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Utah Dialogue: Utah Economic Summit 2007

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Breakout Session Details - Thursday March 22, 2007

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Entrepreneurship

Business Law

Business Development

Business Promotion

Business Tools

Breakout
9:15
Angel Investment Competition

Dr. Greg Jones, GOED
Managing Director

Finalist Presentations

Protecting Your Ideas and Your Company

Holland and Hart

EDA/RDA and the Industrial Assistance Fund

Lincoln Shurtz
Utah League of Cities and Towns

Randy Sant
Sandy City

Senator Curt Bramble
Majority Leader Utah State Senate

Work Like an Entrepreneur, Service Like the Hospitality Industry

Colin Fryer
Red Cliff Lodge

Barbara Zimonja
Premier Resort and Lodging

Scott Beck
SLCVB

Bob Syrett
Ruby’s Inn

2005-2006 REPEG Research Report

Bill Martin
Commerce CRG

Todd Wolfenbarger
The Summit Group

Breakout
10:30
Angel Investor Decision Process

Moderator T. Craig Bott
Grow Utah Ventures

Todd Stevens
Managing Director, Wasatch Ventures
Mark Solon
Managing Partner, Highway 12 Ventures

Employment Law

Elizabeth Blattner
Shareholder, Parsons, Behle & Latimer

Energy: Engine of Growth

Dr. Laura Nelson
State Energy Advisor

Rich Walje
Rocky Mountain Power

Dan Elcan
OSEC

Jim Felton
Bill Barrett Corporation

Bob O’Conner
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati

Gary Aho
Consultant, Oil Shale Exploration Company

“What’s Hot and What’s Not” Logos, Brand Identity and Online Marketing

Ryan Goodwin
Mark Kern
Peder Singleton
Struck Communications

Legislative Review

President Valentine

Breakout
2:00
Angel Decision Review:
Audience Q & A

Moving Your Deal from Angel to Venture Funding

International Business

Brett Heimburger
Regional Director, GOED

Barbara Bagnasacco
Partner, Ballard Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP

Lew Cramer
President & CEO, World Trade Center, Utah

Landing the Government Contract

Fred Lange
Director PTAC, GOED

Christie Smittle
Director, Small Business Office, HAFB

Mike Divine
COO, NWB

David Baxter
Program Manager (Public Land Planning & Resources), Carter & Burgess

Doug Richins
Director, State Purchasing

Deborah Moffit
Sub Contracts Manager, L3 Communications

PR in the 21st Century

Margaret Nathan
Principal, Strategic Communication, Inc.

James Roberts
Managing Partner, Redirect Relationship Marketing

Ed Henegar
President, Reel Scout

Finding Tomorrow’s Talent

Pat Vaughan
Director of TAP, GOED

Adam Shandrow
Regional Program Manager for Workforce Development, Manpower

Robin Hough
Director of Business Development, Relocation Center

Dennis Wood
VSpring Capital

Breakout
3:15
Technology Commercialization

Nicole Toomey-Davis
COE, GOED

Brian Cummings
TCO, University of Utah

Mike Alder
TCO, Brigham Young University

Ashok Joshi
TCO, Utah State University

A.J.
Ceramitec

Business: Birth, Life, Exit

Sean Reyes
Parsons, Behle & Latimer

Eric Christiansen, Mark Lehman and Bill Stilling
Shareholders, Parsons, Behle & Latimer

Rural Success Stories

Fred Ball
Senior VP, Zions Bank

“Life Elevated” Working for You!

Kim McClelland
President, Deer Valley Resort

Bob Bonar
President Snowbird Ski Resort

Using Associations to Grow Your Business

Paul Larsen
VP/President-elect, Utah Alliance

Rich Nelson
President, UTC

Rick Mayfield
Executive Director, UDA

Heidi Ballif
VP, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce