Neurons on the Run
Brain, Brawn and Algorithms

Saturday, February 07, 2009

at the California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. Baxter Hall
Program:
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking:
11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Cost: $40 on-line registration fee.  $50 at-the-door.  $10 for students with full-time student ID (must show at door); free to Caltech students. Registrations are taken on-line up to 5:00 p.m., Thursday, February 5, 2009. There are no refunds for no-shows.

The Caltech MIT Enterprise Forum will examine the progress in neural interactive medical devices, whether implantable or external, and the place of the entrepreneur in this captivating field. We will discuss the progress-to-date, the promise for the future, present priorities, the opportunities for entrepreneurs, and the prospects for private capital to fund promising companies.

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Joseph Schulman
President Emeritus
Alfred Mann Foundation
www.aemf.org

Dr. Schulman is the President Emeritus of the Alfred Mann Foundation. The Foundation is a non-profit research organization devoted to the development of advanced medical products in a variety of fields. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dr. Schulman served as Vice President of Research and Development and Chief Scientist for Pacesetter Systems, Inc., Vice President of Advanced Research and Chief Scientist for MiniMed, Inc., and President of Neurodyne Corporation. In addition to his business activities, Dr. Schulman has contributed significantly to technical advances in medical technology. Dr. Schulman developed or initiated development of many leading edge medical products, including the first reliable rechargeable cardiac pacemaker with bi-directional telemetry.

Speakers

Julia A. Kornfield
Professor of Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
http://cheme.che.caltech.edu/groups/jak/index.shtml

Dr. Kornfield specializes in discovering chemical and mechanical changes that occur in biological material with the ultimate goal of using such understanding to develop methods that will delay, stop, or even reverse degenerative processes.

Erik Viirre, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman
Otosound LLC
www.otosound.com

Dr. Viirre is an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Division of Otolaryngology of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, a Research Assistant Professor in the UCSD Department of Cognitive Science, as well as a practicing neurotologist. He is a scientific co-founder of TOP and has extensive research and clinical experience in the arena of hearing disorders. His clinical specialties are in the diagnosis and treatment of vertigo, motion sickness and balance problems as well as tinnitus.

Richard Alcott
President
Otosound LLC
www.otosound.com

A seasoned, iconic communication and marketing executive who brings advertising and entrepreneurial success demonstrating strategic focus in an increasingly diffused technology and communication marketplace. Richard gained national prominence as a media and communication executive. Today, Richard represents the lead investor position in Tinnitus Otosound Products, LLC through Future Vision Group, LLC. He has been active in four start-up companies and has taken lead roles in securing Angel and VC funding.

Stephen H. Watkins
Managing Director
Arcturus Capital
www.arcturusvc.com

Stephen Watkins is a founding partner of Arcturus Capital, an early stage venture capital firm focused on Southern California companies. Arcturus has $32MM under management and currently has a portfolio of fourteen companies. Mr. Watkins is currently Chairman of Ondax, Inc., a Board Member of Chimeros and Prolacta Biosciences, and a board observer at SupplyFrame and Digital Performance, Inc.

Panelists

Dr. Kevin J. Scanlon
Founder and CEO
International Bioscience
www.internationalbioscience.com

Currently, Kevin J. Scanlon is using his academic and business experience to mentor creative scientific ideas with good business practices to generate novel medical products. Entrepreneurs are supported with a strong management team and venture capital (Angel Funding) to make the successful transition from concept into a productive enterprise.

Hannah Dvorak-Carbone
Licensing Associate
Caltech Office of Technology Transfer
www.ott.caltech.edu

Hannah Dvorak-Carbone is a Licensing Associate with the Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) at Caltech, and a registered US Patent Agent. Her responsibilities at OTT include reviewing invention disclosures from Caltech researchers; making patent filing decisions and overseeing ongoing patent prosecution; and negotiating options, licenses, and other agreements related to Caltech intellectual property. Prior to joining OTT, Hannah spent several years as a management consultant with the Toronto office of McKinsey & Company.

Moderator/Producer

Russell M. Frandsen, Esq.
Attorney at Law
The Business Legal Group
www.businesslegalgroup.com

Mr. Frandsen practices law at the Business Legal Group. He has represented many technology and biomedical companies and brings a wealth of experience and judgment to this fascinating intersection of science, business and law.

Producers

Rogelio Nochebuena
President
Nochebuena R&D

Nochebuena R&D is a consulting organization based in Pasadena that assists small companies as well as large enterprises to solve problems in a cost-effective way in the fields of lasers and nanotechnology. Mr. Nochebuena has more than 20 years of experience in high technology. He has worked in Fortune 100 companies as well as start-ups. Some of the companies that he has worked for include Agilent Technologies, Xerox Corp., and Carl Zeiss where he served in senior technical and marketing positions. His consulting practice includes clients such as Lawrence Livermore National Labs, Intelligent Optical Systems as well as tier one universities.

Lilly S. Kim
Counsel
Reed Smith, LLP
www.reedsmith.com

Lilly has extensive experience in a range of corporate and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private equity offerings, securities regulation, venture capital financing, joint ventures, licensing arrangements and general corporate matters. Her clients include companies in various fields, including technology, health care, food and apparel.

Date

Saturday morning, February 7, 2009

Location

Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. at Baxter Hall, Caltech
Program:
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking:
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Baxter Hall, Caltech

Cost

$40 on-line registration fee.  $50 at-the-door.  $10 for students with full-time student ID (must show at door); free to Caltech students. Registrations are taken on-line up to 5:00 p.m., February 5, 2009. There are no refunds for no-shows.

SPONSOR FOR THIS PROGRAM

FOUNDING SPONSORS

	Caltech Industrial Relations Center
	Caltech Alumni Association
	MIT Alumni Association

OPERATING SPONSOR

Caltech Office of Technology Transfer

The Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum is administered in
conjunction with Caltech Office of Technology Transfer