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.