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Conference
Agenda - September 19-20
"Accelerating Technology-Enabled Business Growth"
- fuse2006 is about technology
enabled business growth in Upstate New York
- Program will include 450+ private sector business
executives, industry experts, and leaders from research, public sector,
non-profit and higher education
- fuse2006 is evolving
as the Upstate New York signature event to spotlight regional business
successes and emerging technology based opportunities
- World class speakers and panelists will interact
with regional leaders to explore emerging technologies and opportunities
for business growth
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 Agenda
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5:00 p.m. |
Reception
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6:00 p.m. |
Welcome: Melvin T. Stith, Dean of Whitman School
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6:15 p.m. |
Introduction: Jim Carrick, CEO, Strategic Computer Solutions
Keynote: Innovation and Reinvention - Linda Sanford, IBM Senior Vice President, Enterprise on Demand Transformation and IT and Chairman, The Business Council of NYS
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6:45 p.m. |
Roundtable: Talent, Technology and our Future
Moderator: Nancy Cantor, Chancellor of Syracuse University
- David Skorton, President, Cornell University
- Anthony Collins, President, Clarkson University
- Linda Sanford, IBM Senior Vice President, Enterprise on Demand Transformation and IT
- Kenan Sahin, CEO, TIAX LLC
- David Ahlers, Founding Co-Principal, Cayuga Venture Funds
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7:45 p.m. |
Wrap Up and Sept 20 Preview
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8:00 p.m. |
Close
Evening Activities: Sponsor/Speaker Dinners
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Agenda
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7:15 a.m. |
Registration/Continental Breakfast
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7:45 a.m. |
Welcome and Growth Perspectives: Congressman Jim Walsh
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8:00 a.m. |
Introduction: David Montanaro, Chairman and CEO, USA Datanet
Keynote - Innovation, Implementation, and TransFORMATION - Kenan Sahin, CEO, TIAX LLC
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8:45 a.m. |
Leadership Roundtable - Accelerating Business Growth from a Regional Perspective
Moderator: April Young, Managing Director, Comerica Bank, Technology and Life Sciences Division
- Kelly Lovell, President, Center of Economic Growth, Albany
- Scott Matukas, President and COO, USA Datanet
- Eric Allyn, VP, Special Markets, Welch Allyn
- Linda Hartsock, Executive Director, Cortland County BDC-IDA and Member, Central/Upstate Regional Alliance
- Sandy Parker, President and CEO, Rochester Business Alliance
- Kevin Jost, President and CEO, Hand Held Products
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9:45 a.m. |
Conclusions and Final Thoughts - April Young
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10:00 a.m. |
Networking Break
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10:30 a.m. |
Concurrent Panels with Audience Q&A
I. Alternative Energy Systems – “Fueling the Future”
Moderator: Larry Walker, Director, Northeast Sun Grant Institute and Professor, Cornell University
- Edward Bogucz, Executive Director, Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems
- Dr. Gay Canough, Physicist, ETM Solar
- Doug MacKenzie, CEO, Permolex International, LP (majority shareholder of Northeast Biofuels)
- Bart Pipes, District General Manager, Siemens
- Wayne McFarland, Vice President, Stearns & Wheler Companies
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II. Real Time Communications, Web 2.0 and Digital Media
Moderator: Mary Cotter, President, Syracuse Division, Time Warner Cable
- Jeff Rubin, Syracuse University and President, Internet Consulting Services Inc.
- Joel Delmonico, VP and GM, Clear Channel Radio
- Peter Stern, EVP, Product Management, Time Warner Cable
- Ram Ramaprasad, Senior Director, Product Line Management, 3Com
- Karen Dmytriw, Vice President, Regional Marketing, Verizon
- Damon Carter, Principal Enterprise Specialist, Unified Communications, Microsoft
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11:45 a.m. |
"Transition Time"
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12:00 p.m. |
Luncheon
Keynote: Mayor Matthew J. Driscoll, City of Syracuse
Regional Highlights:
- Launch of SRC Tec, Inc. - Robert U. Roberts, CEO, Syracuse Research Corporation
- Famous Entrepreneur Series - Jud Gostin, CEO, Sensis
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1:30 p.m. |
Concurrent Panels with Audience Q&A
I. Personalized Healthcare
Moderator: David Liss, Vice President of Government Relations and Strategic Initiatives, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
- Dr. Robert Corona, SVP, Welch Allyn
- Dr. Martin Hickey, Senior Vice President of Health Care Affairs, Excellus, Rochester
- Dr. Peter Winkelstein, Associate Professor of Informatics at SUNY Buffalo
- John Backus, Group Director, Diagnostic Biomarker Evaluation, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Rochester
- Mike Svinte, IBM VP, Global Innovation & Information Based Medicine
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II. Manufacturing Innovation - A Different Future
Moderator: David Ahlers, Founding Co-Principal, Cayuga Venture Funds
- Gregory Galvin, CEO, Kionix
- Len Dolhert, CEO, Primet Precision Materials
- Soverin Karmiol, Director, GIBCO Cell Culture Systems and Technical Area Manager, Invitrogen Corporation
- John Tuttle, President and CEO, DayStar Technologies
- Terry Zarnowski, Director/Co-Founder, Panavision SVI
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3:15 p.m. |
Regional Highlights and Action Initiatives-Driving Growth
- New Program Launch - Allen Naples, Central NY Region President, M&T Bank
- Accelerating Growth - Barbara Ashkin, VP & COO, CXtec
- Growth Initiatives - Todd Donovan, VP Corporate Ventures, Sensis
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4:00 p.m. |
fuse2006 wrap-up / Action and the Future - Errol Unikel, Senior Advisor, fuse2006, CEO, Unicorn Technologies
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4:15 p.m. |
RECEPTION and Networking - everyone is invited
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