The conference is targeted to engineers who are learning to be entrepreneurs by entering into new areas of opportunities.
It will address:
ORGANIZATION | SPEAKER | POSITION | TALK TITLE | Presentation |
7:45 Continental Breakfast - Outside Wilson Hall Auditorium |
8:15 - AM Track - Auditorium - Wilson Hall |
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![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_njit.jpg) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/face_misra.png) | Professor Durga Misra | IEEE Region 1 Southern Area Chair NJIT Professor | Welcome | |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_ieee_trans.gif) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/face_srinivas.jpg) | Dr. TK Srinivas | IEEE NJ Coast Chapter Chair Entrepreneur's Day Program Chair | Agenda, Logistics, Committee Introduction | |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_house_of_rep.jpg) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_holt.jpg) | Rush Holt | U.S. Reprentative 12th District of NJ | Keynote | |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_avayalabs.gif) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_sethi.jpg) | Dr. Ravi Sethi | President, Avaya Labs Research | Intrapreneurship | |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_lsgc.jpg) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_rao.jpg) | Govi Rao | Partner, Sustainable Century Merchant Bank Former Chairman and CEO of Lighting Science Group | Strategic Renewal - Adapting From Engineering Foundation to Entrepreneurial Success | |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_mu.jpg) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_buzza.jpg) | Professor john Buzza | Director - Center for Entrepreneurship | The Alternative to Corporate America - Entrepreneurship in Today's Environment | |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_sba.jpg) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_kocsi.jpg) | James Kocsi | District Director US Small Business Administration | How Can the Federal Government Help? | |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_sbdc.jpg) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_mejiasfuertes.jpg) | 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 |
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12:30 Lunch (provided) - Student Center Cafeteria |
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1:15 - PM Track - Auditorium - Wilson Hall |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_ieee_trans.gif) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/face_day.jpg) | Gordon Day | 2009 IEEE President-USA | Your Partner for Your Entrepreneurial Career Advancement | |
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![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_cecomlcmc.jpg) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_harbulak.jpg) | 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 | |
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3:00 - Track 1 - Renewable Energy - Wilson Hall |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_petra_solar.gif) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_kuran.jpg) | Dr. Shihab Kuran | President and CEO Petra Solar | Solar Monetizing Value of Existing Distribution Assets - Utility Owned Pole Attached PV | |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_nanobiz.gif) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_brumlik.jpg) | Dr. Charles Brumlik | Managing Member Nanobiz LLC | Renewable Energy Opportunities and Challenges for Entrepreneurs | |
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3:00 - Track 2 - Biotechnology/Health Care - Samuel Magill Commons Club - Combined Rooms 107-108-109 |
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![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_hodgson_russ.jpg) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_roberts.jpg) | Kent Roberts | Hodgson Russ Attorneys PANEL MODERATOR | Panel - Biotechnology/Healthcare and Intellectual Property |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_myerswolin.jpg) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_cheung.jpg) | Hay Yeung Cheung | Myers Wolin, LLC |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_are.jpg) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_hecht.jpg) | David L. Hecht | Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP |
![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/logo_kenyon.jpg) | ![](https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/njcoast/entrepreneurs/images/speaker_weiss.jpg) | Charles A. Weiss | Kenyon & Kenyon LLP |
5:00-5:30 Networking Time |