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Agenda
Day 1- November 8, 2005
8:00 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:20 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speaker: David Wanetick, Managing Director,
Gateway Research
8:30 am
Panel Discussion: Funding Internet Companies
Gain insight into Internet infrastructure technologies,
security companies, search technologies, commerce sites and media convergence enablers.
Moderator: Philip Marchal, ThinkEquity Partners LLC
Panelists: Chip Meakem, Kodiak Venture Partners
Habib Kairouz, Rho Ventures
Bart Stuck, Signal Lake
Michael C. Brooks, General Partner, Venrock Associates
9:15 am
Company Presentation
9:45 am
Azerity
Azerity® is a leading provider of web-based enterprise class software applications for sales execution and channel automation.
Speaker: Stephen E. Gold, President & CEO
10:15 am
Networking Break
10:45 am
Company Presentation
11:15 am
Clean Technologies - The Rising Power
Converting to clean technology requires more than
just a flick of the switch, but there are powerful drivers propelling fuel cells, battery and solar technologies
as well as water purification and wind power.
Moderator: Karina Funk, Massachusetts
Technology Collaborative
Panelists: Chuck McDermott, RockPort Capital
Partners
William Lese, Braemar Energy Ventures
Rogers Herndon, Contango Capital
Jim LeGerfo, EarthRise
12:00 pm
Lunch for Presenters and Delegates
1:15 pm
Improving Entrepreneur – VC Relationships -- Part I
Learn best practices for fostering smooth working
relationships between VCs and entrepreneurs. Determine how milestones should be set
and modified according to market conditions. Get
perspectives on change of control provisions such as the legitimate replacement of founders
with guns for hire. Arrive at mutually suitable levels of VC oversight.
Determine the venture capital firms ability to fund future rounds of investment. Ascertain the power of the individual venture capitalist at the firm that is taking charge of investing in your company.
Panelist: Franklin Madison, Jr., Industrial & Technology Assistance Corporation
Olivier Attia, Chairman & CEO, Scanbuy
James Robinson IV, General Partner, RRE Ventures
Jonathan Silver, Managing Director, Core Capital Partners
2:00 pm
Verify Systems
Develops, markets and provides a unique web based
service for identification based facility concerns.
Speaker: Speaker: Mark A. O’Neill, President
2:30 pm
Improving Entrepreneur – VC Relationships -- Part II
Learn how the financial health of venture capitalists
impacts the financing and liquidity options of companies receiving funding. Understand how entrepreneurs
can navigate varying agendas of venture capitalists. Determine the importance on adapting
SarBox provisions to enhance exit opportunities.
Listen to best practices for liquidating or merging companies.
Panelist: Elliot B. Reiff, The Venture Alliance
F. Morgan Rodd, Jr., Managing Partner, ArrowPath Venture Partners
3:15 pm
Coffee Break
3:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Funding Business Services Companies
A discussion of the relative importance of market
opportunity, management history, ability to execute, scalability and
replicability.
Moderator: Susan Wolford, Harris Nesbitt
Panelists: Loren Busby, Walden Capital Partners
Milton Lewin, Greenlight Private Equity
Robert W. Jevon, Boston Millennia Partners
Kevin Phelps, Trillium Group
4:15 pm
Panel Discussion: New Horizons for Digital Media
Assess which technologies are best-positioned to
champion television to the PC, television to the cell phone, safeguard digital rights, provide search functions,
deliver compelling Internet advertising, and enable rich media.
Moderator: P.B. Weymouth, Watch Hill Partners
Panelists: Doug Chertok, Hudson Ventures
Warren Haber, Capital Force 1
Dan DeWolf, Dawntreader Ventures
Brian Hirsch, Silicon Alley Venture Partners
5:00 pm
Cocktail Reception
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