Special Keynote Presentations by:
Guy Kawasaki
Founder & CEO
Garage Technology Ventures
Captain Mike Hecker
NASA's Deputy for Development Programs
Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
Session Presenters:
Paul Ahlstrom, vSpring Capital, Salt Lake City
Lynn Allen, Capital Innovations Inc., Louisville KY
Lynn Astle, PhD, Brigham Young University, Provo
Barbara Bagnasacco, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Salt Lake City
David Barbe, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park MD
Rich Bendis, Innovation Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Brad Bertoch, Wayne Brown Institute, Salt Lake City
Gary Bloomer, TechRanch, Bozeman MT
Bill Botts, Investor, Henderson NV
Dan Broderick, Mason Wells, Milwaukee WI
Burt Chojnowski, Fairfield Entrepreneurs Association, Fairfield IA
Scott Collier, Triton Ventures, Austin TX
Matthew Crowley, Boston University Community Technology Fund, Boston MA
Jeff Doose, Adena Ventures, Athens OH
Jim Dreyfous, UV Partners, Salt Lake City
James Edwards, Cornell University BR Ventures, Ithaca NY
Tim Faley, Wolverine Fund, Ann Arbor MI
Scott Faris, MetaTech Ventures, Orlando FL
Roger Flugel, Sanderling Ventures
Doug Fox, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Baltimore MD
Paul France, Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati OH
David Frankland, Leawood KS
George Friberg, Technology Ventures Corporation, Albuquerque NM
Mary Givens, Idaho Department of Commerce, Boise ID
Steve Grizzell, UTFC Financing Solutions, Salt Lake City
Garry Grossman, Schiff Hardin, Washington DC
Liz Harris, Jobs Now, Inc./Flathead County Economic Development, Kalispell MT
Marcia Hendrickson, Enterprise Institute, Brookings SD
Bart Holaday, Commons Capital, Brookline MA
Marianne Hudson, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City MO
Paul Huleatt, WBT05, Phoenix AZ
Heidi Huntsman, PhD, UV Partners, Salt Lake City
Jared Hutchings, University Venture Fund, Salt Lake City
Richard Jaffe, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia PA
Judy Johncox, Wayne State University, Detroit MI
Sam Leiken, National Governors’ Association, Washington DC
Rod Linton, Utah Centers of Excellence, Salt Lake City
George Lipper, NASVF, Las Vegas NV
Susannah Malarkey, Alliance of Angels, Seattle WA
Mike Manikowski, Ontario County Industrial Development Agency, Canandaigua NY
Jon Marchi, Glacier Venture Fund, Polson MT
Randy Martinez, LAVCA, Washington DC
John May, New Vantage Group, Vienna VA
Steve Mercil, Minnesota Investment Network Corporation Inc, St. Paul MN
Blake Modersitzki, UV Partners, Salt Lake City
Catherine Mott, BlueTree Capital Group, Mercer PA
Kenneth W. Muller, Cooley Godward LLP, Palo Alto
Bob O’Connor, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, Salt Lake City
Jerry Oldroyd, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLC, Salt Lake City
Song Pak, Piper Rudnick LLP, Reston VA
Elliott Parks, Ventana Capital, Irvine CA
Dinesh Patel, PhD, vSpring Capital, Salt Lake City
Michael Paul, PhD, GenData Research Corporation, Salt Lake City
Bill Payne, Tech Coast Angels, San Diego
Penny Pickett, Washington DC Technology Council, Washington DC
Sue Preston, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle WA
Larry Rigby, ZARS Inc., Salt Lake City
Jonathan Root, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC
Dan Rosen, Frazier Technology Ventures, Seattle WA
David Rudd, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Salt Lake City
Janice St. Onge, University of Vermont, Burlington VT
Kyle Salyers, Rose-Hulman Ventures, Terra Haute IN
Daniel Sandler, University of Western Ontario, London ON, Canada
James A. Severson, PhD, UW TechTransfer, University of Washington, Seattle WA
Nate Silverman, Washington Technology Center, Seattle WA
Mark Solon, Highway 12 Ventures, Boise ID
Dick Sommerstad, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
Mick Stadler, Seges Fund, Nashville TN
Erik Stenehjem, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland WA
Todd Stevens, Wasatch Venture Fund, Salt Lake City
Sheri Stickley, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Oklahoma City OK
Mike Tharp, USPSI LLC, Little Rock, AR
Tom Walker, Oklahoma Technology Commercialization Center, Tulsa OK
Greg Warnock, vSpring Capital, Salt Lake City
Jeff Watts, Thomas Capital Group, Gig Harbor WA
Phil Weilerstein, NCIIA, Hadley MA
Ronald Weissman, PhD, Apax Ventures, Menlo Park CA
Tom Weithman, Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology, Herndon, VA
Will West, Utah Fund of Funds, Salt Lake City
Gary Williams, Brigham Young University, Provo
Ken Wooley, Extra Space Management, Salt Lake City (Invited)
Eric Wright, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto CA
Bernhardt Seisig, VIMAC Ventures, Boston MA
David Zheng, Canton Venture Capital Co., Guangzhou, China