The International Innovation Fair will showcase leading innovators in theclean energy, life sciences and financial services sectors, providingattendees an opportunity to interact with representatives frominternational trade delegations to explore how to effectively conductbusiness in their respective countries. In addition, the fair will featurethemed question pods to facilitate networking with others who have similarinterests.

Participants include representatives from Australia, Canada, Germany,India, Israel, Japan, Massachusetts Office of Business Development, NewZealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Spain and the United Kingdom.Companies represented at the fair include BigBelly Solar, Bodega Algae,Clean Catalyst, InVivo Therapeutics, iShoe, Living Power Systems, Myomo,Pyxis Mobile, QM Power and Vanguard Solar.

"Since this year's conference is all about taking New England innovation toglobal markets, we're pleased to have so many countries participate in thefirst-ever International Innovation Fair," said Jim Matheson, generalpartner at Flagship Ventures and volunteer chairperson for this year'sconference. "This is just one more facet of the conference that will helpto translate the important conversations that are occurring all around NewEngland into positive action."

Industry sponsors for the conference are Arthur D. Little, FlagshipVentures, Merrill Lynch Private Banking and Investment Group and U.K. Trade& Investment.

In addition to four keynote presentations and 11 panel sessions, the summitwill feature a unique set of short video "lessons" from leading chiefexecutives on innovation. The video stories, part of SoundBoard Media'sFifty Lessons Library, will complement the forum's live discussions byproviding first-person perspectives from successful business innovatorssuch as John Abele, founder and chairman of Boston Scientific; MelLagomasino, former chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Private Bank; and PaulSkinner, former chairman and CEO of Alliant Energy.

Dynamic Speaker Lineup

The conference features a roster of nearly 50 exceptional business veteransand thought leaders discussing the challenges and opportunities of buildingcompanies and taking them global. These include:

Opening Keynote

--  Dr. John Kao, author of Innovation Nation: How America is Losing Its    Innovation Edge, Why it Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back    

Sector Keynotes

--  Power: Dr. Stephen Connors, Director, MIT Lab for Energy and the    Environment--  Drugs: Dr. Raju Kucherlapati, Scientific Director, Harvard Partners    Center for Genomics and Genetics--  Money: Kevin Tice, Global Investment Banking Group, Merrill Lynch    

Opening Plenary Panel: "The Future of New England Innovation"

--  Christopher Gabrieli, Co-founder and Chairman, Massachusetts 2020    (moderator)--  Doug Banks, Editor, Mass High Tech--  Robert Buderi, Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Xconomy--  Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy columnist, The Boston Globe--  Bob Krim, Executive Director, Boston History and Innovation    Collaborative    

Energy and Environment Track Speakers

--  Justin Adams, Director of Technology Strategy, BP--  Jeff Andrews, Partner, Atlas Ventures--  Richard Chleboski, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development,    Evergreen Solar--  Dennis Costello, Managing Director, Braemer Energy Ventures--  William Davis, President and CEO, Ze-gen--  John Doyle, Vice President, Projects, Verenium Corporation--  Jim Gordon, President, Cape Wind--  Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Founder and CEO, Boston-Power, Inc.--  Peter Rothstein, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Flagship Ventures    

Healthcare and Life Sciences Track Speakers

--  Noubar Afeyan, Ph.D., Managing Partner and CEO, Flagship Ventures--  John Brennan, Partner and Director, Global Leader of Healthcare    Practice, Arthur D. Little--  Eugene Chiu, Vice President of Business Development and Co-Founder,    Predictive Biosciences--  Daniel Cole, General Manager, Spray Venture Partners--  Robert Creeden, Managing Director of the Center for Innovative    Ventures, Partners HealthCare--  Omid Farokhzad, M.D., Co-Founder BIND Biosciences, Assistant    Professor, Harvard Medical School--  Michael Greeley, General Partner, IDG Ventures--  Amar Sawhney, Founder, Confluent Surgical and CEO, I-Therapeutix--  Anupendra Sharma, Investment Partner, Siemens Venture Capital--  Martin Young, Vice President of Corporate Development, Phase Forward    

Financial Services Track Speakers

--  Joost Bonsen, Founding Program Director, MIT Legatum Center for    Development and Entrepreneurship--  Michael Chu, Managing Partner, Ignia Fund--  Todd Dagres, General Partner, Spark Capital--  William Foote, President and Founder, Root Capital--  Bob Higgins, Managing General Partner, Highland Capital Partners--  Shane Hughes, CEO and President, Pyxis Mobile--  Anthony Jimenez, President and CEO, MicroTech LLC--  Stephen Killeen, CEO, Carbon Neutral--  Luda Kopeikina, Founder, Noventra Corporation--  Michael Lannon, CEO, KoKo Fitness    

Closing Plenary Panel: "Taking New England Global"

--  Mark Bonchek, CEO, SoundBoard Media (moderator)--  Travis Bradford, Founder, President and Director, Prometheus Institute    for Sustainable Development--  Elliott Hillback, Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations,    Genzyme--  Vinit Nijhawan, Chairman, TIE--  Doug Solomon, Chief Technology Strategist, IDEO    

For more information on "Power, Drugs and Money," please visithttp://powerdrugsandmoney.com.

About the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge

The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge is a volunteer, non-profitorganization based at MIT whose mission is to promote and strengthen theprocess of starting and growing innovative science- and technology-orientedcompanies by providing services and programs that educate, inform andsupport the entrepreneurial community.