2009 also featured over 145 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 include:

Governor Tim Pawlenty • Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Chairman, Carlson • Mary Brainerd, CEO, HealthPartners • Vance Opperman, CEO, Key Investment • Gary Stern, former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Mpls • Brad Anderson, CEO, Best Buy • Bill Cooper, CEO, TCF Financial • Mark Heesen, President, National Venture Capital Assoc. • Pat Geraghty, CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN • Monica Nassif, CEO, Caldrea • Don Shelby, Anchor/Reporter, WCCO-TV

Plus 135 More (alphabetically):

Dennis Allingham, CEO, Lifecore Biomedical • Aron Anderson, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, SurModics • Milo Arkema, Baker Tilly • Mark Bakko, Baker Tilly • Greg Barber, Eide Bailly • Buzz Benson, Managing Director, SightLine Partners • Todd Berg, CEO, Torax Medical • Tim Bianchi, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner • Gary Blackford, CEO, Universal Hospital Services • Al Boyden, Wipfli • Marian Briggs, Padilla Speer Beardsley • Jim Bullock, CEO, Atritech • Doug Cameron, Ph.D., Managing Director, Chief Science Advisor, Piper Jaffray • Mike Carrel, CEO, Vital Images • Kevin Cashman, Founder, LeaderSource • Bill Chapman, Baker Tilly • Brad Cleveland, CEO, Proto Labs • Mark Copman, VP, Corporate Development and M&A, 3M • Jay Coughlan, CEO, XATA • Kyle Crowe, Managing Director, Greene Holcomb & Fisher • Jack Dempsey, President, Filtration Global Business Unit, Pentair • Jim Dolan, CEO, Dolan Media • Scott Dongoske, Winthrop & Weinstine • Paul Douglas, Founder, WeatherNation; Singular Logic • Scott Ebert, Baker Tilly • Peter Ekberg, Faegre & Benson • David Gale, Ernst & Young • Eric Gonzaga, Grant Thornton • Michael Gorman, Managing Director, Split Rock Partners • Jay Graf, Venture Partner, NEA • Stephen Haines, M.D., Head, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Univ. of MN • Richard Hartnack, Vice Chairman, Head of Consumer Banking, U.S. Bancorp • Jim Hawley, Principal, Cinncinatus• Chris Heim, CEO, Amcom Software • Robert Hensley, Dorsey & Whitney • Ken Higgins, Managing Director, Greene Holcomb & Fisher • Jeff Hinck, General Partner, El Dorado Ventures • Cliff Hoffman, Deloitte & Touche • Bryson Hollimon, Partner, Technology Venture Partners • Doug Holod, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand • Lisa Holter, Fredrikson & Byron • Bjorn Honda, RJF Agencies • John Houston, Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi • Jodi Hubler, Managing Partner, Lemhi Ventures • Mike Jerstad, Partner, PrairieGold Ventures • Dan Johnson, CEO, SearchAmerica • Kris Johnson, President, Affinity Capital Management • Jack Judd, CFO, Compellent Technologies • Dan Juhl, CEO, Juhl Wind • Sean Kearney, Fredrikson & Byron • Mike Kennedy, CFO, Sage Electrochromics • Jeff Kiesel, CEO, Restaurant Technologies • Rob Kieval, CTO, CVRx • Dan Kinsella, CFO, Shavlik Technologies • Patrice Kloss, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly • Paul Knapp, CEO, Space Center Ventures • Todd Krautkremer, CEO, Gearworks • Tim Kuehl, Partner, Norwest Equity Partners • Andy LaFrence, KPMG • Mike Le Jeune, CEO, Fabcon • Ron Leaf, Principal, LFE Capital • Bill Lee, General Manager, Chippewa Valley Ethanol • Tom Letscher, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly • Joy Lindsay, President, StarTec Investments • Scott Luecke, Ernst & Young • Steve Lundberg, Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner • Rich Lunsford, CEO, Anulex Technologies • Ven Manda, VP, MDT Ventures and New Therapies, Medtronic • Tom Martin, Dorsey & Whitney • Jay McNeil, SVB Silicon Valley Bank • Tony Miller, CEO, Lemhi Ventures; Carol • Paul Moe, Deputy Commissioner, MN DEED • Mike Moore, Director, Univ. of St. Thomas Norris Institute • Frank Mortari, Ph.D., Director of Business Dev., TECHNE Corp. • Dion Muchow, Venture Bank • Chuck Mueller, Fidelity Bank • Joe Muscat, Ernst & Young • Cary Musech, Managing Principal, Tonka Bay Equity Partners • Pete McNerney, Partner, Thomas McNerney & Partners • Gordon Ommen, CEO, JetE; Co-Founder, U.S. BioEnergy • Ken Paulus, CEO, Allina Hospitals & Clinics • Don Palme, Ph.D., VP, Global Toxicology and In Life Services, WuXi AppTec • Pat Pazderka, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly • Mark Pieper, Carver Moquist & O’Connor • Ian Purtle, VP, Director of Process Solutions Technology Dev., Cargill • Chris Puto, Dean, Opus College of Business, Univ. of St. Thomas • Steve Quinlivan, Leonard Street and Deinard • Jill Radloff, Leonard Street and Deinard • Dave Richter, Business Development, Iron Range Resources • Art Rolnick, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Mpls • Howard Root, CEO, Vascular Solutions • Kris Roy, Ernst & Young • Barb Rummel, Lindquist & Vennum • Pat Ryan, President, Ryan Companies • Serafin Samson, Venture Partner, Affinity Capital Management • John Satorius, Fredrikson & Byron • Jeff Saunders, Dorsey & Whitney • Steve Schaefer, Fish & Richardson • Jeff Sellner, LarsonAllen • David Shapiro, Vice President, Marquette Capital Partners • Hank Shea, Senior Distinguished Fellow, Univ. of St. Thomas School of Law • Steve Soderling, Principal, Tonka Bay Equity Partners • Ed Spencer, Chairman, Affinity Capital Management • Russ Straate, Associate Director, U of MN Venture Center • Rajiv Tandon, Chairman, Adayana • Doris Taylor, Ph.D., Director, Cardiovascular Repair, Univ. of MN • Tom Walker, Baker Tilly • Peter Warwick, CEO, West and Thomson Reuters Legal • Andy Weiss, CEO, CoAxia • Charlie Westling, CEO, Datalink • John Wilgers, Ernst & Young • Warren Woessner, Ph.D., Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner • Rob Wolf, CFO, Rimage • Jim Woodburn, M.D., VP, Medical Director, OptumHealth, UnitedHealth • Nadim Yared, CEO, CVRx • Jonathan Zimmerman, Faegre & Benson