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Keynote Speakers
Navigating Through Turbulent Times
Yogen N. Rahangdale
Vice Chairman & Chief Technology Officer,
American Axle & Manufacturing
How to Succeed in a Dynamic Global Marketplace
David Good
Chief Representative
Tata Sons Ltd
The Midwest Economy - The Journey from Today's Challenges to Tomorrow's Successes
Robert Ficano
Wayne County Executive
Personal Mastery in Work and Life: How to harness your full potential to achieve extraordinary professional and personal success
Dr. Srikumar Rao
Author and
Motivational Speaker
How India, the Fastest Growing Democracy, is Transforming America and the World
Mira Kamdar
Author
Planet India
Navigating Through Turbulent Times
David L. Littmann
Senior Economist
Mackinac Center
The State of Michigan and
Lisa Webb Sharpe
Director
Department of Management
and Budget
Living the Entrepreneurial Dream
Dr. Aaron Crumm
CVO Adaptive Materials Inc.
 
 
 
     
 
 
Manufacturing   Go Top
Challenges and Opportunities in Global Manufacturing (Room - T C Linguini)
 
 
Seema Chaturvedi
(Moderator)
Accelerator Group
David Cole

Chairman
Center for Auto Research

Phil Horlock
CEO
Ford Land
Jeevak Badve
ASC Design Team
Mahesh Lunani
Automotive Strategy
& Change Practice Leader, IBM
Ray York
Former Plant Manager,
Ford
 
 
How to Become a Successful Automotive Supplier (Room - T C Linguini)
 
 
Tej Jhamb
(Moderator)
President
T.J. Associates
Gurpreet Sidhu
Vice President of Quality at NYX Inc.
Dave Andrea
President
OESA
Bill Cooper
Former Director
Lear Corp.
Deepak Goel
President
TechuServe
 
 
Dealing with the Financial Crisis (Room - T C Linguini)
 
 
Monish Verma
(Moderator)
VP
Citi Smith Barney
W.J. Aspatore
Chairman
Amherst Partners, LLC
Rajeev Singhal
Assistant Professor Finance
Oakland University
David L. Littmann
Senior Economist
Mackinac Center
 
 
 
Merger & Acquisition - Building an Infrastructure for Seamless Integration (Room - T C Linguini)
 
 
Gurinder Singh
(Moderator)
Associate
Miller Canfield
Vijay Mony
Accenture
Steven D. Sallen
Partner
Maddin Hauser
Gautam Grover
McKinsey
Norman Lewis
Professor
Wayne State University
 
 
Thinking Outside the Box: Innovation Workshop (Room - T C Linguini)
 
 
Praveen Gupta
(Moderator)
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Innovation Science
Adam Hartung
Managing Partner
Spark Partners
Paul Davis
Former President
Scanlon Leadership Network
Raj Gupta
General Manager
Aircraft Wheel & Brake Division
Parker Hannifin Corp
 
 
 
Information Technology Go Top
 
IT in Healthcare (Room - Portage)
 
 
Victor Naidu
(Moderator)
President,
Ramsoft Systems, Inc.
Kenneth H. Weixel, CPA
National AERS Managing Partner,
Health Plans
Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Bettye Elkins
Principal
Miller Canfield
Anthony O. Williams
Attorney
Rupesh Srivastava
President
Youngsoft
 
 
Next Generation of Global Outsourcing (Room - Portage)
 
 
Radhika Venkateswaran
(Moderator)
Assistant Vice President,
Comerica
Varchasvi Shankar
President
V2Soft
Jay Schloff
IP Attorney,
Lexadigm
Poonam Gupta-Krishnan
President
Iyka Enterprises Inc.
Rajiv R Das
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
 
 
IT Drives Business - Is Pervasive Computing Here? (Room - Algonquin )
 
 
Sanjay Kumar
(Moderator)
Director of Service Management
Accenture
Dave Miller
Chief Security Officer
Compuware
Nidhi Srivastava
Director of IT Process US
Tata Consulting Services
Joseph D. Gustavus
Principal
Miller Canfield
Prof. Vallabh Sambamurthy
Michigan State University
 
 
Viable E-Business Models (Room - T C Linguini)
 
 
Anand Kumar
(Moderator)
VP
MI India
Raj Shah
Founder
123 Signup
Matt Cardwell
Director
eCommerce Marketing
Quicken Loans
Dr. Ron Suarez
Loud Feed, Inc.
 
