MIT Enterprise Forum Spring
Chapter Leadership Meeting 2008
Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26, 2008
Coconut Grove, FL
Hosted by the MIT
Enterprise Forum of South Florida
"I'm invigorated and ready to apply what I've learned!"
"I am very impressed with the quality of the people from all
of the chapters. It was good to meet them...and get some ideas
that can help our chapter grow and thrive."
"This conference exceeded my expectations at all levels!"
Spring CLM -- the best opportunity for volunteer leaders
to meet, network, and share best practices, common hardships,
and collaborative planning.
It is part of your chapter's rating to send
at least one senior volunteer leader (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 breakfast through Saturday dinner,
all conference materials and venues, and Friday cocktail
reception)
Attendees must cover the cost of airfare and hotel.
Hotel Reservations
Sonesta Bayfront Hotel
2889 McFarlane Road, Coconut Grove
888-SONESTA or 305-529-2828
or www.sonesta.com/coconutgrove
(if booking online, use Group Code 10C070)
Rates: $180/night
(Please indicate you are part of the MIT Enterprise
Forum Spring Chapter Leadership Meeting room block)
Availability: Thurs, April 24; Fri, April
25; Sat, April 26
Rooms are limited and are on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Be sure to identify yourself as part of the MIT Enterprise
Forum room block. Room rate is no longer guaranteed.
The hotel is a 20 minute cab ride from the airport. All conference
activities are within walking distance, and transportation will
be provided to dinner on Saturday. A rental car is not required.
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Agenda
THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH
7:30 pm
Informal Cocktails and Gathering
Green Street
3468 Main Highway, Coconut Grove
(3 blocks from the Sonesta)
(305) 444-0244
Arriving in Miami on Thursday or Thursday evening? Join your
fellow Enterprise Forum volunteers for an informal gathering
that will include the first discussions of the weekend
-- the Link magazine and the creation of an Enterprise
Forum Entrepreneurship Award.
(this event is pay-as-you-go and not included in the registration
fee.)
FRIDAY, APRIL 25TH
all meetings will be held in the Peacock Park and
Bay Rooms on the 8th Floor of the Sonesta
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Breakfast and Welcome
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
Keynote Address: Bo Fishback
Entrepreneurship and Learning Opportunities with
the Kauffman Foundation
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Sharing Practices Horizontally
Led by the Seattle chapter, this session will
discuss manners and methods for peer volunteers to connect
across chapters (ie, program chair to program chair) as
a way to regularly share ideas and practices and strengthen
both individual chapters and the Enterprise Forum as a
whole.
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Launch of the MIT Enterprise Forum Brand
Do you know this logo?
Peter Zak and Patrick Robinson roll out the new
MIT Enterprise Forum branding strategy, including applications,
usage and so much more!
4:20 pm - 5:30 pm
The Secret to Our Success!
Over the 30 years of the Enterprise Forum, there have been
many success stories -- companies who presented and made it
big, startups created from entrepreneurs meeting during a networking
session, etc.
Come prepared with your chapter's success stories! Ask your
fellow volunteers and have it written down. We'll discuss how
best to use this information to tell the story of the Enterprise
Forum and help promote our organization in your region.
5:45 pm - 7:45 pm
Networking and Cocktail Reception
Grove View Terrace
Network with your fellow EF chapter leaders, MIT alumni,
local South Florida Enterprise Forum volunteers and entrepreneurs,
and other featured guests.
Featured Guest:
Mike Levy, founder and former CEO of SportsLine.com
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Dinner (all-inclusive)
Jaguar
Ceviche Spoon Bar & Latam Grill
3067 Grand Avenue, Coconut Grove
(305) 444-0216
A truly unique and flavorful dining experience, celebrating
the spirit of the region.
SATURDAY, APRIL 26TH
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Keynote Address: Toby Wilson Waterworth
Taking the MIT Enterprise Forum Brand Global
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
The Care and Feeding of Your Board
Jointly led by the Cambridge and Bay Area chapters, this session
takes you through the important steps and practices to help
your Chapter Executive Board perform at their best. Everything
from the nominating process to new member orientation to roles
and responsibilities will be discussed in depth. Because a
happy Board is a productive Board!
