The following is the 2008 Nantucket Conference agenda. Guest activities are in italics.
| Thursday, May 1 | |
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3:00pm-4:00pm White Elephant |
Design Thinking for Entrepreneurs: Identifying New Markets and Developing the Winning Product or Service Speakers: |
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4:30pm-5:30pm White Elephant |
Buzz on a Budget: Getting to Global Awareness Without a Billion-Dollar Marketing Spend Speakers: |
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5:30pm-7:30pm White Elephant |
Opening Cocktail Reception |
| 7:30pm | Free Time - Explore Nantucket |
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Friday, May 2 |
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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-9:45am Jared Coffin House |
"Game Changer" Conversation: Internet Video Speakers: Moderator: |
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9:45am-10:30am Jared Coffin House |
"Game Changer" Conversation: Innovation by Design Speaker: Moderator: |
| 10:15am-11:30am | Children's
Activity: Sailor's
Valentine or creating markershaw (scrimshaw with
markers) at the Whaling
Museum |
| 10:15am-12:00pm | Guide-Led
Walking Tour of Nantucket's Historical District |
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10:30am-11:00am Jared Coffin House |
Networking Break |
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11:00am-12:00pm Jared Coffin House |
Getting to the Tipping Point: The Keys to Getting New Ideas to Take Off
Speakers: Moderator: |
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12:00pm-2:00pm White Elephant |
Lunch |
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2:00pm-3:00pm Jared Coffin House |
Understanding the Evolving Wireless Ecosystem: What's Really Changing, and What Does It Mean? Moderator: |
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3:00pm-3:30pm Jared Coffin House |
Networking Break |
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3:30pm-4:15pm Jared Coffin House |
The Origins of Venture Capital: Getting to Know Georges Doriot Speaker: Moderator: |
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4:30pm-6:30pm White Elephant |
Wine Tasting led by the Brant Point sommelier in the White Elephant Sun Room.
Sponsored by BNY Mellon
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4:30pm-6:30pm |
Van
tour of Nantucket given by Gail's Tours |
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7:00pm-10:00pm White Elephant |
Lobster Dinner (Indoors) |
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6:30pm-9:30pm Jared Coffin House |
Children's
Program - Space Expedition for Young Explorers run by
Cosmic Creations. Explore space and all of its amazing
parts. Includes arts & crafts, projects (building
rockets and a constellation viewer), group games and a
movie! Dinner
will be provided for the children. |
| Saturday, May 3 | |
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7:30am-9:00am Jared Coffin House |
Entrepreneurs' Breakfast: Engineering Growth and Exploring the "Logical Next Step"
Conversation leaders: |
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8:00am-9:00am White Elephant |
General Breakfast |
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9:00am-10:00am Jared Coffin House |
Cloud Computing: Where It's At and Where It's Heading Speakers: Moderator: |
| 9:30am-12:00pm |
Guest
Activity: Farm Talk lecture at Bartlett's
Farm: Hot Exotic and Tropical: On Beyond Pothos.
Lecture will discuss how to showcase colorful and
interesting accent plants for decorating inside and
out. Time afterwards for browsing greenhouses and
market. |
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10:00am-10:30am Jared Coffin House |
Networking Break |
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10:15am-12:00pm Children's Beach |
Children's
Activity: Journey into the past with Cosmic Creations.
Learn about fossils and the job of a paleontologist.
Children will even have the chance to hold real
fossils and a prehistoric plant that came back to
life! (If rain, the program will be
indoors. Children under 5 must attend
with an adult. |
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10:30am-11:15am Jared Coffin House |
"Game Changer" Conversation: Venture Capital, Publishing, New Media, and Research Speaker: Moderator: |
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11:15am-12:00pm Jared Coffin House |
"Game Changer" Conversation: Energy/Tech Innovation Speaker: Moderator: |
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12:00pm-1:30pm White Elephant |
General Lunch |
| 1:45pm-4:00pm | Private
gallery tour of the newly restored Whaling
Museum |
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*Activities subject to change |
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