2008 Nebraska Research and Innovation Conference

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

James B. Milliken, President, University of Nebraska

Opening Remarks

Dave Heineman, Governor, State of Nebraska

“Coming Up with Ideas” (presentation)

Stan Lapidus, Chairman and Founder of Helicos Biosciences Corporation and
Managing Director, LapidX Associates

“Building a Business on Innovative People” (presentation)

Nancee Berger, President, West Corporation

Break

“Recognizing, Recruiting, and Growing Innovative People” (presentation)

Doug Rath, Chairman, Talent Plus

Lunch

“The Role of State Government in Developing the State's Innovation Capacity”

Mike Flood, Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature

Rod Jetton, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives

• Bridging Bioinformatics, Structural Biology and Molecular Genomics

              Session 1:  "Infectious Proteins, Protein Assembly Disorders and

                                   Structural Inheritance"

              Session 2:  “The X-family Polymerases: Filling the gap between structure and

                                  function”

              Session 3:  “Single-Molecule Fluorescence: A Novel Tool for Structural Studies

                                  of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins”

• Biomechanics & Technology for Research

              Session 1:  "Infant Postural Control: New insights for diagnosis and treatment

                                  of motor disorders”

              Session 2:  “Biotechnology in Stairs Negotiation”
              Session 3:  “Assessment of Pathological Gait Based on Insights from

                                  Walking Robots”
              Session 4:  "Virtual Reality Technology in Human locomotion"
              Session 5:  "Simulation for advanced Robotic Surgical Technology"

              Session 6:  “Smart Wireless Insoles for Gait Monitoring and Fall Prevention in

                                  the Elderly: the Gait-O-GramTM”

              Session 7:  "Applications in Biomechanics for Research: PAD and MS projects"

• Interface of Engineering & Biology

              Session 1:  "Nucleosome dynamics - single molecule AFM study"
              Session 2:  "Tools for Biological Electron Tomography, What's New and What

                                   Can it do for my Research"

              Session 3:  "The Intersection of Nanoprobing and Biology"

              Session 4:  “Super resolution MICROSCOPY beyond the Abbe limit – STED

                                  & other concepts to break the diffraction barrier”

              Session 5:  "Genome-wide map of histone H3 lysine 4 methylation under

                                  stress conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana"

              Session 6:  "MicroRNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana"

• Building and Developing Talent and Teams

              Session 1:  "Next Generation Innovators"

              Session 2:  "The Role of Collaboration Science in Creativity and Innovation"

                                   Roni Reiter-Palmon (presentation)

              Session 3:  "Developing Existing Talent"

                                   Dan Krick (presentation)

                                   Jeannine Falter (presentation)

              Session 4:  "The 21st Century Workforce"

                                   Steve Frayser (presentation)

• Entrepreneurship

              Session 1:   "Angel Investing in Nebraska"

                                   John Brasch (presentation)

              Session 2:   "Top Ten Tips for Building a Successful Technology Business Plan"

                                   Anne York (presentation)

              Session 3:   "How to Raise Big Bucks"

                                   Stan Lapidus (presentation)

• Partnerships for Research Collaboration, and Technology Transfer

              Session 1:   "Partnerships for Tomorrow's Energy"

                                   John McClure (presentation)

                                   Bonnie Ziemann (presentation)

                                   John Hanson (presentation)

                                   Todd Sneller (presentation)

              Session 2:   "Developing Tomorrow's Biosciences"

                                   Michael Dixon (presentation)

                                   Lee Fenicle (presentation)

Poster Session and Reception

Reception including hors d'oevres and cash bar; Research Poster Presentations.

Research Center and Hi-Tech Business Displays all day long.