Wednesday, June 1, 2005 Time Session Title 12:00 PM Registration and package pick-up Attendees should make their own plans for lunch. Many quality restauarants and hotels are in the immediate vicinity 1:30 PM Welcoming Remarks This session will include an overview of the Nutter TechnOvations Awards program: a ONE Million dollar legal services initiative. 1:45 PM Leveraging on effective SBIR participation: examining the role of SBIR in the "New" Economy Speaker/ Discussants Ann Eskesen, Innovation Development Institute Format: Context-Setting presentation Focus and objective: Grounded in detailed analysis of various SBIR outcomes - patents issued, capital raised, collaborations, business activity, jobs created and economic impact - session will examine how powerful structural changes in the economy have created important business opportunity that, to date, is largely unrecognized. 2:40 PM The NIH Roadmap: how may this affect the available options for firms active in National Institutes of Health SBIR-STTR program Speaker/ Discussants Joanne Goodnight, Acting Director, Office of Extramural Programs, National Institutes of Health. Format: Informational presentation Focus and objective: Development of the NIH Roadmap was the initiative of Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, soon after he assumed the leadership of NIH. With input from the all parts of the NIH constituency, the Roadmap is designed o provide a framework to give direction to medical research during the 21st century. A basic premise is that opportunities for discoveries have never been greater, but that the complexity of biology remains a daunting challenge. Beginning in 2004, and consistent with the major themes of the Roadmap, NIH is moving towards organization of its efforts around creation of interdisciplinary research teams and stimulating new ways of combining skills and disciplines in both the physical and biological sciences. Where the SBIR program fits into this process; what differences are likely in the type of endeavors in which NIH SBIR firms will now tackle will be the focus of this session. 3:10 PM State-of-the-Industry: Biotechnology Speaker/ Discussants Ted Miller, Promosome LLC Format: Briefing Focus and objective: Small firms – including many using SBIR-STTR funding – from the outset have been, and still are, key players in the development of biotech. In a very short period, this field has changed grom an industry in which players primarily generated their revenues from a business model grounded primarily in fee-for-service to Big pharma to one where Big Bio has shifted to a drug development platform changing the face of the industry as we know it. 3:30 PM Refreshment break 3:55 PM State-of-the-Industry: Medical Devices Speaker/ Discussants Timothy R. Gerrity, Amplior Incorporated Format: Briefing Focus and objective: The medical device industry is one of the fastest growing today. During this session, the state of the medical device industry will be examined. An emphasis will be on explaining the unique aspects of the industry that may be keeping it from growing even faster. 4:15 PM State-of-the-Art: Nanotechnology Speaker/ Discussants Philip Lippel, Policy Analyst, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office Format: Briefing Focus and objective: These sessions will be scheduled at different points through the three days of the event, Focusing to three-four specific industries and related areas of technology, experts in each field will examine the present industry structure and state-of-the-art, along with consideration of current factors of importance in that particular space. Targeted areas will include Biotech and Pharmaceuticals Medical Devices Telecommunications Nanotechnology 4:45 PM The Extent and Form of Venture Capital Activity in SBIR-involved Firms: doing the numbers Speaker/ Discussants Ann Eskesen, Innovation Development Institute Format: Brief Anchoring analysis Focus and objective: As the introduction to each of the sessions which address some specific aspect of bsuiness development, there will be a brief presentation of the data relevant to how the SBIR population as a whole is functioning in that space. A distinction will be drawn in each instance between that condition across the entire community of now over 15,000 SBIR Awardees (1983-present) and that which pertains to those firms currently active in the SBIR-STTR programs. Special areas of focus will include Venture Capital access - deals and dollars by geographic region and industry space Publicly Traded firms Patents activity Collaborations and Alliances Mergers and Acquisitions 5:00 PM Preparing for an IPO in Today's Environment Speaker/ Discussants Patrick J. Rondeau, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Format: Presentation Focus and objective: While initial public offerings were few and far between in 2001-2003, there has been a significant uptick in IPO activity since the beginning of 2004. However, the regulatory environment and investor expectations facing IPO companies today are very different from what they were several years ago. A leading VC and public offering attorney will discuss what a pre-IPO company needs to do to prepare for this. 5:20 PM What makes the most sense for you? Thinking creatively about alternative business models Speaker/ Discussants David E. Gumpert, Gumpert Communications Format: Interactive Discussion Focus and objective: Engaging the long-time business analyst and writer with many industry standard articles and publications - eg Business Plans that Make $$$: Lessons from the MIT Enterpise Forum - this session will challenge participants to think creatively about their choice of Business Model. Participants will be encouraged to consider going at markets in new ways; to take advantage of new tools and opportunities...and to get away from the more traditional approaches with which they may tend to feel 'comfortable'. 6:00 PM Dinner 6:45 PM Business Clinic: featured company Energen, Inc Speaker/ Discussants Chad Joshi, Energen Inc Moderator: Lawrence S. Nannis, : Levine, Katz, Nannis & Solomon, PC Panel: to be announced Format: Live Case Focus and objective: Adapted from the MIT Enterprise Forum format, this session will feature an active SBIR-involved firm. In advance of the conference, the featured firm will have provided copies of their full-blown presentation to a carefully selected group of experts who will serve as their panel and advisors. This presentation will address issues with which the firm is currently dealing and into which they are seeking input. At the event, following a brief overview presentation referencing aspects of those concerns, the panel will provide their input. Audience participation is anticipated.