-- Dr. John Kao, author of Innovation Nation: How America is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why it Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It BackSector Keynotes
-- Power: Dr. Stephen Connors, Director, MIT Lab for Energy and the Environment -- Drugs: Dr. Raju Kucherlapati, Scientific Director, Harvard Partners Center for Genomics and Genetics -- Money: Kevin Tice, Global Investment Banking Group, Merrill LynchOpening Plenary Panel: "The Future of New England Innovation"
-- Christopher Gabrieli, Co-founder and Chairman, Massachusetts 2020 (moderator) -- Doug Banks, Editor, Mass High Tech -- Robert Buderi, Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Xconomy -- Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy columnist, The Boston Globe -- Bob Krim, Executive Director, Boston History and Innovation CollaborativeEnergy and Environment Track Speakers
-- Justin Adams, Director of Technology Strategy, BP -- Jeff Andrews, Partner, Atlas Ventures -- Richard Chleboski, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Evergreen Solar -- Dennis Costello, Managing Director, Braemer Energy Ventures -- William Davis, President and CEO, Ze-gen -- John Doyle, Vice President, Projects, Verenium Corporation -- Jim Gordon, President, Cape Wind -- Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Founder and CEO, Boston-Power, Inc. -- Peter Rothstein, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Flagship VenturesHealthcare and Life Sciences Track Speakers
-- Noubar Afeyan, Ph.D., Managing Partner and CEO, Flagship Ventures -- John Brennan, Partner and Director, Global Leader of Healthcare Practice, Arthur D. Little -- Eugene Chiu, Vice President of Business Development and Co-Founder, Predictive Biosciences -- Daniel Cole, General Manager, Spray Venture Partners -- Robert Creeden, Managing Director of the Center for Innovative Ventures, Partners HealthCare -- Omid Farokhzad, M.D., Co-Founder BIND Biosciences, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School -- Michael Greeley, General Partner, IDG Ventures -- Amar Sawhney, Founder, Confluent Surgical and CEO, I-Therapeutix -- Anupendra Sharma, Investment Partner, Siemens Venture Capital -- Martin Young, Vice President of Corporate Development, Phase ForwardFinancial Services Track Speakers
-- Joost Bonsen, Founding Program Director, MIT Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship -- Michael Chu, Managing Partner, Ignia Fund -- Todd Dagres, General Partner, Spark Capital -- William Foote, President and Founder, Root Capital -- Bob Higgins, Managing General Partner, Highland Capital Partners -- Shane Hughes, CEO and President, Pyxis Mobile -- Anthony Jimenez, President and CEO, MicroTech LLC -- Stephen Killeen, CEO, Carbon Neutral -- Luda Kopeikina, Founder, Noventra Corporation -- Michael Lannon, CEO, KoKo FitnessClosing Plenary Panel: "Taking New England Global"
-- Mark Bonchek, CEO, SoundBoard Media (moderator) -- Travis Bradford, Founder, President and Director, Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development -- Elliott Hillback, Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations, Genzyme -- Vinit Nijhawan, Chairman, TIE -- Doug Solomon, Chief Technology Strategist, IDEOFor more information on "Power, Drugs and Money," please visit http://powerdrugsandmoney.com. About the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge is a volunteer, non-profit organization based at MIT whose mission is to promote and strengthen the process of starting and growing innovative science- and technology-oriented companies by providing services and programs that educate, inform and support the entrepreneurial community.
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