NECINA Annual Meeting; NECINA Optics SIG and Entrepreneurship Center Seminar

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"Stimulate US Economy through Global Collaboration" 2009 NECINA Annual Meeting     * Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Saturday May 30th, 2009     * RSVP: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=183086     * Venue: Radisson Hotel, 10 Independence Drive, Chelmsford, MA     * Fee: Free to NECINA Members, Sponsors, Partners, and Program Advisors, Judges, Presenters; $15 to General Public with half-year free membership (break & lunch included) Following the NECINA mission of advancing technology, entrepreneurship and our global reach, we have come a long way in helping our members by "catering for dreams and teams" through many campaigns this year. Now it is show time! Welcome to the 2009 NECINA Annual Meeting! In the morning sessions, we will open the floor to showcase business ideas and product demos from current and past business plan contest teams. Some will make formal presentations of their dream plans for critique from you and feedback from a panel of seasoned entrepreneurs and investors. We welcome your team to participate by online registration for exhibition. Two other parallel sessions include the Youth Entrepreneurship Service Program (YES4.0) Final (open to the public) and the 5th Brown Rudnick Business Plan Contest (BPC) Final. All these sessions are a prelude to the afternoon session on how your dreams would shape the future of economy globally. How can we stimulate the economy in the current climate? Global collaboration is an inevitable path. We are proud to invite distinguished speakers to address this important topic from different perspectives. In the afternoon session, Nanying Yin, NECINA's new Chairman, will provide opening remarks, followed by keynote addresses from Mr. Rubin Gruber, Vice President of Business Development at Verivue and Ms. Xylina Wu, Director of Business Development, Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment. Join us for this enlightening session that would hopefully inspire more constructive dreams. In the awards ceremony towards the end of the afternoon session, catch the heroes from the Business Plan Contest winning teams with presentations and the NECINA "catering" team of volunteer officers. Our motto this year is "Get connected! Get inspired! Get in action!" Not only shall we serve our members better and help inspire more dreams, but we shall also help you move your dreams forward and leave no dream behind!    1. Agenda: Morning Sessions: "Catering for More Dreams and Teams"           * 8:30-9am Registration and Breakfast           * 9am-12pm Session 1: 5th NECINA Brown Rudnick Business Plan Contest Final (Salon A, Private)             Opening speeches by organizers, judges and sponsors             Presentations from eight BPC teams with Q&A                1. Agali Technology                2. FenSiZu                3. NetVirta, LLC                4. PC-NG                5. Photobie                6. Simzon, Inc.                7. Solar Engineering                8. Vaso Tech, Inc.           * 9am-12pm Session 2: Showcase Presentations of Dream Plans (Salon B)             Business teams present business cases with Q&A .                1. 8-D World, Inc                2. NetVirta, LLC                3. Sharon Technology                4. GNW Laser                5. MeasureOut                6. VasoTech, Inc.                7. Innova Environmental Science, LLC                8. Sizmon, Inc.                9. Excubator.org           * 9am-12pm Session 3: Showcase Booth of Dream Products (Grand Ballroom Hallway)             Product demo and career opportunities from business teams and sponsors                1. iSoftStone (NECINA Sponsor with Job Opennings)                2. GotoBus.com (NECINA Sponsor)                3. 8-D World (2006 BPC First Place Winner with Job Opennings)                4. Simzon (2009 BPC team)                5. Sharon Technology (2009 BPC team)                6. MeasureOut (2009 BPC team)                7. GNW Laser (2009 BPC team)                8. VasoTech (2009 BPC team)           * 9am-12pm Session 4: Youth Entrepreneurship Service Program Final (Salon C)             Opening speeches by organizers, judges and sponsors             Presentations from two YES teams with Q&A             Judgment and Awards           * 12-1:30pm Lunch and Networking    2. Afternoon Session: "Stimulate US Economy through Global Collaboration"           * 1:30-1:35pm Opening Remarks by Nanying Yin, NECINA Chairman           * 1:35-2:15pm Keynote: "The Challenge of Starting Up and Raising Capital in Tough Economic Times"             Rubin Gruber, Vice President of Business Development, Verivue           * 2:15-2:45pm Keynote: " Global Collaborations: MOITI-Massachusetts-China"             Xylina Wu, Director of Business Development,             Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment           * 2:45-3:00pm Break           * 3:00-3:45pm NECINA 2009 Brown Rudnick Business Plan Contest Winner Presentations           * 3:45-4:00pm Addresses: "We at the Heart of Technology, Economy & Globalization"             Nick Ning, NECINA President 2008-2009             Daryl Luk, NECINA President 2009-2010           * 4:00-4:30pm NECINA Officer Awards and Business Plan Contest Awards About the Speakers Rubin Gruber, Vice President of Business Development, Verivue Rubin Gruber joined Verivue from softswitch pioneer Sonus Networks, where he served as founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to establishing Sonus, he founded VideoServer, Inc. (now ezenia!), a manufacturer of videoconference network equipment. Before VideoServer, he served as Senior Vice President of BBN Communications Corporation, where he introduced a new generation of packet-switching equipment. He also founded Davox, the leading supplier of outbound call-center systems and Cambridge Telecommunications (CTX), an early supplier of packet network access equipment. CTX was acquired by GTE and remains part of Sprint. Gruber was a member of the Board of Directors for the International Softswitch Consortium, now called the International Packet Communications Consortium (IPCC) and was a founding member of the International Multimedia Communications Consortium (IMTC). He holds a B.Sc. from McGill University and an MA in mathematics from Wayne State University. Xylina Wu, Director of Business Development, Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment Xylina-Xiaoyun Wu serves as the Director of Business Development covering Greater China and Biotechnology for the Massachusetts International Trade and Investment Office (MOITI). Prior to joining MOITI, she had six years of industrial and more than 10 years of academic research experience in the biotechnology field, including Harvard Medical school, Whitehead Institute, Abbott and Wyeth. She has co-authored many papers in scientific journals. In addition to her full time job, Xylina has been actively involved in community services in the Greater Boston area. To promote cultural awareness and diversity for better understanding for people with different backgrounds, she has dedicated 13 years of her efforts and time teaching in a local community school - the Newton Chinese Language School. In 1999 she served as the principal and from 2000 to 2004 she served as a board of director of the school. Xylina obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Shandong University in China and earned a Master degree in Science and a Master degree in Education from Buffalo New York. About Showcase Presentation Advisor Panel Yun Fei Zhang, Co-founder of AsiaInfo Jimmy Chen, Founder & Chairman of GotoBus.com Coach Wei, Founder & Chairman of Nexaweb and Yotta John Zhang, Founder & President of Systems Analytics Lee Schindler, Senior Associate at Wilmer Hale Jiahong Juda, Founder & Partner at BurnBright Partners Steve Willis, Co-founder of Wellfleet Communications and Argon Networks About 2009 YES Program Judge Panel Colin Angle, CEO of iRobot Sushil Bhatia, President and CEO of JMD Manufacturing Incorporated Julian Orbanes, Founder and CEO of GeoPhoenix, Inc Natalie Sawyer, Hanify & King, P.C. David Singer, Owner, JuzMaKinOyz, Inc Paul Ward, Vice President Finance, Hollingsworth & Vose Company (2005) Vicky Wu, Founder and CEO of Froghop Inc. Hong Yu, Founder, Aboundi Inc. About 2009 BPC Program Judge Panel Morgan Jones, General Partner at Battery Ventures Cheng Wu, Chairman of Azuki Nina Tsao, Angel Investor at Common Angels Jo Tango, Founder & General Partner at Kepha Partners Todd Hixon, Co-founder & Managing Director at DFJ New England Fund Dan Rosen, Principal at Highland Partners John Manning, Partner at Deloitte Steve Zamierowski, TVC Director at Deloitte Wei Gao, Founder of Axcel Photonics Bill Hawe, Private Investor, Former CTO at Nortel Networks Stan Reiss, General Partner at Matrix Partners Alex Wang, Founder & CEO of 8D World Samuel Wu, Principal at SV Life Sciences Ed Pease, Partner at Brown Rudnick Katherine Turner, Former VP of Biogen Nanying Yin, VP of Airvana   NECINA Optics SIG and Entrepreneurship Center Seminar (May 26th)     * Time: 6:30pm to 9:00pm, Tuesday, May 26th, 2009     * Venue: Deloitte, 1000 Winter Street, North Entrance, Suite 2000, Waltham, MA 02451     * Registration: This event is open to all public. Seats are limited, online registration required. To register, please go to http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=183627 Agenda:     * 6:30pm - 7:15 pm Pizza and Networking     * 7:15pm - 7:20pm Opening Remarks     * 7:20pm - 8:00pm Successfully Commercializing MEMS Technologies, Prof. Paul Zavracky, Dean of the School of Technological Entrepreneurship, Northeastern University.     * 8:00pm - 8:30pm How a Technical Professional Can Succeed on a Venture Journey, Dr. Geoffrey Burnham, VP of Government Business, Agiltron, Inc.     * 8:30pm - 9:00pm Q&A and More Networking Speakers: Dr. Paul Zavracky is the Dean of the School of Technological Entrepreneurship at Northeastern University. Prior to joining Northeastern, he was the president and COO of The MicroOptical Corporation (now MyVu), a start-up company he co-founded. Between 1991 and 1998, he was a tenured professor of electrical engineering at Northeastern University where he established a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) program that developed both surface and bulk micromachined devices. He raised more than $9 million in research funding. Dr. Zavracky was the chief operating officer of Kopin Corporation and a member of the startup team. Dr. Zavracky spent five years at The Foxboro Company as principal scientist and technical group leader establishing a MEMS program beginning in 1980. Dr. Zavracky also spent five years at Coulter Corporation managing the government system group working on electrophotographic film and five years at MIT Lincoln Laboratory where he was involved in the development of materials for solar energy applications. He obtained his Ph.D. in physics at Tufts University. He holds bachelors and masters degrees in physics from Northeastern University. Dr. Zavracky is a director of MEMSIC Corporation and sits on multiple corporate technical advisory boards. He has more than 100 publications and 67 issued patents. After the success of the silicon-based pressure sensor in the late 70's and early 80's, interest in micromachining silicon and other materials grew at university and industry labs around the nation. Soon the field grew to see a greater potential in creating MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS). While a lot of work focused on the development of fabrication technologies and the creation of micro-devices and machines, little of this work made it out of the laboratory and into the economy. It is certainly true that successful commercialization of any technology can be challenging for the inventors. But why have some MEMS ideas ended up stuck in the laboratory while others have been great successes? This talk will discuss some of the apparent pitfalls in commercializing new technologies and ways to avoid them. Dr. Geoffrey Burnham has over twenty-five years of direct experience in photonic product development. During his tenure at GE Aerospace he is responsible for the design and development of GE's first mil qualified high peak and high average power TIR-FPL slab lasers operating Q-switched in the NIR. He worked closely with GE's Corporate Research and Development on GE's Inertial Confinement (Laser Fusion) Program producing extremely high peak power Glass Slab Lasers for KMS Fusion. He also collaborated with GE's research team on the development of a 1 kWatt CW YAG laser. Geoffrey has also developed and produced edge emitting semiconductor lasers at numerous wavelengths from 632 nm to 1060 nm at powers up to 2 Watts for a single stripe emitter. He designed and produced numerous fiber coupled semiconductor lasers with power levels exceeding 150 Watts CW. His particular areas of expertise include III-V edge emitting lasers at 808 nm and 980 nm, DPSS lasers at 1.06 and frequency doubled to 532 nm, Q-switched solid state (both YAG and Glass) and fiber coupled lasers. Previously, Geoffrey founded a small high hech company called Semiconductor Laser International Corporation. Of particular note he raised over $20 million of financing for this company, including an $8 million public offering on the NASDAQ. He held various executive management and positions at Northeast Semiconductor, General Optronics Corporation, and General Electric's Aerospace Group. Geoffrey has a successful track record in high technology government contract management, program management and product commercialization. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from New York University, and a B.S. in Physics, from Manhattan College. He was a Co-Chairman - SPIE Photonics West Laser Diode Array Session. Organizers: Qingwu Wang, Wei Gao, Xifeng Qian, Hongzhi Zhao, Yong Qiao, Xueyan Zheng, Frank Fan, and Yi Qian For more information, please visit the following sites: NECINA Optics SIG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NECINA_SIG_Optics/ NECINA Entrepreneurship Center: http://groups.google.com/group/necina-entrepreneurship-center NECINA: http://www.necina.org/