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Opportunities!• 1st Annual OPEN Houston Business

Plan Competition - $10,000 1st prize!!• Career Workshop and Mentoring

Sessions with leaders in Energy, Technology, and Healthcare!

• Entrepreneurship Panel led by Kemal Farid (Merrick Systems)!

• Energy Panel led by Shahid Javed, VP Procurement and SCM at BP!

• Healthcare Panel led by Dr. Uzma Iqbal, Chief of Staff at the Cy-Fair Med. Center!

5th Annual Conference ! !Sept. 27th, 2014 ! !UH Downtown !

Annual Conference 2014!Taking the Leap: Unleashing the Entrepreneur Within!

Kemal Farid!Founder of Merrick Systems. 2011 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year!

Entrepreneurship ! Development ! Leadership!www.openhouston.org ! [email protected] ! @OPENHouston"

Sponsors!

Dr Uzma Iqbal!President Houston Center of Hope"Director, Medical Oncology at Cy-Fair Medical Center"

Riaz Siddiqi!Founder and Managing Partner at Denham Capital, Former CEO of Capstone Global Energy"

Arshad Matin !!CEO at Paradigm, Former CEO of Seismic Micro-Tech (now IHS) and President of Bindview"

Rehan Jalil!CEO at Elastica and Venture Advisor at Mayfield Fund,"OPENSV Board Member"

Shahid Javed!VP Procurement and Supply Chain Management at BP,"OPEN Houston Board Member"

Dr. Mohamed Lazzouni!Chief Product Officer and President at Authentix, Former SVP/CTO at MorphoTrust-USA."

In partnership with !

Imran Iqbal

Sami Ahmad Dr. Monira Kundi

Anwer Hussain Merrick Systems

Farid Ventures

The theme of this year’s conference - “Taking the Leap: Unleashing the Entrepreneur Within” - is aimed at welcoming attendees to take the LEAP of change in transforming their lives."Interactive panels and workshops will be led by dynamic entrepreneurs and industry leaders while our career workshop and mentoring sessions will be conducted by successful executives and entrepreneurs. "We are also launching our first business pitch challenge at this year’s Conference. Aspiring entrepreneurs will have their submissions judged by active investors and luminaries from the local business. OPEN Houston hopes to assist and inspire budding entrepreneurs by turning novel and marketable ideas into reality with the help of guidance, exposure, access to capital and prize money."Our hope is that the Conference will provide you with ideas, strategies and action plans that you can implement to build and develop your business and make successful career choices throughout your lives!"

About the Conference!

Location: University of Houston – Downtown "1 Main St"Houston, TX 77002!

Date: " "Saturday Sept 27, 2014 "8:15AM ‐ 4:00PM !

Register at www.openhouston.org!Early Bird Pricing through Sept 16th. Prices will increase on Sept. 17th!Students (with valid ID): " "$20!OPEN EL Members: " "$25!OPEN General Members: "$40!Non Members:" " " "$60!

OPEN Houston Annual Conference 2014!

Panel and Workshop Moderators!Sarah Haider Management Consultant at Enaxis Consulting!

Shahid JavedVP Procurement and SCM at"BP!

Kemal Farid Founder at"Merrick Systems!

Dr. Uzma Iqbal!Director, Medical Oncology Cy-Fair Medical Center!


OPEN Houston Annual Conference 2014!Entrepreneurship Panel!


Kemal Farid!Founder"Merrick Systems!

Riaz Siddiqi!Managing Partner, Founder"Denham Capital!

Arshad Matin!CEO"Paradigm!

Maarten Propper!Chairman and CEO"Armada Water Assets!

MODERATOR!

PANELISTS!

Shahid Javed!VP Procurement and SCM"BP!

Phil DeLozier!EVP Business Development"EnerVest, Ltd.!

Art Schroeder!CEO"Energy Valley, Inc.!

MODERATOR!

PANELISTS!

Energy Panel!Energy Panel!

Farhan Musharrif!Director, Investment Banking !RBC Capital Markets!

Anwer Hussain!Managing Director"Chaparral Place LLC!

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Hyder Kazimi!Partner"McKinsey & Co.!

Sophia Khan!President"Nonlinear Seismic Imaging, Inc.!

OPEN Houston Annual Conference 2014!Healthcare Panel!


Dr. Uzma Iqbal!Director, Medical Oncology Cy-Fair Med Center"

Terry Wheeler!CEO, Cy-Fair MedicalCenter (Tenet Healthcare)!

Harris Iqbal!Equity Research Associate"Macquarie Group!

MODERATOR!

PANELISTS!

Mentorship Sessions!

Dr. Bandula WIjay!President"LeoMed LLC!

