As in our previous events, we will focus on process insights from those who are doing it well -- practitioners and decision-makers delivering specific suggestions to make your technology acquisition and/or technology licensing efforts successful. Recent conferences have averaged 140-150 leaders representing 120 global corporations from Asia, Europe and North America.

Featured Speaker		Speakers
Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. Vice-Chair and Professor of Surgery Columbia University. Author, “You: The Owner’s Manual” Photo copyright © Discovery Communications Companies Attending 6062 Holdings, LLC Access Product Marketing Agfa Gevaert, NV Agrotechnology & Food Innovations B.V. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. AmorePacific Corporation Anaqua Applied Materials Babcock Power Inc. BAE Systems Bayer Healthcare Bayer Innovation GmbH Black & Decker BP Carbonate Ltd. Caterpillar Columbia University CPT, Inc. DSM DuPont Eastman Chemical Company Enterprise Ireland Escher-Grad Technologies Inc. FIAT Finpro GE Aircraft Engines General Mills German Aerospace Center (DLR) GlaxoSmithKline W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Heinz North America IBM Industrial Technology Research Institute innovation industries Innovia Medical IP2Revenues Johns Manville SC Johnson Kimberly-Clark Corporation Kishimoto Sangyo Co., Ltd. KYOEI Engineering Research Co., Ltd. McKinsey & Company Medtronic Microsoft Corporation Milliken Monsanto NASA Tech Briefs National Technology Agency of Finland Nisseki Chemical Texas, Inc. Nitto Denko Technical Corporation Nokia Corporation NorrisCapital Northrop Grumman Noveon Panacea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Panasonic Parker Hannifin Philips International B.V. Platinum Research Organization Procter & Gamble Promotech Inc. The R&D Society Rembrandt IP Management RICOH Co. Ltd. Rockwell Scientific Company Rohm Haas Samsung Electronics Schick-Wilkinson Sword SDI The SEER Group, Inc. Shell Chemicals Signal Display Systems Source Companies LLC Stamicarbon bv Telemaco srl Texelerate Textron Innovations The Timken Company Transformedia Unilever University of Manchester Intellectual Property Ltd. Wageningen Business Generator BV WVHTC Foundation		Keynote Speaker David G. Thomson Author Blueprint to a Billion: 7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth Dr. Louis Berneman Texelerate Meagan Dietz Associate, McKinsey & Company Pejman Djavdan Managing Director DSM Licensing Center Scott Faris Managing Director MetaTech Larry Huston Vice President, Innovation, Procter & Gamble Jay Jubas Principal McKinsey & Company Robert R. Matheson Technical Manager, Strategic Technology, Dupont Chip Murray Managing Director, Intellectual Assets and Licensing, Dupont William N. Nelson President/CEO, Innovia Medical, LLC. John Norris Former FDA Deputy Chief Robert Oringer President, AMG USA Dr. Gus Orphanides Director, IAM & Licensing, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Darrell Rigby Director, Bain & Company Michael Sauvante Chairman & Co-Founder, The SEER Group Cary Senders Founder, 6062 Holdings Eric D. Senders Founder, 6062 Holdings Corrine Sukiennik Director, Global Licensing Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Jeff Weedman External Business Development Procter & Gamble Topics Each of the two conference days will begin in full conference session. Monday afternoon is devoted to two separate tracks, designed to accommodate experiences driven by larger-company or smaller-company technologies. Plenary Sessions How companies make open innovation work The importance of small-medium companies in P&G’s Connect + Develop strategy McKinsey’s Business Development and Licensing benchmarking survey Successful deal-making tactics Industry Panel Discussion Corporate Case Studies: Real-world deals Track 1: Smaller Companies Selling Innovations to Bigger Companies Vetting quality technologies and potential partners—finding the good ones first Finding and trusting the right “Big Guy” Tracking the cash: Where will the cash be coming from? Licensing in Sustaining versus Disruptive Markets (SEER Group) Deal case studies include: Innovia and Access (Earcheck) Track 2: Big Companies Selling Platform Technologies to Smaller Companies Selling an orphan platform technology: Maximizing return and maintaining strategic options Finding and trusting the right “Small Company” Vetting potential partners Deal case studies include: Air Products; DuPont and 6062 Holdings High-Interest Technology Round-Up Get your 15 minutes of Technology Fame! This year, yet2.com devotes a full morning (November 8) from the two-day event to a series of 15-minute overview presentations in this special list of high-interest areas. Presenters will include promising companies working on cutting-edge technologies and serious technology-seekers. Drug delivery and diagnostics Electronics and IT (including displays and wireless technologies, etc.) Coatings/adhesives Consumer devices Find out more about this unique opportunity on the High-Interest Round Up page. You can also email Nancy Harris (nharris@yet2.com) or call +1-617-557-3816.

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