8:30: Welcome
Mary Lou Bourne, Director of Technology Transfer, James Madison University
Dr. John B. Noftsinger, Jr., Vice Provost for Research and Public Service, James Madison Univ.
Jim Berg, President of Harrisonburg Rockingham County Chamber of Commerce

9:00 - 12:00: SRI International - Workshop on Innovation from: "The Five Disciplines for Creating what Customers Want" co-authored by Curtis R. Carlson & William W. Wilmot
John Sternlicht,  SRI International and William Wilmot, The Collaboration Institute

Remarks - Billy Vaughn, Rockingham County

12:00 - 1:00: Lunch

1:00 - 1:45: Panel  1 - Business and Legal planning, moderator Jerry Lawrence

• Intellectual Property analysis - Jeff Thomas, Shine Systems and Technologies

• Patenting process - Galen Barefoot, Patent Project Group, LLC

• Company formation - Lynn Suter, Lenhart Obenshain PC

• Business creation - Gerard Eldering, Innovate TechVentures, LLC

• Research capabilities - Ken Newbold, Dir. of Research Development, James Madison Univ.

• Sustainability and Alternative Energy - Christie Joy (CJ) Brodrick Hartman, Director of the Institute for Stewardship of the Natural World, James Madison University

• Biotechnology - Ron Raab, Associate Professor, Integrated Science and Technology, James Madison Univ.

• Market assessment - Carol Hamilton, Assistant Dir. of Center for Entrepreneurship, James Madison Univ.

• Small business loans - Dennis Snyder, Summit Community Bank

• Technology and Life Sciences Venture Banking - Elizabeth Orsinger, Comerica Bank Technology & Life Sciences

• Angel network - Dick Crawford, Virginia Active Angel Network

• Venture Capital - Don Rainey, Grotech Capital Group

4:00: Closing Remarks - Brian Shull, City of Harrisonburg Economic Development

4:15: Opportunity for discussion and collaboration with meeting speakers and attendees