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Like its sister event in Silicon Valley, Venture Summit East is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. Venture Summit East features the most influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers and research analysts in the Eastern US in keynote presentations and panel debates. Venture Summit East will also host 14 “Best of Breed CEO Showcases” handpicked from the AlwaysOn annual top 100 private company list, and 36 other qualified six-minute CEO pitches from companies seeking later-stage capital or potential acquirers.
The goal of Venture Summit East is to match growth-company buyers and sellers and identify the most promising innovation-driven, growth investment opportunities. At the Venture Summit, our editors will also honor the “AO Northeast Top 100 Companies” and the annual “AO Industry Analyst All-Star Team.”
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Who Attends Venture Summit East
Five hundred institutional investors, venture capitalists, investment bankers, research analysts and corporate buyers will attend Venture Summit East. The most influential members of the financial and technology media and blogging community will also be on hand to moderate debates and cover the action. Executives attend Venture Summit East to identify and debate emerging investment opportunities in venture and private equity funds and private growth companies, and to build high-level relationships with technology and greentech CEOs and corporate buyers.
Venture Summit East 2008 Current Program & Invited Speakers:
Monday, April 7, 2008
| 6:00pm -- 8:00pm |
Reception at Google's Cambridge Mass Research Center 5 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142 --- Transportation is not being provided. The cab fare is approximately $9 |
| 8:45am Salon A |
The State of the Tech IPO Buyers & Sellers The IPO market picked up steam in 2007, but is the "window" still open? Top investors discuss why they still care about IPOs in a turbulent market and delineate what makes them say "buy" instead of "pass." Moderator: Lise Buyer, Founder, Class V Group Leslie Pfrang, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Securities Beau Coash, Head Primary Trader, Fidelity Management and Research Robin Weiss, SVP, Investment Banking Services, NYSE Sean Madnani, Vice President, The Blackstone Group Andrew J. Neff, Senior Managing Director, Bear Stearns |
| 8:45am Salon B |
Introducing the AO All Star Analyst Team Security analysts and media pundits lost their credibility by not calling the Internet stock bubble. Is there a road back to credibility? Moderator: Bambi Francisco, Founder, Vator.TV Youssef Squali, Managing Director, Jefferies & Company Tom Watts, Managing Director, Cowen & Company Mark May, Principal, Investment Research, Needham & Company |
| 9:45am Salon A |
The Boutiques Versus the Bulge Bracket Firms In the technology IPO glory days, there was a bulge bracket firm name on the left side of the prospectus and a boutique name on the right. By the end of the 1990s, the boutiques had all been acquired. Will we see the emergence of a new class of boutiques and will they be able to successfully compete? Moderator: Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn Anthony Florence, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Co Aaron Hill, MD, Head of Telecom. Investment Banking, Cowen & Company James Montgomery, CEO, Montgomery & Co |
| 9:45am Salon B |
Is There Still Upside in the Internet? Venture capitalists have been funding Internet startups since 1994 and continue to do so with gusto, in what some would argue is an overinflated market. How many more big Internet brands does the future hold? Moderator: Kara Swisher, Co-Executive Editor, AllThingsD.com David Kidder, CEO, Clickable Waikit Lau, Co-Founder, ScanScout Bob Davis, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners David Beisel, VP, Venrock Eric Hippeau, Managing Director, Softbank Capital |
| 10:45am | Break |
| 11:00am Salon A |
Corporate Buyers -- What's Whetting Their Appetite? The biggest corporate brands are actively investing in companies that drive their strategies and profitability. Are they continuing to gorge on startups as their primary source of R&D and new product innovation? Moderator: David Lavallee, Managing Director, Revolution Partners Jacqueline Hampton, Executive Director, Strategic Planning , Time Inc JD Sherman, CFO, Akamai Andrew Cohen, Senior Director, Strategic Development, Citrix |
