2003 Bridge Week Schedule
Thursday, April 17
6:07 arrival; Half of the Dutchmen
arrive.
8:30 Visit to Nick's English Hut (or
other noisy environment)
Friday, April 18
12:00 Lunch for Early Arrivals at IDS
Conference Room, SPEA Building.
6:07 arrival; Second half arrive in Indy
8:30 Visit to Nick's English Hut (or
other noisy environment)
Saturday, April 19
Sunday, April 20
Monday, April 21
The BRIDGE Annual
Entrepreneurship Workshop
See this web
page for more information.
5:30 – 7 Evening
Reception/Party at La Casa de Audretsch
Tuesday, April 22:
9-10am Betsy Gatewood, Director
Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Jack M. Gill Chair of
Entrepreneurship >space is limited for this event<
11-12 Lynn Coyne, “The Role of the
University in Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship.” >space is limited
for this event<
1-2:15 Guest Speaker: Dr. Stephanie
Shipp, Director of the Economic Assessment Office at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology
Public
Lecture -- SPEA Atrium
“Delivering Societal
Benefits: Outcomes from the U.S. Advanced Technology Program”
Stephanie Shipp brings to ATP a background in surveys,
public finance, and research. Stephanie started her career at the Federal
Reserve Board, working on the Industrial Production Index. She then moved to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, working on the design of the Producer Price
Index analytical system. Her next challenge was leading the information and
analysis work for the Consumer Expenditure Survey and collaborating on
research on income and expenditure inequality and poverty measurement.
Stephanie moved to the Census Bureau in 1997 to work on developing the
Industry and Occupation coding system for the Census 2000, guiding the
analytical efforts for a welfare reform survey, the Survey of Program
Dynamics, and spearheading a major hiring effort for her division. On a detail
to the Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget, Stephanie led the Department
of Commerce Strategic Planning effort for 2000-2005. Stephanie and the GPRA
Task Force received a Bronze Medal for their Strategic Planning work.
Stephanie is active in professional organizations and is
a regular presenter and discussant at the American Economic Association and
American Statistical Association (ASA) annual meetings. Currently, she is an
executive member of the ASA Government Statistics Section. In the past, she
was the program chair for the National Economists Club and chair of the ASA
Committee for Women in Statistics. Stephanie is an avid biker and runner,
competing in triathlons and local road races. She volunteers at Arena Stage
and the Shakespeare Theatre.
Stephanie received a Ph.D. in economics from George
Washington University with specialties in public finance and demography. She
received a B.A. in economics from Trinity College, Washington D.C.
2:30-3:30 Ryan Dammeyer, Silicon Valley Bank
Public
Lecture -- SPEA Atrium
“New Developments in Early
Stage Finance”
Mr. Dammeyer (SPEA graduate, 1997) has spent the last 4
½ years working with Technology Companies for Silicon Valley Bank. Over the
past two years, he has headed up the Structured Finance initiatives in the
Northwest Region (encompassing 14 states). Portfolio companies he works with
routinely raise venture capital, are acquired and in a few cases have gone
public. His team has acted as trusted advisors in these various life cycle
stages in different capacities. Prior to his time with Silicon Valley Bank, he
was lending to traditional C&I Companies at National City Bank in
Indianapolis. Information about the Silicon Valley Bank can be found at
http://www.svb.com/
Wednesday, April 23
Tour Bloomington Day
>These
Events are not open to the Public<
9:00 Pick Up
9:30 Cook Factory Tour
11:15 Depart Factory
11:30 Lunch, Encore Café
12:30 Walk to IRLP
1:00 Ben Dulaski, IRLP: “Funding New
Product Development”
Benedict J. Dulaski II is Interim Director of Indiana
University's Industrial Research Liaison Program (IRLP). For the past 11 years,
he has worked with technology-oriented companies in Indiana, counseling them in
the benefits of applying for government research grants (up to $850,000) that
are used to help them develop new products and services. He helps them with
research topic identification, research proposal preparation, and the many steps
that are necessary to turn technology into products for the government and
commercial market place. The IRLP, a part of Indiana University's outreach
effort, also provides business, scientific and technical information to
companies and individuals throughout Indiana.
Mr. Dulaski holds a Masters Degree from the George
Washington University. He has also owned a small business, and has experience in
commercial banking, government, and the U.S. Army.
2:00 Linda Williamson, Bloomington
Economic Development Corporation
3:00 Depart IRLP for Star Center
3:30 Star Center Tour, Brian Kleber.
http://www.thestarcenter.com/
Brian Kleber graduated from Ball State University with a
degree in Japanese and the Award-Winning "Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Administration Program." Mr. Kleber had the opportunity to study abroad in
Japan for 7 months and while attending Ball State University was awarded the
Ernst & Young "Best New Venture Plan Award." Currently, he is pursuing a
Masters Degree in Information Science at Indiana University.
