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Entrepreneurship@CornellCelebration '08





Celebration 2008 Podcasts

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SYMPOSIA SESSIONS  

CALS/AEM - Symposium on Sustainability
Panelists:

  • Charles Hamilton '95 MBA '04, President, Novomer
  • Pat Govang, President, e2e Materials
  • Adam Farrell '07, Silicon Solar, Inc.

CALS/AEM - Exploring Business and Entrepreneurship in the Life Sciences
Moderator: Romi Kher MS '09
Panelists:

  • Lee Henderson, CEO and Chairman, Vybion
  • Kathleen Mullinix, PhD, CEO and President, WellGen
  • James Sigler '81, VP of Bus. Operations, Air Systems Technologies, Inc.

CALS/AEM - Wine and Weddings: Entrepreneurship in Enology and Viticulture
Panelists:

  • Nancy & Roger Battistella, Co-owners, Six Mile Creek Winery
  • Trent Preszler MS '02, COO, Bedell Cellars
  • Kim Wagner '85, Co-owner, Stoutridge Vineyard

The Johnson School - Alternative Energy Entrepreneurs
Moderator: Lawrence Thomas, President, CEO and Chairman, Primet Precision Materials
Panelists:

  • Marshall Chapin MBA '99, Sr. Dir. of Bus. Development, EnerNOC
  • Leslie Fritzemeier, Founder and CEO, Wakonda Technologies
  • Louis Hom AB '93, Sr. Scientist, LS9, Inc.
  • Charles Kwalwasser JD '01, Intellectual Property Counsel, Lehman Brothers
  • Amit Nisenbaum MBA '03, Project Better Place

The Johnson School - The Serial Entrepreneur
Moderator: Steven Gal '88, Chair and CEO, ProQuo
Panelists:

  • Saeed Amidi, CEO, Plug and Play Tech Center
  • Paul Breitenback '92, MBA '95, CEO, Quickstore24 Systems
  • Doug Kahn '74, Chair and CEO, Ahura Scientific
  • Daniel Simpkins '80, MEng '81, Founder, Chair and CEO, Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc.

The Johnson School - What's Next? Inventions That Will Change the Way You Live
Moderator: Jay Walker '77, Chair, Walker Digital; Founder, Priceline.com
Panelists:

  • David Berry, Principal, Flagship Ventures
  • Jason Hogg MBA '92, Founder, President and CEO, Revolution Money, Inc.
  • Josh Wolfe '99, Founding Partner & Managing Dir., Lux Capital; Editor, Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Report

The Johnson School - Global Investments, Local Change
Panelists:

  • Roshini Moodley Naidoo, Special Advisor, Private Sector Development, Oxfam
  • Robert Katz, Associate, Knowledge and Communications, Acumen Fund
  • Fernando Limo, Founder, Florestas
  • Michael Hokenson, Managing Dir. and Co-founder, Minlam Asset Management
SPECIAL EVENT SESSIONS  

CEY Keynote Address - Opportunity Always Knocks... If You're Listening

Howard Milstein '73, Chair, President and CEO, New York Private Bank & Trust and Emigrant Bank

Celebration Dinner Address



CEN - Convergence of Life Science and Lifestyle: Where are the Business Opportunities?


Will Rosenzweig '81, Managing Dir., PHYSICS Venture

Big Idea Competition

 






Mark your calendar for Celebration '09, April 16-17, 2009. To receive more information about next year's event, please provide your email and mailing address to clp7@cornell.edu.