ATTENTION SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS!

WE WANT YOU

for

BUSINESS BOOTCAMP II

Time to Earn Your Stripes

Presented by the Office of Technology Transfer

Monday, April 14, 2008

The Brown Hotel, Downtown Louisville

325 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202

Learn to: Commercialize your research, including how to get funding; collaborate; start a company.  These topics and more will be discussed by business, legal and scientific experts from around the country. RSVP now for this exciting day of  FREE basic training. 

AGENDA

9:00AM:                REGISTRATION OPENS

9:50AM:                Welcome

FIRST SESSION:  IP/Marketing

10:00 – 10:25 AM:     Intellectual Property 101:  James Daly IV, J.D., Ph.D.,

                                and Mandy Wilson Decker of Stites & Harbison, PLLC,

                                Louisville, KY

10:25 – 10:45 AM:     Marketing/Licensing 101:  Jan Heidjer Staecker, J.D., L.L.M.

                                Tremonti, Consulting, LLC, Northern Virginia

10:45 – 11:00 AM:     Questions and Answers for IP/Marketing Session:

                                James Daly and Heidjer Staecker

 
11:00 – 11:15 AM:              Morning break

SECOND SESSION:  "Real Life Experience: Starting Up"

11:15 - 11:35 AM:      Experiences from a Faculty Member as Founder of a University

                                Start-Up Company:  Joseph F. Clark, Ph.D., Professor,

                                Department of Neurology, University of Cincinnati

11:35 – 11:55 AM:     Incubating Technology Companies: Michael P. Kurek, Ph.D., M.B.A.,

                                Partner, Biotechnology Business Consultants

11:55 – 12:15 PM:     Legal Issues of Start-Up Companies: Claude (“Chip”) Bowles, Jr., and

                                Michael Hawthorne of Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC

12:15 – 12:30 PM       Q & A for “Real Life-Starting Up”:  by the above panel speakers

12:30 – 1:30 PM              LUNCH

THIRD SESSION: "Real Life Experiences: Working with Established Companies”

1:30 – 1:50 PM:         Perspective of a Biotech Representative:  Marc C. Sedam, MBA,

                                Qualyst Inc., Raleigh, NC

1:50 – 2:10 PM:         Perspective of a Large Pharmaceutical Representative:

                                Ruth Voor, Johnson & Johnson (1989 – 2007)

2:10 – 2:30 PM:         Q & A for the Real Life Experiences:  by the above panel speakers

 2:30 – 2:45 PM:                  Afternoon Break

 FOURTH SESSION:  Sources of Funding

2:45 – 3:10 PM:         SBIR/STTR:  Lisa Kurek, M.S. of Biotechnology Business Consultants

3:10 – 3:40 PM:         State Funding:  Warren Nash, Deputy Commissioner, Dept. of

                                Commercialization and Innovation, KY CED

3:40 – 4:00 PM:         Venture Capital:   George Emont, M.B.A. of Triathlon Medical  

                                Ventures and the Kentucky Seed Capital Fund

4:00 PM:                   Q&A for Funding Session:  the above panel speakers; and

                                Conclusion

5:00 PM:                               Reception and Exhibits for OVALS