The following is the 2009 Nantucket Conference agenda. Guest activities are in italics (sign up on-site only). Please e-mail scott@nantucketconference.com with speaker suggestions for the 2010 conference. The Nantucket Conference 2009 Linked In group is open for registered participants.
| Thursday, April 30 | |
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3:00pm-4:00pm White Elephant |
Metcalfe on Selling Speaker: Bob Metcalfe, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners; founder, 3Com Corp. |
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4:30pm-5:30pm White Elephant |
Getting Funded & Staying Funded Speakers: Jeffrey Anderson, CEO, Quick Hit, Inc. Michael Greeley, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners Christina Lampe-Onnerud, CEO, Boston-Power Andy Palmer, Board Member, Vertica Systems, CloudSwitch, ByLedge Moderator: John Landry, Founder, Lead Dog Ventures |
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5:30pm-7:30pm White Elephant |
Opening Cocktail Reception Hosted by: Foley & Lardner LLP |
| 7:30pm- |
Dinner On Your Own in Town (First-time Nantucket Conference participants can sign up for dinners hosted by our conference advisors) |
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Friday, May 1
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7:30am-8:30am White Elephant |
Breakfast |
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8:45am-9:00am Jared Coffin House |
Introductions |
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9:00am-10:00am Jared Coffin House |
CEO Roundtable: Capitalizing on
the Downturn, and Managing Toward the Recovery
Speakers: Aron Ain, CEO, Kronos Jana Eggers, CEO, Spreadshirt Christina Lampe-Onnerud, CEO, Boston-Power Chris Stone, President and CEO, SiCortex Christopher Zannetos, CEO, of Courion Moderator: Bouzha Cookman, Partner, Catlin & Cookman Group |
| 9:45am-11:00am |
Children's art activity at the Whaling Museum |
| 10:00am-10:30am |
Networking
Break |
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10:30am-11:15am Jared Coffin House |
Fireside Chat: Global Domination
& the Economics of Free
Speaker: Scott Durschlag, COO, Skype Moderator: Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy Columnist, Boston Globe |
| 10:30am-12:00pm |
Guest Activity: Visit to the Nantucket Whaling
Museum |
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11:15am-12:00pm Jared Coffin House |
Fireside Chat: Next Directions for the Robotics Industry
Speaker: Rodney Brooks, Chairman and CTO, Heartland Robotics; Co-founder, iRobot Corp. Moderator: Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy Columnist, Boston Globe |
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12:00pm-2:00pm White Elephant |
General Lunch |
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12:00pm-2:00pm Jared Coffin House Eben Allen Room |
Entrepreneurs' Lunch: New
Strategies for Customer Acquisition (Limited space: requires RSVP in advance or sign-up on site) Conversation Leaders: Jana Eggers, CEO, Spreadshirt Sim Simeonov, Technology Advisor, Polaris Venture Partners; co-founder, Plinky Bill Warner, Founder, Warner Research, LLC |
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2:00pm-3:00pm Jared Coffin House |
How is the Venture World
Changing?
Speakers: Paul Ciriello, Founding Managing Director, Fairhaven Capital Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group Josh Kopelman, Managing Partner, First Round Capital Jo Tango, Founder, Kepha Partners Moderator: Dan Primack, Editor-at-Large, Thomson Reuters and Creator, peHUB Wire |
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2:00pm-3:00pm Jared Coffin House Eben Allen Room |
Exploring Game-Industry
Opportunities and New Dynamics Speakers: Jeffrey Anderson, CEO, Quick Hit, Inc. Brett Close, CEO, 38 Studios Ian Lane Davis PhD, Studio President & Mad Scientist, Rockstar Games New England Moderator: Jimmy Guterman, Executive Editor, MIT Sloan Management Review |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm | Networking
Break |
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3:30pm-4:15pm Jared Coffin House |
How We Rebuild the Economy After the Great Collapse of
2008
Speaker: Eric Janszen, Founder, iTulip.com and author, The Post-Catastrophe Economy Introducer: Patrick Rafter, President, Intrastand |
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4:30pm-6:30pm |
Participant and Guest
Activity: Nature tour / bird watching
with the Maria
Mitchell Association |
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4:30pm-6:30pm |
Meet a Noted Artist
and have a local Beverage with a View Cisco Brewer's Beer and Wine Tasting at the Cromartie Gallery & Studio (Sign up at Nantucket Conference registration desk, limited space.) Hosted by Universal Mind |
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7:00pm-10:00pm White Elephant |
Our 10th Annual
Friday Night Lobster Boil (Indoors) Hosted by J. Robert Scott |
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6:30pm-9:30pm |
Children's Program -
Sea Exploration. Explore sealife through arts &
crafts, photos and a video of an actual scuba
dive. Includes arts & crafts, hands-on
projects, group games and a movie! Dinner will be
provided for the children. |
| Saturday, May 2 | |
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7:30am-8:45am White Elephant Brant Point Grill |
Breakfast discussion:
Building Family Capital [Limited space: requires sign-up on site. This session is open to guests of registered participants.] Hosted by: BNY Mellon Wealth Management Speaker: Thomas C. Rogerson, Managing Director |
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8:00am-9:00am Jared Coffin House |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00am-9:45am Jared Coffin House |
The VistaPrint Story: 1400 Employees, 16 Million
Customers, and $400 Million in Revenue, in Just 13 Short Years
Speakers: Robert Keane, CEO, VistaPrint Fergal Mullen, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners Moderator: Tim Rowe, Venture Partner, New Atlantic Ventures and CEO, Cambridge Innovation Center |
| 9:30am-12:00pm |
Guest Activity: Visit the Yoga
Room for a beginners yoga class. |
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9:45am-10:15am |
Networking Break |
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10:15am-11:15am Jared Coffin House |
Mapping the CleanTech [This session is open to guests of registered participants.] Speakers: Bill Davis, President & CEO, Ze-gen Mike Clary, Founder and CEO, GMZ Energy, Inc. and Solasta Inc. Jim Matheson, General Partner, Flagship Ventures David Prend, Managing General Partner, Rockport Capital Partners Hemant Taneja, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners Moderator: Nick D'Arbeloff, President, New England Clean Energy Council |
| 10:15am - 12:00pm |
Children's Activity: Explore the magic of
magnets with Cosmic Creations. Children will learn
about magnets through experimentation and will take
home a project as well. (Children under 5 must attend
with an adult.) |
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11:15am-11:45am
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Networking Break |
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11:45am-12:30pm
Jared Coffin House |
Fireside Chat: What It Takes to
Win in Consumer & Enterprise Software
[This session is open to guests of registered participants.] Speaker: Paul Ricci, CEO, Nuance Moderator: Bob Metcalfe, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners; founder, 3Com Corp. |
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12:30-1:30 PM Jared Coffin House |
Closing Lunch: Participants will have an
opportunity to organize table discussions |
| 2:00pm-3:30pm |
Participant and Guest Activity: Guide-Led Walking Tour of Nantucket's Historical District |
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* Guest Activities are subject to change |
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