MIT Enterprise Forum Spring
Chapter Leadership Meeting 2007
Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28, 2007
La Jolla,
CA
Hosted by the San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum
The MIT Enterprise Forum Spring Chapter Leadership Meetings
are the best opportunity for our volunteer leaders to gather
and discuss best practices, common hardships, and collaborative
planning.
Enterprise Forum leaders meet and network, compare notes,
and share ideas, while the Global Office staff provides updates
on tools, services and programming opportunities that further
support chapters.
It is important for all chapters to send at least one senior
volunteer leader (and more are always welcome) so that information
can be communicated back to your local chapter for implementation.
Conference Registration Fee: $350/person
(covers all meals from Friday lunch through Saturday dinner,
all conference materials and venues, and Friday cocktail
reception)
Attendees must cover the cost of airfare and hotel.
Hotel Reservations
Grande Colonial Hotel
910 Prospect Street, La Jolla
888-530-5766
Contact: Lizzie Carsey
Rates: Ocean View $250/night; Village View
$205/night
(Please indicate you are part of the MIT Enterprise
Forum Spring Chapter Leadership Meeting room block)
Availability: Thurs, April 26, Fri, April 27, Sat,
April 28
Book ASAP! Room rate not guaranteed after March 27
Rooms are limited and are on a first-come-first-serve basis.
$10 additional person charge per room per night
The conference venue and hotel are within walking distance
of one another.
All reservation requests must be accompanied by a first
night room deposit, or guaranteed with a major credit card.
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Agenda
FRIDAY, APRIL 27TH
Museum
of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
Coast Room
11:00 am - 12:00 noon
Welcome and Onsite Tools & Services Demonstration
The Global Office staff will provide live demonstrations
of SmarTrans, Alumni Site Builder, and other online tools,
including a legal update for all incorporated chapters. Demonstrations
by: Antoinette Müller, Greg Wymer and Anne Dowell from
the MIT Enterprise Forum Global Office
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Coast Room
Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Keynote Address: "Teaching Old Engineers New Tricks"
William R. Wagner CM '83
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Founded by two iconic entrepreneurs, Hewlett-Packard Co.
has grown from humble beginnings to become a Fortune 11 company
with over $90B in revenue, and an R&D budget of over $3.5B.
On a quest to keep the flame of entrepreneurship alive in such
a large and complex organization, Wagner will describe his
efforts as an evangelist of entrepreneurial behavior, including
the creation of a business plan competition to generate
actionable new business ideas, improve business acumen, and
teach solid planning and presentation skills within Hewlett-Packard's
Imaging and Printing Group's development community.
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
"Ideas for Action: Round Table Discussions"
In a twist on our eXtreme Networking and MIT entrepreneurial
group "speed dating" events of past leadership meetings,
these Round Table Discussions will give attendees a chance
to discuss many topics of interest in a short period of time.
Attendees will rotate from table to table over the course
of 90 minutes as their fellow EF volunteers discuss their chapters'
successes in areas such as:
- podcasting and sharing content (Seattle)
- how to host a broadcast and deliver content to viewers
(Atlanta)
- where the Enterprise Forum fits in your local entrepreneurial
community (Washington, DC)
- membership recruitment efforts (San Diego)
- the role of the Global Enterprise Forum Board (Global Board
members)
4:20 pm - 5:20 pm
Shared Practices
A follow-up from the Fall Leadership Meeting, this will further
the discussion of sharing practices amongst all chapters, including
exciting new developments in:
- collaborative software tools
- using wikis to share information
- the best methodologies
- topics of most use
to volunteers, and more
5:45 pm - 7:30 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
The Terrace
Networking Reception
Network with your fellow EF chapter leaders, MIT alumni,
local San Diego entrepreneurs, and other featured guests.
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Dinner (all-inclusive)
Azul
La Jolla
1250 Prospect Street, La Jolla
(858) 454-9616
Voted one of the "Best View" restaurants in all of San Diego,
Azul La Jolla features exquisite Californian cuisine with an
emphasis on seafood and local ingredients.
SATURDAY, APRIL 28TH
Grande
Colonial Hotel, La Jolla
Sun Room
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:15 am
Gary Augusta
Executive Director,
OCTANe
"The Success Story of the OC: How OCTANe Drives Innovation
and Entrepreneurship in Orange County"
9:15 am - 10:30 am
Volunteer Management Session: Reinvigoration
Christine Tempesta
Director, Alumni Relations, MIT Alumni Association
Focusing on the crucial issues surrounding volunteer management
including recruiting, training, motivation, retention and succession
planning.
11:00 am - 12:00 noon
Global Office Update
The Global Office staff reports on the accomplishments of
the entire network of chapters, as well as tools and training
to help you in your volunteer roles with the Enterprise Forum.
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Branding MIT Enterprise Forum 2.0
Peter Zak., York University
Patrick Robinson, john street advertising
In this 90 minute session, brand design consultant Peter Zak.
and Patrick Robinson of john street advertising in Toronto will
discuss the benefits of branding for non-profit organizations,
such as MIT Enterprise Forum. They will cover brand basics and
ideals, illustrated with successful examples from around the
world. Peter and Patrick will also share the findings from
the recent brand audit of MIT EF, they have conducted along
with the MBA students at Schulich School of Business. The session
will conclude with a live peer-to-peer collaboration session
on the vision for MIT EF brand.
