InnoVenture Southeast is the region's premier event where industry, academia, entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers connect with new business opportunities.

1. 8th Annual Conference May 10-11, 2011 Community Forum & Presentations Due March 16, 2011

2. May 10-11, 2011 Carolina First Center―Greenville, SC

3. Success isconnecting passionate champions with big visions with the customers, capital, talent and technology needed to succeed. John Ballato Director, Clemson COMSET Stephanie Nesbitt Director of Materials Research, MARC Philip Wilson Senior Research Physicist Milliken Lisa Perpal TechnologyOfficer, CURF Ralph Hulseman President, Hoowaki Hildy TeegenDean, Moore School Jack Roach Director, SiMT Bill RobertsResearch Fellow Sealed Air Joe James CEO, Agri-Tech Producers Mark Knight PartnerNexsen Pruet MichealBolick CEO Lab 21 Tom Vogt Director, NanoCenter at Univ of SC

4. Community members arebusiness developers, technology scouts, entrepreneurs, investors, faculty, students, and technology and service professionals from companies, colleges, universities, and government agencies of all ages and sizes.

5. Download at InnoVentureSoutheast.com/Case-Study

6. Committed Anchors and Sponsors

7. Seeking Presentations and Posters Seeking company and academic leaders to present new business opportunities to find customers, capital talent or technology. All presentations available to attendees on the web Live presentations competitively selected Everyone attending can present a poster live Apply online at 2011.InnoVentureSoutheast.com

8. Conversation Modules The conference’s agenda is build around a series of conversations about creating the future. Anchor Senior Leader priority presentation 20 minutes 5 Champion Create The Future presentations50 minutes 8 Minutes and 10 Slides Presenters panel to take audience Q&A 20 minutes 90 minutes Anchor Conversation Cafes in Innovation Hall 30 minutes 120 minutes

9. Innovation Hall Anchor/Sponsor Exhibits Anchor Conversation Cafes Create The Future Exhibits Everyone Registered Can Present a Poster Hors d’oeuvres lunch and receptions for open networking

10. Registration Registration Fee $500 Special Registration Fee $99 Students and Faculty High Impact Entrepreneurs

11. Community Anchors Diamond Create a Forum around priority Senior Leader Presentations at Conference Registrations Emerald Feature at Forums and Conference Presentation at Conference Registrations Jade Feature at Conference Registrations Opal Awareness at Conference Registrations Contact JessicaMoss@InnoVentureSoutheast.com for details. Conference Sponsors

12. Planning Calls & Meetings Bi-weekly calls Community Forum March 16 (meeting @ CU-ICAR, 9:00 -11:00 am) InnoVenture Southeast 2011 May 10-11 (conference @ Carolina First Center) Contact ButlerMullins@InnoVentureSoutheast.com for details.

14. Promotes best practices in open innovation

15. Builds a greater sense of identity of the Southeastern United States as an innovation powerhouse

16. First annual award presented InnoVenture Southeast 2011.Presented by More Information at PrzirembelPrize.com or contact VickieFowler@InnoVentureSoutheast.com

17. Operational excellence secures the present. Innovation excellence secures the future. Roger Milliken