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Welcome to the 2010 Berkshire Forum. It is our sincere hope that this year’s speakers, panelists and performers

will enhance the creative spirit of the community and inspire you to as-

sume an active role in rejuvenating the local economy and shaping its

cultural and economic future.

This is your forum. Our speakers and panelists look forward to hearing from

you. Please feel free to use the floor microphones to share your stories, ask

questions and bounce ideas off those on stage.

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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Registration & Welcome Reception(The Colonial Lobby)

Cookbook Signing & Tasting with:CHEF MICHAEL BALLON, Author, Castle Street Café Cookbook

Welcome reception courtesy of Baba Louie’s, Castle Street

Café, Guido’s Fresh Marketplace, Marketplace of the

Berkshires, Ooma Tesoro’s and Pittsfield Rye Bakery.

6:00 pm – 6:10 pm Welcome Remarks(The Colonial Theatre)

Speakers: JAMES RUBERTO, Mayor, City of Pittsfield

RICHARD ALCOMBRIGHT, Mayor, City of North Adams

6:10 pm – 7:10 pm The Future of Business: Stabilizing the Fluctuating Job Market to Achieve EconomicGrowth at the Local LevelInvestigating the positive effects that free enterprise hason the economy and job sustainability.

Speaker: WILLIAM “BILL” LITTLE, Chairman, National ChamberFoundation and former Chairman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Commentator:BRET SWANSON, Contributor, The Wall Street Journal; President, Entropy Economics


Bret Swanson, formerly of Lenox, is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal and Forbes.com.He now lives in Indiana with his wife and four children.


7:10 pm – 8:10 pm The Business of Healthcare: Medical Delivery Innovations Taking Root in MassachusettsExpanding coverage while addressing cost pressures.Featuring an audience Q&A session with one of the coun-try’s foremost health-policy experts, Dr. Scott Gottlieb.

Speaker: DR. SCOTT GOTTLIEB, Practicing Internist; Forbescolumnist; The Wall Street Journal Contributor; CNBCCommentator; Former Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Foodand Drug Administration

Commentator:BRET SWANSON, Contributor, The Wall Street Journal;President, Entropy Economics

8:10 pm – 9:00 pm FOD Fest Youth ConcertFriends of Daniel Pearl: Strengthening Community Through Music

In addition to being a journalist (North Adams Transcript,1986; Berkshire Eagle, 1988), the late Wall Street Journalreporter Daniel Pearl was a talented musician who be-lieved in the power of music to bring people together regardless of their differences. FOD Fest promotes thisideal through its programming.

The Berkshire Forum FOD Fest performance will showcaselocal youth performers. Proceeds from the event will benefitthe FOD Fest school program, aimed at educating, inspiring,and empowering local music students at the junior high andhigh school level.

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Dr. Scott Gottlieb was once the Author of the Gilder Biotech Report,a medical technology report published in Great Barrington. Hecurrently practices medicine as anattending physician at StamfordHospital in Connecticut.

Todd Mack was a bandmate ofDaniel Pearl. He created FOD-Fest to honor Daniel’s memory.


7:30 am – 8:00 am Morning Registration(The Colonial Lobby)

8:00 am – 8:20 am Stone River (film short)(The Colonial Theatre)

Directed by:HAL CLIFFORD and JASON HOUSTON

Deep in the Northeastern woods, working alone, oneman is building a better world, one stone at a time. One very, very big stone. Placed very, very carefully. Histools are his hands, his back, a few metal implements.His vision encompasses all of modern culture and itsreformation. Premiered at the Berkshire InternationalFilm Festival in 2010.

8:20 am – 9:00 am The Spirit of Enterprise: The Impact of Entrepreneurship on Business and TechnologyHow the economic health of a community is determinedby the collective ingenuity and wisdom of individual entrepreneurs — the heroes of capitalism.

