2010 has also featured over 125 top-notch speakers who graciously shared their expertise and experience, contributing to the high quality of our forums in the spirit of celebrating what is best in Minnesota's innovation economy. Speakers included:

Senator Amy Klobuchar, United States Senate • Doris Taylor, Professor, University of Minnesota • Robert Stephens, CTO, Best Buy • John Barr, CEO, AGA Medical • Phil Soran, CEO, Compellent Technologies • Marti Morfitt, CEO, Airborne • Ken Paulus, CEO, Allina Hospitals & Clinics • Michael Gorman, Managing Director, Split Rock Partners • Joel Ronning, CEO, Digital River • Glen Nelson, Chairman, GDN Holdings • Vance Opperman, CEO, Key Investment • Dave St. Peter, President, Minnesota Twins • Archie Black, CEO, SPS Commerce • Jeff Kiesel, CEO, Restaurant Technologies • Joy Lindsay, President, StarTec Investments • Pete McNerney, Partner, Thomas, McNerney & Partners • Dan Frawley, CEO, Iconoculture • Buzz Benson, Managing Director, SightLine Partners • Chris Heim, CEO, Amcom Software • Tony Miller, CEO, Lemhi Ventures

Plus over 100 More (alphabetically):

Kent Adams, Managing Director, Greene Holcomb & Fisher • Joe Alexander, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand • Milo Arkema, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause • Lester Bagley, Vice President, Public Affairs and Stadium Development, Minnesota Vikings • Chris Bellini, Dorsey & Whitney • Doug Berg, Founder, Jobs2Web • Mike Berman, CEO, Berman Medical • Tim Bianchi, Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner • Marian Briggs, Padilla Speer Beardsley • Tim Brownell, CEO, Eureka Recycling • Scott Burns, CEO, GovDelivery • Morgan Burns, Faegre & Benson • Phil Colton, Winthrop & Weinstine • Mark Copman, VP Corp. Dev. and M&A, 3M • Jay Coughlan, CEO, XATA • Jim Cuene, Director of Interactive Marketing, General Mills • Gina DeConcini, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly • Ross D'Emanuele, Dorsey & Whitney • Doug Daum, Director of Research and Bus. Dev., CRM, Boston Scientific • Peter Ekberg, Faegre & Benson • Marty Emerson, CEO, Galil Medical • John Feikema, President, VisionShare • Greg Flannigan, Grant Thornton • Leslie Frecon, CEO, LFE Capital • David Gale, Ernst & Young • Al Galgano, Padilla Speer Beardsley • Dan Grigsby, CEO, Filing Engines • Ron Hafner, Wipfli • Gary Halleen, CEO, API Outsourcing • Robert Hensley, Dorsey & Whitney • Jeff Hinck, General Partner, El Dorado Ventures • Andrew Hofmeister, CEO, GeoDigm • Jodi Hubler, Managing Director, Lemhi Ventures • Tad Jellison, Jones Lang LaSalle • Mike Jerstad, Partner, PrairieGold Venture Partners • Kris Johnson, President, Affinity Capital Management • Ryan Johnson, Fredrikson & Byron • Dan Juhl, CEO, Juhl Wind • Bill Kaufman, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly •Rob Kill, CEO, Virtual Radiologic • Chris Killingstad, CEO, Tennant Company • Chris King, VP, Business Development, Medtronic • Patrice Kloss, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly • Paul Knapp, CEO, Space Center Ventures • Matthew Knopf, Dorsey & Whitney • Doug Kohrs, CEO, Tornier • Tim Kuehl, Partner, Norwest Equity Partners • Chris Larson, Ernst & Young • Ron Leaf, Principal, LFE Capital • Mac Lewis, CEO, Field Solutions • Paul Lidsky, CEO, Datalink • Scott Litman, Managing Partner, Magnet 360 • Tom Lovett, Lindquist & Vennum • Steve Lundberg, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner • Bruce Machmeier, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly • Phillip Martin, Partner Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly • Tom Martin, Dorsey & Whitney • Joel Maturi, Athletic Director, University of Minnesota • Dan McElroy, Commissioner, MN Dept Employment & Economic Dev. • Clayton McNeff, Founder, Mcgyan Biodiesel • Jay McNeil, SVB Silicon Valley Bank • Christopher Melsha, Fredrikson & Byron • Gordy Meyer, President, eBureau • Ryan Miest, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi • Todd Miller, Ernst & Young • Mike Moore, Director, UST - Norris Institute • John Morris, CFO, Dexma • Frank Mortari, Director Business Development, TECHNE • Cary Musech, Managing Partner, Tonka Bay Equity Partners • Eric Nicholson, Partner, Greene Holcomb & Fisher • Dale Nordquist, CEO, Zareba • Jeff Ostapeic, McGladrey • Bob Paulson, CEO, NxThera • Judy Poferl, CEO-MN, Xcel Energy • Bill Priesmeyer, CEO, Cymbet • Chris Pulling, CEO, The Integra Group • Bernard Pump, Deloitte & Touche • Chris Puto, Dean, College of Business, UST Opus College of Business • Tom Ressemann, Chief Business Development Officer, Entellus Medical • Howard Root, CEO, Vascular Solutions • Alexander Rosenstein, Fredrikson & Byron • Fin Samson, Venture Partner, Affinity Capital Management • Jeff Saunders, Dorsey & Whitney • Steve Schaefer, Fish & Richardson • Randy Schmidt, Venture Partner, Lemhi Ventures • David Shapiro, Vice President, Marquette Capital Partners • Molly Simmons, Principal, Tonka Bay Equity Partners • Andy Slavitt, CEO, Ingenix • Kevin Smith, KPMG • Phil Smith, CEO, DGIMED Ortho • Gary Speier, Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner • Ed Spencer, Jr., Chairman, Affinity Capital Management • Dave Stassen, Founding Managing Director, Split Rock Partners • Greg Steiner, Grant Thornton • Dave Stene, Eide Bailly • Russ Straate, Assoc. Director Venture Center, U of M Technology Commercialization • Mark Stutrud, CEO, Summit Brewing Company • Dan Sullivan, CEO, superDimension • Mike Sweeney, Chairman, Star Tribune • Todd Taylor, Fredrikson & Byron • Atul Thakrar, CEO, Segetis • Jamie Thingelstad, COO & CTO, Alvenda • David Tilford, CEO, Medica • Jonathan Van Horn, Dorsey & Whitney • Bob Van Tassel, President, TriCardia Ventures • Dennis Wahr, CEO, Lutonix • Jon Wikstrom, CEO, Cool Clean Technologies • Becky Woods, Doherty Employment Group • Chris Wright, President, Minnesota Timberwolves • Rod Young, CEO, Angeion • Jonathan Zimmerman, Faegre & Benson

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