National MED WEEK 2005
September 11-14, 2005 - The Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC
Conference Schedule
"The Art of the Deal: Making It Happen"
Sunday, September 11, 2005 Monday, September 12, 2005 Tuesday,. September 13, 2005 Wednesday, September 14, 2005
  s  "Meet Your White House" Breakfast s ¨ "Meet Your White House" Breakfast s ¨ "Meet Your White House" Breakfast
  7 30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.  7 30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.  7 30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. 
  Confirmed: Claude Mien Confirmed: Anna Escobedo Cabral Confirmed: Dr. Ewen Wilson
 
Domestic Policy Advisor of the White House U S. Treasurer Department of Census
  sOpening Session  "The Art of the Deal:  s Exno Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony sBusiness Solutions: Protecting Your Business
     Making It Happen"     8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.     Assets & Operations 
     9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.      Exhibit Hall    9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
       
   Confirmed:  Peter Diamandis, MD sBusiness Expo   Confirmed: Kathryn Badger
    Chairman & CEO, Zero-Gravity Corporation     9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.    Vice President, Invest. & Fin. Advisor Merrill Lynch 
    Chairman and CEO, X PRIZE Foundation     Exhibit Hall   Confirmed: James H. Speed, Jr. 
  sPanel Discussion     President/CEO of North Carolina Mutual
s   EBLS Students Registration     9:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.       Confirmed: Lucia Riddle
    11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.         Vice President of Federal Government Relations
    East Registration Desk   Confirmed: Anne S. Habiby, ICIC .      The Principal Financial Group 
    Co-Executive Director of Research & Corn     Confirmed: Martin Glynn
    Confirmed: Dr. Dunson Cheng, Ph.D.       President & CEO, HSBC Bank USA, NA.
    Chairman and CEO of Cathay Bank    sEBLS Session III
    Confirmed: Dr. Paul Hsu, Ph.D.      Financing Your Business
    Chairman & CEO, American Technology Ventures, LLC      10.00 a.m. - 1115 a.m.
    Confirmed: T. Dosho Shifferaw     
    President, Dosho Design, Inc.     
    Confirmed: Kwame T. Jackson     
    Chairman/CEO of Legacy Holdings LLC     
    Confirmed: Dan Villanueva, Jr.    
    President, RC Fontis Partners    
sEBLS Orientation sOpening Luncheon  sState of Commerce Luncheon sSBA's Administrator's Luncheon
  1.00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.    12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.     12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.     12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 
     Confirmed: Dennis Archer    Confirmed:  The Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez    Confirmed Speaker:  Mr. Hector V. Barreto
sEBLS Session I    Former Mayor, City of Detroit, Michigan   Secretary of Commerce                              SBA Administrator
   Networking for Success   Chairman, Dickinson Wright PLLC    
  10.00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.      
sNMW-05 Registration Opens sPlenary Session:  Deal Strategy and Tactics sBusiness Expo sThe Deal Of A Lifetime:  Commercializing
    2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.      2:35 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.      2:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.      Federal Laboratory Innovations
        Exhibit Hall     2:35 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 
    Confirmed:  Marilyn Tam    
sEBLS Students Mentors Meeting   Former CEO of Aveda, Entrepreneur & Author  sEBLS Session II  
    5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.    Confirmed: Eric Anderson    Leadership and Entrepreneurship  
    President & CEO, Space Adventures, Ltd.   2.30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.  
   Confirmed: Russell T. Wright,    
    Chairman & CEO, Dimensions International sSBA's Workshop Training Session I:  The Art sSBA's Workshop Training Session II:  Utilizing 
       Of Forging Strategic Business Alliances    Federal Government Certification Programs 
    Confirmed: Mr. Victor Tsao     2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.    to Foster Business Growth
    Vice President and General Manager       2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 
    Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, Inc.    
    Confirmed: David Loines sUSDA's Rural Development Session I:   sUSDA's Rural Development Session II:  
    SBA's Director, Business Matchmaking   Opportunities and Success Stories:  Ideas for    Understanding How to Access USDA Loans, 
    Confirmed: Michael Schell   Increasing Business Loans, Grants & Technical    Grants, and Technical Assistance for Business
  President & CEO of The Approved Group of Companies   Assistance in Rural America   Investment in Rural America
        2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.      2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 
  sEBLS Sixth Annual National    
    Business Plan Competition    
    2.30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.    
sNational Med Week sSponsor Appreciation Reception sSocial Capital Power Networking Reception sAwards Reception (private)
  Welcome Reception    6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.     600 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.     6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 
  6.10 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.      Confirmed: George C Fraser  
  sSponser Lounge Reception   President of Success Source Unlimited & Author s23rd Annual Awards Gala
     10:00 p.m. - 1:00a.m.       7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. 
    sSponsors Lounge Reception    Confirmed Emcees:  Mr. Tim Reid & Daphne Reid
       10:00 p.m. - 1:00a.m.     New Millenmium Studios, LLC
         Entertainment: Pan American Symphony Orchestra
                                    Morgan State Univ. Choir, 
                                    Chinese Lion Dancers
       
      sPost Awards GalaReception
         Immediately following - 1:00 a.m.