­tu­ni­ties. The panel ses­sion of man­u­fac­tur­ing experts from across the spec­trum will dis­cuss the top­ics: How the new era of cost con­tain­ment impact man­u­fac­tur­ing inno­va­tion; major bar­ri­ers and gaps tak­ing a tech­nol­ogy from con­cept to prod­uct; cre­at­ing an envi­ron­ment con­ducive to inno­va­tion; How is global com­pe­ti­tion chang­ing your man­u­fac­tur­ing activ­i­ties in Michi­gan the global man­u­fac­tur­ing mar­ket has shifted for Michi­gan com­pa­nies; trends or shifts in the way tech­nol­ogy will be devel­oped and adopted com­mer­cial­ized in the future; major chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties in manufacturing.

Mod­er­a­tor: Raj Kothari, Man­ag­ing Part­ner, Seneca Partners

Pan­elists: Robert DeFauw, Vice Pres­i­dent, Met­al­dyne, Matt Alves, VP of Strate­gic Devel­op­ment, Stryker, Dwight Carl­son, Chair­man & CEO, Coherix, Lance Ten­nant, Senior Vice Pres­i­dent, Cas­cade Engineering

10:45am-Noon - Semi-finalist Stu­dent Pre­sen­ta­tions

@FingerTips Fetch­notes
AddressMe MEMSstim
are you a human Stridesports
Fash­ion Forward Design Inno­va­tions for Infants and Moth­ers Everywhere

Noon-1:00 pm — Net­work­ing lunch / Keynote

1:15–3:15pm — Semi-finalist Com­pany Pre­sen­ta­tions

Conf Room A Conf Room B Conf Room F Conf Room H
Cur­rent Motor InPore Park­ing­Carma Bio­Pho­tonic Solutions
Eco-Fueling Accio Energy Prac­ti­cal EHR Solutions NEXTGEN Metabolomics
Metro Ag Services Cli­mate Tech­nolo­gies Co. Applied Engi­neer­ing Technologies Shoul­der Innovations
EcoV­Elec­tric Grid Logic Nutriinfo.com ULTrA
Spider9 ONL Ther­a­peu­tics

3:15–3:45pm - Net­work­ing break

3:45–5:15pm - Panel: An Investor’s View of Clean­tech Competitiveness

Over the past 8 years, many world economies are invest­ing stag­ger­ing sums in devel­op­ing clean tech­nolo­gies . It is widely believed that clean­tech is the key to a resource-efficient, sus­tain­able future so the invest­ment is a pos­i­tive step, how­ever the chal­lenge is that much of the cap­i­tal is being invested inef­fi­ciently. Clean­tech is not a yet robust indus­try – it is a series of mar­ket seg­ments that are part of a nascent and grow­ing indus­try which needs sup­port for an ecosys­tem in which such an fully formed and vig­or­ous indus­try can arise. This panel con­sists of sev­eral investors who are inti­mately engaged in the clean­tech invest­ment world and have a birds-eye view of the tech­nol­ogy, pol­icy and financ­ing chal­lenges that are inher­ent in the industry.

Mod­er­a­tor: David Par­si­gian, Man­ag­ing Part­ner, Honigman

Pan­elists: Ryan Wadding­ton, Man­ag­ing Part­ner, Huron River Ven­tures, Knut Simon­sen, Pres­i­dent, DTE Energy Ven­tures, Jeff Bocan, Man­ag­ing Direc­tor, Beringea, John Hater, Invest­ment Man­ager, Gen­eral Motors Ven­tures LLC

3:45–5:15pm - Semi-finalist Stu­dent Pre­sen­ta­tions

Red­line Electronics VueMi
Yo Mama Packed It! Eco-Drive
bidMYCASE.net Pedal On Enterprise
Uni­ver­si­tyShuf­fle LLC NHLB

5:15–7:00pm - Recep­tion

New Enter­prise Forum’s Novem­ber Meet­ing Deal Killers – Let us count the ways….

You’re ready! They’re ready! What could go wrong?! We’ve got a panel of investors and entre­pre­neurs who will tell it like it is — and their sto­ries will amuse, hor­rify, and enlighten you — per­haps even sav­ing you a dis­ap­point­ment or two in the future. A must-hear topic for all those plan­ning to be on either side of the negotiations!

Reg­is­tra­tion & net­work­ing 5:00 p.m.; Pro­gram begins at 5:45 p.m.

 

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