Technology Management Program 2006

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Extending Healthcare’s Reach:
A Serial Entrepreneur & an Attorney Share Perspectives

Dr. Yulun Wang, Chairman & CEO, Intouch-Health Technologies, Inc., & David LaFitte, Partner, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, both spoke on November 30, 2006, at the Conference, Fall 2006: Special Topics in Engineering, Business & Society, “Building Innovative Ventures."


New Venture Roadmap

Tim Albinson, CEO & Founder, Aravo Solutions, Inc., spoke on November 16, 2006, at the Conference, Fall 2006: Special Topics in Engineering, Business & Society, “Building Innovative Ventures."


Intellectual Property & Invention

Greg Kisor, Vice President & Portfolio Architect, Intellectual Ventures, LLC, spoke on November 2, 2006, at the Conference, Fall 2006: Special Topics in Engineering, Business & Society, “Building Innovative Ventures."


Entrepreneurship & Innovation:
From the Lab Bench to the Work Bench

John Bowers, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara, College of Engineering, Serial Entrepreneur, spoke on October 19, 2006, at the Conference, Fall 2006: Special Topics in Engineering, Business & Society, “Building Innovative Ventures."


Take Command:
10 Leadership Principles I Learned in the Military
and Put to Work for Donald Trump

Kelly Perdew, Managing Director, Angel-Leveraged Venture Partners, spoke on October 5, 2006, at the Conference, Fall 2006: Special Topics in Engineering, Business & Society, “Building Innovative Ventures."


7th Annual New Venture Competition

Aware Biotechnologies, Calipgen, & Emergency Medical Technologies create new companies from cutting-edge technology and raise up the next wave of technology entrepreneurs.


Emerging Energy Summit 2006

Several Talks and Panels from the Emerging Energy Summit 2006 series, such as the Foundation for the Future, Renewable Energy & the Future, Energy Efficiency/Conservation, and Conventional Energy Companies and Associations.


Winter 2006: Special Topics in Engineering, Business & Society:
"Picking Winners—Here's How"

Nanotechnology: Where Are the Winners? with a panel that includes Moskovits, Pavloff, and Prater; and Making Technology Start-ups Work, with speaker Michael Pfau.


Winter 2006: Special Topics in Engineering, Business & Society:
"Picking Winners—Here's How"

500 Million Dollar Innovations is a talk by Ronald C. Werft, President & CEO, Cottage Health System.


Winter 2006: Special Topics in Engineering, Business & Society:
"Picking Winners—Here's How"

Financial Considerations is a talk by Gregory A. Vogel, GKV Capital Management; and Susan P. Block, Co-founder; Block, Bowman & Associates, LLC.


Winter 2006: Special Topics in Engineering, Business & Society:
"Picking Winners—Here's How"

Look at the Big Picture is a talk by Virgil Elings, Ph.D., Technology Pioneer, who founded Digital Instruments, Inc.


TMP Programs Prior to 2006