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BIA/NYS Annual Meeting 2012

Friday, May 18, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (ET)

Buffalo, NY

BIA/NYS Annual Meeting 2012

Ticket Information

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General Admission
Admission to all public sessions. 100% discount promotional codes resulting in complimentary admission are available for member incubators, invitees of SUNY RF, speakers and guests, and sponsors. Please contact the organizers.
Ended $25.00 $0.00 Add to Waitlist

Event Details

Draft Agenda As (Rev. 2)

2012 Annual Meeting of the Members

2nd floor common area, UB Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences

701 Ellicott St. (at Virginia St.), Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, Buffalo, New York

Friday, May 18th (day following the Venture Forum in Buffalo)

for more background on related events see http://bianys.com/node/1101

 

Time slot

Agenda item

 

 

8:00-9:15

Private session for SUNY-affiliated incubators (Room B1-306) moderated by SUNY RF

 

 

9:00-9:30

 

Registration / Coffee

9:30-9:45

Convene & ceremonial welcomes

 

 

9:45-10:45

Presentations on incubator programs in the WNY Region

 

·       Pat Whalen, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, speaking on the Innovation Center

·       Woody Maggard, SUNY University at Buffalo, on the UB Incubator Program

·       Robert Fritzinger, SUNY Fredonia, on the Fredonia Technology Incubator

·       B. Thomas Mancuso, Mancuso Business Development Group, on Harrison Place

 

 

10:45-11:00

Break

 

 

11:00-11:45

Funding Innovation -- New York State's InnovateNY Seed Capital Fund

·       Steve Cohen, Deputy Commissioner, Empire State Development (confirmed)

  • Theresa B. Mazzullo, CEO, Excell Partners, Inc. (confirmed)
  • Timothy A. O'Neill, Partner, Golden Seeds Fund II (confirmed)
  • Jennifer Tegan, Partner, Cayuga Venture Fund (confirmed)
  • Mark Zogaria or Jordan Levy, SCP Buffalo Incubator (confirmed)

 

 

11:45-12:30

Innovative Seed Funding Models – Lessons and Opportunities for Collaboration

·       Kelly Mooney Lester, Esq., Partner, Phillips Lytle, on implications of the federal JOBS Act for startups, with special attention to crowd-funding

·       Christopher Dunstan, board member of the John R. Oishei Foundation (confirmed) on foundation investments in startup formation (PRI and endowment)

 

 

12:30-1:30

Lunch

·       Remarks by Leecia Eve, Esq., Deputy Secretary for Economic Development, Office of the Governor (confirmed)

 

 

1:30-2:15

Business Meeting of BIA/NYS

·       Election of directors and other business on agenda to be distributed to members only. Nominated for director positions:

  • Seth Bornstein, Entrepreneur Space/Queens EDC
  • Robert Fritzinger, SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator
  • Lou Walcer, Cornell McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences

2:15-2:30

Pro Forma Organizational Meeting of the Board of Directors for 2012 - 2013

 

2:30 – 4:00

Tour via minibus of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus including the UB Center of Excellence and the UB Downtown Biomedical Incubator

 

Please scroll down to view the list of our meeting sponsors and hotel information:\

 

SUNY RF Logo Harrison Place Logo
BNMC Innovation Center Logo Growth Wheel Logo
UB STOR Logo Fredonia Technology Incubator Logo

 

 Hotel information: Our friends at the 2012 Venture Forum have arranged for a block of discounted hotel rooms at the Embassy Suites Buffalo, located at 200 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14201. Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-362-2779 and mentioning the "New York State Center of Excellence in Bionfirmatics & Life Sciences" with the code "EBG." Reservations can also be made online at http://www.buffalo.embassysuites.com. On the first page, select your check-in and check-out dates (discounted reservations are available from 5/16/12 through 5/18/12). On the next page, enter the code "EBG" in the box entitled Group/Convention Code.
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