XSITE 2012: Accelerating Innovation
7:15 - 8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:35
 Welcome and About the Day
Bob Buderi, Founder and Editor in Chief, Xconomy
8:35 – 8:45 Opening Remarks
Len Schlesinger, President, Babson College
Rick Miller, President, Olin College
8:45 – 9:15 Keynote Talk: Entrepreneurship Driven by Technological and Social Innovation
Phil Libin, CEO, Evernote
9:15 – 9:45 Keynote Talk: Beyond Jeopardy—the Future of Watson
Jay Subrahmonia, VP, Engineering and Delivery for Watson Solutions, IBM
9:45 – 10:10 Entrepreneur Chat
Katia Beauchamp, Co-founder, BirchBox
Erin Kutz, Xconomy (moderator)
10:10 – 10:40 Networking Break
10:40 – 11:15 Interactive Chat: New Era of Consumer Tech
Nabeel Hyatt, Venture Partner, Spark Capital
Mok Oh, Chief Scientist, PayPal
Greg Huang, Xconomy (moderator)
11:15 – 12:00 CEO/Founder Chat: Managing Growth and Evolution
Gail Goodman, CEO, Constant Contact
Andy Ory, CEO, President, Co-founder, Acme Packet
Dharmesh Shah, Co-Founder, CTO, HubSpot
Bob Hower, General Partner, Advanced Technology Ventures (moderator)
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch and Networking
1:30 – 2:40 Breakout Sessions
Cleantech Track: Making Energy Smarter
Chuck McDermott, General Partner, RockPort Capital Partners (moderator)
Bennett Fisher, CEO and co-founder, Retroficiency
Martin Flusberg, CEO, Powerhouse Dynamics
Swapnil Shah, Co-founder and CEO, FirstFuel Software
Vanessa Green, CEO and co-founder, OnChip Power
Healthtech Track: Data-driven Healthcare 
Ed Cahill, Partner, HLM Ventures (moderator)
Gil Blander, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Segterra
Anmol Madan, Co-Founder and CEO, Ginger.io
Julie Yoo, Co-founder, Chief Product Officer, Kyruus
Information Technology Track: Founders’ Stories
Noam Wasserman, Harvard Business School (moderator)
Dave Balter, Founder and CEO, BzzAgent
Bettina Hein, Founder and CEO, Pixability
Rob May, Founder and CEO, Backupify
2:40 – 3:00 Networking Break (return to plenary session)
3:00 – 3:20 Special Talk: The Driveable Airplane
Carl Dietrich, CEO/CTO, Co-founder, Terrafugia
3:20 – 4:00 Investor Chat: New Paths To Funding
Doug Levin, CEO, Quant5 (moderator)
Jo Tango, Kepha Partners
Brad Hargreaves, General Assembly
Fred Destin, Atlas Venture
4:00 – 4:15 Keynote Talk
Bill Warner, Entrepreneur Evangelist; Founder, Avid, Wildfire
4:15 – 5:00 XSITE Xpo: Pitches from early-stage startups
Emcee: Gus Weber, Entrepreneur in Residence, Polaris Venture Partners
Nikita Bernstein, Founder and CEO, FairSetup
Varun Chirravuri, Co-founder and CEO, Laveem
Paul Harkins, Co-founder and CEO, NeighborPower
Ben Jabbawy, Founder and CEO, Privy
Jonathan Kay, Founder, Apptopia
Dave McLaughlin, Founder and CEO, Vsnap
Sheldon Owen, Co-founder and CEO, Unified
Jeffrey Vocell, Co-founder, Trendslide
Fatma Yalcin, Co-founder and CEO, Curisma
Yifan Zhang, Co-founder and CEO, Pact
5:00 – 6:30 Networking Reception
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