DaVinci Inventor Showcase – 2010

DaVinci Inventor Showcase – November 13, 2010

They use their hands to fashion the components, their minds to create function and strategy, and their hearts to feed the passion that drives their work forward. In our tough economic times, inventions bring hope and inspiration to everyone they touch.

Inventions being unleashed upon the world today are a powerful force. In fact, our future is being created inside the minds of these inventors. They live a life of passion and dreams, driven by a desire to make our world a better place.

These are the dreams that inspire. These are the dreams of hope.

The DaVinci Inventor Showcase is one of those rare opportunities to meet the inventors, feel the intensity of their spirit, touch their creations, and experience the transformation as they step us from the here and now to a better tomorrow.

Join us on this incredible voyage of into the land of invention. Bring your family and friends as this will be an event you will never forget.

Location

Rotors of the Rockies – Map
11915 Airport Way
Broomfield, CO 80021

Food & Refreshments

Concession stand will be available to purchase food.

Early Bird Specials

General Admission

$20 non-members and $15 members Before October 1
$35 non-members and $25 members After October 1 and at the door
$5 children

Exclusive VIP Admission

10:00 am - 12:00 pm – Exclusive VIP Attendance is your opportunity to come early and meet the Celebrity Judges, Speakers, and Inventors during a special food and cocktail hour. Register here to attend this special event as a VIP.

VIP Admission

$109 non-members and $89 members before October 1
$119 non-members and $99 members After October 1

Group Rates

We often get requests for groups wanting to attend. For this reason we have created special group rates for groups of 5 or more. To register your group, please call Jan at 303-666-4133.

Registration – November 13, 2010

CLICK HERE TO ATTEND: General Admission to Inventor Showcase
CLICK HERE TO ATTEND: Exclusive VIP Registration
CLICK HERE TO EXHIBIT: 6′ Table Exhibitor Space
CLICK HERE TO EXHIBIT: 10X10 Booth Exhibitor Space

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Videos of some of the exhibitors at the 2009 Inventor Showcase can be seen here.

Celebrity Judges

This year’s event will include over 100 Celebrity Judges reviewing the entries including TV personalities, VCs, business leaders, product scouts, corporate execs, magazine editors, and many more. Each Judge is personally commited to helping inventors and helping to build a more vibrant inventor community. Here are a few of the talented people we’ll have judging this year’s exhibits:


Drew Crouch VP – Ball Aerospace	Ken Clark News Anchor Good Day Colorado KDVR FOX-31	Bob Breauprez Former U.S. Congressman	Gregg Moss News Anchor 9News	Su Hawk President Colorado Software & Internet Assoc

Ed Greene CBS4 Weather & News Anchor	Allison Taylor Founder of Paravox Senior Fellow at the DaVinci Institute	Burke Fort CEO of the 8th Continent Project	Fred Ebert Host of KOA’s Stump the Professor	Michael Bissonnette Founder of Aerogrow

Michael Cote Managing Editor ColoradoBiz Magazine	Dave Drach Managing Director Emerging Business Team Microsoft	Janice Jensen Television Producer Mt Evans	Mark Crowley Radio Show Host President of Greenwood	Mark McIntosh Host of Colorado & Company 9News

Robbie Knight Radio Show Host 99.5 The Mountain	Michael Brown Radio Talk Show Host KOA	Bill LaVasseur Host Backyard Genius TV	Howie Drummond Radio Show Host Alice 105.9	Liz Ryan Author and Bloomberg Businessweek Columnist

Gina Schreck President, Synapse 3Di	Dave Taylor Web Guru AskDaveTaylor.com Senior Fellow DaVinci Institute	David Wolf Principal at Wolf Ventures	Bert Vermeulen Senior Fellow at the DaVinci Institute, Founder of Corp21	Brett Green Chief Marketing Officer for Oxstein Design Labs

Tom Franklin Intellectual Property Attorney Townsend & Townsend & Crew	David Sandusky Founder of YourBrandRadio	Tracy Houston Chairman of the Board at iCAST	Joy Milkowski Founder of Access Marketing Senior Fellow at the DaVinci Institute	Steve Baker Author of Pushing Water Uphill with a Rake Senior Fellow DaVinci Institute

Joel Comm Web Guru Founder Info Media	Lida Citroen Owner and Principal of LIDA360	Sam Rediess Senior Director Oracle	David Cohen Founder of TechStars	Jeffrey Samson Founder Samson Design

