2011 Workshop

Tentative Conference Agenda

Wednesday March 23

0900 – 1000

Registration

1000 – 1030

Opening and Welcome

1030 – 1130

Official Inauguration

Oh Yeon-Cheon, President of SNU
Representatives of Ministry of Education, Science & Technology and  Small & Medium Business Administration
Dr. Chang Gyu Hwang, National CTO of Korea and Former CEO of Samsung Semiconductor

Keynote Address

1130 – 1200

Making the most of the next three days

1200 – 1330

LUNCH

1330 – 1430

PANEL - East Meets West: Cultural Perspectives on Entrepreneurship

Anish Parikh, CEO of Onsemble
Noel Park, Founder & President of Lumiette
Ramesh Ramachandra, Managing Director of Business Breakthrough Tech.
Hyun-Sung Daniel Shin, Founder & CEO of TicketMonster
Jung-Joon Hwang, Investment Director at Blue Run Ventures, Korea

Business Plan Competition (BPC) Workshop

John Harthorne, CEO of MassChallenge

1430 – 1530

FIRESIDE CHAT - Developing a Knowledge Economy: A SMART Move for Singapore

Howard Califano & Richard Kivel

Elevator Pitch Competition Training Session

1530 – 1600

COFFEE BREAK & Networking Game

1600 – 1700

KEYNOTE

Nader Darehshori, Former CEO of Houghton Mifflin, Director of State Street Bank and Founder of Aptius Education and Cambium Education

1830 – 2100

NETWORKING COCKTAIL @ THE RITZ

Thursday March 24

0915 – 0930

Presentation of Agenda

0930 – 1030

KEYNOTE

William Aulet, MD of MIT E Center and Founder of SensAble, Inc.

1030 – 1100

COFFEE BREAK

1100 – 1200

PANEL - Tech Transfer & The Role of Universities

Gary Palin, Exec. Director of Dougherty Center for Entrepreneurship Leadership at Elon University
Steve Brown, Founder of Innovate4Growth and MIT Technology Licensing Ambassador
Maria Adamian, Director Business Incubator, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Barbara Igel, Dean of Asian Institute of Technology Business School

PANEL - Agents of Change: Young Entrepreneurs & their Impact

Josh Schuler, Director of Lemelson-MIT Program
Minhee Cho, Founder & CEO of Pristones
Eimear O' Carroll, Director, Restored Hearing Ltd.
Daniel Gutierrez, Co-Founder of Nanigans

1200 – 1330

LUNCH

1330 – 1430

PANEL - Energy, Biotech and IT: The Story of Tech Startups

William Aulet, MIT E Center
Anish Parikh, CEO of Onsemble
Ricardo Rossello, Phosperous Biopharm
Lee Dong-Hyung, Founder of Cyworld
Seong Keung Song, CEO of SolarScience

PANEL - Attracting VC to your Region

Richard Kivel, CEO of Rhapsody Biologics and Chairman of MIT Enterprise Forum (moderator)
Jimmy Jihoon Rim, Softbank Ventures
Cyril Ebersweiler, SOS Ventures
Perry Ha, DFJ Athena
Daniel M. Shin, Founder Partner of KingsBay Capital

1430 – 1530

CASE STUDY - Outside the Comfort Zone: Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Sokwoo Rhee, Founder and CTO of Millennial Net

Elevator Pitch Contest Preliminaries

1530 – 1600

COFFEE BREAK

1600 – 1700

KEYNOTE

Sanjay Nayak, CEO of Tejas Networks

1830 – 2100

Han River Miracle COCKTAIL @ THE FRADIA

Friday March 25

0915 – 0930

Presentation of Agenda

0930 – 1030

KEYNOTE

Lee Soo Man, Founder and CEO of SM Entertainment

1030 – 1100

COFFEE BREAK

1100 – 1200

PANEL - Government Initiatives & Public Policy to Foster Enterprise

Mohammad Asfour, Chairman of Jordan Green Building
 John Harthorne, CEO of MassChallenge
Dong-Sun Kim, SMBA Administrator Economy
Bernard Yeung, Dean of National University of Singapore Business School

CASE STUDY – Reverse Outsourcing: Cross Continental Education

Tiger Lee, Founder & CEO of SpeakCare

1200 – 1330

LUNCH

1330 – 1430

PANEL - Entrepreneurship in the World of Entertainment

Daniel Gutierrez,  Co-founder of Nanigans
Dal Yong Jin,  Professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Min Bang, Manager of EA Korea

CASE STUDY – Succeeding as a Woman Entrepreneur in Asia

Ramesh Ramachandra, Managing Director of Business Breakthrough Tech.

1430 – 1500

Elevator Pitch Competition Finals

Judges: Jimmy Jihoon Rim, Softbank Ventures; Howard Califano; Greg Moon, CEO and President of Softbank Ventures

1500 – 1600

KEYNOTE

Jae Woong Lee, Founder of Daum

1600 – 1630

Experiences, Lessons, & Relationships: Recap of three days in Seoul

1900 – 2200

GALA DINNER @ THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA