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Program Sponsors:
Innovation &Entrepreneurship Summit
Featuring:3rd Annual Northeast ACA Angel Summit
Innovation Pipeline Companies to Watch Awards & Showcase
Angel Investor Forum Connecticut Technology Council Crossroads Venture Group
Presented by:
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(Accredited Investors only) 9:30 - 10:00 AM
Registration & Networking
10:00 - 10:15 AM Welcome & Day’s Agenda
(in Ballroom)
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Early Stage Company Presentations
Company #1 - Intimate Bridge 2 Conception, Inc. Company #2 - Respiratory Motion, Inc.
Company #3 - Autotether, LLC 15 Minute Presentations & 5 Minute Q&A Breakout Sessions: Company 1 (in Temple),
Company 2 (in York), Company 3 (in Ballroom)
12:15 - 1:00 PM Lunch & Networking
(In Temple & York, buffet in Church)
1:00 - 1:30 PM Topic: LLC versus C Corporation - The Pros & Cons
Presentation by Partners from Wiggin and Dana LLP Frank Marco, Chair - Emerging Companies Practice Group
Peter Gruen, Chair - Tax Practice Group (in Ballroom)
1:30 - 3:05 PM Early Stage Company Presentations
Company #4 - Fortitude Fishing, Inc. Company #5 - Style for Hire, Inc.
Breakout Sessions: Company 4 (in Temple), Company 5 (in York)
3:00 - 3:30 PM Angel Summit Wrap-up & Next Steps
(in Ballroom)
3:00 - 3:30 PM Registration & Networking
(in Ballroom D)
3:30 - 5:00 PM Innovation Pipeline Awards
Masters of Ceremonies Charlie O’Brien, Partner, Cantor Colburn LLP
Natalie Real, CAO, CCAT (in Ballroom A,B,C)
Keynote A Wizard’s View of 21st Century Innovation
by Futurist, Lecturer, Best-selling Author, Political Commentator, Social Critic
Watts Wacker
Award Presentations Most Promising Green Tech Company of the Year Award
Most Promising Life Sciences Company of the Year Award Most Promising Software Product of the Year Award
Most Promising New Internet/ New Media Company of the Year Award Most Promising Technology Product or Service of the Year Award
Elevator Pitches, Final Round Chris Cerrito, Partner, Dickstein Shapiro LLP
About the ConneCtiCut teChnology CounCil The Connecticut Technology Council is a statewide association of
technology oriented companies and institutions, providing leadership in areas of policy advocacy, community
building and assistance for growing companies.
Speaking for over 2,000 companies that employ some 200,000 residents, the Connecticut Technology Council seeks to provide a strong and urgent voice in support of the creation of a culture of innovation. This includes working to position Connecticut as a leader in idea creation, workforce preparation, entrepreneurial
aptitude, early stage risk capital availability and providing on-going support and mentoring to high potential firms.
www.CT.org
About the Angel investor Forum Angel Investor Forum (AIF) was founded in 2004.
AIF members invest their time, talent and money in supporting companies with solid business models and growth
potential. By investing together, we provide the capital required ($100k - $2M) with a high return potential.
AIF has three investor clusters that meet each month in Stamford, New Haven and Hartford.
www.angelinvestorforum.com
2011 CompAnies to WAtCh
Company Name President/CEO Name City/Town, State Industry Category Website
Adam's Solar Ale David Weinberg Glastonbury, CTEnergy/ Environment/ Green Tech
AgriFuels LLC Paul Hoar East Hartford, CTEnergy/ Environment/ Green Tech
agrifuels.com
Agriopia David Blake Elmsford, NYNew Media/ Internet/ Telecom
agriopia.com
Allostem Therapeutics Uday Khire Farmington, CT Life Sciences allostem.com
Alphachromics Inc. Mark Van Allen Farmington, CT Advanced Manufacturing
Anchor Science LLC Ewa Kirkor Branford, CTEnergy/ Environment/ Green Tech
anchorscience.com
Aquatic Safety Concepts, LLC Paul Taylor Redding, CT Other wahooosms.com
Aquatic Sensor Network Technology, LLC
John Hanson Groton, CT Other
Arcanatura LLC Serge Martinod Groton, CT Life Sciences arcanatura.com
Autotether Inc. Anthony Viggiano Chester, CT Other autotether.com
WWW.Ct.org
Keynote SpeakerWatts WackerFuturist, Lecturer, Best-selling Author, Political Commentator, Social Critic
Watts Wacker is one of the most celebrated and influential minds in modern business. Mr. Wacker -- lecturer, best-selling author, political commentator and social critic -- is one of the world’s most respected futurists. His uncommon versatility and vision has allowed him to help the world’s top corporations and organizations navigate the sea of change that is taking hold in the new millennium. He has been the futurist at SRI International, the legendary Menlo Park think tank, and spent ten years as the resident futurist at the preeminent social research organization, Yankelovich Partners.
While Mr. Wacker’s personal client list is a veritable who’s who, it is what is said about him that is the most intriguing… ”One of 21 socially important people we selected to make a prediction for the 21st century.” ...The Science Channel, On our list of the 50 most influential business thinkers in the world” ...Financial Times ”When government gets serious about reinventing, Watts will be in the president’s cabinet.” ...Fast Company ”A skilled raconteur” …Fortune Magazine ”The inheritor of the Marshall McLuhan tradition” …Wired Magazine ”He is one of the 21 best speakers in America” …Successful Meetings Magazine ”We featured his wizardry practice on our front page.” ...USA Today ”Time magazine 2006 person of the year”. He has been labeled a “must quote” by the Associated Press.
As founder and director of FirstMatter LLC, Mr. Wacker has focused his attention on creating a new kind of think tank and he describes himself as a twenty-first century alchemist as well as… “a cross between James Brown and the unknown comic, (the hardest working nobody in the business.).” Mr. Wacker and his “wizardry practice” has been featured in the media the world over.