Larry Nelson Co-founder of w3w3 @ Talk Radio	Jay Allen President of CXO Network	Ilan Shamir Keynote Presenter, Author, Consultant and Trainer	Michael Sitarzewski Founder and CEO HyperSites.com	Melanie Romero Inventor of the SnapBagger

Scott Cooley Product Scout McGuckin’s Hardware	Patti Serrano Business Coaching and Social Media Expert	Brad Bernthal Professor at CU Entrepreneurial Law	Ralf Garrison Founder The Advisory Group, Inc	Homer Knearl Patent Attorney

Natalie Tysdal News Anchor FOX 31 KDVR	Paul Bauer IT Professor & Dept Chair – DU Senior Fellow at the DaVinci Institute	Matthew Starr Chief Technology Office Spectra Logic	Dale Halling Intellectual Property Attorney Halling PC	Russ Farmer President, CEO, and Founder of PBC

Al Gebhard Serial Inventor	Brian Tsuchiya Founder of StartupGuru	Sam Hill Radio Show Host Alice 105.9	Karl Dakin Co-Founder of DaVinci Quest Senior Fellow at the DaVinci Institute	Mike Taylor Editor ColoradoBiz Magazine

Catharine Merigold General Partner Vista Ventures	Gene Branch Intellectual Property Attorney Townsend & Townsend & Crew	Michael Miller VP, COO Engage Communication Group	Michael Moore Rouge Philosopher	Michael Cushman Speaker Engaging Change Guru Senior Fellow at the DaVinci Institute

Mitch Jelniker News Anchor Channel 7	Anita Edge Founder of Denver Mastermind Group	Mark Soane Managing Director Appian Ventures	Ava Diamond President of the Diamond Success Group	George Tyler Partner, VP CXO to Go

Ryan Parker Actor & Producer Backyard Genius TV	Rob Reuteman Freelance Writer Former Business Editor Rocky Mountain News	Frank Armbruster Inventor and Licensing Expert Founder Colorado Bootstrap, Inc	Doyle Albee President Metzger Associates	Mike Casey Radio Show Host 99.5 The Mountain

Don Marostica Executive Director Office of Economic Development State of Colorado	Greg Carlisle Managing Director Gefinor Ventures	Kathleen May New Media Specialist Metzger Associates	Ted Wahler Founder WorldWide Outsource Solutions	Steve Hirsh Founder Hirsh Precision Products, Inc.

Chris Meyers Former National Sales Manager Echostar	Viveka von Rosen Social Media Expert & Speaker	Brian Schwartz Author of 50 Interviews: Entrepreneurs	John Funk Chief Product Scout Evergreen IP	Scott Tibbets Executive Director eSpace Incubator

Adrian Chernoff Award-winning Inventor, former Disney Imagineer	Susan Grafton Director of Economic Development, Westminster, CO	Charles Gray Patent Attorney Townsend & Townsend & Crew	Les Juhasz Owner at Liberty International Development	Cart Pierson Dir Business Development Ernst & Young

Michael Humecki Principal Larkspur & Associates	Brian Armstrong CFO Rock Bottom Restaurants	Ron Yeager President DaVinci Quest	Mark Lusher CEO Omnidant

Agenda – November 13, 2010

9:00 am – Exhibitor Setup

10:00 am – Celebrity Judge and VIP Preview – (There will be drinks and appetizers served at the preview)

12:00 pm – Official Opening of the DaVinci Inventor Showcase

6:00 pm – Keynote Speaker

7:00 pm – Announce the Winner

7:30 pm – Thank you for Coming

Photos of past year’s events:

Jay Walker Video

Video of Jay Walker at the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2008 – Jay S. Walker was the Founder of Priceline.com and is chairman of Walker Digital, a private R&D laboratory based in Stamford, CT. He founded the lab in 1994 with the guiding vision that new consumer applications for large-scale networks represent the key growth opportunity for many industries. Walker holds around 250 U.S. patents. In total, Walker Digital has invented about 1,000 applications for the Internet, cell phones, credit-card networks, and casino networks, as well as vending machines and lottery and retail networks. The company employs teams of inventors, engineers, designers, and attorneys. Typically, it partners with Fortune 500 firms to bring its inventions to market. Walker is best known as the founder of Priceline.com. He also founded Synapse, which became the world’s largest seller of magazine subscriptions and is now a unit of Time Warner.

Colorado Inventor Showcase 2008

Joy Milkowski takes us on a journey inside the Colorado Inventor Showcase 2008