Symposium Schedule of Speakers & Panels
2013 Ohio State Entrepreneurial Business Law Journal Symposium Schedule
Check- in and Coffee: 8:30 – 9:00AM
Opening Remarks: 9:00 – 9:10AM
Panel 1: Financing: 9:10 – 10:10AM
Speakers on Panel 1 –
- Jocelyn Armstrong, Columbus Bar Inc., Program Administrator;
- Mark Butterworth, Principal, Innovation Forward;
- Rebecca Smith, Associate; Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston, Ltd., Wooster, Ohio
Q&A: 10:10 – 10:20AM
Break: 10:20 – 10:30AM
Panel 2: Protecting Intellectual Property: 10:30 – 11:30AM
Speakers Panel 2:
- Eric Williams, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University Law School
- Esther Barron, Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Entrepreneurship Law Center, Northwestern University School of Law;
- Patricia Campbell, Associate Professor and Director, Maryland Intellectual Property Legal Resource Center, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Q&A: 11:30 – 11:45AM
Break to walk over to the Barrister Club: 11:45AM – 12:00PM
Lunch and Keynote Speaker: 12:00 – 1:00PM
- Tracy Kitts, Acting CEO, National Business Incubation Association
Break to walk back over to Saxbe Auditorium: 1:00 – 1:10PM
Panel 3: Governance Issues: 1:10 – 2:10PM
Speakers Panel 3:
- Eric Gouvin, Professor of Law and Director, Law and Business Center for Advancing Entrepreneurship, Western New England University School of Law
- Dana Thompson, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Entrepreneurship Clinic, University of Michigan Law School
- Gary Rawlings, Director, Technology Commercialization
Break: 2:20 – 2:30PM
Panel 4: Incubators for Law School Alumni: 2:30 – 3:30PM
- Fred Rooney, a Fulbright scholar at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo law school in the Dominican Republic
- Anthony Luppino, Rubey M. Hulen Professor of Law and Director of LL.M Tax Program, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Q&A: 3:30 – 3:45PM
Closing Remarks: 3:45 – 4:00PM