Speaker: GEORGE GILDER, Chairman, Senior Founding Member,Gilder Israel Technology Fund L.P.; Author of over tenbooks, including; Wealth and Poverty (1981), The Spirit ofEnterprise (1986), Microcosm (1989), Life After Television(1990), Telecosm (2000), The Silicon Eye (2005), andThe Israel Test (2009)

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15

BOOK SIGNING7:30-9:30amCornelia Brooke GilderLouisa Gilder

Hal Clifford and JasonHouston are Executive Editor and Picture Editorof Orion, an award-winning environmentalmagazine published inGreat Barrington.

George Gilder is a life-longresident of Tyringham. In1986, he was awarded theWhite House Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence by President Reagan.


9:00 am – 10:30 am Isolating the Entrepreneurial Gene: The Psychology of the Serial EntrepreneurFor some, entrepreneurship is more than an economicendeavor; it is a vocation—a way of life. How the impulseto create and self-govern inspires people to craft innova-tive new products and services.

Moderator:MICHAEL ZIVYAK, Founder & Publisher, Berkshire Living magazine

Panelists:LISA CHAMBERLAIN, Founder and Managing Partner, The Chamberlain Group

MITCH NASH, Owner & Founder, Blue Q

SETH NASH, Owner & Founder, Blue Q

RICHARD STANLEY, Commercial Real Estate Developer; Managing Partner, The Beacon Cinema

MARK WOLF, Director, The Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute


BOOK SIGNING10:00 am – Noon

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Blue Q is the maker of the “Savin’ Up for a New Tatoo”piggy bank, “I Think That Stripper Really Liked Me” gum,and “Sparkling Mullet: Body Wash and Car Wash”. Theyoperate out of a renovated piano factory in Pittsfield.


10:30 am – 10:45 am Bach of the Antarctic (film short)

Directed & Written by:BEN HILLMAN

With Music From:JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH and DONALD SOSIN

A startling discovery confirms that the person who discovered Antarctica was none other than Johann Sebastian Bach. As scientists uncover the astounding evidence, totally fake historical footage recreates Bach’sdaring voyage into the Unknown. Premiered at the Berkshire International Film Festival in 2009.

10:45 am – 12:00 pm The Commerce of Culture: Artful Innovation & Effectiveness in the Non-profit SectorWeighing community benefits vs. personal profits. Servicing community stakeholders.

Moderator:HELENA FRUSCIO, Director, Berkshire Creative

Panelists:STUART CHASE, Executive Director, The Berkshire Museum

DAVID FLEMING, Former Executive Director, The Colonial Theatre

LAURIE NORTON MOFFATT, Director and ChiefExecutive Officer, Norman Rockwell Museum

STEPHEN PERKINS, Executive Director, Bennington Museum

MARK VOLPE, Managing Director, Boston Symphony Orchestra


BOOK SIGNINGS11:30am – 1:30pmLeslie Wheeler

12:00 – 2:00pmStephen Donaldson

In addition to filmmaking,Ben Hillman wrote and illus-trated The Devil Ate MyBlintzes (Waterfront Press)and That Pesky Toaster (TheWalt Disney Company).Publisher's Weekly calledhis pictorial science booksfor children published byScholastic "so freakin' cool."

There are over 1,300 non-profit organizations in the greater Berkshire-Taconic region, and over800 in Berkshire County alone.


12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Break for Lunch(Downtown Pittsfield)

1:30 pm – 1:50 pm Boston Symphony Orchestra (performance)(The Colonial Theatre)

John Williams: Duo Concertante for violin & viola Handel-Halvorsen: Pasacaglia (Duo) for violin & viola

Musicians:VICTOR ROMANUL, ViolinMICHAEL ZARETSKY, Viola

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1:50 pm – 3:00 pm The Investor-Entrepreneur Relationship: Building Businesses & Strategically Partnering for SuccessScaling your business. Shopping for investors and establishing critical early-stage investment connections.

