Presented By
New York State Science & Technology Law Center, Syracuse University College of Law
In Partnership With
New York Law School Institute for Information Law and Policy and Center on Business Law & Policy

AGENDA

 

8:30 - 9:00 AM Registration: Buffet Breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 AM Welcome and Introduction
Ted Hagelin, Crandall Melvin Professor of Law; Director, NYS Science & Technology Law Center, Syracuse University College of Law

9:15 – 9:45 AM Keynote Address
The (Non)Economic Logic of Social Production

Clay Shirky, Professor, NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program

9:45 – 10:45 AM Launching IT Startups
Sam Lessin, CEO, drop.io
Lee McKnight, Founder, CTO, Board of Directors, Wireless Grids Corp.
Calvin Chu, Licensing Officer, Computer Science, Columbia University Technology Ventures
Moderator: Richard Newman, Adj. Prof., Syracuse University College of Law

10:45 – 11:00 AM Break

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Financing IT Startups
Owen Davis, Managing Director, NYC Seed
Marcene Sonneborn, Pres., Innovation Management Consulting; SBIR Specialist
Jim Kollegger, Chairman, CEO, Genesys Partners
Moderator: Jerrold Spiegel, Frankfurt Kumit Klein & Selz PC

12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 PM Industry IT Needs of Tomorrow
Financial Services:
Daniel Schutzer, President, Financial Services Technology Consortium
Steven Neiman, Executive Director, VP, High Performance Computing, JPMorgan Chase
Medical Services:
Dr. G. Randall Green, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Syracuse, NY
David Lysack, President, C Speed, Liverpool, NY
Moderator: Houman Shadab, Professor of Law, New York Law School

 

3:00 – 3:15 PM Break

3:15 – 4:15 PM Current State of IT R&D
Daniel Shutzer, President, Financial Services Technology Consortium
Vincent Tomaselli, Deputy Director, Columbia Center for Advanced Information Management
Moderator: Dan Hunter, Professor of Law, New York Law School

4:15 – 4:30 PM Conference Close
Dan Hunter, Professor of Law; Director, Institute for Information Law & Policy, New York Law School

4:30 – 6:00 PM Networking Reception