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fuse2007 Conference Agenda
October 9-10, 2007
"Accelerating Business Growth in Upstate New York"    

...fuse has emerged as Upstate's signature event for showcasing the initiatives and technologies that are driving the region's business growth.  At fuse - business, education, research, venture capital and public sector leaders connect up and share knowledge and perspectives that stimulate action.

DAY ONE:  October 9, 2007

Oncenter Complex - Syracuse, NY

9:00 am

Registration / Pre-Meetings

  • fuse2007 Advisory Board Meeting                                             10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
All Day

Technology Demonstrations - "Zone of Excellence" (Tech Demos will run all day on Oct 9 and Oct 10) -  Including all six NY State Centers of Excellence, winners of the Business Plan Competitions from around Upstate and companies like IBM, USA Datanet and Systanix.

Noon

Break / Open Networking

1:30 pm

Welcome:  Errol Unikel, Executive Director, fuse2007
1:40

Conference Opening: 

  • Ken Adams, President, Business Council of New York State
2:05

Healthcare as a Growth Engine for Upstate's Economy

David R. Smith, President, SUNY Upstate Medical University

2:40

The University as a Business Partner in the Quest for Talent and Technology:  A Look Back at 2007 and Perspectives on 2008
 Nancy Cantor, Chancellor of Syracuse University
3:15

Leadership Roundtable:  Driving Business Growth - Progress and Projections
 Moderator:  Dan Gundersen, Upstate Chairman, Empire State Development Corporation

  • Jeff Lawrence, EVP, Center for Economic Growth, Albany
  • Rob Simpson, Assistant to the President, Metropolitan Development Association
  • Dennis Mullen, President and CEO, Greater Rochester Enterprise (GRE)
  • Gerald Sonnenfeld , VP of Research and Professor of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University
  • Bill Pirillo, President and CEO, NYS Technology Enterprise Corporation
  • Ray Cross, President, Morrisville State College
4:30 - 5:30

Networking Reception and Technology Demonstrations - Oncenter

AND

SPECIAL EVENING PROGRAM

(RESERVED FOR SPONSORS & THEIR INVITED GUESTS)

Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University

5:00 - 6:00 pm

Private Reception - Whitman School

6:00

Welcome: Melvin T. Stith, Dean of Whitman School
6:10

Introduction:  David Montanaro, Chairman and CEO, USA Datanet

Entrepreneurship:  A Unique Intersection of Talent, Technology & Capital

Speaker:  Chris Darby, CEO, In-Q-Tel, Strategic Investment Firm that supports the CIA and U.S. Intelligence Community

6:40

Entrepreneurial Initiatives: Emerging Upstate Companies-Future Growth and Profitability

Moderators: Zach Shulman, Managing Partner, Cayuga Venture Fund and J. Montieth Estes, Managing Partner - Rochester, Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel

  • Patrick Govang, President, e2e Materials, Ithaca
  • Timothy J. Lukasiewisz, President and COO, CH3 BioSystems, Buffalo
  • Dr. Joseph Kummer, President, Propulsive Wing, Auburn
  • Brian Bell, CEO, First Wave Technologies, Inc., Buffalo
  • David Hessler, CEO, PharmaNova, Inc., Rochester
8:00

Close/Evening Activities

DAY TWO:  October 10, 2007

Oncenter Complex - Syracuse, NY

7:15 am

Registration / Continental Breakfast

All Day

Technology Demonstrations (open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm)

7:50

Welcome: Senator Hillary Clinton (video)

8:00

fuse Perspectives: Peter Cappuccilli, Jr., COO, Gilberti, Stinziano, Heintz & Smith; Chairman, fuse Advisory Board

8:10

Introduction:  Errol Unikel, Executive Director, fuse2007

8:15

Keynote: Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York

8:45

Concurrent Panels with Audience Q & A

I.  Technology Driving New Outcomes in Healthcare
Moderator: Dr. Martin Hickey, Senior Vice President, Health Care Affairs, Excellus BCBS, Rochester

  • Mike Totterman, CEO, iCardiac
  • Dave Patteson, CEO, Advion BioSciences
  • Thomas Stewart, President, Gaymar Industries
  • Heather Erickson, President, MedTech
  • Eamonn Hobbs, President and CEO, AngioDynamics (I)

II.  Broadband Wireless Communications and the New Internet
Moderator: David Ballarini, Co-founder and Managing Partner, The Mercator Group

  • Tom Patterson, CEO, Command Information
  • Joel Delmonico, VP, Clear Channel Radio
  • Phil Neumiller, Senior Communications Technologist, Sensis
  • John Turner, EVP and CSO, USA Datanet
10:15    Networking Break
10:45

Concurrent Panels with Audience Q & A

I.  Green Energy & Environmental Technologies
Moderator:  William M. Flynn, Managing Partner, Harris Beach, PLLC; Former Chair, NYS Public Service Commission

  • Neil Murphy, President, SUNY ESF
  • Suresh Santanam , Deputy Executive Director, Syracuse CoE in Environmental & Energy Systems
  • Richard Pietrafesa, Managing Director, DestiNY USA
  • Brad McCredie, IBM Fellow, IBM Systems and Technology Group
  • Patrick Doyle, Director of Development, Horizon Wind Energy, Houston
  • Jim Olcott, Constellation Energy

II.  NanoNY - Nanotechnology Driving Growth
Moderator:  Rob Burns - Senior Vice President, Lux Research

  • Rick Berger , President  and COO, NanoDynamics, Buffalo
  • Dr. Harold Craighead, Professor, Cornell University
  • Gerald Fine, Professor, Boston University and Board Member, Crystal IS, Albany
  • Dr. Clint Ballinger, CEO, Evident Technologies, Troy
  • Mick Stadler, President and Chairman, Cerion Energy, Rochester
12:15 pm

Luncheon

12:20

Perspectives:  Senator Charles Schumer (video)
12:45

Perspectives - Upstate Business Climate: Congressman Jim Walsh (video)

1:00

Luncheon Keynote:  Judy Marks, President of Transportation and Security Solutions, Lockheed Martin

1:30

Transition / Break

2:15

Introduction:  Mary Ann Tyszko, CEO, SRCTec, Inc.
2:25

Panel Discussion:  Defense Technologies / Security:  Sensing the Future

Moderator:  Ephrahim Garcia, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University

  • Judy Marks, Lockheed Martin
  • Joseph M. Cosumano, Jr., Lieutenant General, US Army (retired), SVP Operations, Maintenance and Logistics, KBR Infrastructure and Government
  • Chris Darby, CEO, In-Q-Tel, Strategic Investment Firm that supports the CIA and U.S. Intelligence Community
  • Marc Viggiano, Chief Strategy Officer, Sensis Corporation
  • Adam G. Cox, Ph.D, Strategy, Policy and Budget Office, Department of Homeland Security

Audience Q & A - remaining time

3:45

fuse2007/Centers of Excellence Program

Moderator:  Jim Senall, Managing Director, Business Development, Greater Rochester Enterprise

  • Michael M. Fancher, Director of Economic Outreach Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics at Albany
  • Mary Beth Curtin, Associate Director, Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging at Binghamton
  • Marnie LaVigne, Ph.D., Director of Business Development, Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences at Buffalo
  • David Smith, President, The Infotonics Technology Center of Excellence in Photonics and Microsystems
  • Rong Zhao, Ph.D., Director, Software Systems Division, Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology, Stony Brook
  • Suresh Santanam, Sc.D., Deputy Executive Director, The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems
4:30

fuse2007 Wrap-Up / Networking Reception and Technology Demonstrations

5:30

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