New! Pre-conference Workshop: Lab to Market
A workshop for those who believe that technology can save this market.
This timely half-day workshop explores technological innovation and tackles how to enter the marketplace in a tough economic climate. Relevant for startups as well as established companies, this workshop features sessions on entrepreneurship, IP/tech transfer, pitch and funding, the execution stage, and case studies of success – all with a particular focus on the unique challenges presented by the current economy.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009: Lab to Market Workshop
12:15 p.m. — 1:00 p.m.
KRESGE LOBBY |
Workshop Registration
Shuttle from the Liberty Hotel: 12:15 p.m. |
1:00 p.m. — 1:15 p.m.
KRESGE AUDITORIUM |
Workshop Opening Remarks |
1:15 p.m. — 2:00 p.m.
KRESGE AUDITORIUM |
Opening Keynote
Wim Sweldens, Vice President, Alcatel-Lucent Ventures
A past TR100/35 recipient, Sweldens leads Alcatel-Lucent Ventures, the business incubator and investment part of Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs. In this role, he oversees internal, joint, and external ventures. |
| 2.00 p.m. — 2:15 p.m. |
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| 2.15 p.m. — 3:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
Session A
LA SALA
2nd Floor
MIT Student Center
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Innovation = Invention + Commercialization
It usually takes an entrepreneur, working with the inventor, to bring novel technology from the cool comfort of the laboratory to the cruel crucible of the marketplace. The entrepreneur/intrapreneur is an important part of the equation in successfully guiding an innovation from the lab to the marketplace.
Presented by: Kenneth P. Morse, Founding Managing Director, MIT Entrepreneurship Center; Chair, Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Competitiveness, Delft University of Technology; Chairman, Entrepreneurship Ventures. |
Session B
KRESGE AUDITORIUM
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IP/Tech Transfer
Is a recession the best time to start a company? How do I make my product attractive in a world of limited IP? How do I license myself to a big company? This session will explore solutions to common challenges in technology transfer and provide guidance to streamline the commercialization process.
Moderator: Leon Sandler, Executive Director, MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
Panelists: Jeffrey Andrews, Venture Partner, Atlas Venture; Catherine Oyler, Senior Director of Emerging Technologies, Johnson & Johnson; Jack Turner, Associate Director, MIT Technology Licensing Office.
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| 3.30 p.m. — 3:45 p.m. |
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| 3.45 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
Session A
KRESGE AUDITORIUM |
Pitch and Funding
Turbulent economic times can offer entrepreneurs the greatest obstacles as well as the greatest opportunities. How do you wrap your idea up to be attractive to investors? How do you raise money in a down economy? This session will help entrepreneurs optimize their pitch for funding and offer practical advice for technology startups.
Moderator: Simeon Simeonov, Founder, FastIgnite
Panelists: William Aulet, Acting Managing Director and Senior Lecturer, MIT Entrepreneurship Center; David Frankel, Founder, Founder Collective; Jeffrey Glass, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures; Richard W. Levandov, Managing Member, Avalon Ventures.
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Session B
MEZZANINE LOUNGE
3rd Floor
MIT Student Center
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i-Teams
i -Teams brings together motivated graduate students to work collaboratively with course faculty, researchers in MIT labs and advisors from the local business and venture community. i-Teams projects focus on assessing the commercial feasibility of scientific and engineering breakthroughs (in both economic and social terms). Join the i-Teams to learn how cutting-edge MIT inventions are guided from the lab to the marketplace.
Presented by: Luis Pérez-Breva, Research Scientist, MIT; Lecturer, MIT School of Management |
| 5.00 p.m. — 5:15 p.m. |
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5.15 p.m. — 6:00 p.m.
KRESGE AUDITORIUM
Global Broadcast
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Closing Keynote
Creating and Implementing Breakthrough Medical Technology
Named one of the 100 most important people in America in 2001, Langer is the most cited engineer in history. Dr. Langer will examine a series of case studies in terms of the process and excitement of discovery, initial resistance by the scientific community to the discovery in some cases, the way very broad patents were received, how the technologies were transferred to companies, and the way they have been or are trying to be commercialized. |
6.00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m.
KRESGE LOBBY & TENT |
Opening Night Reception and Networking
Shuttle to the Liberty Hotel: 8:00 p.m. |
2008 Workshop Highlights
The 2008 workshop was focused on Women in Technology and featured dynamic keynotes and interactive breakout sessions. The half-day event was created to foster awareness of and communication about critical issues facing women in the technical fields.
2008 Keynotes
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Atefeh “Atti” Riazi, Senior Partner and CIO, Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide |
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Lisa Su, Senior Vice President and CTO, Freescale Semiconductor |
Plus a keynote panel exploring women and entrepreneurship led by Candida G. Brush, Division Chair in Entrepreneurship, Babson College.
Women in Technology Workshop Agenda
| 12:15 pm — 1:00 pm
Kresge Extension Tent |
Women in Technology Workshop Registration |
| 1:00 pm — 1:45 pm
Kresge Auditorium |
Keynote
Atefeh (Atti) Riazi, Senior Partner and CIO, Ogilvy and Mather
Technologists are widely stereotyped as narrowly specialized geeks, a characterization that has limited their opportunities across the range of organizational roles. Yet leadership is about passion, instinct, courage, imagination, integrity, and intellect, regardless of discipline or gender. Riazi will critically examine common perceptions of women and technologists in leadership roles, discuss the effects of those perceptions, and address how people can reposition themselves. |
| 1:45 pm — 2:00 pm |
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| 2:00 pm — 3:15 pm |
Concurrent breakout sessions |
Session A
Kresge Auditorium |
Developing Technical Leadership: Lessons from the Top
Leading innovation is at the heart of the technology industry and its revolutions. Although technical leadership is still primarily a man's game, there are some extraordinary exceptions. Leaders from biotech, software, and other technical disciplines—all women—will discuss their journeys and offer advice on how to thrive as a technical leader.
Moderator: Telle Whitney, President and CEO, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
Confirmed panelists: Rosana Kapeller, Vice President of Research, Aileron Therapeutics; Rebecca Parsons, CTO, ThoughtWorks |
Session B
Mezzanine Lounge
3rd Floor
Stratton Student Center |
Social Entrepreneurship
How can simple technologies change lives around the world?
This panel will explore how technology and entrepreneurship can create social impact in developing nations, with a particular focus on women. These entrepreneurs are igniting change and affecting women’s lives around the world.
Moderator: Erika Jonietz, Senior Editor, Technology Review
Confirmed panelists: Sarah Bird, Cofounder and Chief Operating Officer, Saafwater; Amy V. Mueller, Cofounder and Director, Solar Turbine Group (STG) International |
Session C
La Sala
2nd Floor
Stratton Student Center |
Networking: From Small Talk to Big Impact
Hosted in Conjuction with the MIT Alumnae Leadership Series
Whether established at the traditional cocktail party or on contemporary social-networking websites, networking connections help us on the job and in our communities. A strong network can be useful in generating customers, forming boards, developing a peer support group, fund-raising for a nonprofit, navigating the venture capital community—or, of course, hunting for a new job.
Academics and industry professionals discuss some of the latest networking theories and how they have applied these concepts in their own lives.
Moderator: Patricia M. Randall, Account Director, Kforce
Confirmed Panelists: Robin Chase, Founder and CEO, GoLoco; Jo Hoppe, VP and CIO, Pegasystems; Kristina Isakovich, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Philips Healthcare; Dawna S. Levenson, Associate Director of Academic Programs, MIT Professional Education Programs |
| 3:15 pm — 3:25 pm |
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| 3:25 pm — 4:40 pm |
Concurrent breakout sessions |
Session A
Kresge Auditorium |
From the Labs: Cool Female Innovations
Women have begun to slowly close the gender gap in tenure-track academic jobs in technical fields, but as a group, their work doesn’t receive the same publicity as that of their male peers. A group of outstanding female faculty—some established, some just starting out—will present cool new innovations from their labs, including some live demos!
Moderator: Katherine Bourzac, Nanotechnology and Materials Science Editor, Technology Review
Confirmed Panelists: Tanzeem Choudhury, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Dartmouth College; Paula T. Hammond, Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT; Holly A. Yanco, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Lowell |
Session B
Mezzanine Lounge
3rd Floor
Stratton Student Center |
Intrapreneurship: Fostering Innovation with a Large Organization
The goal of intrapreneurship is to combine the entrepreneurial spirit with the resources and goals of a larger organization. Intrapreneurs can explore high-risk, high-reward ideas within the safety and support of a corporate setting, thereby creating profitable ventures. Intrapreneurs from various industries will discuss how to effectively nurture this kind of innovative thinking and enhance leadership within large companies or labs.
Moderator: Gwen Acton, Founder and CEO, Vivo Group; President, Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology (WEST)
Confirmed panelists: Jennifer Chayes, Managing Director, Microsoft Research New England; Susan Foley, Executive Director, Research Centers at Babson Executive Education; Founder, Corporate Entrepreneurs Holly Heaslet Soutter, Principal Scientist, Lead Discovery Technologies, Pfizer Global Research and Development |
Session C
La Sala
2nd Floor
Stratton Student Center |
Networking in the Real World
Hosted in Conjuction with the MIT Alumnae Leadership Series
Do you break into a sweat at the thought of attending a “networking event”? Research shows that networking is the most frequent path to career growth, yet many people cringe when thrown into a room full of strangers. Networking experts offer practical advice on setting goals for an event, moving between groups, creating and delivering an “elevator pitch,” following up with promising contacts—and making technologies such as electronic name badges work for you. Then we’ll put theory into practice, so come prepared to have some fun while gaining skills that will last a lifetime!
Moderator: Diane Darling, Founder and CEO, Effective Networking, and author of The Networking Survival Guide
Activity leader: Rick Borovoy, CTO and Cofounder, nTAG Interactive |
| 4:40 pm — 4:50 pm |
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| 4:50 pm — 5:30 pm
Kresge Auditorium |
Keynote
Lisa T. Su, SVP and CTO, Freescale Semiconductor
Technology and Markets: Driving Innovation
Innovation involves ideas that create value for customers. The concept of innovation for large organizations and companies has changed from being driven solely by isolated technology advances in distinct markets to being driven by adaptability, tight integration of diverse technologies, complete solutions, and converging markets. Lisa Su will address key challenges that innovators and technology visionaries in general, and women in particular, will encounter on this path of change. She will also provide pointers on achieving breakthrough innovation. |
| 5:30 pm — 7:00 pm
Kresge Extension Tent |
Reception and Networking |
| 7:00 pm — 8:30 pm
Kresge Auditorium
*Note: MIT EF Global Broadcast attendees please register in tent. |
Keynote Panel
Pathways to Entrepreneurship
Hosted in conjunction with the MIT Enterprise Forum
Launching a high-tech startup is hard work, with many paths to success. Do you take your idea all the way from invention to marketplace? Do you develop the technology, license it, and then advise the new venture? Or are you a serial entrepreneur who starts a company, then brings in someone new to help it grow? Difficult for anyone, each of these roads presents additional challenges to female entrepreneurs. This panel of successful women will share their unique approaches to launching, funding, and leading startups.
Moderator: Candida G. Brush, Division Chair in Entrepreneurship, Babson College
Confirmed Panelists: Robin Chase, Founder and CEO, GoLoco; Priya Iyer, President, Anaqua; Susan Lindquist, Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research; Scientific Founder, FoldRx Pharmaceuticals; Jules Pieri, CEO, Daily Grommet |
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