| 11:00am Salon B |
CEO Presentations -- Consumer & Media Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn. Tom Wilde, CEO, EveryZing Ben Kartzman, CEO, Spongecell Martin Knestrick, CEO, ioglobal inc Mark Moran, CEO, Finding Dulcinea David Kidder, CEO, Clickable Duncan Perry, COO, Treedia Labs Lon Otremba, CEO, Access 360 Media Immediately following these CEO presentations, industry experts will comment: Church Lewis, Managing Director, Needham & Company Christopher Farmer, VP, Bessemer Venture Partners Following this session, the CEOs will be available for demos in the lobby for 30 minutes. |
| 11:45am Salon A |
Corporate Investors-- What's Whetting Their Appetite? The biggest corporate brands are actively investing in companies that drive their strategies and profitability. Are they continuing to gorge on startups as their primary source of R&D and new product innovation? Moderator: Victor Boyajian, National Chair, Sonnenschein Allison Goldberg, Executive Director, Time Warner Investments David Horowitz, Principal, Comcast Interactive Capital Scott English, VP Strategic Investments, Hearst Interactive Media Alan Spoon, Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners Julie Gerstenberger, Head of External Alliances, Kodak |
| 12:30pm |
Lunch |
| 1:15pm Salon A |
CEO Presentations -- Mobile Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn. Dan Olschwang, CEO, JumpTap -- OM100 2007 & AO100 2007 Andrew Miller, CEO, Quattro Wireless Erik Schwartz, Founder and CEO, Foneshow Jack Philbin, Co-Founder and President, Vibes George Grey, CEO, Mobicious Arthur Goikhman, CEO, Cellufun Immediately following these CEO presentations, industry experts will comment: John Cooper, Managing Director, Montgomery & Company Ajay Bam, Co-Founder, MobileLime Following this session, the CEOs will be available for demos in the lobby for 30 minutes. |
| 1:15pm Salon B |
Will The Real Seed Investors Please Stand Up Many entrepreneurs believe that traditional VCs have gotten out of seed investment. Has the change in venture economics made it difficult for the blue chip investors to play the seed investment game? Moderator: Woody Benson, General Partner, Prism VentureWorks Jonah Goodhart, Managing Member, Point Ventures Group Allen Miner, Chairman & CEO, SunBridge Group James Geshwiler, Managing Director, CommonAngels John Hession, Partner in Charge, Cooley Godward Kronish |
| 2:15pm Salon A |
Where's the Money Moving in Mobile? Moderator: Adam Zawel, Chief Collaboration Officer, INmobile.org Bob Geiman, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners Ron Elwell, Senior Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners Nilanjana Bhowmik, Partner, Longworth Venture Partners Murali Aravamudan, CEO, Veveo |
| 2:15pm Salon B |
CEO Presentations -- Enterprise Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn. Richard Nacht, CEO, Blogging Systems Gary Miliefsky, Founder, NetClarity Mark Atkins, CEO, Invention Machine Gordon Burnes, VP Marketing, Open Pages Glen Solimine, Founder and CEO, Speranza Systems Steve Papa, CEO, Endeca Technologies Steven Siegel, CEO, NPPI Development Corp Rich Garnick, CEO, Conjoin Group Immediately following these CEO presentations, industry experts will comment: Scott Friend, Venture Partner, Bain Capital Ventures Noah Gellman, Director & Columnist, AlwaysOn Following this session, the CEOs will be available for demos in the lobby for 30 minutes. |
| 3:15pm |
Break
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| 3:30pm Salon A |
CEO Presentations -- Consumer & Media Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn. Venkat Kolluri, CEO, Chitika Steve Rosenbaum, CEO, Magnify.net Darren Chuckry, COO, MEN7 Gerry Wilson, CEO, Yoonew Rogier Visser, President, Swoot Kelly Conlin, CEO, NameMedia Immediately following these CEO presentations, industry experts will comment: Christopher Farmer, VP, Bessemer Venture Partners Ed Lambert, SVP, Bridge Bank Following this session, the CEOs will be available for demos in the lobby for 30 minutes. |
| 3:30pm Salon B |
