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CED Sets Speaker Lineup for Second Engage Program
Area Executives and Industry Experts to Speak at Engage: Healthcare on March 31
February 11, 2004, Research Triangle Park, NC - The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) has assembled the speaker lineup for the second Engage session, which will be held March 31 at Duke University's The Fuqua School of Business. In addition to previously announced keynote speaker Bob Greczyn of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, CED's Engage: Healthcare Industry will also feature concurrent panels with successful entrepreneurs, attorneys, educators, investors and healthcare industry experts.
During three concurrent sessions at Engage: Healthcare Industry, panelists will explore healthcare's role in the entrepreneurial economy and focus on partnering opportunities, cost cutting practices and market potential for innovative technologies and services.
Confirmed speakers and session topics at Engage: Healthcare Industry include the following:
Partner Management Mechanisms for Successful Healthcare Alliances
- Kevin Schulman, Moderator, Director, Health Sector Management Program, The Fuqua School of Business
- Will Mitchell, J. Rex Fuqua Professor of International Management, The Fuqua School of Business
- Dr. Carol Ohmstede, Vice President of Collaborations and Planning, Trimeris, Inc.
- Jon Stonehouse, Vice President of Corporate Development, EMD Pharmaceuticals
Healthcare Marketplace Opportunities for Enterprising Entrepreneurs
- Tim Gupton, Moderator, Founder and Partner, Hughes Pittman and Gupton, LLC
- Rick Brajer, President and CEO, LipoScience, Inc.
- Robb Cadwallader, President and CEO, United Emergency Services, Inc.
- Bud Whitmeyer, Chairman, Noverant, Inc. and General Partner, Research Triangle Ventures
- Donald Fortin, President and CEO, Versagenics, Inc.
Cost Cutting Strategies and Implementation Pitfalls: A Company Perspective
- Lori Spivey, Moderator, President, Financial Directions Group, Inc.
- Mel Asbury, Vice President of Human Resources, SpectraSite
- David Curtis Smith, Attorney, The Benefits and Insurance Law Center
- Robert McKenzie, Partner, Rankin McKenzie, LLC
Several other speakers may be added as panelists leading up to the event. Engage: Healthcare Industry kicks off with these three interactive sessions at 4 p.m., followed by Greczyn's keynote address at 5 p.m. The program concludes with a networking reception from 6 to 7 p.m. The program cost is $50 for CED members and $75 for non-members.
CED hosted Engage: Finance, the first in the new program series, on Jan. 15. CED will hold the third installment of the Engage series, Engage: Marketing, in May 2004. All Engage programs consist of three core components: Knowledge (expert-led, interactive sessions conveying insights for business success), Networks (high-energy networking environment with trendsetters from all industries and company stages) and Trends (keynote who will highlight of “big picture” opportunities and obstacles). Additional details are available online at www.cednc.org/engage.
About CED: The Council for Entrepreneurial Development, located in Research Triangle Park, NC, is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the greater Research Triangle region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and monthly programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2004, is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 3,500 members representing 1,000 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. www.cednc.org
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