Business Bootcamp
Business Bootcamp III for Scientists and Engineers: Earn Your Stripes!
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.
FIRST SESSION: "Intellectual Property / Marketing"
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
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!!!