Out of the Dorm and Into the Marketplace These entrepreneurs didn't wait until they graduated from college. They built their successful companies as undergrads. Moderator: Ken Zolot, Senior Lecturer, MIT School of Engineering Jonathan Seelig, Managing Director, Globespan Partners Eric Paley, General Manager, Brontes Technologies, a 3M Company Seth Coe-Sullivan, CTO, QD Vision Alexei Erchak, CTO, Luminus Devices |
| 4:15pm Salon A |
Why Take Venture Capital at All? Why spend six months sucking up to venture capitalists when it’s (a) so cheap to start a company these days and (b) there are many ways to kick start cash flow? This is a contrarian panel featuring companies that achieved success without outside capital. Moderator: Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn Ramu Yalamanchi, CEO, hi5 David Skok, General Partner, Matrix Partners Nick MacShane, Senior Managing Director, Progress Partners Venkat Kolluri, CEO, Chitika |
| 4:15pm Salon B |
Next Generation Life Sciences Moderator: Thomas Meyers, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish Terry McGuire, Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners Omid Farokhzad, Assist. Professor of Anesthesioligy, Harvard Medical School Christoph Westphal, M.D., Ph.D., CEO & Vice-Chair, Sirtris Pharmaceuticals |
| 5:10pm Salon A |
Fireside Chat with Desh Despande Moderator: Jeff McCarthy, General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners Desh Deshpande, Co-Founder and Chairman, Sycamore Networks |
| 5:30pm Salon A |
VC Survey -- What You're Telling Us Ed Sullivan, Partner, KPMG Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn |
| 5:45pm Salon A |
Introducing the AO Northeast Top 100 Companies Brian Hughes, Partner, KPMG Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn |
| 6:30pm -- 8:30pm |
Reception -- Artists for Humanity EpiCenter 100 West Second St., South Boston --- Transportation will be provided to and from the event |
| 8:45am Salon A |
Presentation -- The EnerNet Lessons from 50 years of building the Internet for how to meet the world's accelerating needs for cheap and clean energy. Dr. Robert Metcalfe, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners |
| 9:15am Salon A |
East Coast VCs Go Green Greentech has become the third largest class of VC investment. Can the upside of investing in greentech rival the potential ROI of the internet. Moderator: Bill Schnoor, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP Jon Sakoda, Principal, NEA Jim Matheson, General Partner, Flagship Ventures Chuck McDermott, General Partner, Rockport Capital Partners Tucker Twitmyer, Managing Partner, EnerTech Capital |
| 9:15am Salon B |
So You Wanna Raise a New Fund Moderator: Michael Greeley, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners Clinton Harris, Managing Partner, Grove Street Advisors Greg Stento, Managing Director, Harbourvest Partners Edwin Poston, General Partner, TrueBridge Capital Partners Patricia Dinneen, Managing Director, Siguler Guff & Company |
| 10:00am | Fireside Chat with Nicholas Negroponte Moderator: Larry Weber, Chairman, W2 Group, Inc. Nicholas Negroponte, Founder and Chairman, One Laptop per Child |
| 10:30am |
Break |
| 10:45am Salon A |
CEO Presentations -- Greentech Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn. Steve Hauser, VP Strategy, GridPoint, GG100 2007 Peter Antoinette, Founder and CEO, Nanocomp Technologies Kamal Hassan, CEO, Skymeter Corp Rick Steele, CEO, NuRide Bridget Croke, Director of Strategic Relationships, RecycleBank Dr. Per Onnerud, CTO, Boston-Power Immediately following these CEO presentations, industry experts will comment: Paul Gibson, SVP, Bridge Bank Jim Matheson, General Partner, Flagship Ventures Following this session, the CEOs will be available for demos in the lobby for 30 minutes. |
| 10:45am Salon B |
Why Invest Now In Europe & Israel? Moderator: Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Co. Dan Ciporin, Venture Partner, Canaan Partners Christopher Spray, Partner, Atlas Venture Lucy McQuilken, Investment Manager, Intel Capital Adi Pundak-Mintz, General Partner, Gemini Israel Fund |
| 11:45am Salon A |
Sell Now or Go Public -- What's an Entrepreneur to Do? In a dramatic shift since the 1990s, entrepreneurs have been choosing to sell rather than go public. With better IPO market conditions, should entrepreneurs hang tough or go for the IPO gold? Moderator: John Simon, Managing Partner, General Catalyst Partners David Moore, CEO, 24/7 Real Media Jit Saxena, CEO, Netezza Greg Strakosch, Co-Founder, Techtarget Bob McCooey, Sr. VP of Global Capital Markets, NASDAQ Paul Bowen, President, Bowen Advisors |
