Previous Greener Ventures Conferences
2005: What Does It Take?
GV2005 focused on how entrepreneurial aptitude can be learned and cultivated. Entrepreneurial leaders discussed what it takes to create a vision, communicate it to others, and motivate a team of talented people to execute successfully. The conference also included workshops, networking events, and, new in 2005, E-Ship IMPROV - a unique, two-round business competition that emphasizes the 2005 Greener Ventures focus on people as the most important key to entrepreneurial success.
2004: Trends & Opportunities
GV2004 focused on how to identify trends and extract the opportunities they present. Speakers and panelists considered all kinds of business environments - from the earliest stage start-up to the largest, most mature companies. The conference also included workshops, networking events, and a $5,000 business plan competition for Dartmouth-based start-ups. Dartmouth president James Wright and New Hampshire governor Craig Benson opened GV2004 and Jeffrey Immelt '78, chairman and CEO of General Electric, delivered the keynote speech and led a fireside chat.
2003: Innovation to Commercialization
In 2003, GV focused on commercialization of research innovations, and attracted more than 450 people. New Hampshire governor Craig Benson, a co-founder of Cabletron Systems, opened the conference. Sherri Oberg '82, TU'86, CEO and co-founder of Acusphere, a venture-backed drug-delivery company in Watertown, Massachusetts, was the keynote speaker. Other speakers included Paul Ferri, DP'95, co-founder and partner, Matrix Partners; David Mott '86, CEO, MedImmune; Terry McGuire TH'82, Polaris Ventures; Lita Nelsen, MIT, director of Technology Licensing; Mike Carusi TU'93, Advanced Technology Partners; Mike Krupka '87, Bain Capital; and Robert Fleming '79, co-founder and partner, Prism Venture Partners. Dartmouth alumni and friends from IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun, Cisco, and Pfizer also participated.
2002: Act Like an Entrepreneur
The inaugural conference in 2002 focused on entrepreneurial behavior. Highlights included a keynote address by Brent Frei '88, CEO and co-founder of Onyx Software, and panel discussions with the founders of Flagship Ventures, Freemarkets, Village Ventures, South Beach Beverage Company, Experience.com, and others. The conference attracted more than 350 attendees.
