MIDWEST INVENTORS CONFERENCE
AUGUST 28, 1999 HOLIDAY INN, COLLINSVILLE, IL
PROGRAM -
"Ideas …From Conception to Cash…the Right Way"
7:30-8:45 Continental Breakfast & Check-In
7:30-4:30 View display tables and network with other inventors
8:45-9:00 Introductions - Wayne Highley 
& Phil Curry 
(Illinois Innovators and Inventors Association)
9:00-9:45 Beginning the Process - Don't Get Scammed
(Director,Wal-Mart Innovation Network, Springfield, MO
Director, Business Department, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO)
10:00-10:45 Resources for the Independent Inventor
(Director, Patent Depository Library, IL State Library, Springfield, IL)
and Carol Giles 
(Director, Patent Depository Library, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO)
11:00-11:45 The Law of Inventions - How to Obtain Legal Protection for Your Invention
(Registered Patent Attorney, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St. Louis, Missouri)
12:00-12:45 Luncheon Buffet - Keynote Address: The Patent Office Can Help You
(Director, Independent Inventor Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, Virginia)
1:00-1:45 Developing Your Business
Director, Small Business Development Center, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
2:00-2:45 Finding Investors and Financing
(Treasurer, The Missouri Venture Forum
Director of Marketing, TEQ Development Corp.)
3:00-3:45 The Can Do Investment Club
(Founder, The Can Do Early Venture Capital Investment Club)
4:00-4:45 Marketing Your Invention
(Co-Founder and Director of Marketing & Sales, Haystack Toys "The Great American Toy Hunt")