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October 2012 Meeting The 926th Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society
Monthly Meeting/Symposium
The 926th Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society features A Small Chemical Business Symposium, Henry A. Hill Award, Presentation and Recognition of 50- and 60Year Members and evening lecturer, Madeleine Jacobs, Executive Director and CEO of the American Chemical Society.
Symposium
Thursday, October 11, 2012 Nova Biomedical Corp, 200 Prospect Street, Waltham, MA Directions
Click here for PayPal Program 12.30-5:15 PM 12:30 pm "Opening remarks about Entrepreneurship" Mukund Chorghade, President of Chorghade Enterprises, Inc. and Chief Scientific and Technology Officer, THINQ Pharma 12:45 pm "Starting a Biomedical Company in the Nineteen Seventies: NOVA Biomedical" Dr. Jack Driscoll, a founder and Director of Nova Biomedical Corporation, President, PID Analyzers, LLC, PR Chair NESACS 1:15 pm "How to Prepare Your Small Business for Financing" John Rainey,
Regional Director, Mass Small Business Development Center, Worcester, MA 1:45 pm "Conventional & SBA Financing of Small Businesses" Beth Chea, VP, TD Bank, Andover, MA 2:15 pm Coffee Break 2:35 pm "Educational Resources for Tech Entrepreneurs" Dr. Peter Hirst, Executive Director of Executive Education, MIT Sloan School of Management 2:50 pm "TiE Boston Provides Connections and Networking for Entrepreneurs" Dr. Shankar Hegde, Founder and CEO, Yaana Consulting, The IndUS Entrepreneurs 3:05 pm "Non-Dilutive (SBIR) or Dilutive Equity Funding for Startups" Vinit Nijhawan, Managing Director,Technology Development Office, Boston University 3:45 pm "Utilizing Social Media to Market Technology Companies," Jennifer Maclachlan, PID Analyzers, LLC, PR Chair Small Chemical Business Div. of the ACS & Joselin Mane, Founder, Boston Tweetup 4:15 pm "Short comments on ACS & Job Creation", Madeleine Jacobs, CEO, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC 4:20 pm True Stories of Success of Chemical Entrepreneurs-an ACS Division of Small Chemical Businesses Flagship Program at National & Regional ACS Meetings a) Comments on "How legislation can help small businesses", Arthur Obermayer, 60 Year ACS Member b) "Science, Business and Gambling: Beating the Odds", Pam Randhawa, Empiriko, CEO and Founder c) "When is a good time to start and what is your business model?", Raj RajurChairman & CEO, CreaGen Biosciences, Inc. 5:15pm Questions/Comments 5:30-6:15 pm: Networking Reception for symposium attendees including the Dinner attendees and the NESACS Board Members.
of several not-for-profit scientific organizations and speaks frequently on the public understanding of science, gender equity in the sciences, and employment issues. Dinner reservations should be made no later than noon, Friday, October 5th. Reservations are to be made using PayPal.
Click here for link. Members, $30; Non-members, $35; Retirees, $20; Students, $10. Note that to attend both the symposium and the dinner, the charge is $75. Reservations for new members and for additional information, contact the secretary Anna Singer at (781)272-1966 between 9am and 9pm or email. Reservations not cancelled at least 24 hours in advance must be paid. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED.