| 11/12/2019 | |||
| 7:45 am - 8:15 am | Morning Refreshments | ||
| 8:15 am - 9:00 am | Introductions + Overview Speaker: Dr. Andrew Hargadon, Faculty Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Innovation Exercise Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Break | ||
| 10:00 am - 11:15 am | On Innovation Speaker: Dr. Andrew Hargadon, Faculty Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 11:15 am - 12:15 pm | Making the Leap Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Intellectual Property Speaker: Hannah Farquar, Market Research Analyst, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Speaker: Tristan Mahyera, Licensing Executive , Sandia National Labs | ||
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Guest Entrepreneur Speaker: Kurt Petersen, PhD, Co-Chair of HardTech Group, Band of Angels | ||
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Break | ||
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | Defining the Problem Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Elevator Pitches: An Introduction Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm | Networking Mixer + Keynote Presentation Speaker: Elsie Quaite-Randall, Deputy Director of Innovation and Partnerships, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Speaker: Reg Beer, Program Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Speaker: Annie Garcia, Business Development Manager, Sandia National Laboratories | ||
| 11/13/2019 | |||
| 7:45 am - 8:15 am | Morning Refreshments | ||
| 8:15 am - 9:15 am | Elevator Pitches Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 9:15 am - 10:30 am | Market Validation: From Lab to Market Moderator: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Speaker: George Farquar, Chief Technology Officer/ Founder, Buzzkill Labs Speaker: Joan Plastiras, Investor, Band of Angels Speaker: Joe Pratt, CEO & CTO, Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine | ||
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break | ||
| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm | Market Validation: Customer Calls Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm | Lunch | ||
| 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm | Business Validation Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Technology Validation Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Speaker: Roger Werne, Deputy Director of Industrial Partnerships, Lawrence Livermore National Lab | ||
| 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Break | ||
| 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Mentoring Session | ||
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Dinner | ||
| 11/14/2019 | |||
| 7:45 am - 8:15 am | Morning Refreshments | ||
| 8:15 am - 8:45 am | Elevator Pitches Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 8:45 am - 9:45 am | Legal Mistakes to Avoid Speaker: Quentin Vaughan, Assistant General Counsel, Innovation and Partnerships Office, Lawrence Livermore National Lab | ||
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Break | ||
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Guest Entrepreneur Speaker: Jim Kiles, Founder, YStrategies | ||
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Investors Panel Speaker: Greg Hitchan, Founder/Managing Member, Tri-Valley Capital Speaker: Jim Kiles, Founder, YStrategies Speaker: Nick Colella, Co-Director, Incubic Management, LLC | ||
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch + Assignments | ||
| 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Netstorming Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 1:45 pm - 2:15 pm | Local + Regional Resources Speaker: Brandon Cardwell, Executive Director, i-GATE Innovation Hub | ||
| 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm | The Team, Milestones and Resources Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Choosing Your Path Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Break | ||
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Using Your Entrepreneurial Training in the Lab Speaker: Brent Houchens, R&D Science and Engineering, Sandia National Labs Speaker: Congwang Ye, R&D Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | ||
| 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Plenary Pitch Session Brandon Cardwell, Executive Director, i-GATE Innovation Hub Todd Shimizu, Grant Thornton LLP Damon Tull, UC Davis, Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Steve Lewis, Senior Partner, Fido Management | ||
| 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Dinner + Next Steps Speaker: Roger Werne, Deputy Director of Industrial Partnerships, Lawrence Livermore National Lab Speaker: Joe DiNunzio, Executive Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship | ||
