Entrepreneurship at Swarthmore
The Jonathan R. Lax '71 Conference on Entrepreneurship
Sunday, March 30, 2008
11 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
LAX Conference Speakers
Keynote speaker: Sustainability for Competitive AdvantageChris Laszlo '80 (bio): Co-Founder of Sustainable Value Partners
Panel: How Venture Capitalists and Investment Managers View Entrepreneurs for Environmental Sustainability
Drew Clark '87, moderator (bio): Executive Director, BroadbandCensus.com, blogger at DrewClark.com
Jenny Hourihan Bailin '80, former managing director and head of paper and forestry products, Banc of America Securities
Sohail Bengali '79 (bio): Managing Director, Stone & Youngberg
Pete Hamilton '97 (bio): Senior Analyst, Plebys International
Panel: Corporate America: What's Green Got to Do with It?
Martha Spanninger '76, moderator (bio): Producer, director, writer
David Hochschild '93 (bio): Vice President of External Relations, Solaria
Gerry Lax '74 (bio): Senior Designer and Project Manager, Advanced Solar Products, Inc., Commercial Division
Ruth E. Perry, M.D. '78 (bio): Director, Product Stewardship and Health, Rohm and Haas Company
Panel: Carbon Trap Technologies: A Case Study
David Vinjamuri '86, facilitator (bio): President, Third Way Marketing
Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. '75 (bio): Partner, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP; Vice President and General Counsel, Carbon Trap Technologies, LLP; Adjunct Professor, Penn State Dickinson School of Law
Chris Plum '75 (bio): President, Carbon Trap Technologies