XSITE 2009 Agenda

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XSITE 2009 Agenda




8:10 – 8:15	Welcome Bob Brown, President, Boston University
8:15 – 8:20	Opening Remarks Bob Buderi, Founder and Editor in Chief, Xconomy
8:20 – 8:50	Keynote Talk Juan Enriquez, Managing Director, Excel Medical Ventures
8:50 – 9:45	Executive Chat: Investing in Innovation Louis E. Lataif, Dean, Boston University School of Management (moderator) Mohamad Ali, Massachusetts Senior State Executive, IBM John Maraganore, CEO, Alnylam Jeff Nick, Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, EMC Christoph Westphal, CEO, Sirtris, SVP, Centre of Excellence for External Drug Discovery, GlaxoSmithKline
9:45 – 9:55	Stealth Company No. 1
9:55 – 10:00	Special Announcement Vinit Nijhawan, Lecturer and Executive-in-Residence at Boston University’s Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (ITEC)
10:00 – 10:30	Networking Break
10:30 – 11:00	Keynote Talk Dean Kamen, Founder, FIRST, President, DEKA Research & Development
11:00 – 12:00	Meet the Innovators: New Ideas and Ventures That Will Power New England’s Growth Bill Taylor, Co-founder, Fast Company (moderator) Yet-Ming Chiang, Professor of Ceramics, MIT, Co-founder A123Systems Tillman Gerngross, Co-founder, GlycoFi, Co-founder and CEO, Adimab, Professor of Engineering, Dartmouth Christina Lampe-Onnerud, CEO, Boston Power Mick Mountz, CEO and Founder, Kiva Systems Reed Sturtevant, Managing Director, Microsoft Startup Labs
12:00 – 1:30	Lunch
1:30 – 2:40	Breakout Sessions
	The Health 2.0 Hub Jeff Fagnan, Partner, Atlas Venture (moderator) John D. Halamka, Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Health System, Chief Information Officer and Dean for Technology, Harvard Medical School Joseph Kvedar, Director, Center for Connected Health Bruno Nardone, National Segment Leader for State and Local Government Healthcare, IBM Nitzan Sneh, CEO, CliniWorks
	Getting Energy Innovations to Market Rob Day, President, Renewable Energy Business Network (moderator) Jay Fiske, Vice President of Operations, Wakonda Technologies Roger Freeman, President, Solventerra Energy Gerald M. Haines II, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Verenium Daniel Goldman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, GreatPoint Energy
	The Digital Entertainment Cluster: Boston’s Best-Kept Secret Wade Roush, Chief Correspondent, Xconomy (moderator) Brett Close, President and CEO, 38 Studios Chris Gardner, Chief Marketing Officer, ExtendMedia Kyle Morton, Vice President of Product, EveryZing Jason Schupbach, Industry Director, Creative Economy, Massachusetts Office of Business Development Brian Shin, Founder and CEO, Visible Measures
2:40 – 3:00	Break
3:00 – 3:10	Special Presentation: New England’s Pioneering Roadable Aircraft Carl Dietrich, CEO, Terrafugia
3:10 - 3:20	Stealth Company No. 2
3:20 – 4:15	Investor Chat: Innovating Early Stage Venture Michael Greeley, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners, Chairman, New England Venture Capital Association (moderator) Noubar Afeyan, Managing Partner and CEO, Flagship Ventures Joel Cutler, Co-founder, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners Bob Higgins, Co-Founder, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners Eric Paley, Co-founder and General Partner, Founder Collective Jo Tango, Founder and Partner, Kepha Partners
4:15 – 5:15	XSITE Xpo: Twelve startups poised to transform their industries tell their stories in lightning-speed presentations; the audience picks its favorites in energy, life sciences, and information technology. Confirmed participants include: 1366 Technologies CloudSwitch FloDesign Wind Turbine IST Energy Pulmatrix Satori Seventh Sense SiOnyx Skyhook Wireless StyleFeeder WiTricity Zafgen
5:15 – 7:00	Networking reception
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