From Your Mind to the Market


LES_workshopSerial entrepreneur and master networker Larry Udell, along with LES-Nevada, C4Cube and LES-Silicon Valley, once again has assembled a stellar slate of industry thought leaders for the 2nd annual Inventors & Entrepreneurs Workshop.

This event is a must for those serious about commercializing their product ideas and growing their businesses.

When: Saturday, March 13

Where: C4CUBE CONFERENCE CENTER
300 East 2nd St., Suite 1210
Reno, Nevada

Register online at: www.usa-canada.les.org/reno

Registration – $75.00
After March 10 – $95.00
Students with valid I.D. – $30.00

Space is limited, register early

Free Parking On-Site

The agenda:

8:00 – 9:00 Registration and continental breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome and Program Introduction:

Ky Good & Larry Udell, Hosts

9:15 – 10:30 “Turning An Idea Into A Successful Product” Panel

Moderator: Norman Smith, CEO C4CUBE,

Entrepreneur with 9 successful start-ups

Panel: Sharon Nickson Cox, President, Wants Upon A Time IP

Richard Johnson, CEO, Johnson Group, Formerly Fortune 500 executive

Wesley Kikuchi, Founder, Contact Media Technology

William C. Torch, MD, Chairman/Founder, Eye-Com Corporation

10:30 – 10:45 Break and networking

10:45 – 11:30 Keynote:

“Transition: From Corporate Executive to New Ventures Entrepreneur”

Joe Beyers, Chairman/CEO, Ambature, Inc.,

Formerly Vice President, Hewlett Packard Worldwide Licensing

11:30 – 11:40 Nevada Inventors Association, Don Costar, Founder – Phil Thompson, President

11:40 – 1:30 Lunch + visit the exhibits. Resource sponsors will be exhibiting their services and provide opportunities to learn from the experts.

1:30 – 2:45 “Are You & Your Idea Ready for Funding?”

“Investing In New Ventures” Panel

Moderator: Charlie Glasser, Investor/Entrepreneur

Former President, John F. Kennedy University

Panel: James Croce, President/CEO, www.NIREC.org

Cheri Hill, President/CEO, Sage International, Inc.

John Ricci, Founder/Chairman, U. S. Angels

Joe Wyatt, Partner, Wilmer-Hale Corporate Practice Group

2:45 – 3:00 Break and Networking

3:00 – 4:15 “Taking Your Idea To Market”

Plus “The Opportunities In Licensing” Panel

Moderator: Joe Beyers, Ambature, Inc.

Panel: Michael Birdsell, Director, IP Marketing, Desert Research Institute, UNR

Alice Heiman, President/CSO, Alice Heiman, LLC

Robert Ryan, Patent Attorney, Partner, Holland & Hart, LLP

Fred Sibayan, Chairman/CEO, Vortex-IP, Inc.

4:15 – 4:30 Announcements, drawing and closing

Additional Information

Larry Udell: 510.888.1998

Lexi Fox: 775.230.5394

Curtis Gore: 703.836.3106

Sponsored by: Licensing Executives Society-USA and CanadaU.S. Patent & Trademark OfficeNevada Institute for Renewable EnergyNevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology dealguys.netInventors DigestHolland & HartWilmer HaleSilver Sky GroupNevada Industry ExcellenceC4CubeAccountants 2GoEye-Com CorporationNevada Inventors Association