XSITE Agenda Complete: Speakers and Organizations Come From All Corners of The New England Innovation Ecosystem

We are incredibly excited about XSITE 2009—The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship happening next Wednesday at Boston University—and we are especially pumped today because we have just filled the last open speaker slot for the event.

The more than 50 organizations participating in the event, listed below in alphabetical order, come from all corners of the New England innovation ecosystem: universities, startups, large public companies, non-profits, research institutes, life sciences, computing, semiconductors, telecom, medical devices, energy, cleantech, you name it. We are extremely grateful to all the participants, who have jumped in to help make this one of the cornerstone events of New England Innovation Month.

See the agenda for a complete list of speakers and panelists, and check out www.xsite2009.com for all the updates as the event approaches. With just a week to go, and the Saver registration rate set to expire today, it’s a great time to sign up for XSITE, which you can do here. We hope to see you next Wednesday.

XSITE 2009 participating organizations:

Adimab
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Atlas Venture
Boston-Power
Boston University
Boston University School of Management’s Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization
CareGroup Health System
Cliniworks
Cloudswitch
Dartmouth University
DEKA Research & Development
EMC
Excel Medical Ventures
Extend Media
EveryZing
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
Flagship Ventures
Flybridge Capital Partners
FloDesign Wind Turbine
Founder Collective
General Catalyst Partners
GlaxoSmithKline
GlycoFi
GreatPoint Energy
Harvard Medical School
Highland Capital Partners
IBM
IST Energy
Kepha Partners
Kiva Systems
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Office of Business Development
Microsoft
NaviNet
New England Venture Capital Association
Partners Healthcare Center for Connected Health
Pulmatrix
Renewable Energy Business Network
Satori
Seventh Sense
SiOnyx
Sirtris Pharmaceuticals
Skyhook Wireless
Solventerra Energy
StyleFeeder
Terrafugia
1366 Technologies
38 Studios
Verenium
Visible Measures
Wakonda Technologies
WiTricity
Xconomy
Zafgen

Plus two unnamed stealth companies

Author: Robert Buderi

Bob is Xconomy's founder and chairman. He is one of the country's foremost journalists covering business and technology. As a noted author and magazine editor, he is a sought-after commentator on innovation and global competitiveness. Before taking his most recent position as a research fellow in MIT's Center for International Studies, Bob served as Editor in Chief of MIT's Technology Review, then a 10-times-a-year publication with a circulation of 315,000. Bob led the magazine to numerous editorial and design awards and oversaw its expansion into three foreign editions, electronic newsletters, and highly successful conferences. As BusinessWeek's technology editor, he shared in the 1992 National Magazine Award for The Quality Imperative. Bob is the author of four books about technology and innovation. Naval Innovation for the 21st Century (2013) is a post-Cold War account of the Office of Naval Research. Guanxi (2006) focuses on Microsoft's Beijing research lab as a metaphor for global competitiveness. Engines of Tomorrow (2000) describes the evolution of corporate research. The Invention That Changed the World (1996) covered a secret lab at MIT during WWII. Bob served on the Council on Competitiveness-sponsored National Innovation Initiative and is an advisor to the Draper Prize Nominating Committee. He has been a regular guest of CNBC's Strategy Session and has spoken about innovation at many venues, including the Business Council, Amazon, eBay, Google, IBM, and Microsoft.