Instead of sitting and listening to panelist after panelist, UnPanels provide an innovative way to hear from a number of seasoned entrepreneurs in small intimate groups.

So how the heck does it work?

7 startup aficianados available for group discussions (max 10 people/table)

You select panelist/topic that matches your interests

You sign up for three 20 minute discussions

Following the UnPanel, chat with panelists and attendees during Open Networking 

Date:               Wed. Feb. 24, 2010

Time:              4:30-8:00pm

Location: Hampshire College

Red Barn

                   893 West Street

                   Amherst, MA

  Directions:   http://www.hampshire.edu/map/

Agenda:      4:30-5:00pm  Check-In and sign up for breakout sessions

                         NOTE: Sign-up for sessions is first come, first served

  5:00-5:30pm Opening remarks 

  5:45-7:00pm Breakout sessions

  7:00-8:00pm Open networking

Featured Panelists: 

Paul Hake (HitPoint Studios) Flash programmer, video producer and general media developer for companies such as Hasbro Toys, Cramer Productions, Olive Jar Animation Studios and Fidelity Investments.

Tripp Peake (Long River Ventures) Managing Partner of Long River Ventures and brings over 20 years of venture building and investing experience to the funds. 

Keith Parent (Court Square Group) Runs an in-depth life sciences practice as well as technology focused practices in Network and Security, SharePoint and Managed Services

Stanley Kowalski III (FloDesign)  Founding CEO of wind energy company that has won a number of competitions, government funding and investment funding.                      

Joe Sibilia (Meadowbrook Lane Capital) Runs a socially responsible/sustainable investment bank specializing in mission driven succession and online publication on corporate social responsibility.

Joe Edelman (GroundCrew) Focused on the problems of the real-time, real-world web and creating communities. Instrumental in scaling up Couchsurfing.com.

Evie Hawley (Protopeutics, Inc) Expertise lies in developing new medical devices, specifically on optimization, meeting FDA regulations, and materials design. 

Paul Silva (Angel Catalyst) Serves as the manager for angel investment groups and helps to organize the University of Massachusetts Amherst Entrepreneurship Initiative 

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