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Tuesday,
May 19, 2009
Register Online
Photonics/Optics - Understanding the Latest Applications of
Light-based Technologies in Medical, Consumer, Industrial, and
Defense Sectors
Whether for treating disease, advancing solar energy cells or
enhancing semiconductor performance, recent advances in
photonics and optics have created myriad opportunities for
entrepreneurs to break new ground across a tremendously wide
spectrum of commercial activity. As ever, the Greater Boston
area’s potent mix of university resources and entrepreneurial
culture have made our region a leader in a new and constantly
evolving technological field. The May 19th EntreTech Forum will
bring together some of the regions educators, researchers and
entrepreneurs to focus on this academic/commercial nexus of
innovation, and to answer key questions around (i) understanding
the local resource base for photonics-based innovation (ii)
distilling the key drivers that define success or failure for
early-stage research-driven photonics entrepreneurs and (iii)
defining for the audience what the next great ideas in
photonics/optics technology will look like.
Moderator:
 Andrew
Fairbairn, Managing Principal, Fairbairn Ventures
Mr. Fairbairn partners with driven entrepreneurs to rapidly
prove out value propositions and to build solid businesses.
Prior to establishing Fairbairn Ventures, Mr. Fairbairn was a
founding partner of JVKellyGroup, Inc. (JVKG), a New York-based
management consulting, performance management and software
development firm. He has also served as Vice President of
Deutsche Bank, focused on corporate venturing in financial
technology companies and strategic planning roles in New York
and London. Mr. Fairbairn began his career with UBS Securities
in New York, where he worked on global telecommunications
industry financings, across a range of geographies and
investment banking product disciplines.
Mr. Fairbairn earned his B.A. in Economics and M.A. in
International Development Policy from Stanford University.
Panelists:
 Jonathan
Rosen, Executive Director, Institute for Technology
Entrepreneurship and Commercialization, BU School of Management
Dr. Rosen has participated in medical product development
programs in large corporations, new ventures, and academic
translational research centers for more than 30 years. Dr. Rosen
is presently Executive Director of BU’s ITEC program, which
offers a new cross-disciplinary model for entrepreneurial
research, education and commercialization. ITEC is housed at the
BU School of Management, with much of the institute’s work
oriented around activity at the BU Photonics center. ITEC
promotes cross campus exchange among students, faculty and
alumni across all 17 schools and colleges at the university. Mr.
Rosen will share his experiences in facilitating/stimulating
entrepreneurship in photonics/optics and related fields at the
university level. Dr. Rosen is also affiliated with Center for
Integration of Medicine & Innovative Technology (CIMIT) as
Senior Advisor to the Director, remaining closely involved in
the ongoing development of technology implementation pathways
and in documenting metrics of facilitation. Until October 2006,
Dr. Rosen directed the CIMIT Office of Technology
Implementation, which works with investigators, licensing
offices and the investor community to design and implement new
models for improving patient care by partnering innovative new
medical technologies with product development environments.
 Stephen
Saylor, President & CEO, SiOnyx
Mr. Saylor’s career spans over 20 years of emerging technology
development and commercialization. Prior to joining SiOnyx, Mr.
Saylor served as a Vice President of Product Management and
Product Marketing for Adobe Systems where he managed Adobe’s
award winning digital video product line. Mr. Saylor joined
Adobe from FlashPoint Technology, a digital imaging company he
co-founded with a team from Apple Computer and built into one of
the most prolific licensing firms serving the consumer digital
photography industry. Mr. Saylor’s early career includes a
variety of technology management, marketing and engineering
roles with Apple, Polaroid and Technicare Corporation.
Mr. Saylor holds a BSEE from Northeastern University.
 George
Tegos, Instructor in Medicine (Harvard Medical School),
Assistant Microbiologist (MGH), Wellman Center for Photomedicine
Mr. Tegos is an accomplished researcher in
photonics-based medical applications, with extensive
collaborative experience at leading universities and research
centers globally. His current research at Massachusetts General
Hospital is mainly oriented towards developing novel
photochemotherapeutic systems for model infectious diseases.
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy research has increased in the
last 20 years because of concerns resulting from the
ever-increasing occurrence of multi antibiotic-resistance. Mr.
Tegos’ research is building on laboratory results showing that
microbial cells, treated with non-toxic photosensitizers (PS)
can successfully be killed by harmless visible light, opening
new doors for potentially valuable new anti-microbial
treatments.
Mr. Tegos received his BS in Biology from
University of Athens, Greece, and his PhD in Microbiology from
University of Ioannina, Greece. He has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at
the Molecular Microbiology Biology Department at Northeastern
University.
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