| Welcome |
Sessions |
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Bldg 70/Golisano Atrium |
Registration |
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Bldg 70/Golisano Auditorium |
Welcome & Opening Remarks, Dr. Jeremy Haefner, RIT Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost |
Track 1
9:15 AM – 10:30 AM |
Sessions |
Presenters |
| Bldg. 78/Rm 2240-2220 |
Locating Your First Customers |
Moderator: Laurie Dwyer, Visiting Professor Saunders College of Business.
Panelists:
- Tim Wagner, President, Direct-to-Market Sales Services
- Howie Jacobson, Managing Partner, Dixon Schwabl
- Tom Robinson, EVP Sales and Marketing, Odyssey Software |
| Bldg 70/Rm. 2400 |
Technology Commercialization |
Moderator: Dr. Richard DeMartino, Director, Simone Center
Speakers:
- Jenny Servo, President, Dawnbreaker-The Commercialization Company
- Rich Notargiacomo, CEO/President, Product Management Development Association |
| Bldg. 70/Golisano Auditorium |
Starting a Business 101
(Closed) |
Moderator:
Jerry Mahone, Director, RIT Venture Creations Incubator
Speakers:
- David Hessler, Entrepreneur-in-Resident, Interim Director, HTR
- Ted Franchesci, Serial Entrepreneur. Interim Director, HTR
- Mike Loftus, Serial Entrepreneur, |
Track 2
10:45 AM - 12:00 Noon |
Sessions |
Presenters |
| Bldg. 70/Rm. 2400 |
Valuing New Technologies & Invention |
Workshop Presenter:
Ted Hagelin, Director, New York State Science and Technology Law Center & Professor of Law, Syracuse University |
| Bldg. 70/Golisano Auditorium |
Funding for Entrepreneurs |
Moderator:
Anthony Testa
Panelist:
Judy Albers, COO, Excell Partners
Dennis M. DeLeo, General Partner, Trillium Group
Robert F. Mechur, Boylan, Brown |
| Bldg. 78/Rm. 2240-20 |
Entrepreneurship in Creative Fields ~
New Media & Advertising |
Moderator: TBA
- Sharon Napier, President, Partners and Napier
- Bob Cannen, President, Eagle Productivity Solutions
-Jason Arena, Founder and President, Workinman Interactive |
| Bldg. 78/Rm. 2170 |
Entrepreneurship in the ALANA Community |
Moderator:
Dr. Delmonize Smith
Speakers
- Tim McCauley, President, Hope Advertising and the Rochester Black Business Association
- Kelly T. Mullaney, President and Founder of Working Art Media, LLC.
- John S. Romero - President/CEO of Reboot Technologies |
| Lunch & Keynote |
Lunch
12:00 noon – 12:50 PM |
Box lunch pick up Bldg. 78/2210 |
Keynote Speaker
1:00 – 1:50 PM
Bldg 70/Golisano Auditorium |
Keynote Speaker Ross Mayfield, Chairman, President & Co-Founder, Socialtext |
Track 3
2:00 PM – 3:15 PM |
Sessions |
Presenters |
| Bldg. 70/Golisano Auditorium |
Sustainability & New Business Opportunities |
Moderator: Paul Stiebtz, Associate Director, RIT Golisano Sustainability Institute
Panelists:
Robert Bechtold, President Harbec Plastics
Jerry Horton, Founder, Sweetwater Ethanol
Mike Whyte, President, Regional Computer Recycling & Recovery
Robert Susz, President, Healthy Homes of New York
Joseph Pennise, President, RP Fedder |
| Bldg. 78/Rm. 2150 |
Starting a Video Gaming Company |
Moderator: Dr. Victor Perotti
Presenters:
Thomas Bjurlof, CEO, Ratatoskr Entertainment
Erik Vick, Studio GM, Ratatoskr Entertainment |
| Bldg. 78/Rm. 2170 |
Entrepreneurship in the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Community |
Moderator: Professor Mark Pfuntner
Panelists:
Gary Meyer, Vice President, DHH Insurance Agency
John Beiter, President/Owner, Lima Design Inc.
Victoria Laury,
Co-owner/Partner, Henrietta's Country Cottage & Vicki's Country Enterprise |
| Bldg. 78/Rm. 2240-20 |
Social Computing as a Tool for Business Growth |
Workshop Presenters:
Dr. Liz Lawley, Director, Lab for Social Computing |
| Bldg. 78/Rm. 2140 |
Internet Marketing to Grow Your Business |
Workshop Presenter:
Dr. Neil Hair |
