Speaker Schedule

Date	Title	Speaker
2007-01-09	Orientation and Class Overview Professors Folta and Wodicka deliver an overview of the course
2007-01-09	No Class
2007-01-11	IDEO Presentation Craig Sampson from IDEO speaks to class	Craig Sampson (IDEO)
2007-01-16	No Class
2007-01-18	Effective Team Management Will describe keys to building and maintaining effective teams	Steve Green (Krannert School)
2007-01-18	No Class
2007-01-23	No Class
2007-01-25	Models of Innovation Will describe different models of innovation with practical implications for competitive advantage in business organizations. (1/25/07 session is in Rm 129 of the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship)	Joseph Sinfield (Purdue)
2007-01-30	No Class
2007-02-01	The Components of a Business Plan in the Medical Device Industry Will provide a framework around which you can build your business plan	Peter Kleinhenz (CID Equity Partners)
2007-02-06	No Class
2007-02-08	Identifying and Appraising Corporate-Backed Concepts Emphasis on attributes of potential ventures supported by established medical device companies	John DeFord, Ph.D. (C.R. Bard)
2007-02-13	No Class
2007-02-15	No Class
2007-02-20	The Basics of Intellectual Property	Gregory B. Coy, Krieg DeVault, LLP Simran Trana, Purdue University Office of Technolocy Commercialization
2007-02-22	Identifying and Appraising Potential Venture-Backed Concepts Will describe the process for identifying venture-backed ideas in a presentation titled “How to come up with the first product idea”	Tom Weldon (The Innovation Factory)
2007-02-27	Critical Steps in Growing a Start-up	Jim Pearson (Suros Surgical)
2007-03-01	No Class
2007-03-06	Concept Screening and Evaluation : Market Analysis	Leslie Bottorff (Onset Ventures)
2007-03-08	Patent Portfolio Strategy and Execution Will provide an overview of the process of developing an intellectual property strategy for a new venture and will provide real case examples	Mike Hooven, Ph.D. (Atricure, Inc.) Gary McFarron, Attorney
2007-03-20	Student Presentations of Concept Overview in RAWLS 4013
2007-03-22	Student Presentations of Concept Overview in RAWLS 4013
2007-03-27	The Basics of Reimbursement Provide an overview of the reimbursement environment in US and Europe, and the pathway for reimbursement for new medical technologies.	Susan Rowinski (The Sue Rowinski Group LLC)
2007-03-29	Exit Strategies and the Business Plan A serial entrepreneur will discuss the importance of exit strategies available to the firm and its link to the business plan.	Greg Ayers, Ph.D.
2007-04-03	The Basics of Regulatory Affairs Will provide an overview of the basics of regulatory affairs and approval pathways in the US and Europe	Tony Ragheb, Ph.D. (MedInstitute)
2007-04-05	No Class
2007-04-10	Financial Modeling in the Medical Device Space	Robert B. Truitt (HemoCleanse, Inc.)
2007-04-12	No Class
2007-04-17	Faculty Panel on Academic Entrepreneurship A set of entrepreneurs and faculty in the Weldon School will participate in a panel on Entrepreneurship in a University Setting	Rashid Bashir Pedro Irazoqui Alyssa Panitch
2007-04-19	No Class
2007-04-24	No Class
2007-04-26	No Class