7:15am-8:30am | Breakfast
Enjoy a hearty breakfast to start your conference day.
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8:30am-9:30am | Concurrent Sessions
A. Crossing the Chasm: Connecting Angel, Seed, and Growth Capital
How can we work together to get portfolio companies from the seed stage to net positive cash flow?
Moderator:
Steve Mercil, RAIN Source Capital
Speakers:
John Banta, IllinoisVentures
Art Hiemstra, Vencore Capital
John Huston, Angel Capital Association
Tim Petersen, Arboretum Ventures
B. University Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Best Models
Kauffman Foundation Vice President Lesa Mitchell presents model techniques where “proof of concept” programs turn researchers into entrepreneurs.
Session Sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Introduction:
Penny Pickett, Ironwood East, LLC
Moderator:
Lesa Mitchell, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Speakers:
Alec Dingee, MIT Venture Mentoring Service
Stephen Fleming, Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute
Rosibel Ochoa, UC San Diego Von LIEBIG Center
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9:45am-10:30am | Concurrent Sessions
A. Building Value Beyond Boston and the Bay: Regional Fund Managers Speak
Regional fund managers tell the good and the bad about finding and funding potentially great companies outside of the big venture markets.
Moderator:
Mel Carter, Credit Suisse
Speakers:
Mary Lincoln Campbell, EDF Ventures
John Fletcher, Fletcher Spaght, Inc.
Koleman Karleski, Chrysalis Ventures
John Rice, Triathlon Medical Ventures
B. State Venture Capital: What’s New
U.S. states now have over $2.3 billion in capital under management in state venture funds and funds of funds. Most of this capital is devoted to seed and startup companies, aimed at the gap left by the increasing number of private funds moving to later stage. Our panel will discuss how you can get good venture capital programs adopted in your state, and help you ensure that capital is deployed wisely.
Moderator:
Catherine Renault, Maine Office of Innovation
Speakers:
Michael Chrobak, Office of the Governor of Texas
Harry Huntley, InvestSC, Inc.
Cindy Douglas, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
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10:30am-11:15am | Networking Break
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11:15am-12:15pm | Concurrent Sessions
A. Clean Tech: Where are the Real Opportunities?
Top players in cleantech discuss current deal flow and valuations, how much capital is being aimed at cleantech, plus the impact of the price of oil and government involvement in this space.
Session Sponsored by Butzel Long and Whitehall Group, LLC
Co-Moderators:
Rick Manczak, Butzel Long
Joseph Bione, Whitehall Group, LLC
Speakers:
James Croce, NextEnergy
Mike Fetcenko, Energy Conversion Devices
Rodrigo Prudencio, Nth Power
B. Forming Your Fund: Fund Structures that Work
Seasoned experts exchange views on how best to structure and position your fund for success in fundraising and management. Hear from national experts on what to consider from the legal, management, and marketing perspectives.
Session Sponsored by Pepper Hamilton LLP
Moderator:
Mike Staebler, Pepper Hamilton LLP
Speakers:
Dan Fleming, River Cities Capital Funds
Jason Karlinsky, Credit Suisse
Ray Kraftson, Ariane Capital Partners
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12:30pm-2:00pm | Lunch
Keynote Speaker to be Announced Soon!
Sponsored by Angelsoft
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2:15pm-3:15pm | General Session
LPs Speak: How We Choose Regional Funds
Can your fund attract institutional capital? Key LPs that invest in regional funds give you guidance.
Session Sponsored by Credit Suisse
Introduction:
Karen Kerr, Agile Equities
Moderator:
Kelly Williams, Credit Suisse
Speakers:
To be Announced Soon
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3:15pm-3:45pm | Networking Break
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3:45pm-4:45pm | General Session
Creating Clusters: The State and Local Roadmap to Entrepreneurship
How can cities and states “grow their own” entrepreneurs? Tim Kane of the Kauffman Foundation tells how states and localities can – and do – develop entrepreneurial clusters.
