Schedule of Events • Thursday, October 7, 2010

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Morning Session -- Bond Life Sciences Center
7:00 - 8:00 am	Poster setup McQuinn Atrium
8:00 - 9:00 am	Welcome Speech by Chancellor Deaton - Introduction of Keynote Speaker Keynote Speaker - Dr. Stephen Padgette, VP Biotechnology, Monsanto Monsanto Aud.
9:00 - 10:30 am	State-wide featured companies that are seeking research collaboration and/or investment - Organovo, NEMS/MEMS Works LLC, Verapulse, AST, Cardialen, Nanoparticle Biochem Inc. 6 presentations, 15 minutes each Monsanto Aud.
10:30 - 10:45 am	Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45 am	Elevator Pitch Presentations (Engineering) Monsanto Aud.
10:45 - 11:45 am	From Conception to Corporation - It's an idea, is it an invention? (Panelists - Charles P. Romano, Dennis A. Bennett, Julie Scott) Room 572
11:45 am - 1:00 pm	Lunch McQuinn Atrium
12:15 - 12:45 pm	Lunch Reception • Mizzou Advantage - Provost B. Foster • Enterprise Innovation Program - Dr. Michael Nichols
Afternoon Session -- Bond Life Sciences Center
1:00 - 2:00 pm	Elevator Pitch Presentations (Life Science) Monsanto Aud.
1:00 - 2:00 pm	From Conception to Corporation - Getting Off Square One (Panelists - Matt Volkert, Jim Gann, Jake Halliday) Room 572
2:00 - 3:00 pm	Elevator Pitch Presentations (Biomedical) Monsanto Aud.
2:00 - 3:00 pm	From Conception to Corporation - Accelerate to Commercialization Panelists - Greg Scheller, Andrew Beverley, Brian Clevinger) Room 572
3:00 - 3:30 pm	Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:30 pm	REDI Program: Entrepreneurial know-how! (Panelists - Jimmy Winkelmann, Kat Cunningham, Brant Bukowsky, Tariq Shah) Monsanto Aud.
4:30 - 5:30 pm	REDI Program: There is help for people like you. (Panelists - Raina Knox, Jake Halliday, Mike Crist, Stan Gerling) Monsanto Aud.
Evening Session -- Bond Life Sciences Center
5:30 - 8:00 pm	Networking Reception McQuinn Atrium
6:00 - 6:15 pm	Closing Remarks (REDI, CLIMB, Office of Research)

Break out rooms are available from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm for one-on-one meetings. Please inform us in advance for availability.

Bios of Panelists for MTE 2010