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INVENTORS' ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND

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MEETING INFORMATION
Meetings are held at M.I.T. Bldg.# 4, Room 231 at 77 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA.  They are held on the second Monday of every month.  There is no meeting in August.  This web site will contain the latest Meeting Information. Contact IANE  for further info.  Regular IANE  Meetings start at 7 PM and run to approx. 9:30 PM.   You should plan to arrive at 6:30 PM for pre-meeting networking.  Networking also continues after the regular meeting.  Membership is currently at $40/year and includes a monthly newsletter and other member benefits.  Guests and nonmembers are welcome at all of our monthly meetings.  A suggested $5 contribution is graciously accepted at the door to partially defray operating costs of our not-for- profit organization which is run entirely by volunteers. MEETING HOT-LINE: 781-274-8500 for last minute changes or cancellations due to Weather problems, school closure, or other issues such as a temporary inoperative web site. Directions to MIT and the location of Building 4 may be found at http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=4&Buildings=go
 
 
July 13, 2009: SPEAKER/TOPIC: Dave Cormier and Karyl Lynch product scouts of Pelham West Associates spoke at IANE in July, 2006. Product scouts are paid by client companies rather by inventors. Products they are seeking are at  www.pelhamwest.com . Dave and Karyl are founders of the Innovators Resource Network, the only other inventors' group like IANE and located in western Massachusetts.  They will describe their experiences as product scouts and new product evaluators and as partners in a small manufacturing company that has brought several products licensed from independent inventors to market. Founded 11 years ago, Pelham West matches new products with client companies.  Dave and Karyl will also provide some insight into the workings of companies reviewing products from the inside perpsective and how new product licensing has changed in the last 10  years.  Pelham West's clients range from mom-and-pops to  Fortune 100 companies.
 
COMING ATTRACTIONS
 
Below are IANE regular meeting dates for  2009:  Mark your calendars: all are  second Monday of each month at 7 PM at MIT. :  July 13; No meeting in August; September 14; October 12; November 9 and  December 14.

August, 2009: SPEAKER/TOPIC: NO MEETING HAVE A NICE SUMMER BREAK!

September 14, 2009: SPEAKER/TOPIC: Daniela Stark is the inventor and developer of the Kidknows Outdoor Thermometer, which empowers kids to choose the right outdoor clothing even if they are not old enough to recognize numbers.  Daniela was an award winning industrial designer for Product Genesis and Arthur D. Little, Inc.  She has been an independent consultant for medical and consumer product companies.

October 12, 2009: SPEAKER/TOPIC:  Product development and innovation expert Louis Foreman is the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award winning PBS show Everyday Edisons, CEO of Edison Nation, publisher of Inventors Digest magazine, founder and chief executive of the integrated product design and engineering firm Enventys, creator of five successful startups, and holder of nine US Patents.  His firm is responsible for the development and filing of 150 more.

November 9, 2009: SPEAKER/TOPIC:  Dora Chu of SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives), the volunteer division of the federal Small Business Administration that helps those who are contemplating starting their own businesses or bringing their products to the market.  She will also explain the impact of the government's stimulus packages.

December 14, 2009: SPEAKER/TOPIC:  Arthur Venditti of The Product Development Network;  www.ProductDevelopmentNetwork.com  has a lifetime of experience inventing, developing, and licensing products - both his own and other's.  Many of his products have been in the toy industry. In recent years he has devoted much of his energy toward product sourcing in China.  Arthur last spoke to the IANE in March of 2008.

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At the Inventors Clinic, where inventors help inventors, ideas can be discussed and critiqued under confidentiality.  Member presenters are allotted up to one half hour to discuss their invention idea.  There are typically five presentations per meeting.  For each presentation a separate confidentiality document is signed by all in attendance  which additionally gives ownership to the presenter of any ideas generated at the meeting or as a result of it.
Call Bob Hausslein 781-862-9102 for more information and directions to the meeting.
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NEXT CLINIC (s): July 8, 2009Meeting dates for 2009 Inventors Clinic (all Wednesdays  every other month @ 7 pm in Lexington) are:  July 8; September 16 and  November 11.
  Doors open at 6:30 PM; the first presentation under confidentiality start at 7:00 PM sharp.
 
 
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