CED Sets Speaker Lineup for Second Engage Program; Area Executives and Industry Experts to Speak at Engage: Healthcare on March 31.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers Engage: Healthcare RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2004 The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) An earlier videodisc technology from RCA that was released in 1981 and abandoned five years later. Like phonograph records, the analog disc contained grooves that a stylus rode over. ) has assembled the speaker lineup for the second Engage session, which will be held March 31 at Duke University's The Fuqua School of Business The Fuqua School of Business is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Fuqua (pronounced few-qua) is one of the youngest U.S. business schools affiliated with elite research universities, but has shown strong performance in rankings by business . In addition to previously announced keynote speaker Bob Greczyn of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Shield A US not-for-profit health care insurer that is a reimbursement intermediary for physicians. Cf Blue Cross. of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , CED's Engage: Healthcare Industry will also feature concurrent panels with successful entrepreneurs, attorneys, educators, investors and healthcare industry experts. During three concurrent sessions at Engage: Healthcare Industry, panelists will explore healthcare's role in the entrepreneurial economy and focus on partnering opportunities, cost cutting practices and market potential for innovative technologies and services. Confirmed speakers and session topics at Engage: Healthcare Industry include the following: Partner Management Mechanisms for Successful Healthcare Alliances -- Kevin Schulman, Moderator, Director, Health Sector Management Program, The Fuqua School of Business -- Will Mitchell, J. Rex Fuqua Professor of International Management, The Fuqua School of Business -- Dr. Carol Ohmstede, Vice President of Collaborations and Planning, Trimeris, Inc. -- Jon Stonehouse, Vice President of Corporate Development, EMD EMD Electromechanical dissociation, see there Pharmaceuticals Healthcare Marketplace Opportunities for Enterprising Entrepreneurs -- Tim Gupton, Moderator, Founder and Partner, Hughes Pittman and Gupton, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control -- Rick Brajer, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , LipoScience, Inc. -- Robb Cadwallader, President and CEO, United Emergency Services, Inc. -- Bud Whitmeyer, Chairman, Noverant, Inc. and General Partner, Research Triangle Ventures -- Donald Fortin, President and CEO, Versagenics, Inc. Cost Cutting Strategies and Implementation Pitfalls: A Company Perspective -- Lori Spivey, Moderator, President, Financial Directions Group, Inc. -- Mel Asbury, Vice President of Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , SpectraSite -- David Curtis Smith, Attorney, The Benefits and Insurance Law Center -- Robert McKenzie For the actor, see . Robert Trelford McKenzie (September 11, 1917–October 12, 1981) was a Vancouver, Canada-born professor of Politics and a psephologist. Television , Partner, Rankin McKenzie, LLC Several other speakers may be added as panelists leading up to the event. Engage: Healthcare Industry kicks off with these three interactive sessions at 4 p.m., followed by Greczyn's keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. at 5 p.m. The program concludes with a networking reception from 6 to 7 p.m. The program cost is $50 for CED members and $75 for non-members. CED hosted Engage: Finance, the first in the new program series, on Jan. 15. CED will hold the third installment of the Engage series, Engage: Marketing, in May 2004. All Engage programs consist of three core components: Knowledge (expert-led, interactive sessions conveying insights for business success), Networks (high-energy networking environment with trendsetters from all industries and company stages) and Trends (keynote who will highlight of "big picture" opportunities and obstacles). Additional details are available online at www.cednc.org/engage. About CED: The Council for Entrepreneurial Development, located in Research Triangle Park, NC, is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1984 to stimulate the creation and growth of high-impact companies in the greater Research Triangle region. CED provides education, mentoring and capital formation resources to new and existing high-growth entrepreneurs through annual conferences, seminars, workshops and monthly programs on entrepreneurial management and finance. CED, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2004, is the largest entrepreneurial support organization in the nation with more than 3,500 members representing 1,000 entrepreneurial companies, financiers and professional firms. www.cednc.org |
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