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IACT Speaker Program
2012
Name	Topic 	Self-Help	Case History 	Resources	Critique	Date	
Mark Nowotarski
Patent Agent	Patent negotiations: applicant vs. examiner	X				Jan 27th	
Gary VanDeursen
Inventor/Product Designer	“Lessons learned from the corporate world: GE, Black & Decker, others”
	 	X			Feb 24th	
Charlie Moret 
Seed Fund Manager,
Connecticut Innovations	Financial resources available to inventors/New seed capital fund			
X		March 31
reconfirmed	
Angel Panel 
Mike Roer: moderator
Peter Cuneo
Mark Schneider
John Sieffer	Diamonds in The Rough:
How Angels Screen Investments	X 	 	X		April 28th	
 Mark Noonan (“Wovel” inventor)	New Invention Successes	 	X			May 26th	
 Scott Nevins	  ”Do’s & don’ts for inventors/entrepreneurs”		 X			June 30th	
Mark Nowotarski
Patent Agent	CrowdFunding	 X	X			July 28th	
Terry McAllister
Trademark Attorney	(preliminary) Importance of Trademarks for Valuation 	 X				August	
 Mark Nowotarski
Patent Agent	Patent negotiations: applicant vs. examiner	X	 			Sept	
 Mike Merriman
Technology Scout
 	How smartphone & social network enhance new product launches; case histories: “Mint” robotic floor cleaner &. 
 “Navage” battery operated Netipot that provides nasal irrigation (with saline)  w/o mess
		X	 		Oct	
 Holiday Party						Nov/Dec