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We’re pleased to partner with Cooley LLP, Ernst & Young & BMO Capital Markets to put on this invitation-only conference.  Below is an agenda overview and speaker highlights.

If interested, please email clark [at] bsgtv.com.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011 |  12:00 noon – 7:00 pm

Mandarin Oriental, Boston 776 Boylston Street  |  Boston, Massachusetts

Cooley LLP, Ernst & Young LLP and BMO Capital Markets invite you to an exclusive gathering of leading executives, investors, entrepreneurs and thought leaders in the medical device industry for the second annual Cooley Medical Device Growth Conference in Boston. This event will focus on the key drivers affecting the medical device industry and explore growth strategies for medical device companies.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Michael J. Cima – Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED [ view full agenda ]

• Pulse of the Industry: Medical Technology Report 2011 – Ernst & Young’s annual report on the medical device industry
• Developing and Implementing a Sales & Marketing Strategy -  Keys to achieving growth and ensuring regulatory compliance
• An Open Discussion with Thought Leaders – A fireside chat with CEOs at revenue stage medical device companies on the medtech industry, opportunities and challenges, lessons-learned, etc.
• What’s Getting Done? A discussion of trends in IPOs, M&A deals and strategic collaborations

REGISTRATION REQUIRED. This event is by invitation only. Registration is limited to representatives of medical device companies and investors, and is subject to approval.

PANELISTS AND MODERATORS INCLUDE

• Joseph Army – General Manager, Medtronic Advanced Energy (Formerly President and Chief Executive Officer, Salient Surgical Technologies)
• Michael Cima – Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Kevin Casey – Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
• Drew Gantt – Partner, Cooley LLP
• Ron Goldman – Chief Executive Officer, Accuvein
• Larry Knopf – Senior Vice President and General Counsel, HeartWare, Inc.
• Michael McGrail – Attorney, Cooley LLP
• Yiannis Monovoukas – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, TEI Biosciences Inc.
• Michael Neuberger – Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Group, BMO Capital Markets
• Stu Randle – President and Chief Executive Officer, GI Dynamics
• Charles Sherwood – President and Chief Executive Officer, Anika Therapeutics, Inc.
• Mark Speers – Partner and Managing Director, Health Advances
• Peter Stebbins – Vice President, New Business Development, DePuy Mitek and Codman, J&J Family of Companies
• Kevin Seifert – Chief Executive Officer, Facet Technologies, Inc.
• Don Stern – Partner, Cooley LLP (Former US Attorney)
• Mark Weeks – Partner, Cooley LLP
• Robert White – President & Chief Executive Officer, TyRx, Inc.

I had the opportunity to be out in Denver for the 22^nd Annual National Renewable Energy Lab’s (NREL) Growth Forum.  As many know, the U.S. has more than half a dozen national labs, some of the best known being Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore, and Sandia.  These labs are scattered across the U.S., and each often has a specific focus (nuclear research for instance is what has kept the National Labs in the public eye most often).

Given the Obama Administration’s commitment to renewable energy and innovation, it was an upbeat gathering.    The attendee list was well-balanced between entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and academics.  Geographically, the majority of attendees either hailed from the Colorado area (with Boulder as the epicenter for cleantech in CO despite the NREL lab being located in Golden, CO), the West Coast (Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and venture investors), and New England (Boston-skewed).

What was surprising is how small the renewable energy community truly is.  It’s still a very close knit group.  And the community tends to shift from one location to another to pursue the next opportunity to contribute to the national cleantech ecosystem.  Two notable examples are Tod Perry, who now is the Program Manager of the Clean Energy Entrepreneurship Center for NREL.  Tod had originally started as a cleantech entrepreneur 5 years ago in Boston, pioneering a water purification technology, and a contestant in the first Ignite Clean Energy Competition in 2005.  Another Bostonian who’s moved out to Colorado recently is Trent Yang, formerly a principal at Globespan Venture Partners, now Director, Entrepreneurship and Business Development at RASEI in Boulder (Renewable and Sustainable energy institute), part of the University of Colorado commitment to innovation in the renewable energy sector in the Rocky Mountain region.  Other notable Bostonians sited at the conference included Peter Rothstein of New England Clean Energy Council, Bob Metcalfe of Polaris, and Chris Hobson, CEO of BandGap Engineering.

While out there, stopped by the Finals for the Cleantech Open’s Rocky Mountain Finals.  New Sky Energy, Rivertop Renewables, and SunTrac Solar were the winners, now headed to the Cleantech Open Finals for all 3 regions up in Silicon Valley.

For more on the winners, see http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mayor-hickenlooper-announces-cleantech-open-winners.html