ANN ARBOR ? The New Enterprise Forum’s October meeting looks at Technology Trends and Innovation Oct. 18 at the Holiday Inn North.
Is your company the next Twitter or the next Bebo? Our October panel will zero in on disruptive softwaretechnologies to help sort out which new ideas are fundable — and which are not.
Panelists:
Keith Brophy, CEO at IdeoMed
Keith is a past West Michigan Entrepreneur of the Year, U-M alumnus, and prolific business builder. Currently he is CEO of Ideomed, a boundary-pushing chronic disease self-management company that was winner of the 2012 National Edison Award Silver Medal for Online Tool Innovation. He was previously VP of Enterprise Integration Systems for RCM Technologies. He is also the 2009 winner of the NEF Elevator Pitch Improv.
Doug Neal, Executive Director at the U-M Center for Entrepreneurship;
Co-founder and eLab Director
Doug is a serial entrepreneur, investor, educator, and technology executive. During his time at the CFE, Doug has streamlined programs, led the formation of a student startup accelerator (TechArb), led adoption of lean startup and customer development methodologies at U-M, and designed their inclusion into the fabric of the entrepreneurial education. He is also co-founder of an early stage technology venture fund eLab, in Ann Arbor.
James Sanders II, VP, Digital at Hart Associates
With over a decade of experience in business and consumer analytics, digital strategy, user experience, media, search, applications development, and infrastructure, James provides ?outside the box? technology solutions that fit the business needs for clients such as La-Z-Boy, Inc.; U.S Navy; The University of Michigan; GM; Chevrolet; Kaiser Permanente; USPS; and others.
Moderator: Dick Beedon, Founder and CEO at Amplifinity
Showcase Presentation: Histosonics (Christine Gibbons)
HistoSonics is a medical device company that is developing histotripsy, a non-invasive, image guided, and robotic tissue ablation technology that was licensed from the University of Michigan. Histotripsy is a versatile platform that will replace traditional surgical and minimally invasive methods to reduce patient trauma and health care costs.
Where: Holiday Inn North Campus, 3600 Plymouth Road at US-23, Ann Arbor
When: Registration & networking 5:00 p.m., program begins at 5:45 p.m.
Cost: Free to NEF members, $20 for non-members, $5 for students
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