R E G I O N  1 Region 1 Southern Area NJ Coast Section Princeton/Central Jersey North Jersey Section METSAC New York Section Long Island Section Connecticut Section Center for Entrepreneurship (MUCE) School of Science

The conference is targeted to engineers who are learning to be entrepreneurs by entering into new areas of opportunities. It will address:

• How to leverage available resources at the federal and state level
• What successful CEOs and CTOs did to enter into these new areas
• What the government is trying to do to leverage entrepreneurs

Early registration for IEEE members and those who wish to become members is now available for $25, non members for $60. Members who are unemployed on May 8 will have their registration refunded when they attend the event. The registration fee for students and life members is $20.

ORGANIZATION	SPEAKER		POSITION	TALK TITLE	Presentation
7:45 Continental Breakfast - Outside Wilson Hall Auditorium
8:15 - AM Track - Auditorium - Wilson Hall
		Professor Durga Misra	IEEE Region 1 Southern Area Chair NJIT Professor	Welcome
		Dr. TK Srinivas	IEEE NJ Coast Chapter Chair Entrepreneur's Day Program Chair	Agenda, Logistics, Committee Introduction
		Rush Holt	U.S. Reprentative 12th District of NJ	Keynote
		Dr. Ravi Sethi	President, Avaya Labs Research	Intrapreneurship
		Govi Rao	Partner, Sustainable Century Merchant Bank Former Chairman and CEO of Lighting Science Group	Strategic Renewal - Adapting From Engineering Foundation to Entrepreneurial Success
		Professor john Buzza	Director - Center for Entrepreneurship	The Alternative to Corporate America - Entrepreneurship in Today's Environment
		James Kocsi	District Director US Small Business Administration	How Can the Federal Government Help?
		Jackeline Mejias-Fuertes	Assistant Director New Jersey Small Business Development Center Brookdale Community College Branch	How Can the State Government Help?
			Q&A with Small Business Adminstration Executives
12:30 Lunch (provided) - Student Center Cafeteria
1:15 - PM Track - Auditorium - Wilson Hall
		Gordon Day	2009 IEEE President-USA	Your Partner for Your Entrepreneurial Career Advancement
		Stephen Harbulak	Intellectual Property attorney Office of the Chief Counsel Intellectual Property Law Division US Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command Fort Monmouth, New Jersey	What Engineer Inventors Do Not Know About Patents May Hurt Them
3:00 - Track 1 - Renewable Energy - Wilson Hall
		Dr. Shihab Kuran	President and CEO Petra Solar	Solar Monetizing Value of Existing Distribution Assets - Utility Owned Pole Attached PV
		Dr. Charles Brumlik	Managing Member Nanobiz LLC	Renewable Energy Opportunities and Challenges for Entrepreneurs
3:00 - Track 2 - Biotechnology/Health Care - Samuel Magill Commons Club - Combined Rooms 107-108-109
		Kent Roberts	Hodgson Russ Attorneys PANEL MODERATOR	Panel - Biotechnology/Healthcare and Intellectual Property
		Hay Yeung Cheung	Myers Wolin, LLC
		David L. Hecht	Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP
		Charles A. Weiss	Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
5:00-5:30 Networking Time