For three years he has been employed at the Small
Business Development Center-first as Associate Director of the Small Business
Development Center Program (SBDC) and more recently was appointed the Director
of the SBDC and The STAR Center. Prior to being employed at the SBDC, Mr.
Kleber assisted with running a twenty-year-old family business while
simultaneously starting a complimenting business.
Mr. Kleber has been involved in the Bloomington
community by serving on several committees and boards, which include Vice
President of the Bloomington Area Microenterprise Initiative, IU's Information
Science Curriculum Steering Committee, Shelter Inc., and was recently elected
to the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation board.
4:30 Return to IU Campus
Thursday, April 24:
9:30-10:45 Judy M. Johncox, Vice President of the Office
of Technology Transfer
Public
Lecture -- SPEA 276, Space is Limited
Title To Be Announced
SPEA/PV 276 . Prior to accepting the appointment, she
was Assistant Vice Chancellor for Intellectual Property Management for the
University of Houston System (UH).
Johncox has more than 10 years experience providing
strategic and business development. She coordinated all UH activity involving
corporations, industry partnerships and technology transfer.
Included in Johncox’s experience was co-development of
the joint technology/commercialization partnership between the University of
Houston and NASA-Johnson Space Center. Johncox holds the BA degree in English
and marketing and the MA degree in organizational communication, both from
Western Michigan University.
• 1-2:15: Guest Speakers: Wade Lange, Chuck Wessner
Public
Lecture -- SPEA Atrium
"Public Policies to Create
Science Based Economic Growth"
• 2:30-3:30 Jack Harding, Chairman,
President, and CEO of eSilicon Corporation.
Public
Lecture -- SPEA Atrium
Title To Be Announced
Jack Harding brings 20 years of senior level management
experience in the software and electronics industries to eSilicon. Prior to
eSilicon, Harding served as President and CEO of Cadence Design Systems, Inc.,
the world’s largest supplier of electronic design products and services. From
1994 to 1997, Mr. Harding was President and CEO of Cooper & Chyan Technology,
which was acquired by Cadence in 1997. Harding served as Executive Vice
President of Zycad Corporation from 1984 to 1994. He began his career at IBM.
Mr. Harding holds a B.A. in economics and chemistry from Drew University,
where he is a member of the Board of Trustees. Harding is a Senior Fellow at
the Institute for Development Strategies, Graduate School of Public Policy,
Indiana University. He also serves as a member of the Council on
Competitiveness, a Washington, D.C. based, non-partisan organization of
Fortune 500 CEOs and university presidents dedicated to the global
competitiveness of the United States.
3:30-5 Dutch Koffietijd
Friday, April 25--All Events Unless Noted
are in Fine Arts 102.
BRIDGE Annual Student
Entrepreneurial Workshop.
9-11:30 Various Student Presentations.
To Be Announced.
1-2 Dutch Students
“The Dutch View of America”
2:30-3:30 Jesse Devitte, Managing Director of Borealis
Ventures
“Funding Early Stage
Ventures”
Mr. Devitte is a Managing Director of Borealis
Ventures, a northern New England-focused early stage venture capital firm that
is a member of the Village Ventures national network of early stage venture
funds.
Mr. Devitte is the Chairman of Handmark, Inc. and a
Director of Scribe Software. Mr. Devitte has served as an executive in two
public software companies. Mr. Devitte helped grow Softdesk from a start-up
New Hampshire software firm to a public, multinational company while serving
on the Board of Directors and in a variety of positions at Softdesk including
President. Once Softdesk was acquired by Autodesk he then served on the
Executive Staff of Autodesk, the fourth largest PC software company in the
world with FY2000 revenues of over $900 million. Mr. Devitte is the Chairman
Emeritus of the Software Association of New Hampshire ("SwANH") and the
Co-Chair of eCares. He served as the Chairman of the Elizabeth Dole for
President NH Committee, as a member of the Bush For President National
Information Technology Council and as Chair of the successful Craig Benson for
Governor campaign. He graduated with Distinction from the Indiana University
School of Public and Environmental Affairs and completed his military service
in the White House Communications Agency during the Ford and Carter
administrations.
4-6 The Institute for West European
Studies / Education Atrium
Reception, Institute for
West European Studies
Saturday, April 26
• 2:00 Little 500 Bicycle Race
Sunday, April 27
• 10:00, Depart for airport