Dr. Mujtaba Ali Khan!Physician, President"Streamlined Medical Solutions!

Sheryl Tatar Dasco!Partner"Seyfarth Shaw, LLP!

Benny Pace!Attorney"O’Connor Craig Gould & Evans!

Aly Dossa!Partner"Osha Liang, LLP!

Aamir Shah!SVP"Wells Fargo!

Jazib Hasan!Head of Energy Asset Finance"BOA Merrill Lynch!

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Syed Javed Qamer"Owner"SQ Consultants, Inc.!

Mubashar Hameed"President and CEO"CaliberVantage!

Dr. Monira Hamid-Kundi!Colorectal and General Surgeon"

Kerri Smith"Managing Director"OwlSpark – Rice University!

Rizwan Ibrahim!Director"GF Ventures!

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8:15am - 9:00! Registration and Breakfast"9:00 - 9:15! Conference Kick Off"9:15 – 9:45! Opening Speaker – Dr. Mohamed Lazzouni"

9:50 – 10:50!

Energy Panel!

!Topic!Trends / Opportunities in Energy""Moderator!Shahid Javed"

Healthcare Panel!

!Topic!Trends / Opportunities in Healthcare""Moderator!Dr. Uzma Iqbal"

Mentorship Session 1!

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10:50 – 11:10! Coffee Break"

11:10 – 12:10!

Entrepreneurship Panel!

!Topic!Launching / Funding / Scaling Your Business""Moderator!Kemal Farid"

Career Workshop!

!Topic!Self Directed Career Development""Moderator!Sarah Haider"

Mentorship Session 2!

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12:10 – 12:40! Networking Break!12:40 – 1:15! Lunch"1:15 – 1:45! Lunch Speaker - Rehan Jalil!1:45 – 1:50! Coffee Break!1:50 – 3:40! Business Pitch Challenge!3:40 – 4:00! Wrap Up"




Leadership&Sponsor: & &$7,500&" Conference!Title!Sponsor!" Booth!for!adver5sing!or!product!display!" 20!invita5ons!to!the!conference!" 6!invita5ons!to!the!pre<conference!dinner!" Full!page!ad!in!conference!booklet!and!presenta5on!" Most!prominently!displayed!corporate!logo!across!all!OPEN!Houston!collateral!

Gold&Sponsor: & & &$5,000&" Booth!for!adver5sing!or!product!display!" 10!invita5ons!to!the!conference!" 4!invita5ons!to!the!pre<conference!dinner!" Half!page!ad!in!conference!booklet!and!presenta5on!" Corporate!logo!across!all!OPEN!Houston!collateral!

Silver&Sponsor: & & &$2,500&" Booth!for!adver5sing!or!product!display!" 5!invita5ons!to!the!conference!" 2!invita5ons!to!the!pre<conference!dinner!" Quarter!page!ad!in!conference!booklet/presenta5on!" Logo!across!all!OPEN!Houston!collateral!

Supporter&Sponsor: & &$1,000&" Booth!for!adver5sing!" 2!invita5ons!to!the!conference!" 2!invita5ons!to!the!pre<conference!dinner!" Logo!Quarter!in!conference!booklet!and!presenta5on!" Corporate!logo!across!all!OPEN!Houston!collateral!

Booth&Sponsor: & & &$500&" Booth!for!adver5sing!" 2!invita5ons!to!the!conference!" Logo!displayed!in!conference!booklet/presenta5on!

Full&Page&Ad&Sponsor: & &$500&" Full!page!ad!in!conference!booklet!" 3!5ckets!to!the!conference!

Half&Page&Ad&Sponsor: & &$300&" Half!page!ad!in!conference!booklet!" 2!5ckets!to!the!conference!

Quarter&Page&Ad&Sponsor: &$200&" Quarter!page!ad!in!conference!booklet!" 1!5cket!to!the!conference!

Benefactor&of&OPEN&Houston: &$500&" 2!5ckets!to!the!conference!" 2!5ckets!to!the!pre<conference!dinner!" Name!men5oned!in!program!booklet!

Friend&of&OPEN&Houston: &$200&" 2!5ckets!to!the!pre<conference!dinner!" Name!men5oned!in!program!booklet!

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Sponsorship Opportunities!Sponsors of OPEN Houston’s annual conference enjoy access to the diverse group of established and emerging leaders in business, academia, and social enterprises that attend the conference. Sponsors receive recognition on OPEN Houston’s website and conference materials, as well as invitations to various conference related events.""Sponsorship levels and benefits are listed below. Sponsorships can be submitted by check or electronically (on our website). Please visit our conference website at www.openhouston.org (click on the Conference/Sponsorships menu) for more information or contact us at [email protected]."""

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