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InnoVenture Southeast 2010 Seeks Presenters from Industry, Universities, and Entrepreneurs - May 11-12

Submitted by: John Warner on Feb 12, 2010 at 12:49 pm Tagged with: Entrepreneurship, Innovation Source: InnoVenture

GREENVILLE, SC – In its seventh year, InnoVenture Southeast 2010 will feature 7 senior leaders and 60 passionate champions describing the future they are creating. Each presenter is seeking to attract the customers, capital, talent and technology they need to succeed. Presenters are organized in four areas where people here are among the best in the world: clean energy, advanced materials, transformed automobiles, and smart communities.

InnoVenture founder John Warner say, “We are excited that InnoVenture Southeast 2010 has attracted some of the most visionary leaders in the region. Seven senior leaders from major anchors will describe the future they are creating here, and sixty passionate champions will make elevator pitches seeking customers, capital, talent and technology from an influential, connected audience. Those attending InnoVenture will inspired by some of the most forward thinking people in our area.“

Senior Leaders presenting on “The Future We Are Creating Here” include:

• Ed Sellers, CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of SC

• EDavid Stafford, COO of Michelin Americas Research Company
• Chris Desoiza. VP of the Milliken Research Corporation
• Harris Pastides, President of the University of South Carolina
• Don Herriott, Director of Innovista Partnerships at the University of South Carolina
• John Kelly, VP of Agriculture, Pub Serv and Econ Development at Clemson University
• Bill Mahoney, CEO of SCRA

Sixty Champions will make 8 minute elevator pitches seeking connections with the InnoVenture Southeast audience of influential, connected people. Examples of champions already committed include:

• Philip Wilson - Senior Research Physicist at the Milliken Research Corporation

• Brian Benicewicz - CoEE Endowed Chair at the NanoCenter at USC
• Ralph Hulseman - President of Hoowaki, LLC
• Leighton Lord - Chairman of Nexsen Pruet

InnoVenture Southeast 2010 is seeking applications to present at the conference. The audience is approximately 600 influential, connected people across large, middle market, and entrepreneurial companies, universities, service providers, and investors. Champions from industry, academia, and entrepreneurs interested in presenting at InnoVenture can apply online at InnoVentureSoutheast.com

About InnoVenture, LLC
InnoVenture LLC helps champions in organizations create the future by discovering opportunity around them and leaning to succeed. InnoVenture Southeast focused on the Southeastern Innovation Corridor, the eighth largest mega-region in the world. InnoVenture Southeast 2010will be held May 11 and 12, 2009 in Greenville, SC More information can be found at InnoVentureSoutheast.com