ATTENTION SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS!

WE WANT YOU

for

BUSINESS BOOTCAMP III

Time to Earn Your Stripes

THERE IS NO COST TO YOU, 

BUT YOU MUST REGISTER BY EMAILING:Thinker@louisville.edu

  Presented by the OVALS and the UofL Office of Technology Transfer

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

The Downtown Marriott Hotel, Louisville

 AGENDA

9:00 AM:          Registration

9:50 AM:         Welcome.

10:00 – 10:25 AM:      Intellectual Property:  Ray Akhavan, Caris Life Sciences & Mandy Wilson Decker, Stites & Harbison

Protecting Intellectual Property Presentation (Mandy Decker)

10:25 – 10:45 AM:      Marketing/Licensing:  Kathy S. Behr, Market Research, OTT, UofL

The Value of Marketing in a Start-Up Company (Kathy Behr)

10:45 – 11:00 AM:      Q&A for “IP/Marketing” Panel

11:00 – 11:15 AM:      Morning break

SECOND SESSION:  "Real Life Experiences:  Starting Up"

11:15 - 11:35 AM:       Experiences from a Faculty Member as Founder of a University Start-Up Company:  Michael Nantz, Founder, Genteric Inc.

A Biotechnology Start-Up Story (Michael H. Nantz)

11:35 – 11:55 AM:      Experiences from a Faculty Member as Founder of a Start-Up Company from UofL:  Fred Roisen, RhinoCyte, Inc.

Start-Up Company from U of L (Fred Roisen)

11:55 – 12:15 PM:       Balancing Your Roles/Things You’d Wish You Knew:  Stephen C. Hall and David J. Clement, STOLL KEENON OGDEN PLLC

Starting Up:  Balancing Your Roles (Stephen C. Hall)

12:15 – 12:30 PM        Q & A for “Real Life-Starting Up” Panel

12:30 – 1:30 PM         LUNCH

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

1:30 – 1:50 PM:         Perspective: Medical Device Company:  Bill Gibbons, COOK Medical

Commercial Options for Medical Devices (Bill Gibbons)

1:50 – 2:10 PM:         Perspective of a Large Pharmaceutical Representative: Matthew Henry, Discovery Research, Dow AgroScience

An Industrial Perspective for Technology Licensing (Matthew Henry)

2:10 – 2:30 PM:         Q & A for the “Real Life Experiences” Panel

2:30 – 2:45 PM:          Afternoon Break

FOURTH SESSION:  Sources of Funding.

2:45 – 3:10 PM:     Industry Sponsored Research:  David Erem, University of Kentucky

Industry Sponsored Research (David Erem)

3:10 – 3:35 PM:     Venture Capital:   Bob Saunders, Chrysalis Ventures

Louisville Venture Club (Bob Saunders)

3:35 – 4:00 PM:    State Funding:  Warren Nash: Deputy Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, Department of Commercialization & Innovation

Programs Managed by Department of Commercialization and Innovation,  and State Funding and Incentive Programs (Warren Nash)

4:00 – 4:20 PM:     Q&A for “Sources of Funding” Panel

4:00 – 4:30 PM:     Conclusion

5:00 PM: Reception and Poster Exhibits for OVALS Begin!!!