When: Tuesday,
September 21, 2010, 6:00 PM Registration and Networking; 7:00 PM MIT
Broadcast Begins;
7:50 PM Live Panel Discussion and Q&A; 8:30 PM Closing Remarks
Where: FAU-Ft.
Lauderdale, 111 East Las Olas Boulevard, 11th Floor Conference
Room, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Innovation in business and technology no longer takes place when a
lone scientist screams “Eureka!” in a dusty lab.
Corporations are turning to centers of research and launching their
own labs where the expressed mission is for diverse groups of
interdisciplinary experts to collaborate on ideas that transform our
world from our local South Florida community.
Our panel will share stories of their decades of real-world
wisdom in leading teams to cutting edge breakthroughs and frustrating
dead ends, and what makes business labs such a powerful and
challenging work environment. An emerging trend in business providing
a collaborative and stimulating forum for productivity, team building,
visualizing and examining cutting-edge industry technologies and
solutions in the field and globally.
- What type of business incubator programs and local resources
are available to help entrepreneurs launch or grow their business?
- What kinds of guidance and assistance do they provide to
startups and emerging growth companies?
- For anyone who is contemplating establishing or expanding a
business; mentors and investors looking to help entrepreneurs or innovators.
Our event first begins with a broadcast from MIT Cambridge and then
we will turn to our live panel for their experiences and interaction
with the group.
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The Global Broadcast Panel from MIT Cambridge will include:
Lili Cheng
is the General Manager of FUSE Labs, and has been at Microsoft
since 1995. Previously, she was the director of the Creative Systems
Group (CSG) and the Social Computing Groups (SCG) within Microsoft
Research. Before her time in MSR, she was the director of user
experience for Microsoft Windows. She is also a registered architect;
she worked in Tokyo and Los Angeles for Nihon Sekkei and Skidmore
Owings and Merrill on commercial urban design and large-scale building
projects. She has taught at NYU-Interactive Telecommunications as well
as Harvard University. She was born in Tokyo, and is married with
three boys.
Scott Elrod
is the VP and Director of Hardware Systems Lab of Palo Alto
Research Center. Scott Elrod directs PARC’s HSL research
organization, which focuses on clean technologies, ink-jet printing,
and biomedical systems for drug discovery and clinical diagnosis. He
also directs the Cleantech Innovation Program at PARC, which develops
technologies for delivering affordable solar energy, increasing
solar-cell efficiency, purifying water, managing energy utilization,
and harnessing renewable fuels.
Elrod received his AB degree in physics from Earlham College in
1981 and his PhD in applied physics from Stanford University in 1985.
While at Stanford, he built the world’s first low-temperature
tunneling microscope.
Pamela McNamara
, President of U.S. Operations of Cambridge Consultants.
Pamela joined Cambridge Consultants in February 2009 as President of
U.S. Operations.
Prior to this, Pamela was CEO of CRF, Inc. a leading global
provider of eDiaries and wireless data collection solutions for the
life sciences industry. Pamela was also part of Arthur D. Little
for more than 20 years, holding a number of senior technology and
management positions in Global Health Care, during which she worked
closely with Cambridge Consultants on the commercialization of drug
delivery solutions. She went on to serve as CEO of the entire
Arthur D. Little organization.
Pamela also serves as a Director on the boards of GTC
Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: GTCB) and Southcoast Health Systems,
and is a member of the Corporation of Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution. She holds a bachelor’s in civil engineering
from Tufts University.
Alexander Wong
is a managing director of D. E. Shaw & Co. and head of
venture capital at the D. E. Shaw Group. Prior to joining the firm in
2005, Dr. Wong was a partner at Apax Partners, a global private equity
firm. Before that, he served as a managing director at Intel Capital
and in technical roles at Motorola and Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Infinite
Power Solutions, Solaicx, and Natrix Separations. Wong holds a
bachelor's in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, and his master's and Ph.D. degrees in electrical
engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Jason Pontin
(Moderator), Editor in Chief and Publisher of Technology
Review. As editor in chief, Jason Pontin is responsible for the
editorial direction of the award-winning magazine Technology Review
and TechnologyReview.com. Pontin took on the role of publisher in
September 2005, overseeing all aspects of the company's growth
strategy, which includes a rapidly expanding website, specialty
e-newsletters, an aggressive international expansion, and signature
events, such as the annual Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT.
