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Fostering Innovation Capital
September 20-22 2006
Hyatt Regency - Rochester, NY



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Our 13th Annual Conference was a very successful event due to the contribution by our sponsors, moderators, speakers, and attendees. Below is the agenda with links to each of the presentations, and bios of the moderators and speakers.

PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS

Seed Investing as a Team Sport: How to Get and Make Seed Investments
An interactive seminar that provided an understanding of seed-stage investing as well as the practical tools for the selection of seed investments, due diligence, valuation, term sheets, negotiating the deal, and mentoring for success.
Starting an Angel Organization: The "How To's" for Building an Angel Network
The seminar provided a comprehensive overview of steps in creating the right angel organization.
CONFERENCE AGENDA - THURSDAY

Breakfast Plenary
Keynote Speaker - Albert J. Simone, President of Rochester Institute of Technology
What's Hot and What's Not: Where the Smart Money is Going
Smart money flows to the hot sectors.
The Secret to Growing Entreprenurship in Your Community
Entrepreneurship is the key ingredient to America’s awesome economic growth and prosperity.
Show Me the Money: Creative Strategies for Raising a Venture Fund
Thinking about raising a venture fund for seed, startup, or early stage?
Getting and Vetting the Best Deals
You may be in a fly-over region (like Upstate New York) but that doesn’t mean there aren’t great venture opportunities.
Thinking Globally: Creative Financing Using International Sources
Tom Friedman has us all talking about the “flat” world. How to turn talk into action to get financing from outside the U.S.
Finding the Good Deals at Universities
Our universities are rife with research ripe for creating viable businesses. How do you uncover the best opportunities?
  • No slide presentation - Brian Bell of First Wave Technologies
  • No slide presentation - Debra Guerin-Beresini of International Venture Fund
  • Speaker bios - Brian Bell, Debra Guerin-Beresini
  • Moderator - Paul Huleatt, CEO, World's Best Technologies Showcase

Lunch
Special presentation by William D. Bygrave, Babson College Professor
How to Create a Regional Innovation Network
What does it take to turn a fly-over region into an innovation engine?
NASA: Building the Case for “Commercial Space”
How NASA is promoting entrepreneurship in the space "space."
Managing and Measuring Portfolio Companies
You’ve chosen a hot sector and the right company - now, how do you measure the progress?
Creating Angel Networks in “Fly Over” Regions
As the big VCs have shifted to later stages of investing - here’s how to get an angel group started near you.
The Art of Negotiating the Term Sheet
It’s all about making sure everyone gets what they need and leaves the table shaking hands and smiling – like they mean it.
Understanding Angel Groups: How they Think and Invest
Whether you’re co-investing with them or courting them for your protégé entrepreneurs, you need to understand angel groups.
CONFERENCE AGENDA - FRIDAY

Breakfast Plenary
Keynote Speaker - Joel Seligman, President of the University of Rochester
Valuing Startups: New Trends
Once you find a good deal prospect, how do you put a value on a seed stage company with little or no revenue, no profits, and a management team without much history?
State Venture Capital Programs: Selecting the Right Model for Your State
More than 150 state venture capital programs were identified for NASVF’s State Venture Capital Symposium held in May. And would you believe we’ve discovered even more since?
Corporate Venturers: Tech Scout Techniques
What’s the corporate role in moving research from the lab to the marketplace?
University Funds: Learning from Trial and Error
University funds occupy a special niche in fund creation and investing.
How to Work with the Big VCs
Our “innovation capital” world requires follow-on capital to grow our portfolio companies.
  • No slide presentation - Mark Heesen of the National Venture Capital Association
  • Speaker bio - Mark Heesen
  • Moderator - James Troxel, Training Director, NASVF

Best University Tech Transfer Models: Try this at Home
Technology transfer is a challenge, often full of conflict between inventor and investor. How do you build a bridge between academia and the capital markets?
Conference adjourned - Please join us next year for our 14th Annual Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas September 17-19!