MIT Global Startup Workshop

2012 Workshop

Tentative Agenda

Overview Register Agenda Speakers Venue Hotel Startup Showcase Fellowships Entrepreneurial Strategy Consulting Intellectual Property Consulting Success Stories Elevator Pitch Competition EPC Training Video Global BPC Showcase News Airport Transfer Information About Turkey!

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Wednesday, March 28

0900 – 1000	Registration & Breakfast
1000 – 1030	Opening and Official Inauguration The Honorable Francis J. Ricciardone, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey
1030 – 1130	Keynote Address Husnu Ozyegin, Chairman of the Board of Trustees – Özyeğin University
1130 – 1200	Opening Address Kürşat Özkan, President and CEO, GE Turkey
1200 – 1230	Making the Most of the Next Three Days Jayoung Yoon, Founder of StyleShare Mario Garcia, Founder of ArcticPod Ian McKinnon, Founder Xtreamis
1230 – 1330	FOCUSED NETWORKING LUNCH
1330 – 1430	PANEL – Opportunities in Healthcare & BioTech Ricardo Rossello, Duke University Rui Wang, CEO of Prosperous Biopharm Cem Bozkurt, CEO of Alvimedica Tibbi Urunler Georges Haour, Professor at IMD Business School	PANEL – Young Entrepreneurs Moderator: Josh Schuler, Exec. Director of Lemelson Program at MIT Jure Zadravec, Genelitik Eleanor Watson, Founder Poikos Ltd Wardah Inam, Co-Founder and CTO at KnowElectricity
1430 – 1530	CASE STUDY – The Startup Journey: From Entrepreneur to Venture Capitalist John Chisholm, CEO John Chisholm Ventures	WORKSHOP – Elevator Pitch Contest (EPC) Training Erhan Erkut, President of Ozyegin University
1530 – 1600	COFFEE BREAK
1600 – 1700	KEYNOTE Iqbal Quadir, Founder & Director, Legatum Center at MIT
1700 – 1730	CLOSING ADDRESS Jonathan Margolis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Space, and Health
1830 – 2100	CITY VIEW COCKTAIL at Istanbul Convention & Exhibition Center

Thursday March 29

0900 – 0930	Breakfast & Presentation of Agenda
0930 – 1030	KEYNOTE Hanzade Doğan Boyner, Chairwoman of Doğan Online and Doğan Gazetecilik
1030 – 1100	COFFEE BREAK
1100 – 1200	PANEL – Entrepreneurial Expression: Strategies Around the World Moderator: Bill Aulet, Director of MIT Trust Center for Entrepreneurship Georgos Haour, Professor IMD Business School Peter Barta, Executive Director of Post Privatization Foundation Saul Singer, Author "Start-up Nation" Aysen Zamanpur, Founder and CEO Silk and Cashmere	WORKSHOP – Intellectual Property: From a Startup's Perspective Tonya Drake, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
1200 – 1330	LUNCH - STARTUP SHOWCASE
1330 – 1430	PANEL – Finding Appropriate Funding Thomas Andrae, Director 3M Ventures Ziya Boyacigiller, Angel Investor Sherwood Neiss, Co-founder of The Startup Exemption Numan Numanbayraktaroğlu, Managing Director at 212	Spotlight on GSW Fellows
1430 – 1530	CASE STUDY – Keeping Momentum: Founder to CEO Naeem Zafar, CEO of Bitzer Mobile	EPC Preliminaries
1530 – 1600	COFFEE BREAK
1600 – 1700	KEYNOTE FIRESIDE CHAT Rakesh Malhotra, Founder and CEO of SAR Group
1700 – 1830	Bus Transfer to Cocktail
1830 – 2100	GRAND COCKTAIL

Friday, March 30

0900 – 0930	Breakfast & Presentation of Agenda
0930 – 1100	Global BPC Showcase
1100 – 1200	PANEL – Manufacturing Entrepreneurship Mustafa Kemal Erçelik, Alp Aviation Ekber Onuk, Founder Yonca Onuk Shipyard Omer Faruk Ucur, Energy Solutions Branch Manager at Johnson Controls, Turkey Region	PANEL – Incubating Entrepreneurship Moderator: Gary Palin, Exec. Director of Doherty Center for Entrepreneurship Leadership at Elon University Antoine Verdon, Co-Founder & CEO Sandbox Melek Pulatkonak, Director of Development Technologies and Platform group at Microsoft Turkey	WORKSHOP – Idea Development Felix Lozano, Co-Founder of E-Cultura Isabel Ávila, Founder of IAmVisibility
1200 – 1330	LUNCH – STARTUP SHOWCASE
1330 – 1430	CASE STUDY – Serial Entrepreneur Vinit Nijhawan, Managing Director at Technology Development Office at Boston University	PANEL – Social Entrepreneur Moderator: Bill Aulet Ayla Goksel, CEO Ozyegin Foundation Melek Pulatkonak, Founder of Turkish Women’s International Network Jil Van Eyle - Founder of Teaming	WORKSHOP - How to Run a BPC Neha Patadia, Healthcare Operations Expert, Objective Health
1430 – 1530	KEYNOTE Ashok Rao, CEO Whodini
1530 – 1600	EPC FINALS
1600 – 1700	CLOSING ADDRESS Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister For Economic and Financial Affairs
1900 – 2200	GALA DINNER on The Bosphorus