Thursday, December 5th, 2013 | Venture Café | 3:00 – 8:00 P.M.
3:00 – 6:00 P.M. | Farpoint Ventures – Office Hours
Come chat with Jim Ryan of Farpoint Ventures. Jim has 20 years of experience building markets and sales organizations worldwide, specializing in the Far East. Sign up to speak with Jim here.
3:00 – 5:00 P.M. | David Fogel – Office Hours
Chat with David Fogel, Managing Director at Swifton CFOs LLC, as well as a member of Mass Medical Angels and Beacon Angels. Swifton provides emerging businesses with strategic financial leadership (“outsourced CFOs”). David’s expertise lies in constructing a reliable financial framework to help attract investors. Sign up for 30 minutes with David here.
3:00 – 6:00 P.M. | Office Hours: Joe Caruso
Get advice from Joe Caruso, who for more than 20 years has been an advocate for entrepreneurs as mentor, coach, and personal adviser. In recent years, he has served as an investor, adviser, and director with dozens of public and private companies. Joe maintains an active consulting practice dealing with acquisitions, strategic partnerships, financing, and dispute resolution. To meet with Joe, sign up here.
3:00 – 6:00 P.M. | Steve Davis – Office Hours
Meet with Stephen Davis, a business growth strategist who has been a mentor and advisor to entrepreneurs for over 20 years. He is the Founder of CXO Advisory Group, a company that works with businesses, entrepreneurs and service providers to accelerate revenue growth. Steve can help you strategize to build a profitable, efficient business capable of growing to scale. Sign up here for time with Stephen.
3:00 – 7:45 P.M. | Science and Technology in Italy: Opportunities for Cooperation
Find out about opportunities for research and business development collaboration between Italy and the United States. Attend a seminar to discuss Italy’s landscape in technology transfer, funding, and research trends, followed by pitches from six visiting Italian companies. Stay on for the networking session to find Italian collaboration partners. This free event is brought to Venture Café by the Italian Trade Commission, but registration is required for the speaker session. Learn more and register here.
4:00 – 5:00 P.M. | Healthcare Perspectives and Innovation Opportunities in the U.K.’s National Healthcare Service (NHS)
The NHS has been running the U.K’s healthcare system for 65 years, providing universal coverage free at the point of delivery. Join a distinguished group of speakers with clinical, research and delivery expertise who will share the NHS experience and discuss needs for healthcare innovation in the U.K and worldwide. Learn how these needs could addressed through clinical research and business collaborations. Guest speakers include:
Melanie Ogden – Head of Innovation Delivery, NHS England
Jackie Oldham – Director, Manchester Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technology; Professor of Rehabilitation Science; Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) Health Technology Lead; Honorary Director, Edward Centre for Healthcare Research
Linda Magee OBE – Business Development Director, MAHSC
Sarah Hokanson – Senior Officer, Science and Innovation, UK Trade and Investment, Boston