12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Working Lunch
Global Board member Luda Kopeikina will update everyone on
the work of the Board's Strategic Committee as well as solicit
feedback on the results that have been found so far.
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
The Enterprise Forum Elevator Pitch: $elling $ponsors
Time for some role play! Share your chapter's quick pitch
story that will allow you to land a meeting with a potential
sponsor. Come prepared to tell your chapter's unique selling
position to a fellow volunteer playing the role of the curmudgeonly
law firm.
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
The Sizzle AND The Steak: Hot Programs and Topics
Why does our audience attend an Enterprise Forum event as
opposed to one of our competing organizations? The content
of our programs. In this session, we'll take our compiled list
of the chapters' best programs and discuss why they were successful
and what information other chapters could use to duplicate
the success in their region. Areas to be focused on will include
topics, titles, speakers, marketing efforts and more.
4:30 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
Optional: Join us at Nikki Beach in the
lobby for a drink before dinner.
6:30 pm
Transportation leaves the Sonesta for dinner on
South Beach
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Dinner (all-inclusive)
Tap
Tap
819 Fifth Street, Miami Beach
(305) 672-2898
A funky and laid-back restaurant, Tap Tap serves authentic
Haitian and other Caribbean-inspired dishes. Following dinner,
you're free to return to the hotel, or soak in the sites and
sounds of South Beach.
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Speaker Bios
Bo
Fishback is vice president of entrepreneurship
for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In this capacity his
responsibilities include developing and advancing transformative
programs that strengthen entrepreneurial engagement in the economy
and help entrepreneurs succeed.
Fishback joined the Kauffman Foundation in 2006 as a director
in the advancing innovation area, where he studied the country's
best business accelerators and university-based commercialization
programs. In 2007, he joined the Kansas City-based BioMed Valley
Discoveries, a translational research and development organization
affiliated with the Stowers Institute whose mission is to translate
basic biomedical research into applications that improve human
health.
Fishback is a co-founder of Lightspeed Genomics, a next generation,
genome sequencing company that was spun-out of a research program
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he has worked
with a variety of start-ups in the life science and high tech
spaces. Previously, he was a consultant with Puretech Ventures
in Boston, and before that, he served as director of IQHealth
for Cerner Corporation in Kansas City, where he led a team
of application developers, designers, and product managers
in the creation of web-based health tools.
Fishback received his bachelor of science degree in biomedical
engineering from Southern Methodist University and earned an
MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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.
Patrick
Robinson is associate partner of
production for Grip
Limited, a Tronto advertising agency. Previosulu, Patrick
was general manager of AmoebaCorp., part of john
st. advertising,
a creative and strategic advertising agency and 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).
Toby
Wilson Waterworth is a UK Chartered Accountant
and has extensive experience in developing and funding technology
businesses and groups. He has held senior board positions
in both quoted and unquoted companies, having been involved
in transactions valued in excess of $300 million, raising
funding in excess of $200m.
In 1992 he was involved in the UK merger and acquisition activity
for Robannic NV to build an international group of companies
supplying packaging and control equipment to the global pharmaceutical
industry. In 1994 he joined Chiroscience Group plc when it
floated on the London Stock Exchange and was involved in a
period of high growth, M&A and fundraising (raising $80
million) prior to its sale to Celltech plc. He joined biopharmaceutical
company Alizyme plc in 1996 when it floated on AIM and was
part of a small team running one of the first "virtual" biopharmaceutical
companies in Europe, raising $70m over a five year
period and overseeing its admission to the Official List on
the London Stock Exchange at a value of $400 million. Since
then he has been involved in the start-up, M&A, IPO, development
and funding of a number of businesses, including Atlantic Healthcare,
Novexin, Astron Clinica, HD Clinical and AIM listed Bango plc
and Lipoxen plc.
Toby is also a Global Dealmaker in healthcare and advisor
to the British Government.
