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2009 PROGRAM
Monday, June 22, 2009:
Cable Center – 2000 Buchtel Blvd.

8:20 am

Opening Remarks
Vincent Caprio, Senior Vice President & Event Director, NanoBusiness Alliance
Griffith A. Kundahl, Executive Chairman, Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance

Center Theater

8:25 am

Welcome
Dean Rahmat Shoureshi, University of Denver School of Engineering & Computer Science

Center Theater

8:30 am

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dan Arvizu, Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Center Theater

9:30 am

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
David C. Gregg, President & CEO, Citizenre

Center Theater

10:30 am

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Michael Holman, Research Director, Lux Research, Inc

Center Theater

11:30 am – 12:15 pm

Implementing Renewable Energy Systems
Rafaat B. Ludin, President & CEO, International Home Finance and Development, LLC (IHFD)
George Pond, VP for Planning and Capital Projects, Denver Zoo
Green Ambulance, Environmentally Friendly Ambulance

Center Theater

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm

LUNCH

Great Hall

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm

The View from the Federal Government:
Moderator: Anita Balachandra, TechVision21
Alicia Jackson, Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee
Roland Hulstrom, Deputy Director, National Center for Photovoltaics, NREL

Center Theater

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Energy, Water and the Environment:
Moderator: Paul Stimers, Associate, K&L Gates,
Mark Modzelewski, Executive Director, Water Innovations Alliance,
Gary Carlson. P.E., Ph.D., CTO, MemPro Ceramics Corporation,
Erik Fisher, Assistant Research Professor, Center for Nanotechnology in Society and Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes

Center Theater

3:00 pm – 3:45 pm

Exit Strategy: M&A or IPO
Moderator: Margaret Johns, Founder, Blue Lake Partners, LLC

Center Theater

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm

Solar Cells And Nanotechnology -- A Collision Course In The Patent Arena
M. Henry Heines, Partner, Townsend.

Center Theater

4:30 pm – 4:50 pm

Minimizing Business and Investment Risk
Don Ewert, IH, EH&S Manager; OSO BioPharmaceuticals Manufacturing, Chairman; AIHA Nanotechnology Working Group

Center Theater

4:50 pm – 5:00 pm

George Löf, Solar Pioneer Award
Presented by Griffith A. Kundahl, Executive Chairman, Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance

Center Theater

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Reception

Center Theater

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

UK Trade & Investment Reception
By Invitation

Center Theater


Tuesday, June 23, 2009:  Cable Center – 2000 Buchtel Blvd.

8:20 am – 8:30 am

Opening Remarks
Vincent Caprio, Senior Vice President & Event Director, NanoBusiness Alliance
Griffith A. Kundahl, Executive Chairman, Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance

Center Theater

8:30 am – 9:00 am

Nano-Energy K-30 Educational Needs
Dean Rahmat Shoureshi, University of Denver School of Engineering & Computer Science

Center Theater

9:00 am – 9:10 am

Opening Remarks
Donald M. Elliman, Jr., Executive Director, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade.

Center Theater

9:10 am – 10:00 am

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Mohan S. Misra, Ph.D., Founder & CEO, Ascent Solar

Center Theater

10:00 am – 11:00 am

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jack Uldrich, Global Futurist & Best-Selling Author

Center Theater

11:00 am – 12:00 noon

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The Outlook For Federal Funding:
Honorable Kelly H. Carnes, President & CEO, TechVision21

Center Theater

12:00 noon – 1:00 pm

LUNCH

Great Hall

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Scott B. Livingston, CEO, Livingston Securities LLC

Great Hall

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Stimulus Package Speaker
Carolyn L. McIntosh, Partner, Patton Boggs LLP

Center Theater

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm

Inkjet as a Digital Fabrication Process for Photovoltaic Applications:
John Spiers, Vice President Business Development, iTi Solar

Center Theater

3:15 pm – 3:45 pm

Chris Tagge, CEO, LivinGreen Materials

Center Theater

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm

Regulatory Issues:
Moderator: Richard A. Canady Senior Advisor, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Harry Bushong, President, nanoTox
Kimberly M. McGrath, Ph.D., Director of Fuel Cell Research, QuantumSphere

Center Theater

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm

Closing Remarks:
Griffith A. Kundahl, Executive Chairman, Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance
Vincent Caprio, Sr. Vice President, NanoBusiness Alliance
Sean Murdock, Executive Director, NanoBusiness Alliance

Center Theater

4:45 pm – 6:00 pm

Reception

Great Hall


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2011 KEYNOTES & SPEAKERS


KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Keith Blakely
CEO
R3 Fusion, Inc.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Joel Serface
Clean Range Ventures


KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Scott B. Livingston
CEO
Livingston Securities LLC



KEYNOTE SPEAKER
THE HONORABLE
KELLY H. CARNES
President and CEO
TechVision21


KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jess A. Jankowski
President & CEO
Nanophase

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Kenneth E. Russell, Ph.D.
Enterprise Strategy
CISCO

George C. Lewis, P.E.
Copyright and Trademark Law, Merchant & Gould P.C.

Dr. M. Karen
Newell-Rodgers
Director,Texas A&M Health Science Center,
Chief Scientist, Viral Genetics/VG Energy


ANDREW LOGAN
VP Research and Development
Oberon FMR, Inc.

BETTINA WEISS
Executive Director
PV Group

ALAN W. WEIMER
Exec Director
C2B2, University of Colorado (Boulder)

Alan Rae
Technical Editor
Global Solar Technology

Karen Buechler
Co-Founder
President & CTO
ALD Nanosolutions

Seth Finley
COO
MemPro Ceramics
Corporation

LINO S. LIPINSKY
de ORLOV
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Partner - Denver

Griffith Kundahl
Executive Director,
Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology (COIN)



LAURA FAULCONER PH.D.
Director of Innovation Projects, Center of Innovation for Nanobiotechnology (COIN)


JIM EGERTON
Executive VP
Product Development, Magnolia Solar Corporation

Don Ewert, IH.
Field Services Director, nanoTox, Inc.; Past-Chair, AIHA Nanotechnology Working Group


Richard Adams
Manager, NREL Innovation
and Entrepreneurship
Center, NREL

Robert Tenent
Senior Scientist
Chemical and
Materials Science, NREL



Robert Guglielmetti
Research Engineer, (ERBSIC)


Vincent Caprio
Executive Director
NanoBusiness Commercialization Association

Steve Waite
Partner, Research 2.0
Author


2010 KEYNOTES & SPEAKERSSpeakers



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