May 18th, 2012 - Business Incubator Association of New York State, Inc. Meeting
Location: NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Buffalo, NY
Time: Friday, May 18 - 8:00am
The Business Incubator Association of New York State, Inc. (BIA/NYS) is a nonprofit trade association established in late 2005. Its three-part mission is (a) to expand the resources available to incubator-based enterprises and to work with policy-makers on matters affecting them; (b) to promote through co-operation the entrepreneurial activities of incubators within the state; and (c) to network business incubators, incubating/incubated companies, and other interested parties.
2012 Annual Meeting of the Members
Friday, May 18th
Held at the NYS Center of Excellence on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
701 Ellicott Street, Buffalo, New York
Agenda:
| 8:00 - 9:15 |
Private Session for SUNY-affiliated incubators (Room B1-306) moderated by SUNY Research Foundation |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Registration and Coffee
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| 9:30 - 9:45 |
Convene & ceremonial welcome |
| 9:45 -10:45 |
Presentations on incubator programs throughout WNY region
- Pat Whalen, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, speaking on the Innovation Center
- Woody Maggard, SUNY University at Buffalo, on the UB Incubator Program
- Robert Fritzinger, SUNY Fredonia, on the Fredonia Technology Incubator
- B. Thomas Mancuso, Mancuso Business Development Group, on Harrison Place
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| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Funding Innovation - New York State's InnovateNY Seed Capital Fund
- Steve Cohen, Deputy Commissioner, Empire State Development
- Theresa B. Mazzullo, CEO, Excell Partners, Inc.
- Jennifer Tegan, Partner, Cayuga Venture Fund
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| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Innovative Seed Funding Models - Lessons and Opportunities for Collaboration
- Kelly Mooney Lester, Esq., Partner, Phillips Lytle, on implications of the federal JOBS Act for startups, with special attention to crowd-funding
- Christopher Dunstan, board member of the John R. Oishei Foundation (confirmed) on foundation investments in startup formation (PRI and endowment)
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| 12:30 - 1:30 |
Lunch with Remarks by Leecia Eve, Esq., Deputy Secretary for Economic Development, Office of the Governor (confirmed)
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| 1:30 - 2:15 |
Business Meeting of BIA/NYS
- Election of directors and other business on agenda to be distributed to members only
- Nominated for director positions:
- Seth Bornstein, Entrepreneur Space/Queens EDC
- Robert Fritzinger, SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator
- Lou Walcer, Cornell McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences
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| 2:15 - 2:30 |
Pro Forma Organizational Meeting of the Board of Directors for 2012-2013 |
| 2:30 - 4:00 |
Tour via minibus of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus including the UB Center of Excellence, the BNMC Innovation Center, and the UB Downtown Biomedical Incubator |
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