Hosted as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week
About Us
The Eugenio Pino & Family Global Entrepreneurship Center
The Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center’s mission is to create entrepreneurial leaders and organizations in all segments of society, throughout South Florida and internationally.
The Pino Center provides the FIU community of students, alumni, and professionals with the knowledge and contacts that enable them to reach their entrepreneurial objective of designing and launching successful new ventures on innovative concepts.
For more information about FIU's Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center, please visit: entrepreneurship.fiu.edu.
About the Conference
The Americas Venture Capital Conference provides a unique forum for innovative enterprises in South Florida and Latin America to showcase their ventures, and to meet established firms and potential investors to develop strategic alliances.
Companies in the following industry sectors are encouraged to attend this event:
- Agriculture, Natural Resources and Water Quality
- Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Health
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Consumer Products
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Energy and Green Technologies
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Entertainment
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Information, Communication and Web Technologies
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Education
- Real Estate
The “Top Global Innovative Ventures” and the “Top Global Emerging Ventures” from these sectors will be given the opportunity to present at this Conference. For more information regarding presenting company guidelines, please see "Presenting Companies."
2012 Americas Venture Capital Conference Program Committee
The 2012 conference is led by an academic administrator and a private investor with extensive experience in entrepreneurship, in addition to a team of professionals involved in venture capital and private equity focused on Latin American markets.
2012 Program Chairs:
Dr. Jerry Haar, FIU College of Business Administration
Faquiry Diaz Cala, Tres Mares Group
2012 Program Committee:
Demian M. Bellumio, Aunken Ventures, LLC
Juan Pablo Cappello, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Matthew E. Cole, North Bay Equity Partners, LLC
Alexander Fernandez, MBF Healthcare Partners
Robert Fleming, Inlet Partners
Jose Fuster, Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd.
Guilherme Gatti, FedEx Express Latin America & Caribbean
Marco Giberti, Reed Exhibitions Latin America
Marc Andre Hawke, Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada
Boris Hirmas Said, Tres Mares Group
Jack Karabees, CP Capital Securities, Inc.
Salomon Konig, AQUILA Associates
Constancio Larguia, Weemba
Ian McCluskey, Thought Leadership International
Manny Medina, Medina Capital Partners
John Price, Americas Market Intelligence
Claudio Ramirez, Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada
Lissette Stancioff, Cisneros Group of Companies
Allen Taylor, Endeavor
Mike Tomás, Bioheart, Inc. & The ASTRI Group
Ricardo Weisz, Northvest
Roberto Vainrub, Financial Partners Capital Management
FIU's Pino Global
Entrepreneurship Center
at the College of Business
Administration.
T: 305-348-7156
F: 305-348-0011
Email:
entrepreneurship@fiu.edu
Website:
entrepreneurship.fiu.edu
