From BMackenzie at alum.mit.edu Sat Sep 19 08:11:47 2009 From: BMackenzie at alum.mit.edu (Bruce Mackenzie gm) Date: Sat Sep 19 08:46:50 2009 Subject: [Mars-Fnd] SIS7 - Space Investment Summit 7 In-Reply-To: References: <1102713786302.1101788458976.654.3.171825FF@scheduler> Message-ID: You are invited to the > Space Investment Summit 7 < in Boston, Sept. 30. The Mars Foundation is a supporting organization of SIS-7. Space Investment Summit 7 Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:30 am ? 6:45 pm Hynes Convention Center Boston, Massachusetts Attention Investors and Entrepreneurs! The Summit is almost full - only a limited number of seats remain Register Today! at - www.spaceinvestmentsummit.com Space Investment Summit 7 (SIS-7) features exclusive educational sessions with prominent investment leaders and a showcase of limited pre-qualified space-related business plans from reputable entrepreneurs.? The Summit helps investors gain knowledge that might guide future investment decisions, and helps entrepreneurs gain from an increased investor interest in their efforts and development of new opportunities for partnership. Featured Session Presenters & Business Plan Commentators Mark Sirangelo, Executive Vice-President, Sierra Nevada Corporation; Chairman of the Board, SNCSpace Systems; former Chairman and CEO, SpaceDev Inc Jeff Greason, Co-Founder, President and CEO, XCOR Aerospace; Vice-Chair, Commercial Spaceflight Federation; Member, White House Augustine Commission Miles O'Brien, 26-Year Broadcast News Veteran; Former CNN Science, Aerospace, Technology and Environment Correspondent Anita Antenucci, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey Pierre Chao, Managing Partner, Renaissance Strategic Advisors Lon Levin, Executive and Entrepreneur; President, SkySevenVentures Per Wimmer, Global Financier and Entrepreneur; Founder and CEO, Wimmer Space and Wimmer Financial William Readdy, Founding Partner, Discovery Partners International; Former NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight/Operations; Space Shuttle Commander and NASA Astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz, Founder and President, Ad Astra Rocket Company; Former NASA Astronaut Kerry Scarlott, Partner, Posternak Blankstein & Lund Richard Kimball, Senior Director, The Bigelow Company Michael Roberto, Trustee Professor of Management, Bryant University Arif Padaria, Principal, Pilot House Ventures John Harthorne, Founder and CEO, MassChallenge John Stempeck, Founder, Avalon Associates Rosanna Sattler, Partner, Posternak Blankstein & Lund Tom Kennedy, Principal, The Kennedy Group Vik Kachoria, Entrepreneur; Founder and President, Mass Aerospace Council Bob Feldman, President, HPC Marketing Bill Hulbig, Founder, Cotuit Capital Scott Tibbitts, Executive Director, eSpace ? The Center for Space Entrepreneurship Robert Hopkins, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Phillips and Company Hoyt Davidson, Founder and Managing Partner, Near Earth Amaresh Kollipara, Managing Partner, Earth2Orbit Michael Leventhal, Attorney/Consultant, mc2 The Law Firm Max Grimard, Vice President/Deputy Head, Strategy and Business Development, EADS Astrium Brent Britton, Attorney/Chair of the Emerging Business Technology Practice Group, GrayRobinson Kevin O'Connell, Partner, Posternak Blankstein & Lund Paul Eckert, PhD, International & Commercial Strategist, The Boeing Company Registration - http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=746715 Regular registration is $250, discounts for investors, students, and certain others.