A panel of experts will visit CSU Monterey Bay on Feb. 13 to give a presentation on funding for startups. The public is invited to attend.

The free event – billed as an Innovation Forum – will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Alumni and Visitors Center, on Gen. Jim Moore Boulevard and Inter-Garrison Road. Driving directions and a campus map are available here.

Panel members include:

• Terrie Fuentes, Salinas Valley District manager and vice president of Wells Fargo

• Wendy Franscioni, chief lending officer for California Coastal Rural Development Corp. in Salinas

• Chuck Erickson of CECO Innovation, a business consultant for start-up tech ventures in bio-science, bio-fuels and agriculture, among other areas

• Andrea Nield, associate director of the Small Business Development Center at CSUMB, part of a nationwide program that provides technical assistance to small businesses.

The presentation is sponsored by CSUMB’s School of Business, the Institute for Innovation and Economic Development and the Small Business Development Centers of Gonzales and the Central Coast.