Moderator:
George Lipper, NASVF
Speaker:
Tim Kane, Kauffman Foundation’s Growthology
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6:30pm-8:30pm | Gala Reception
Detroit Institute of Arts
Nibble and network in splendor at the recently renovated and elegant Detroit Institute of Arts. Enjoy the Rivera Court with its unsurpassed collection of Diego Rivera murals. Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm plans to join us.
Sponsored by Michigan Economic Development Foundation and University of Michigan’s Zell Lurie Institute |
7:15am-8:30am | Breakfast
Sponsored by Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, the Michigan Venture Capital Association and Dykema
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8:00am-8:30am
8:30am-9:30am | NASVF Membership Meeting, prospective members invited too!
Concurrent Sessions
A. Re-Engineering the Great Lakes Entrepreneurial Economy
The bi-national Great Lakes region can continue to model what economic regions will look like in the global economy – and how they can thrive. So claims a recent Brookings report. Can this mature region be “born again” ? Economic leaders from the Great Lakes region debate.
Session Sponsored by Miller Canfield
Introduction:
Richard Walawender, Miller Canfield
Moderator:
Ned Staebler, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Speakers:
Jim Blanchard, former Governor of Michigan, DLA Piper
Jack Lavin, Director of Illinois Department of Commerce
Frank Samuel, Brookings Institute
B. Anatomy of a Failure: Trauma and Recovery in Portfolio Companies
Fund managers admit their mistakes and discuss trauma surgery techniques to rescue the company while limiting the loss of blood, sweat and capital.
Moderator:
Rich Bendis, Bendis Investment Group LLC
Speakers:
Rebecca Bagley, Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
Tim Fusco, Miller Canfield
Steve Mercil, RAIN Source Capital
Bob Okabe, RPX Group
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9:45am-10:45am | Concurrent Sessions
A. Corporations and the Government as Mothers of Invention: Giving Birth to New Companies
How do the big behemoths – large corporations and the government – create new entrepreneurial companies?
Moderator:
Richard Fox, Astralis Group LLC
Speakers:
Michael Bauer, Foundation Capital
Jayson Pankin, Delphi Corporation
Stephen Socolof, New Venture Partners LLC
Ralph Taylor-Smith, Battelle Ventures
B. No Exit? Now What? Managing your Portfolio During an Economic Downturn.
No one wants to say the “R” word. But whatever you call it, economic times are tough. Hear from experienced fund managers on how to handle a down market.
Moderator:
Trish Brasted, Wichita Technology Ventures
Speakers:
Lon Chow, Apex Venture Partners
John Neis, Venture Investors LLC
Steven Weinstein, Novartis Venture Funds
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10:45am-11:15am | Networking Break
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11:15am-12:00pm | Concurrent Sessions
A. Managing a Small Fund: To Affiliate or Not to Affiliate.
If you don’t have a big back office, should you join forces with a network of funds? The pros and cons of joining up or going it alone.
Moderator:
Steve Grizzell, Innoventures Capital Partners
Speakers:
Matt Harris, Village Ventures
Matt McCall, DFJ Portage
Marc Weiser, RPM Ventures
B. Their Turn: Entrepreneurs Who’ve Built Companies in “Fly Over” Cities Speak
Listen to the lessons learned by entrepreneurs who weren’t born in Silicon Valley – and get clues you can use to find and grow great companies where you live.
Moderator:
Charles Ross, ATDC Seed Capital Fund
Speakers:
Dave Brophy, University of Michigan Center for Venture Capital
Josh Linkner, ePrize (Founder and CEO)
Roger Newton, Esperion Therapeutics (Co-Discoverer of Lipitor)
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12:15pm-1:45pm | Lunch
Keynote Speaker to be Announced Soon!
The 2009 NASVF Annual Conference host, Roy Williams of the Oklahoma City Chamber, will tell you what to expect in OKC next year.
Sponsored by the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber |