His diverse projects range from high-energy laser development to semiconductor manufacturing to kitchen appliance design

Innovators and businesses are missing out on a wealth of opportunity if they don't use the internet to the fullest extent possible. IRN organizers Micheal “Kat” and Craig Issod have a combined 30+ years of online and engineering experience, and will present their knowledge, hints and experience in a "lightning round" and "ignite-type" presentation.

Speaking on the topic ""Why Entrepreneurs Fail It the Sales Role and What to Do About It".

Neshan Daglian (aka "Dag") an experiencedEngineer who spent much of his career at Atlas Copco, a world leader in everything from air compressors to mining equipment, explains the patents and problems behind modern industrial air compressors.

The Patent Reform Bill is now law. Patent Attorney Michael Blake explains many of the changes that innovators should be away of.

Our speaker this month is an expert on advanced Patent Searching. Paulina Borrego is the Reference Services Librarian at the Science & Engineering Library of Umass/Amherst. She oversees one of only 85 direct links to the USPTO database.

A talk covering many issues of inventing, especially how product licensing works. Warren is the President of the United Inventors Association as well as a successful innovator and marketer.

Ben's newest dream is the development of an old factory building in Holyoke, MA into a center for innovation, including a idea which is called Maker College, where millions of dollars in tools would be available to members at a very LOW cost!