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
"Building Future Entrepreneurs
and Innovators: Involving Universities'
Faculty and Students in Your Enterprise Forum Chapter"
Krisztina Holly '89, Vice Provost & Executive
Director of USC Stevens Institute for Innovation
Fred Farina, Assistant Vice President
for Technology Transfer, CalTech
One of the best sources for new attendees, volunteers, and
businesses and technologies is your local academic institutions.
Discover strategies for partnering with these resources as
a way of strengthening your chapter and its programs.
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Conference Summary and Wrap-Up
An overview of the weekend and the topics covered, as well
as a look at next steps.
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Free time
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Informal Cocktail Hour
(optional extra - not included in conference
registration)
George's at the Cove
1250 Prospect Street, La Jolla
(858) 454-4244
8:00 pm
Dinner (all-inclusive)
Alfonso's
1251 Prospect Street, La Jolla
(858) 454-2232
Wrap up the Chapter Leadership Meeting with authentic Mexican
cuisine and margarita's at La Jolla's premier establishment
for Mexican food.
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Speaker Bios
Bill
Wagner CM '83 is a
manager in the New Business Organization within the Imaging
and Printing Group (IPG) of Hewlett-Packard Co. In
this role, he is responsible for scouting, incubating, and
launching new business opportunities. He also created
and lead the IP Business Group within IPG, responsible for
the intellectual property strategy development, litigation
support, and licensing. HP
is Bill's fourth career; earlier incarnations include vice
president
of Scientific Affairs for a manufacturer of implantable
orthopedic medical devices, R&D manager for a manufacturer
of photopolymer printing plates, and senior research chemist
at Monsanto Agricultural Products Company. Bill holds
a PhD in organic chemistry from MIT and a BA in chemistry
from California State University, Fullerton.
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Gary
Augusta is the full-time
executive director of OCTANe, bringing over 15 years experience
in business consulting, technology start-up, as well as Fortune
500 corporate venture and development experience.
As a corporate officer of Fluor, Gary focused on internal new business creation
as well as mergers and acquisitions. Gary was responsible for accelerating and
evaluating new business opportunities and was on the Board of a private software
company. Within the M&A function, Gary focused on identifying acquisitions,
leading due diligence and managing integration efforts for several acquisitions.
As a senior executive with a CRM technology start-up in Silicon Valley, Gary
was responsible for developing the business plan and operating model, venture
fundraising, and establishing technology alliances with companies such as PeopleSoft
and Siebel.
As a principal with A.T.
Kearney, Gary helped create the firm's customer strategy
and service methodology and also focused on growth and M&A strategy, operational
improvement initiatives, and change management assignments for clients such as
Fed Ex, Bell South, Prudential, EDS, Wachovia, Boys and Girls Club, and several
emerging companies.
Gary started his role with OCTANe in March of 2004 and serves on the Tech Coast
Angels (TCA) Board of Governors and OCVG Board Observer. Gary has a BS in mechanical
engineering from the University of Rhode Island, and a Masters of Science and
Management (MSM) from Georgia Tech.
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Peter
Zak. is a designer and brand design
consultant, who has worked for brands such as Walmart's Great
Value, Glad, Kraft, Advil and others. He teaches Package Design
at York University.
Peter collaborates with the Schulich
School of Business MBA Program to partner Business and Design students
into multi-disciplinary innovation teams. Peter has been
involved in branding projects involving a variety of organizations,
including non-profit groups, educational institutions and the
Canadian manufacturing sector. His work and research are focused
on the exploration of the power of design and branding to communicate
and affect human behavior.
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Patrick Robinson is the general manager of
AmoebaCorp.,
one of Toronto 's top graphic design studios. AmoebaCorp. has
recently become the sister company of john
st. advertising,
for whom Patrick has been working for the past five years.
John st., a creative and strategic advertising agency, is the
agency of record for brands such as Fujifilm, Tetley, Mens
Warehouse, AstraZeneca,
and most recently, the Bay, Canada 's oldest retailer.
Throughout his 15 year career, Patrick has been an entrepreneur, team-builder
and a consultant for creative and business growth strategies. He is a strong
advocate of the benefits of integrating emerging technologies into work flows
in all graphic arts services, including printing, pre-media
production, advertising and design.
Patrick has been teaching Studio Management for six years, and is an active
member of the Registered Graphic Designers Association (RGD).
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Krisztina
Holly '89 is executive director of the USC Stevens
Institute of Innovation (USC
Stevens),
leading the strategic direction, and spearheading the development
of programs and approaches to help faculty and students from
all disciplines at USC make impact with their innovations,
and to nurture the next generation of innovators. Krisztina
brings to USC her experience as an engineer, serial entrepreneur
and the founding executive director of MIT's Deshpande
Center for Technological Innovation, where she oversaw
the distribution of $5 million in grants to nearly 50 projects,
engaged more than 250 faculty and students, and spawned nine
startup companies that successfully raised $40 million in capital.
Krisztina earned master's and bachelor's degrees in mechanical
engineering from MIT.
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Fred Farina is the assistant vice president
for Technology Transfer at the California Institute of Technology.
His responsibilities include evaluating inventions at Caltech
and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA), supervising patent
prosecution and portfolio management, negotiating licensing
deals with industry, and assisting Caltech/JPL entrepreneurs
with the creation of startups. Prior to joining the office,
Fred worked for eight year as a research engineer in the
GPS field. He subsequently joined a law firm where he prosecuted
patent applications on various high technologies before the
US and European patent offices. Fred holds a "Diplôme
d'Ingénieur" in electrical engineering from the
Institute National des Sciences Appliquees, Lyon, France,
and is a graduate of Caltech from which he received his MS.
in electrical engineering in 1992. He is a registered US
patent agent.
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