Wednesday, September 19, 2007

8am	Registration
	Exhibit Hall opens for booth set-up
8:30am	Opening Breakfast
	Welcome Mayor Frank C. Guinta, City of Manchester Kristin R. Woolever, Dean, UNH Manchester Jay Minkarah, Director of Economic Development, City of Manchester Keynote Speakers Fred Kocher, President, NH High Tech Council Grace Kilbane, Regional Administrator, Employment and Training Administration, US Department of Labor Richard Ashooh, Vice President, Government Relations, BAE Systems
	Q & A with Keynote Speakers
10am	BarCamp
	Break-out Sessions

	Session A	Session B
10-10:50am	Part 1: Growth Capital Financing - Michael Gurau, President, CEI Community Ventures - John Hamilton, Managing Director, Vested for Growth - Hollis McGuire, Founding Member, Northeast Angels and Manager/Director of Nashua/Manchester Region, Business Development Center - Jesse Devitte, Founder and General Partner, Borealis Ventures	Networking and Career Development for IT Professionals - Jason Alexander, Alexander Technology Group
11-11:50am	Part 2: Growth Capital Financing - Michael Gurau, President, CEI Community Ventures - John Hamilton, Managing Director, Vested for Growth - Hollis McGuire, Founding Member, Northeast Angels and Manager/Director of Nashua/Manchester Region, Business Development Center - Jesse Devitte, Founder and General Partner, Borealis Ventures	Intellectual Property - Paul Remus, Attorney, Devine Millimet

11pm	High Tech Job Fair and Exhibition opens
12pm	Lunch
	Keynote Speakers Dean Kamen, Entrepreneur and Inventor Mark Huddleston, President, University of New Hampshire Dave Todaro, Chairman, Software Association of New Hampshire
	Q & A with Keynote Speakers
2pm	Break-out Sessions

	Session A - Salon B	Session B - Salons C & D
2-2:50pm	Open Source Information Systems - Naim Syed, Director of Academic and Administrative Computing, NHCTC – Manchester - Sean Owen, President, wedu - Jeremy Hitchcock, CEO, Dynamic Network Services	High Tech and the Economy - Mike Vlacich, Director of Economic Development, State Dept. of Resources and Economic Development - Ross Gittell, Professor, UNH - Taylor Eighmy, Interim Vice President for Research, UNH - Bob Dalton, Director of the Innovation Research Center, UNH - Zenagui Ibrahim, Director, NH Manufacturer’s Extension Program - Commissioner George Bald, State Dept. of Resources and Economic Development - Commissioner G. Philip Blastos, State Dept. of Revenue Administration
3-3:50pm	Smart Classrooms - Naim Syed, Director of Academic and Administrative Computing at NHCTC – Manchester - Lauri Rubner, Technology Manager, Sonic Foundry, Inc.	Entrepreneurial and High Tech Business Panel - Sean Owen, President, wedu - Bob Good, Founder and CEO, Good Leads - Jeremy Hitchcock, CEO, DynDNS

4-7pm	Evening Reception Governor John Lynch Mayor Frank Guinta Kate Benway, Chairman, Manchester Young Professionals Network Robin Comstock, President and CEO, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
7pm	High Tech Job Fair and Exhibition closes