ANNOUNCE: Babson Forum on Entrepreneurship and Innovation

[entrepreneurship-phd at lists.uni-essen.de]

Babson College will hold its fourth annual Forum on Entrepreneurship and
Innovation Friday, November 11, 2005, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration begins
at 7:30 a.m. in Olin Hall, followed by opening remarks by graduate
school dean Mark Rice.

Neil Bradford, President, Forrester Americas, will present 3 Key
Questions about Entrepreneurship following Rice's opening remarks. Over
the past seven years, Bradford's research has covered consumer markets,
financial services, and IT services and consulting.

Dennis Donovan, executive vice president, Human Resources, The Home
Depot, will offer a keynote address on Change, Innovation, and Corporate
Entrepreneurship. Donovan was elected a Fellow in the National Academy
of Human Resources and currently serves on the Academy's board of
directors. Donovan was also named HR Executive of the Year by Human
Resource Executive Magazine.

Three Interactive Workshops:

    * Neuromarketing: Influence Any Audience, Anytime led by Allen
Peterson, a partner in SalesBrain
    * Art of Leadership, Innovation and Laughter, Sushil Bhatia,
President & CEO of JMD Manufacturing, Inc,
    * Case Discussion with Babson Vice Provost and entrepreneur Stephen
Spinelli 

Panels and Panelists:  

Energy - Moderator, Mathew Most, Edison Mission Marketing & Trading

    * Andrew Brengle, Senior research anaylist, KLD Research &
Analytics, Inc.
    * Frank Gibbard, President, Gibbard Research and Development Corp.
    * Dan Goldman, Founder & CFO, New Energy Capital Corp.
    * Chet Lyons, Director, Marketing & Strategic Planning, Evergreen
Solar
    * Larry Chretien, Executive Director, The Mass. Energy Consumers
Alliance      

Global Business - Moderator, Carlos Rufin, Professor, Babson College

    * Vanu Bose, President & CEO, Vanu, Inc.
    * Izhar Armony, General Partner, Charles River Venture
    * Xiaojun Li, Principal, IDG Technology Venture
    * Vanesa Kolodziez-Guerra, Hispanic Channel Director, BZZAgent, Inc.

Life Sciences - Moderator, I. Elaine Allen, Professor, Babson College

    * Gloria Ro Kolb, President & Founder, Fossa Medical
    * Jean "CoCo" Montagu, Chairman & Founder, Decision Biomarkers, Inc.
    * Donald J. Ciapenelli, CEO & Founder, DAIAMED
    * Thomas G. Tachovsky, President & CEO, Entropin, Inc.

Real Estate - Moderator, Michael Harrity, Professor, Babson College

    * Richard L. Kobus, Founder/Partner, Tsoi/Kobus & Associates
    * Peter Palandjian, Chairman & CEO, Intercontinental
    * M. Marc Jason, CFO & Head of Asset Management, BayNorth Capital,
LLC
    * Sam Park, President & Founder, Sam Park & Company
    * Robin Brown, Partner, CWB Boylston

Consumer Products

    * Dean Harris, Director, Vonage
    * Dwight Schultheis, Founder, Amenity
    * Warren Weiderman, Krown, Inc.

Starting New Ventures - Moderator, Les Charm, Professor, Babson College

    * Johanna Myers McChensey, Co-founder & Executive V.P., Isis
Maternity, Inc.
    * Scott Elias, Co-founder & CEO, Elias Art
    * Tim DeMello, Chairman & CEO, Ziggs, Inc.
    * Jim Foster, Principal & Co-founder, InterioReview
    * Charlie McCarthy, Founder, American Cable Assemblies, Inc.
    * Eric Hudson, President & CEO, Recycline, Inc.

Finance - Moderator, Kevin Mulvaney, President, Strategic Advisors Group

    * Jo Tango, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
    * Seth Kaufman, Senior V.P., Kaufman & Co.
    * James Lousararian, President & CEO, AngioLink Corporation

Technology - Moderator, Anirudh Dhebar, Professor, Babson College

    * Vedat Eyuboglu, Founder, Airvana
    * Geffory Oblak, Ascent
    * Edward Schmid, Founder, e-Copy
    * Stan Reiss, Matrix Partner
    * Jeff Thurston, Intrunsic

Registration fee is $30, Babson students; $40, alumni & non-Babson
students; $50, general admission.

For more information and to register, visit http://www.babsonfei.org/,
or contact Natalie Francoeur, email, nfrancoeur1 at babson.edu; or phone,
631-766-4031.