 
 
Build, Grow and Exit Strategies Go Top
 
 
Have an Idea, Now What? (Room - Charlevoix)
 
 
Tel K. Ganesan
(Moderator)
President
Vision Tech Solutions
Jeff LaBine
Principal
Miller Canfield
Skip Simms
Executive Director
Preseed Fund,
Ann Arbor SPARK
Dan Izzo
Training Leader
Bizdom U
Anil Sakhuja
Training Leader
COO,
Alan C Young & Associates
 
 
Funding Strategies at Different Stages of the Business Cycle (Room - Charlevoix)
 
 
Raj Kothari
(Moderator)
Seneca Partners
Elaine McMahon
SVP
Comerica Bank
Mina Sooch
Director & Co-Founder
Apjohn Ventures Fund
Rick Galdi
President
Great Lakes Angels
 
 
 
Taking your Business to the Next Level (Room - Charlevoix)
 
 
Sanjay Seth
(Moderator)
Partner
Carlisle & Company
Prafulla Pande
Business Coach
Barry Demp
Barry Demp Coaching
LLC
Dr. Chirinjeev Kathuria
Chairman
Planetspace
 
 
 
Strategic Growth and Exit (Room - Charlevoix)
 
 
Rahul Arora
(Moderator)
Attorney & Partner
Aymond
Lozier & Arora PLC
Charles (Chuck) Peterson
Managing Director
Pathway Partners
Daljit Doogal
Foley & Lardner LLP
Truman Timmis
Senior VP,
The Advanced Strategies Group
Gordon Follmer
Managing Director,
UHY Advisors MI
 
 
Emerging Industries Go Top
 
 
Top 20 Emerging Industries (Room - Charlevoix)
 
 
Kasturi Bagchi
(Moderator)
Attorney
Maddin Hauser
Jeff Mason
SVP
MEDC

Elise Lancaster
Director of Purchasing
DMB
   
 
 
Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Green Strategies (Room - Algonquin )
 
 
Vijay Mony
(Moderator)
Accenture
John Tagle
President
John Tagle & Asso
Raj Jonnalagadda
Sustainability Practice, Accenture
Paul Durbin
Miller Canfield
 
 
 
The New Frontier: Opportunities in Life Sciences and Biotechnology (Room - Charlevoix)
 
 
Dr. Ram Reddy
(Moderator)
Director
Next Generation Therapeutics
Bill Worzel
CEO
Genetics Squared
Dr. James F Eliason
Executive Director
VMichigan Neonatal Biotrust
Abhai Johri
EVP
Integral Consulting Services, Inc.
 
 
 
Alternative Energy - Recent Developments and Opportunities (Room - Algonquin )
 
 
CK Chalekode
(Moderator)
President
Chalekode Enterprises, Inc.
Dr. Mohamed Alamgir
Director of Research
Compact Power, Inc.
Ananth G Ananthasubramaniam
VP
DTE Energy Ventures, Inc.
Ajay Das
General Manager
Wind Energy
The Timken Company
 
 
 
Riches in Niches: Examination of niche industries (Room - Algonquin )
 
 
Ras Desai
(Moderator)
M&A Consultant
Whitmore, Prokes
Micallef & Associates
Dr. Chirinjeev Kathuria
Chairman
Planetspace
Steve Yencich
EVP
President
Michigan Lodging and Tourism Association
Col(Ret) Michael R. Morrow
President & CEO
Morrow Group USA, Inc.