Conferences

Biotech Conference

NEXT CONFERENCE February 16-17, 2009 at the Convention Center in downtown Raleigh, NC. An annual industry conference where entrepreneurs, investors, and scientists learn about life science industry trends and discover new business and partnership opportunities.

Globalization Conference

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED), in cooperation with the North Carolina Chinese Business Council and TiE, has developed the Globalization conference to validate the globalization model for entrepreneurs.

MedTech Conference

March 6, 2008 at Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Durham, NC. New in 2008, CED's MedTech 2008 will focus on accelerating the growth of the medical device industry in the Southeast.

TECH Conference

NEXT CONFERENCE October 29-30, 2008 at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC An annual industry conference where entrepreneurs, innovators, executives, investors and intermediaries explore the technology sector's latest trends and preview demos of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions' hottest new technologies.

Venture Conference

NEXT CONFERENCE April 22-23, 2009 in Pinehurst, NC. An annual venture conference which showcases the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions' best and most diverse investment opportunities, as well as offers expansive entrepreneurial and investor networking.

What Members are Saying

"CED gave our management team the ability to understand and anticipate what was in front of us. As a potential or early-stage entrepreneur, joining CED is one of the very first things you should consider doing." -- Peyton Anderson, CEO, Affinergy