The twitter hash tag for the event is #ack2011
| Time | Title | Speakers/Moderators |
| Thursday, June 9th | ||
| 2:00pm-5:30pm Nantucket Yacht Club |
Registration | |
| 2:30pm-3:30pm Nantucket Yacht Club |
Interactive Briefing: Understanding and Applying Game Dynamics to Your Business | Speakers: Hank Howie, CEO, Blue Fang Games Jon Radoff, Founder, Disruptor Beam Margaret Wallace, CEO, Playmatics |
| 3:30pm-3:45pm |
Networking Break |
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| 3:45pm-5:15pm Nantucket Yacht Club |
Interactive Briefing: Thinking Differently about Social Media, PR, and Marketing |
Speakers: Laura Fitton, CEO, Oneforty Michael Troiano, Principal, Holland-Mark |
| 5:30pm-7:00pm White Elephant Sun Deck |
Opening Cocktail Reception Hosted by: Foley & Lardner LLP |
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| 7:00pm - | Dinner On Your Own in Town (First-time Nantucket Conference participants can sign up for dinners organized by our conference advisors) | |
| Friday, June 10th | ||
| 7:30am-4:30pm Nantucket Yacht Club |
Registration | |
| 7:30am-8:30am White Elephant Sun Deck |
Breakfast | |
| 8:45am-9:00am Nantucket Yacht Club |
Introductions | |
| 9:00am-10:00am Nantucket Yacht Club |
Who's Next: A New Generation of Leaders + Innovative Businesses (MP3 file) |
Speakers: Vanessa Green, CEO, OnChip Power Rob May, CEO, Backupify Matt Lauzon, CEO, Gemvara Seth Priebatsch, CEO, SCVNGR Siamak Taghaddos, Co-Founder, Grasshopper Moderator: Sung Park, Founder and Managing Director, Umagination Labs |
| 10:00am-10:30am |
Networking Break |
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| 10:30am-12:00pm White Elephant: Sun Deck |
Children's Activity: Flying Objects. Includes fun with a
balloon powered sky tram, airplanes and helicopters. (Children under 5 must attend
with an adult.) |
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| 10:30am-11:15am Nantucket Yacht Club |
Leading Toward (and Beyond) the IPO or Acquisition (MP3 file) |
Speakers: Scott Ernst, President, Compete Michael Simon, CEO, LogMeIn Moderator: Bouzha Cookman, Partner, Catlin & Cookman Group |
| 11:15am-11:45am | Networking Break | |
| 11:45am-12:30pm Nantucket Yacht Club |
Fireside Chat: Humans 2.0 (MP3 file) | Speakers: Hugh Herr, Founder, iWalk; Director of the Biomechatronics Group at the MIT Media Lab Moderator: Marina Hatsopoulos, Director, Angel Investor, Windy Street, Inc. |
| 12:30pm-1:45pm White Elephant Sun Deck |
General Lunch | |
| 12:30pm-1:45pm Nantucket Yacht Club Governor's Room |
Lunch Discussion #1: Making Acquisitions Work: Best Practices for VC-Backed & Public Companies |
Speakers: Tim Healy, CEO, EnerNoc Jim Hemmer, CEO, Antenna Discussion Leader: Bouzha Cookman, Partner, Catlin & Cookman Group |
| 12:30pm-1:45pm White Elephant Sun Room |
Lunch Discussion #2: How Materials Breakthroughs will Drive Innovation in Healthcare, Energy, and IT |
Speakers: Jeffrey Carbeck, CTO, MC10 Carmichael Roberts, Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners; Chairman, Nano-Terra |
| 2:00pm-2:45pm Nantucket Yacht Club |
How to Make Money & Save the World |
Speaker: Gary Hirshberg, CE-Yo, Stonyfield Farm Yogurt Moderator: Jules Pieri, CEO, Daily Grommet |
| 2:45pm-3:15pm | Networking Break | |
| 3:15pm-4:00pm Nantucket Yacht Club |
Fireside Chat: Akamai, 12 Years After the IPO (MP3 file) |
Speaker: Moderator: |
| 4:15pm-6:45pm |
Attendee and Guest Activity: Harbor Cruise aboard the
Shearwater |
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| 7:00pm-9:30pm |
Children's Program: Eco
Inventions Party. Construct your own invention using a
variety of recycled material! Includes arts
& crafts, hands-on projects, group games and a
movie! Dinner will be provided for the children. |
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| 7:00pm-9:30pm Nantucket Yacht Club |
Our 12th Annual Clambake Hosted by J. Robert Scott |
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| Saturday, June 11th | ||
| 8:00am-12:00pm Nantucket Yacht Club |
Registration | |
| 7:30am-8:45am White Elephant Sun Deck |
Breakfast | |
| 9:00am-9:45am Nantucket Yacht Club |
Fireside Chat: The Netezza Story (MP3 file) |
Speaker: Jit Saxena, Founder, Netezza Moderator: Antonio Rodriguez, General Partner, Matrix Partners |
| 9:45am-10:15am | Networking Break | |
| 10:30am-11:45am White Elephant Sun Deck |
Children's Activity: Homemade Concoctions. Get ready to
get your hands messy as you create, invent and experiment. (Children under 5 must attend
with an adult.) |
|
| 10:15am-11:00am Nantucket Yacht Club |
Harnessing Innovation, Inside & Outside the Organization |
Speaker: Burt Kaliski, Jr. PhD, Senior Vice President and CTO, VeriSign Moderator: John McEleney, CEO, CloudSwitch |
| 11:00am-11:15am |
Networking Break |
|
| 11:15am-12:00pm Nantucket Yacht Club |
Disruptive Technologies & Market Development (MP3 file) |
Speaker: Geoffrey Moore, Venture Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures; Author, "Crossing the Chasm" and "Inside the Tornado" Moderator: Bill Warner, President, Warner Research; Founder, Avid Technology and Wildfire Communications |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm White Elephant Sun Deck |
Boxed Lunch | |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm White Elephant Sun Room |
Lunch Discussion: Seed Funding
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Speakers: Fred Destin, General Partner, Atlas Venture Lee Hower, Partner, NextView Ventures Katie Rae, Co-Founder, Project 11 Ventures; Managing Director, TechStars Boston Antonio Rodriguez, General Partner, Matrix Partners |
| 1:15pm-3:00pm | Attendee and Guest Activity: Van tour of Nantucket with Gail's Tours | |
| 2:00pm-3:30pm | Attendee and Guest Activity: Chocolate Tasting at Sweet Inspirations | |