Moderator:SPENCER REISS, Contributing Editor, Wired magazine

Panelists:JANETTE KESSLER DUDLEY, Vice President of Special Projects, CPower

MATT HARRIS, Managing General Partner, Village Ventures

RUSS HOWARD, Managing Director, High Peaks Venture Partners

MICAH SINGER, Founder and Chief Executive Officer,VoIP Logic

EDWARD ZYSZKOWSKI, Chief Executive Officer, Steeplechase Networks


The Williams Duo was written by John Williams forVictor Romanul and MichaelZaretsky. Michael and Victorgave the public premiere ofthe Duo Concertante in SeijiOzawa Hall at Tanglewood inAugust 2007.

Spencer Reiss specializes in energy issues, commercialspace travel and the human impact of technology for Wiredmagazine. Formerly he wasNewsweek correspondent inAsia, Africa and Latin America.His office is in Great Barrington.

Matt Harris, Micah Singer andRuss Howard are all graduatesof Williams College, whereJanette’s husband, Will Dudley,teaches philosophy.


3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Cabaret-to-Go (performance)Sherri and friends perform Cabaret-to-Go classicsfor The Berkshire Forum audience.

Featuring:SHERRI JAMES BUXTON, Vocal Interpreter of the Great American Song Book

3:30 pm – 4:45 pm The Impulse to Innovate: Inspiration, the Launching Process, Set Backs, and BreakthroughsThe crucial components and critical path to launching abusiness. Plus, an investigation into how true innovationcreates its own market.

Moderator:JESSICA HARRIS, Host of NPR’s From Scratch: The Radio Show on Entrepreneurial Life

Panelists:JULIA BOWEN, Executive Director, The Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter School

BETH PEARSON, President, Pearson Properties and Management LLC

JAMES NEJAIME, Owner, Nejaime’s Wine Cellars

JOE THOMPSON, Director, MASS MoCA


BOOK SIGNING3:30 – 5:30pmRichard Greene

Sherri has openedfor Freddie Prinz,Jackie Mason andRodney Dangerfield.

Jessica Harris produced and directedOn Common Ground, the critically ac-claimed documentary about WorldWar II. She also worked with WoodyAllen on his film Sweet and Low Down.Joe Thompson has been a guest onJessica’s “From Scratch” radio show.


4:45 pm – 5:00 pm Annie (performance)The BTF Children’s Theatre Company performs selections from Annie. Featuring local children under the direction of the talented Berkshire Theatre Festivalstaff and crew.

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5:00 pm – 6:50 pm Break for Dinner

6:50 pm – 7:00 pm Little Red Jiving Hood:(The Colonial Theatre) The Original Girl in the Hood (film short)

Written & Directed by:BEN HILLMAN

Music by:DONALD SOSIN

In a deep, deep forest lives a little girl who wears a little red — wait a minute… You know the story. But not quite like this! Screened at the Inaugural BerkshireInternational Film Festival in 2006.


BOOK SIGNING5:30-7:00pm

Jana LaizAnn-Elizabeth Barnes

Chris Darroch

Over one hundred local childrenand adults participate in BerkshireTheatre Festival’s production of“Annie.” The show runs throughSaturday September 18.

“Little Red Jiving Hood” has won awards at the BlackMarie Film Festival, the Canadian International FilmFestival and the Garden State Film Festival.


7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Street-Fighting Math and Science:Down-and-dirty, Opportunistic Problem SolvingHow to build and sharpen your creative problem solving skills across diverse fields of knowledge—from mathematics to management.

Introduction by:MARY COLLINS GEORGE, Former Math & Science Teacher; Co-producer, The Berkshire Forum

TINA CHASE, Accountant & Business Manager; Co-producer, The Berkshire Forum

Speaker:DR. SANJOY MAHAJAN, Author of Street-Fighting Mathematics; Associate Director for Teaching Initiatives, Teaching andLearning Laboratory, MIT; Visiting Associate Professor ofApplied Science and Engineering, Olin College

8:00 pm – 8:15 pm Youth Alive (dance performance)A performance by the Youth Alive Step Team— a rite-of-passage program for adolescent girls that includes multi-cultural women’s studies, health education, support fortrauma and self-esteem building programs.

