Conference Sessions by Title
Alternative Avenues to Incubating High-Growth Companies
Mike
Mathews, Principal, Grant Thornton, Madison, WI
Moderator: Melinda Richter, VP of Strategic Partnerships,
Women’s Technology Cluster, San Francisco, CA
Available Files:
• Alternative
Avenues to Incubating High-Growth Companies, Mathews (PowerPoint)
Best Practices of Pre-Incubation in Higher Education
Simo
Saurio, President, CI City Image Ltd., Turku, Finland
Sami Heikkiniemi, Incubator Manager and Teacher,
Turku Polytechnic, Turku, Finland
Moderator: Simon Balint, Acting Director, Rensselaer Incubation
Program, Troy, NY
Available Files:
• Best
Practices of Pre-Incubation in Higher Education, Saurio (PowerPoint)
• Best
Practices of Pre-Incubation in Higher Education, Heikkiniemi (PowerPoint)
Country Update: Asia and Russia
Rustam
Lalkaka, President, Business & Technology Development
Strategies, New York, NY
Olga Lapteva, Director, Tambov Innovation
Business Incubation, Tambov, Russia
Xiasheng Pei, Deputy Director, Torch High Technology
Industry Development Center, Ministry of Science and Technology,
Beijing, China
Moderator: Hong Kim, President, Asian Association or Business
Incubation, Seoul, South Korea
Available Files:
• Country
Update: Asia and Russia, Lapteva (PowerPoint)
Country Update: Australia/New Zealand
Chris
Kirk, Director - Commercialisation & Innovation,
Ministry of Research, Science & Technology, Wellington, New
Zealand
Bob Waite, Chair, ANZABI;CEO, Darebin Enterprise
Centre Ltd., Alphington, VIC, Autralia
Moderator: Garry Baugh, Director, ANZABI, Balina, NSW, Australia
Available Files:
• From Rhetoric to Reality in 6 Years: The
Development of Incubators in NZ, Kirk (PowerPoint)
• Country
Update: Australia/New Zealand, Waite (PowerPoint)
Country Update: Europe
Peter
Harman, Deputy Chief Executive, UK Business Incubation,
Birmingham, England, UK
Siobhan McQuaid, Chief Executive Officer,
European BIC Network, Brussels, Belgium
Alvaro Simon de Blas, BIC Euronova, Campanilals,
Spain
Moderator: Amanda Grant, Marketing Manager, UK Business Incubation,
Birmingham, England, UK
Available Files:
• Business
Incubation in Spain, Simon De Blas, (PowerPoint)
• State of the European Nations, McQuaid,
(PowerPoint)
Country Update: Latin America
Jose
Eduardo Fiates, President, ANPROTEC, Brasilia, Brazil
Patricia Garcia, Incubator Manager, Parque
Technologico Sartenejas, Caracas, Edo, Miranda, Venezuela
Available Files:
• Review State
of Venezuelan Incubation Business 2004, Garcia, PowerPoint
Country Update: North America
Tracy
Kitts, COO, National Business Incubation Association,
Athens, OH
Marie Lussier, Manager, CRC Innovation Centre,
Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Patricio Alexander Garza, Director, Incubadora
de Negocoios San Pedro, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
• Business Incubators
in Mexico, Alexander (PowerPoint)
Creating Sustainable High-Tech Companies in a Rural Environment
Ewan
McFarlane, Chief Executive, PICT Innovation Limited,
Alness, Scotland, UK
Moderator: Diane Lewis, Director, ATDC-Savannah, Savannah,
GA
Available Files:
• Creating Sustainable High-Tech Companies in a Rural
Environment, De Vries (PowerPoint)
Creative Revenue-Generating Strategies
Angela
Glover, Director, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Business
Development Center, Chattanooga, TN
Devron Veasley, Director, Bessemer Business
Incubation System, Bessemer, AL
Available Files:
• Creative
Revenue Generating & Cost Control Strategies (PowerPoint)
• Creative
Revenue Generating & Cost Control Strategies, Glover (MS Excel)
Critical Success Factors for Incubator Facility Design
Jeff
Wray, President, Jeff Wray Architects, Dayton, OH
Chris Downing, Associate Director, ATDC, Atlanta,
GA
Moderator: Tony Antoniades, Venture Catalyst, ATDC, Atlanta,
GA
Available Files:
• Critical
Success Factors for Incubator Facility Design, Downing (PowerPoint)
Early-Stage Investment Strategies: A State-Funded Perspective
Lewis
Johnson, Director, ATDC Seed Capital Fund, ATDC, Atlanta,
GA
Available Files:
• Methodology
for Early Stage Investment - A State Funded Perspective, Johnson (PowerPoint)
Encouraging Entrepreneurship in a Transitioning Economy
Elena
Panova, Programme Analyst, United Nations Development
Programme, Sofia, Bulgaria