From 1996 to 2002, Pontin the was the editor of the technology
business magazine Red Herring. Most recently, he was editor in chief
of the Acumen Journal, covering the business, economic, and policy
implications of discoveries in biotechnology and the life sciences. He
has written for many national and international publications,
including The New York Times, The Economist, The Financial Times,
Wired, and The Believer. He is a frequent guest on television and
radio shows, including ABC News, CNN, and National Public Radio.
The LIVE local panel of at Florida Atlantic University will include:
Chris Fleck
is Vice President of Community and Solutions Development at
Citrix. Chris is responsible for the Developer Network, Solutions
Development, and growing the technical community around Citrix. As
part of the Citrix CTO Office he is also involved with or leading
multiple strategic initiatives at the company. Currently his hot
topics include Mobility, VDI and Cloud Computing.
Chris started his career at IBM working across multiple
engineering and product organizations leading to Business Unit Exec of
the IBM Industrial Computer Group. As a pioneer of new technologies,
Chris founded an IBM spin-off to commercialize the initial Server
Blade products as CEO of OmniCluster Technologies.
William Silverman
is the Assistant Director of Venture Initiatives.
William completed his Ph.D. in physiology at UCLA and migrated into
business after realizing that his previous career as a biomedical
researcher was a long-term exercise in entrepreneurship and start-up
financing. His research explored areas as diverse as cardiology,
immunology, and treatments for traumatic brain injury and has resulted
in nearly a dozen publications in scientific journals. He has also
lectured in graduate level neuroscience courses at the Miller School
of Medicine at UM. William is committed to commercializing and
promoting cutting-edge medical technologies, from original inception
through product launch. He first joined The Launch Pad as one of its
original Venture Coaches and is a recent graduate of UM with an M.B.A.
with dual concentrations in finance and marketing.
Jane Teague
is Executive Director of the Enterprise Development
Corporation of South Florida (EDC), a public/private partnership
organization that assists emerging science and technology companies.
In her role she is responsible for oversight of EDC’s
mentor/protégé program, the Technology Business
Incubator, annual EDC conferences, fundraising, administration
of New World Angels, management of the Florida Institute for the
Commercialization of Public Research, and other programs that EDC runs
in support of the emerging science and technology community.
Teague has been an active supporter of the technology community
since moving to Florida in 2000. She has supported the InternetCoast
(iCoast) initiative, helping to brand the region as a center for
high-technology excellence, and has served on a number of committees
dedicated to the growth of Florida’s technology sector. She
participates with organizations such as the South Florida Technology
Alliance, BioFlorida’s Southeast Chapter, the MIT Enterprise
Forum, and Enterprise Florida’s Technology, Entrepreneurship and
Capital Council, and is a frequent guest speaker on entrepreneurship
in South Florida. She serves on the Executive Advisory Council of
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering &
Computer Science, and the Engineering Advisory Committee at Miami Dade
College. In 2007 she received the In Focus Magazine “Quiet
Storm” award, and in June 2009 was recognized as one of
the Power Players in “The Power Issue” of
South Florida Business Leader Magazine.
Teague has over 20 years experience in the software and
technology industries. Prior to joining EDC in April 2002, Teague held
a variety of marketing management positions with Dun & Bradstreet
Software, (formerly McCormack & Dodge), and HighGround, Inc., a
provider of public relations and marketing support for emerging
technology. Teague graduated McGill University, Montreal, Quebec in 1980.
Andrew Heitner (Moderator)
is Founder and Director of Alcon Partners, a buy-side
advisory firm that assists Private Equity firms and corporate M&A
departments source and evaluate acquisition opportunities., with
offices in Miami, Boston, and Vermont. He also owns Alcon
Technology Consulting, Inc., a telecommunications consulting firm
based in Boston. Mr. Heitner was previously co-founder of New
Frontiers Information Corporation (NFIC), a Cambridge, MA software
company that sells enterprise-level digital content management
systems. NFIC was subsequently acquired by the Banta Corporation
(now RR Donnelley NYSE:RRD) and he served for several years following
the acquisition as Director of Banta Integrated Media. Mr.
Heitner is on the executive board of the MIT Enterprise Forum of South
Florida, has been a lecturer at the University of Miami School of
Business in Entrepreneurship, and serves as a judge for the Leigh M.
Rothschild Business Plan Competition. He is involved in a number
entrepreneurial ventures, including angel investments in 4 start-up
companies. He holds BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology