TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE FORUM

Upcoming Program:  

3rd Annual Nanotech and Microtech
 Investors Forum:
Showcasing Companies Seeking Commercialization Funding

Monday, December 3, 2007
2:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Marriott Boston Newton,
2345 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA

Featuring the region's most promising applications of nanotechnology, the second annual Nanotech and Microtech Investors Forum gives private and corporate investors a unique view of new companies ripe for investment and partnership. These early-stage companies are meeting real customer requirements today.

In a post-conference poster session, the spotlight will turn to research projects from local universities that could form the basis of a start-up company.

Featured Speakers:

Marc G. Stanley, Acting Director of the Technology Innovation Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Howard Berke, Chairman and co-founder of Konarka Technologies; Senior Advisor of Good Energies   
Josh Wolfe, Founding Partner & Managing Director, Lux Capital Management.


Agenda:

 

• 2:00 pm Registration and networking  
• 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm Panel: "Investing in the very small" and Company presentations  
• 5:30 - 6:30 pm Networking reception & poster presentation
  
  Investor Pitch presenters (in the presenting order):
  
  

  Sandeep Akkaraju, IntelliSense Corporation
  Steven Africk, Prodyne Corp.
  Dr. Trevor P. Castor, Argentum Medica (Aphios Corporation)
  Mike Wright, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  Dale Larson, Harvard Medical School and Northeastern University
  Eric Burnett, Applied NanoWorks, Inc.
  Dr. Lawrence Domash, Alenas Imaging LLC
  Joey Mead, University of Massachusetts Lowell
  Vladimir Torchilin, Northeastern University
  Spencer Bryant Farr, Vista Therapeutics
  
  Who Should Attend
  

• Venture capitalists, angel, private & corporate investors
• Business development & senior executives from life sciences, defense, materials, & equipment providers interested in new technologies being developed by early stage companies.
• Institutional Technology Transfer Offices researchers and officers

 
How to Attend, Present, Exhibit, and Sponsor 

If you are intrested to sponsor the event please contact Abi Barrow (abarrow@umassp.edu) .

For presenter and exhibitor information please download the  Presenter Application Nanotech Microtech 2007 or contact Julia Goldberg (jgoldberg@umassp.edu) .

Conference Fees:

MATTO Members: $55 per person
Non-members: $80 per person

Registration is open.