Introduction:SHIRLEY EDGERTON, Director, Youth Alive CommunityBased Performance Arts Program

Featuring:THE YOUTH ALIVE STEP TEAM

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8:15 pm – 9:15 pm Advocating Excellence: 2010 Berkshire Forum Education RoundtableA discussion on improving teaching in our schools, led by Dr. Sanjoy Mahajan. Together the panel will striveto find antidotes to the rigor mortis brought on by too much rigor and too little creative thinking andproblem solving.

Commentator:DR. SANJOY MAHAJAN, Author of Street-FightingMathematics; Associate Director for Teaching Initiatives,Teaching and Learning Laboratory, MIT; Visiting Associate Professor of Applied Science and Engineering, Olin College

Panelists: JANE BURKE, Life-long Educator; Founder & Director,Flying Cloud Institute

TED COLLINS, Teacher, Monument Mountain Regional High School

MONICA JOSLIN, Dean of Academic Affairs, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

MICHAEL FARMER, Teacher, Mount Everett Regional School

LYNN MCDONNELL, Science and Math Specialist, Crosby Elementary School

9:00 pm – 9:30 pm The Berkshire Forum After Hours (The Colonial Lobby) Networking and Book Signings


BOOK SIGNING9:00 – 9:30pm

Jana LaizAnn-Elizabeth Barnes

Chris Darroch

Because of his experience withwonderful teachers at CalTech andOxford University, Sanjoy Mahajanbecame interested in improving theteaching of science and math. Hewas recently voted favorite profes-sor by his students at MIT.


7:30 am – 8:00 am Morning Registration(The Colonial Lobby)

8:00 am – 8:20 am Creativity is a Muscle:(The Colonial Theatre) Building a World Where

Creativity ThrivesCan creativity be taught, trained, and learned? Can it open up new opportunities and potential? Discover some simple strategies for unlocking the creative process.

Speaker:KEVIN SPRAGUE, Photographer; Author, Imagining Shakespeare; Owner, Studio Two

8:20 am – 9:30 am Cleantech: Building Sustainable CommunitiesEco-conscious innovations and energy alternatives tinting the region green. Creating new markets and focusing investments on clean technologies.

Moderator:CHARLIE DEITZ, Berkshire Bureau Chief, WAMC

Panelists:ALAN CUMMINGS, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Seldon Technologies

TYLER FAIRBANK, Chief Executive Officer, EOS Ventures, LLC

STEVE NELSON, President and Chief Executive Officer,Solar Electric Service Corp.

STEPHEN SEARS, Principal, Berkshire Renewable Power, LLC

Commentator:SPENCER REISS, Contributing Editor, Wired magazine

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16

BOOK SIGNING7:30-9:30amDerek Gentile

"Once upon a time, the Berkshires were the high-tech capital of the world. It couldhappen again."

Spencer Reiss, ContributingEditor, Wired magazine

Seldon is the creator of world-lead-ing nanotechnology water and airfiltration products saving livesaround the world.

The EOS Ventures team has com-pleted the first and only privatelyowned megawatt class turbine inthe nation for on-site energy usage.

Solar Electric Service Corporationaims to make the benefits of solarpower affordable to all.

Berkshire Renewable Power is build-ing a state-of-the-art bio-fuel andelectrical generation facility in theBerkshires.


9:30 am – 10:45 am Philanthropic Power: The Business of GivingInspiring and infusing the marketplace through altruism.

