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agenda 8:30 a.m. Registration 9:00 a.m. Welcome Alabama Governor Robert Bentley Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs Director Jim Byard, Jr. EDPA President Bill Taylor Conference moderator: Art Tipton, SurModics Pharmaceuticals 9:15 a.m. Keynote: The Value of Innovation Rich Karlgaard, Publisher, Forbes magazine 10 a.m. Public Private Partnerships for Industry Competitiveness Nick Bowman, Vice President, Engineering & Technology, GKN Aerospace Jeff Garlock, Chief Engineer, Honda of America Manufacturing 11 a.m. Break 11:10 a.m. In Thrust we Trust Tim Pickens, Chief Propulsion Engineer and Commercial Space Advisor, Dynetics Marty Kress, Executive Director, Von Braun Center for Science and Innovation 12 p.m. Lunch 12:30 p.m. Keynote: Developing an Entrepreneur Sherwin Greenblatt, Director, MIT Venture Mentoring Service; President, Bose Corp. (retired) 1:15 p.m. Break 1:30 p.m. Open Innovation Jeffrey Phillips, OVO Innovation 2:10 p.m. Angel Investors in Alabama Michael Chambers, President and CEO, Swift Biotech Bob Crutchfield, Venture Partner, Harbert Management Gary Tauss, Director/CEO, BizTech moderated by Dick Reeves, Huntsville Angel Network 2:50 p.m. Alabama Launchpad Experience Bart Guthrie, VIPAAR Inc. (2010 finalist) Michael Chambers, President and CEO, Swift Biotech (2010 2nd place) Chris Otto, Chairman and CEO, Halo Monitoring (2007 2nd place) Peggy Sammon, Executive Vice President, GeneCapture, Inc. (2010 winner) moderated by Greg Sheek, EDPA 3:30 p.m. Renewal Component of Ala. Strategic Plan for Economic Development Mack Portera, The University of Alabama System, Chancellor 4:00 p.m. State Role in Innovation/Entrepreneurship Greg Canfield, Director, Alabama Development Office 4:15 p.m. Closing/adjourn |