Thursday, October 11th, 2012

Women’s Forum

Moderated by Vinita Gandhi

• Rona Lum - Principal at Rona M. Lum, P.C.
• Melanie Duquesnel - President & CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Eastern Michigan
• Ronia Kruse - Cofounder, CEO & President of OpTech, LLC

Business Bootcamp

Salim Momin & Suneel Sekhri

• Introduction to the world of entrepreneurship - Led by Professor Donald Reimer - Lawrence Tech University
• Creating and validating your value proposition - Led by Salim Momin, Suneel Sekhri & Pavan Muzumdar
• Building your business model - Led by Salim Momin, Suneel Sekhri & Pavan Muzumdar
• Creating a simple and effective business plan - Led by Salim Momin, Suneel Sekhri & Pavan Muzumdar

Funding Sources: Find out what is the right financing source for your start-up

Moderated by Sonali Vijayavargiya

• Andrew McClom - Lead of Early Stage Partners, Michigan Office
• Kala Gibson - Senior VP & Affiliate Head of Business Banking at Fifth Third Bank
• Chris Moultrup - Associate Director of Blue Water Angels
• Alain Piette - Technology Team Manager at MISBTDC

Global Detroit Initiative

Dinner & Keynote

Address by Jitendra Saxena - Founder of Netezza and Founder/CEO of Applix

Friday, October 12th, 2012

Keynote Addresses

• Lt. Governor Brian Calley
• Michael Finney - President & CEO of MEDC
• Mamatha Chamarthi - CIO & VP at Consumers Energy

Youth Panel

• Bill Pulte Jr. - CEO of Pulte Capital Partners
• Jacob Cohen - Vice President at Detroit Venture Partners
• Rishi Narayan - Founder of Underground Printing

President’s Reception

INVITATION ONLY

Dinner, Closing Remarks, Keynote

Addresses from Farokh Engineer (Indian Cricketer) and Doug Brown (Ex- Detroit Red Wing), Recognition to 2011/2012 TYE Team, TiE 20 Awards