Moderator:ABBIE VON SCHLEGELL, Philanthropic Fundraising Consultant

Panelists:JENNIFER DOWLEY, President, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

NANCY FITZPATRICK, Vice Chairman, The Fitzpatrick Companies

TODD MACK, Singer; Producer; Founder, FOD fest(Friends of Daniel Pearl music festival)

10:45 am – 11:00 am The Kabbalah of Bob Dylan (performance)

Featuring: SETH ROGOVOY, Singer, Guitarist, Writer, Award-winning critic, Author, Lecturer, Teacher andRadio Commentator

Berkshire Living’s critical commentator and locally-lovedmusic, book, and cultural critic performs live for The Berkshire Forum audience.


BOOK SIGNING10:30am – 12:30pm

Kevin Sprague

According to the FoundationCenter’s April 2010 edition of“Foundation Growth and GivingEstimates” the accuracy of predictions about 2011 givingvary greatly, due to the instability of the economy.

Seth Rogovoy is an ex-pert on Jewish musicand the Author of BobDylan: Prophet, Mystic,Poet, published in 2009.


11:00 am – 12:00 pm Getting to Next (Career workshop) Inspiring Berkshire Forum attendees to reevaluate attitudes, skills and goals in order to increase stayingpower, survive setbacks, transition to new careers, landnew positions and expand or launch new businesses.

Introduction:SETH ROGOVOY, Editor-in-Chief, Berkshire Living andBerkshire Business Quarterly

Speaker: CAROLE HYATT, Entrepreneur, Renowned Career Strategist, and Best-selling Author, The New Woman’sSelling Game, Shifting Gears, Lifetime Employability, and When Smart People Fail

12:00 pm – 1:45 pm Break for Lunch(Downtown Pittsfield) with “Getting to Next” Networking Assignment

1:45 pm – 2:00 pm Cowboy Yoga (film short)(The Colonial Theatre)

Written & Directed by:HAL CLIFFORD and LOU BENDRICK

Camera & Editing by:JASON HOUSTON

Two cowboys make an instructional yoga video for cowboys. Premiered at the Berkshire International FilmFestival in 2009.


BOOK SIGNING12:00 – 2:00pmCarole Hyatt

Carole Hyatt has made appear-ances on Oprah, The Today Show,Good Morning America and CNN.Her husband, Gordon, grew up inLee and they currently own ahome in Stockbridge.

In Blythe, California it is illegal to wear cowboy boots unless you already ownat least two cows.

Yoga is said to improve concentration, confidence, self-control and creativity.


2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Finding the Where of Happiness: Realizing the American Dream in Rural AmericaFascinating and inspiring stories of business owners operating their businesses far from urban centers.

Moderator:SETH ROGOVOY, Editor-in-Chief, Berkshire Living andBerkshire Business Quarterly

Panelists:BILL HINES JR, Managing Director, Interprint Inc.

PERRI PETRICCA, Chief Executive Officer, Petricca Industries; President, Unistress

MARC ROBERTS, Founder, Superl Sequoia, Vice President, Sequoia Group Holdings

KELLEY VICKERY, Executive Director, Berkshire International Film Festival

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm A Plan For Action: The New Berkshire BlueprintGrowing the Berkshire economy and improving the quality of life for residents and employers by leveragingthe cultural and entrepreneurial richness of the region.

Speaker:DAVID ROONEY, President, Berkshire Economic Development Corporation


Pittsfield-based Unistressprovided the concrete forthe new Yankee Stadium.

Superl Sequoia owns a 350,000square foot factory in Donguan, Chinaand operates out of Monterey, MA.

Interprint is an innovative,world-leading supplier oflaminate products.

The Berkshire International FilmFestival showcases documen-taries, student films, film shortsand feature films from across thecountry and around the globe.

David Rooney first met Berkshire Forum creatorsTina Chase and Mary Collins George in 2007, atthe Gilder/Forbes Telecosm Conference that theyproduced in Lake George, NY.


4:00 pm – 4:25 pm Breaking Pattern (film short)

Written & Directed by:RYAN KAMPE

Breaking Pattern opens with lush, vivid colors. It issummer in New England. There is a mother with ababy. All seems right with the world. But before long itis obvious that the beautiful colors belie the bleaknessof the characters’ lives. In the short span, Breaking Pat-tern gives us suspense, violence, social commentary,and a love story, or two. Shot on location in the Berk-shires with an all-local cast, the complex situations inBreaking Pattern give insight into life in small New Eng-land towns. Premiered at the Berkshire InternationalFilm Festival in 2008.

4:25 pm – 5:10 pm Broadband Expansion to Rural Communities: Growing Locally, Competing Globally

Speaker: BENJAMIN DOWNING, Massachusetts State Senator (D-Pittsfield)

Audience Q&A Session Featuring:BENJAMIN DOWNING, Massachusetts State Senator (D-Pittsfield)

JUDITH DUMONT, Director, Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI)

MONICA WEBB, Spokesperson, WiredWest


BOOK SIGNING4:30 – 6:30pmJames CiulloBarbara Shook Hazen



5:10 pm – 5:50 pm Negotiating the Changing Media Landscape: A ConversationWhy innovation, collaboration and engagement are the new watchwords of journalism.

Host:EUGENIE SILLS, Founder and Publisher, The Women’s Times

Guest:MARTIN “MARTY” BARON, Editor, The Boston Globe

5:50 pm – 6:00 pm The Heartbeat of Our Community(Reading)

Speaker:KEVIN O’HARA, Author, A Lucky Irish Lad

6:00 pm Farewell Remarks

BOOK SIGNING6:00 – 7:30pm

Kevin O’Hara

Boston GlobeEditor MartinBaron owns a home inStockbridge.


BOOK SIGNINGS

Wednesday, September 15

7:30 am – 9:30 am Cornelia Brooke Gilder, Author, Houses of the Berkshiresand Hawthorne's Lenox

Louisa Gilder, Author, The Age of Entanglement

10:00 am – Noon Ruth Bass, Author, Sarah’s Daughter and Rose

11:30 am – 1:30 pm Leslie Wheeler, Author, Murder at Plimoth Plantationand Murder at Gettysburg

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Stephen Donaldson, Author, The Berkshires; Along Route 7: A Journey Through Western New England; Barns of the Berkshires

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Richard Greene, Author, Midnight Rounds andThe Day After Midnight

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Jana Laiz, Author, Weeping Under the Same Moon& 9:00pm – 9:30 pm and Co-author, A Free Woman on God’s Earth

Ann-Elizabeth Barnes, Co-Author, A Free Woman On God's Earth

Chris Darroch, Author, The Climb of Polar Mountain

Thursday, September 16

7:30 am - 9:30 am Derek Gentile, Author, The Vanilla Envelope and Splitters, Squeezes, and Steals

10:30 am - 12:30 pm Kevin Sprague, Author, Imagining Shakespeare

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Carole Hyatt, Author, When Smart People Fail

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm James Ciullo, Author, Orinoco and Maracaibo

Barbara Shook Hazen, Author, Katie's Wish; The Knight Who was Afraid of the Dark; Who is Your Favorite Monster Mama?; Where do Bears Sleep

6:00pm – 7:30pm Kevin O’Hara, Author, A Lucky Irish Lad

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It’s been nearly 10 years since Berkshire Life became an integral memberof The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America family.

Since then, we’ve helped make Guardian a market leader in individualdisability income insurance and launched its long-term care insurance

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As Guardian celebrates its 150th Anniversary in 2010, we’re proud toplay a part in its ongoing legacy of serving the countless individuals and

businesses that put their trust in us. All of which means high-quality jobsfor the region—and continued support of local events like this one

that make the Berkshires such a special place to do business.

If it matters to you, it matters to us.

Why you should insure your business with Toole:

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