The following is the 2010 Nantucket Conference agenda. Guest activities are in italics.
| Time | Title | Speakers/Moderators |
| Thursday, April 29 | ||
| 2:00pm-5:00pm White Elephant Ivory Room |
Registration |
|
| 3:00pm-4:00pm White Elephant Sun Room |
Design as a Strategic Asset: New Approaches to Product, Service, and Process Design |
Speakers: Moderator: |
| 4:30pm-5:30pm White Elephant Sun Room |
Dispatches from Afar: What's Shaking in Europe, China, and India - and What it Means for You |
Speakers: Moderator: |
| 5:30pm-7:00pm White Elephant Deck |
Opening Cocktail Reception Hosted by: Foley & Lardner LLP |
|
| 7:00pm - | Dinner
On Your Own in Town (First-time Nantucket Conference participants can sign up for dinners organized by our conference advisors) |
|
| Friday, April 30 | ||
| 7:30am-4:30pm Jared Coffin House |
Registration | |
| 7:30am-8:30am White Elephant Sun Deck |
Breakfast | |
| 8:45am-9:00am Jared Coffin House |
Introductions | |
| 9:00am-10:00am Jared Coffin House |
How CEOs Grow with their Companies |
Speakers: Moderator: |
| 9:45am - 11:00am |
Children's Activity: Amazing Plants with Cosmic Creations.
Use all of your senses while learning about plants and flowers. (Children under 5 must attend with an adult.) |
|
| 10:00am-10:30am |
Networking Break | |
| 10:00am-12:00pm Meet at Jared Coffin House |
Guest Activity: Farm Talk at Bartlett's
Farm. Come
and hear about the development of Nantucket's nationally recognized private and
public land conservation efforts with Jim Lentowski, Executive Director of the
Nantucket Conservation Foundation |
|
| 10:30am-11:15am Jared Coffin House |
Fireside Chat: Paul English on Managing Engineers, Listening to the Customer,
and Building the Next Great Consumer Web Company in New England |
Speaker: |
| 11:15am-12:00pm Jared Coffin House |
Seeing the Future: Wireless Power, and New Thinking About Interfaces |
Speakers: |
| 12:00pm-2:00pm White Elephant Sun Deck |
General Lunch |
|
| 12:00-2:00pm Jared Coffin House Eben Allen Room |
Box
Lunch Discussion (Limited space: requires RSVP in advance or sign-up on site) Home Runs & Grand Slams: Let's Talk About Building Big Companies in the New England Ecosystem |
Conversation Leaders: |
| 2:00pm-3:00pm |
Afternoon Breakout
Sessions: |
|
| White
Elephant Sun Room |
The Evolution of the Cloud: New Approaches & Strategies |
Discussion Leaders: Host: |
|
Jared Coffin House |
Getting Found: Raising Your Profile in Social Media |
Discussion
Leader: |
| White
Elephant Ivory Room |
Mastering the VC Game: Getting from Start-Up to IPO on Your Terms |
Discussion
Leader: |
| 3:00pm-3:30pm |
Networking Break |
|
| 3:30pm-4:30pm Jared Coffin House |
Venture Capital: What's Working, What's Not, and What Needs Rethinking |
Speakers: Jeff Bussgang, Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group Venetia Kontogouris, Managing Director, Trident Capital Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder Collective Moderator: John Landry, Founder, Lead Dog Ventures |
| 4:30pm-6:45pm Meet at Jared Coffin House |
Participant and Guest
Activity:
Tour of
Cisco Brewers, Nantucket Vineyard, Triple Eight
Distillery
|
|
| 6:30pm-9:30pm |
Children's Program - Green Jungle. Includes arts & crafts, hands-on projects, group
games and a movie! Dinner will be provided for the
children.
|
|
| 7:00pm-10:00pm White Elephant Deck |
Our 11th Annual
Friday Night Lobster Boil (Indoors) Hosted by J. Robert Scott |
|
| Saturday, May 1 | ||
| 7:30am-12:00pm Jared Coffin House |
Registration | |
| 7:30am-8:45am White Elephant Sun Deck |
Breakfast | |
| 9:00am-9:45am Jared Coffin House |
From the Research Lab to 2009's Most Successful IPO: The A123 Systems Story |
Speakers: Desh Deshpande, Chairman, A123 Systems David Vieau, CEO, A123 Systems Moderator: Nick D'Arbeloff, President, New England Clean Energy Council |
| 9:45am-10:15am |
Networking Break |
|
| 9:45am-11:00am |
Children's Activity: Growth and Building.
Experiments with growing sponges, raisins, crystals and more! (Children under 5 must attend with an adult.) |
|
| 10:15am-11:15am Jared Coffin House |
Targeting the Wily Consumer: What We've Learned Creating New Products and Services for Actual Human Beings |
Speakers: Colin Angle, CEO, iRobot Leah Busque, CEO, TaskRabbit, Inc. David Friend, CEO, Carbonite Stuart Nixdorff, CEO, ID8-Mobile Jules Pieri, Founder and CEO, Daily Grommet Moderator: Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy Columnist, Boston Globe |
| 11:00am-1:00pm |
Guest Activity: Visit to the Nantucket Whaling
Museum
|
|
| 11:15am-11:45am |
Networking Break |
|
| 11:45am-12:30pm Jared Coffin House |
The
Search Economy, How Start-Ups Build Momentum, and the
State of Angel Investing |
Speaker: |
| 12:30pm-1:30pm Jared Coffin House |
Closing Lunch:
Participants Will Have An Opportunity to Organize
Table Discussions |
|
| 2:00pm-3:30pm | Participant and Guest Activity: Van tour of Nantucket | |
| * Guest Activities are subject to change. Sign up on-site required | ||