1st Annual Rocky Mountain POSSE

Rocky Mountain Photonics
& Optics Summit &
Special Event

Raddison Graystone Castle
I-25 and 120th Avenue,
Thornton, CO

Our 1st Annual Photonics & Optics Summit & Special Event (POSSE) was a great success.

Here are some fun photos of the event.

We had a wonderful turnout, with the following exhibitors:

 

Schedule of Events

 
8:30 - 9:00 Registration  
9:00 - 9:05 Welcome Emcee:
Frank Gray, ACED, Inc.
9:05 - 10:05 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
"Entrepreneurship - What's Changed in the Past Decade & A Look Ahead"
Introduction by:
Chris Myatt, Precision Photonics
MILTON CHANG
Incubic
10:05 - 10:30 BREAK Refreshments was served in the exhibit area
10:30 - 12:00 Panel Discussion: Peaks & Valleys: How Businesses Handled the Decade of Growth & Retreating Markets" Moderator: Tom Vogelsong
Guy Childs, Spectranetics
Jim Clarkin, Polymicro
Kenneth Ferree, Ophir-Spiricon
Chris Myatt, Precision Photonics
Jay Tilley, Sanborn
12:00 - 12:30 BREAK Lunch was served in the exhibit area
12:30 - 12:50 SPEAKER
Current National Legislative Issues for Science & Technology
Gordon Day
Optoelectronics Industry Development Association
12:50 - 1:30 BREAK Lunch continued to be served in the exhibit area
1:30 - 3:00 Panel Discussion: "The New Frontier: Developing a Business Using New Applications of Photonics" Moderator: Ellen Veseth
Robert Batchko, Holochip
Kevin Curtis, InPhase Tech
Merc Mercure, CDM Optics
Luitzen Roosma, Avantes
3:00 - 3:15 BREAK Refreshments were served in the exhibit area
3:15 - 4:00 SPEAKER
The Economic Forecast for Colorado and the West
Richard Wobbekind
University of Colorado - Boulder
Business Research Division
4:00 - 5:00 State Industry Reviews Barbara Ihde - CPIA
Ellen Veseth - NMOIA
Robert Breault - AOIA
5:30 - 7:30 SPECIAL EVENT CPIA's 10th Anniversary Celebration
8:30 - 7:30 EXHIBIT AREA OPEN During Breaks and Reception


Keynote Speaker Milton Change, iNCUBiC, gave an excellent presentation on Entrepreneurship: Then & Now


Gordon Day, Director of Government Relations for OIDA spoke on The Legislative Environment for Science and Technology


Professor Richard Wobbekind with CU - Boulder presented some interesting facts about Colorado and the Western Economy


For a complete program, click here.

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