Celebration 2012 Panel Session 4 Information

Panel Name	Panel Description	Panelists
Panel 1: Intersection of Opportunity: Business and the Life Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	Creating and running a successful business can be difficult in the current economic conditions. By utilizing innovative ideas to capitalize on entrepreneurial opportunities, businesses focused on the life sciences can thrive. This panel will discuss how to operate a life sciences company with the savvy to sustain changing global conditions and the flexibility to meet consumer needs.	Moderator: Deborah Streeter, B.F. Failing, Sr. Professor of Personal Enterprise and Small Business, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University Tom Fuerst '80, VP and Chief Scientific Officer, PharmAthene, Inc. David Levine '88, WEILL '92, Orthopedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery Jonathan Levine '76, Aesthetic Dentist, Jonathan B. Levine & Associates
Panel 2: Managing Your Career: Lessons from Battle Tested Entrepreneurs, Student Agencies	We are all entrepreneurs in that we are the sole proprietor of our own careers…and the sooner we embrace this reality, the more effective we can be in charting our own course. Your career is a marathon, not a sprint, and it is likely to take a number of circuitous routes. This panel will explore the practical realities facing both alums and soon to be graduates that are interested in becoming entrepreneurs at some point in their lives. The panelists will share with you real world storiesof how they navigated their careers through traditional positions to being an entrepreneur as well as the other way around. Get practical advice about how to network in non-traditional ways and how to present a really strong value proposition—and be encouraged that despite a difficult job market, there are always opportunities out there as long as you are nimble and stay positive.	Moderator: Sharon Dauk MBA '89, President, Sharon Dauk Coaching, LLC Matt Ackerson '09, Founder, PetoVera Inc. Randy Brandoff '98, SVP/CMO, NetJets, Inc. Jim Farrell '77, MEng '79, President, f'real foods, LLC Micah Rosenbloom '98, Founder/Partner, Founder Collective Dan Sommer '98, XL Marketing Adam Tope '02, Associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Panel 3: Social Entrepreneurship: Ideas Worth Spreading, from Students, Faculty and Alumni	In a format similar to the widely acclaimed TED Talks, each social entrepreneur on this panel will present their “idea worth spreading,” an innovative solution to a pressing social problem, in a highly engaging and inspirational forum.	Tanneasha Gordon '06, MPA '07, Executive Director/Co-founder, Zimbabwe Education Fund Robert Lieberman '62, MS '65, President, Ithaca Filmworks & Ithaca Movies Joshua Mbanusi '12,Human Ecology, Cornell University James Muna '12, Bora Wear Jennifer Wilkins, Senior Extension Associate, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University