Innovation and New Venture Creation

 

OpenCoffee Sydney and the Western Sydney IT Cluster invites you to a free conference

focusing upon the commercialsation of innovation and creating new companies.

 

The conference is based upon the Startup School at Stanford University.

 

To demonstrate the level of interest in new venture creation there is another conference specialising in venture capital on the same day.

 

 

6th December 2007

 

Location: DSRD Function Room

Level 2, 470 Church St North Parramatta

 

 

 

Register Here - It's free

 

Topics include raising capital, government assistance, IP Protection and much more

Programme subject to change

Speakers include Peter Milla,  Dr Wallace Bridge

8.30 Registration

9.00 Welcome by DSRD & Western Sydney IT Cluster

9.15 Opening by Mayor Councillor Paul Barber

9.30 Successful Australia Startups - Richard Hayes - OpenCoffee Sydney 

10.00 Raising capital Robin Golding- Private Equity Brokers

10.30 Helping investors help your business - Craig West Peak Partners

11.00 Coffee

11.15 What is a Startup? - James Tuckerman Australian Anthill

12.00 Working with government to export Stuart Smith  VEBIZ Export Development

12.45 Lunch

1.30 Demonstrations / Bird of a Feather sessions

2.00 Government Support Comet / R&D / Commercial Ready Peter Milla - Businesstree

2.30 Legal Issues and IP Protection -Mark Toohey

3.00 Open Q&A session with panel discussions

Wallace Bridge - UNSW, Stuart Nettleton - UTS, Vinala Sarma -Ashwyn Innovations

4.00 Close

Cost: Free

Contact: Richard Hayes 0414 618 425