Rumen Simeonov, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social
Policy, Bulgarian
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Available Files:
• The Policy of the Bulgarian Government to
Promote Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria, Simeonov (MS Word)
• The
Bulgarian Experience (PowerPoint)
Impact of Culture and Context on Business Incubation Performance
Rustam
Lalkaka, President, Business & Technology Development
Strategies, New York, NY
Carmen Vergara, General Manager, Panama Technology
Business Accelerator, Panama City, Panama
Moderator: Fred Andrews, CEO, Fred Andrews Consulting Services
Inc., Springfield, MA
Available Files:
• Impact
of Culture and Context on Business Incubation Performance: the Latin
America Context, Vergara (PowerPoint)
Incubating Women: Challenges and Opportunities
Ann
Marie Almeida, President and CEO, Association of Women's
Business Centers
Tara Holt, Vice Chair - Training, Association of
Women's Business Centers
Nancy Mahoney, Director of Planning and Development,
WESST Corp., Albuquerque, NM
Thalia Mendez, Director, Incubation and Education
Initiatives, Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corp., Milwaukee,
WI
Available Files:
• Women's Leadership Through Entrepreneurship
(PowerPoint)
Incubating Youth-Run Businesses
Russ
Combs, Senior Consultant, BISSI, Winchester, VA
Moderator: Lisa Ison, President, The New Century Venture Center,
Roanoke, VA
Available Files:
• Youth
Entrepreneurs: The Best Kept Secret in Business Incubation!!, Combs (PowerPoint)
The Incubation Chain
Evan
Jones, Director @Wales, Welsh Development Agency, Cardiff,
Wales, UK
Moderator: Roddy MacAskill, Senior Executive, Scottish Enterprise
Network, Galsgow, Scotland, UK
Available Files:
• The Incubation Chain, Day, Jones (PowerPoint)
Measuring the Incubation Value Proposition
Andrew
Maxwell, Director, Mississauga Technology Business Accelerator,
Mississauga, ON, Canada
Moderator: Ed Hobbs, General Manager, Toronto Business Development
Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
Available Files:
• Measuring
the Value of Business Incubation, Maxwell (PowerPoint)
Meet the 2004 Incubation Award Winners
Moderator: Dave
Cattey, Executive Director, Business Technology Center,
Columbus, OH
Lisa Ison, President, The New Century Venture Center, Roanoke,
VA
Tom O'Neal, CEO, University of Central Florida Technology Incubator,
Orlando, FL
Almut Von Biedermann, Business Strategist, Maryland Howard County
Economic Development Authority, Columbia, MD
Available Files:
• Sustainable
Business Excellence, von Biedermann (PowerPoint)
Secrets of Working With an Incubator Board of Directors
Jim
Greenwood, President, Greenwood Consulting Group, Sanibel,
FL
David Braithwaite, City President, Compass
Bank, Ft Walton Beach, FL
Available Files:
• Materials
available upon request. E-mail education@nbia.org.
Shanghai Incubators Break New Ground
Baofu
Han, General Manager, Caohejing Hi-tech Park Innovation
Center, Shanghai, China
Fangzhou Lu, Deputy General Manager, Zhangjiang
Hi-tech Park Development Co. Ltd, Shanghai, China
Zhen Wang, Shanghai Technology Innovation Center,
Shanghai, China
Guoxiong Qian, Vice Director, Shanghai IC Design
Innovation, Shanghai, China
Moderator: Rong Wang, Director, Shanghai Technology Innovation
Center, Shanghai, China
Available Files:
• Shanghai
Withub Hi-Tech Business Incubator, The Leading Incubator in Shanghai
Jiaotong University Science Park (PowerPoint)
25 Common Mistakes in Incubator Feasibility Studies
Jim
Greenwood, President, Greenwood Consulting Group, Sanibel,
FL
Harlan Jacobs, President, Genesis Business
Centers Ltd., Columbia Heights, MN
Available Files:
• Materials available upon request. E-mail education@nbia.org.
Upcoming Military Base Closures and Incubation: New Opportunities for Incubator Development
John Leigh, Project Manager, Department of Defense Office of Economic
Adjustment, Arlington, VA
Moderator: Thomas F. Shea, Defense Consultant, Alexandria, VA
Available Files:
• Upcoming Military Base Closures and Incubation:
New Opportunities for Incubator Development, Leigh (MS Word)
Validating Your Feasibility Study
Russ
Combs, Senior Consultant, BISSI, Winchester, VA
Available Files:
• Validating
Your Feasibility Study, Combs (PowerPoint)