2008 NECINA Annual Meeting: Confront Turbulence & Break New Ground

• Date: May 10, 2008, 1:30PM to 9:15PM

• Venue: Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA

Riding on the success of last year's annual meeting (link), the 2008 NECINA Annual Meeting is a content packed conference including three major sessions: NECINA Technology Review, NECINA Brown Rudnick Business Plan Contest Final, and NECINA Annual Meeting Dinner.

In NECINA Technology Review, senior executives and analysts from leading firms will be profiling their companies, analyzing the challenges, and discussing the emerging opportunities.

NECINA Brown Rudnick Business Plan Contest will open to public the finalist presentations. This is the 4th business contest hosted by NECINA and sponsored by prestigious VCs and professional service firms.

As the highlight of the day, the NECINA Annual Meeting Dinner presents memorable speeches from renowned entrepreneurs and legendary industry leaders. The Annual Meeting will invite NECINA's partner associations such as MTLC, NHHTC, Mass government officials, local company executives, and executives from several hi-tech industrial parks such as SIP in China. Come and join us for a great networking night.

Featured speeches:

"Femtocells: The Future Of Mobile Networks"

Randy Battat, President & CEO, Airvana

"China - Providing a Competitive Advantage in Energy and Electronics"

Doug Lawson, Vice President, BTU International

"Building an American-Chinese Company in Portable Power industry"

Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Founder & CEO, Boston-Power

"The New Age for Global Entrepreneurship"

Todd Dagres, Founder and General Partner, Spark Capital

"Transforming a High Tech Company in the New Globalizing Economy"

Edgar Masri, President and CEO, 3COM

Event Contact: Jipeng.li@...

RSVP: http://www.acteva.com/go/necina

Event Details & Updates: www.necina.org

Call for Nomination: 2008 NECINA Board Member Election

Dear NECINA Members,

NECINA 2008 Annual Meeting is around the corner.  In addition to the exciting program previously announced, an election will be held to elect two board members for NECINA's Board of Directors.  Get involved and nominate yourself (or a fellow NECINA member) as a candidate!  Please see the formal announcement and petition form for details regarding candidate nomination and voting eligibility.   

Hope to see you all at the 5/10 Annual Meeting.

NECINA Management Team 

NECINA Optics SIG Seminar: Biomedical Imaging

Time:       Sat. May 17, 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Location: Finisar Corporation (formerly Azna LLC)

    36 Jonspin Road, Wilmington, MA 01887

Speakers: Dr. Joseph M. Schmitt, Chief Technical Officer, LightLab Imaging

Prof. Jerome Mertz, Boston University, Biomedical Engineering Department

Contact: Yong Qiao (978) 201-1980, Frank Fan (978) 204-4980, Jin Li (978) 996-8058  

For more information, please visit the following sites

NECINA Optics SIG: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NECINA_SIG_Optics/

NECINA: http://www.necina.org/