| 11:45am Salon B |
CEO Presentations -- On-Demand Services & Technology Enablers Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn. Keith Kocho, President & Founder, ExtendMedia Chet Kanojia, CEO, Navic Networks Treb Ryan, CEO, OpSource Ernie Riddle, CEO, Astadia Brad Ball, President & CEO, LoyaltyMatch Bret Gordon, CEO, Wandrian Mark R. Bruneau, Chairman, Start Your Tube Immediately following these CEO presentations, industry experts will comment: John Hession, Partner in Charge, Cooley Godward Kronish Neeraj Agrawal, General Partner, Battery Ventures Following this session, the CEOs will be available for demos in the lobby for 30 minutes. |
| 12:30pm |
Lunch |
| 1:15pm Salon A |
The Growing Competition Between Private Equity, Hedge Funds, and VCs Hedge Funds, private equity firms, VCs and institutional investors all want to be investing your risk capital. Can private equity work in the tech space? Moderator: Bill Sahlman, Harvard Business School Warren Lammert, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Granite Point Capital Roger Krakoff, Venture Partner, Sigma Partners Justin Perreault, General Partner, Commonwealth Capital Ventures |
| 2:15pm Salon A |
So You Wanna be a VC After the bubble burst, power consolidated into the hands of the blue chip VC brands. Is there still room for startup VC funds or are the obstacles of breaking into the entrenched establishment too big to overcome? Moderator: Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy columnist, The Boston Globe Art Marks, General Partner, Valhalla Partners Drew Lipsher, Partner, Greycroft Chris Greendale, General Partner, Kodiak Venture Partners Bijan Sabet, General Partner, Spark Capital |
| 2:55pm Salon A |
Closing Remarks |
Important Venture Summit East Information:
Venture Summit East Brand Sponsor Program
Sponsors gain brand exposure and communicate their leadership positions to Venture Summit East's attendees through a powerful combination of video commercials, e-marketing campaigns, print advertising, on-site material distribution and signage, and program exposure. Brand sponsorship is open to technology, service and investment firms, and high-end consumer brands.
To find out how your company can join the Summit's distinguished group of sponsors, contact:
Eastern USA
Noah Gellman
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mobile 646.237.3881
Jennifer Slatkin
jennifer@alwayson-network.com
Erin Elton
erin@alwayson-network.com
714.474.4761
Northern California/ Pacific Northwest
Ryan Brenner
ryan@alwayson-network.com
650.346.4726
Grant Gunderson
grant@alwayson-network.com
916.217.0427
Southern California
Marc Sternberg
marc@alwayson-network.com
Dan Grindlinger
dan@alwayson-network.com
917.428.1773
Noah Gellman
noah@alwayson-network.com
mobile 646.237.3881
Jennifer Slatkin
jennifer@alwayson-network.com
Erin Elton
erin@alwayson-network.com
714.474.4761
Northern California/ Pacific Northwest
Ryan Brenner
ryan@alwayson-network.com
650.346.4726
Grant Gunderson
grant@alwayson-network.com
916.217.0427
Southern California
Marc Sternberg
marc@alwayson-network.com
Dan Grindlinger
dan@alwayson-network.com
917.428.1773
CEO Showcase Opportunity
Fifty top CEOs will have the opportunity to present their market strategies and business partnering objectives on the main stage at OnMedia. Qualifying companies are either public or privately held and ideally come from one of the following industry sectors:
• Online advertising service providers
• Consumer-generated media
• Community
• Technology enablers
• Web and blog analytics and research
• Next-generation search
• Advertising agencies
For detailed information on the CEO Showcase opportunity please contact:
Ryan Brenner
ryan@alwayson-network.com
650.346.4726
Noah Gellman
noah@alwayson-network.com
646.237.3881
Group Ticket Rates
If you want to order your ticket by phone or inquire about group rates, please contact Michelle Hughes at 415.367.9538 ext.103 or michelle@alwayson-network.com.
Press Contact
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781.782.5000
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