Agenda

Seminars and speakers are subject to change at any time without notice

8 November 2007
07:45AM – 08:45AM	Registration and Breakfast
08:45AM – 09:00AM	Opening Ceremony
09:00AM – 06:00PM	EXPO
09:00AM – 10:15AM	TECHNOLOGY MARKETS: GLOBAL TRENDS AND THE ROLE OF SILICON VALLEY Bill Tai (Moderator) Partner, Charles River Ventures *Peter Burris* Founding Member, Wikibon Project Albert Cha Partner, Vivo Ventures Alexis Langagne Global Program Office Director, World Wide Technology Solutions Group Sales, Hewlett Packard *Tony Wasserman* Director of the Software Management MS program, Carnegie Mellon West; Executive Director, Center for Open Source Investigation (COSI)
10:15AM – 11:00AM	THINK EARLY HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR EXIT VALUE Rudy Burger Managing Partner, Woodside Capital Partners
11:00AM – 11:15AM	Networking Break
11:15AM – 12:00PM	THE ULTIMATE KILLER APP: WHY INNOVATION MATTERS Kip Knight Vice President of Marketing, eBay
12:00PM – 01:00PM	GETTING READY FOR A PRODUCT LAUNCH Baris Cetinok Director of Product Management and Marketing, Microsoft Office Live Small Business, Microsoft
01:00PM – 01:15PM	Networking Break
01:15PM – 03:00PM	Lunch GROWING VENTURE INDUSTRY IN RUSSIA: VIEW FROM SILICON VALLEY Pitch Johnson Founding Partner, Asset Management Company RUSSIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Matt Marshall (Moderator) Co-founder, VentureBeat Yury Ammosov Senior Policy Officer, Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation Pitch Johnson Founding Partner, Asset Management Company Yan Ryazantsev Investment Director, Russian Venture Company Eldad Tamir Co-Founder, Tamir Fishman Don Wood Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
03:00PM – 05:30PM	Company Presentations; Business Plan Competition
05:30PM – 06:00PM	Networking Break
06:00PM – 08:30PM	Gala Dinner ENTREPRENEURSHIP: SUCCESS STORIES Alexander Galitsky (Moderator) Managing Partner, Almaz Capital Partners *Stan Chudnovsky* Co-Founder, Ooga Labs, Co-Founder of Tickle and former SVP of Monster (after Tickle was acquired) *Gene Linetsky* Founder and CEO, CBMS Networks, Inc., Founder and CEO, PaintPoker, Inc. *Mark Tsimelzon* Founder, President & CTO, Coral8
	THE WAR FOR TALENT *Natasha Krol* (Moderator) Managing Partner, Alexander & Krol Executive Search *Sondra Card* Founder & Managing Director, Retained Search & Recruiting Strategy Consulting Alan I. Fraser President and Chief Executive Officer, Astoria Software Avery Lyford President and Chief Executive Officer, Digisense Inc *Kurt Rochlitz* Senior Staffing Manager, VMware, Inc.
08:30PM – 09:30PM	Networking

9 November 2007
08:30AM - 09:30AM	Breakfast
09:00AM – 06:00PM	EXPO
09:30AM – 10:30AM	BUILDING VENTURE INDUSTRY IN THE EMERGING ECONOMIES: KEY LESSONS Kelly DePonte(Moderator) Partner, Probitas Partners *Peter Buhl* Partner, Blue Run Ventures Dan Avida General Partner, Opus Capital Naren Gupta Managing Director, Nexus India Capital, LP Dr. Rafiq Dossani Sr. Research Scholar, Stanford University
10:30AM – 11:15AM	PROTECTING YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET: IP STRATEGIES FOR START-UPS James M. Vickery Partner, DLA Piper
11:15AM – 11:30AM	Networking break
11:30AM – 12:15AM	THE RUSSIAN/CIS MARKET: A VENTURE CAPITALIST'S PERSPECTIVE Peter Loukianoff Partner, Alloy Ventures Interviewed by Quentin Hardy, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, Forbes magazine
12:15AM – 12:45AM	Networking break
12:45AM – 02:00PM	Lunch ANGELS: WHAT MAKES A VALUE ADDED INVESTOR Richard Brenner (Moderator) CEO, Brenner Group Peter Redford Deal Screening Committee, Band of Angels Aydin Senkut Founder and President, Felicis Ventures Steve Stephansen Managing Director, Sand Hill Angels Randy Williams Founder and CEO, Keiretsu Forum Jeff Yu Managing Director, Angels' Forum
02:00PM – 05:30PM	Company Presentations; Business Plan Competition
05:30PM – 06:30PM	Networking Reception
06:30PM – 09:00PM	Closing Dinner AmBAR Golden Lock Award Ceremony EARLY STAGE VENTURE CAPITAL: INVESTING IN INNOVATION George Zachary (Moderator) Partner, Charles River Ventures Salil Deshpande Partner, Bay Partners Tom Fountain Principal, Mayfield Fund *Vladimir Jacimovic* Venture Partner, New Enterprise Associates *Will Price* Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
09:00PM – 11:00PM	Social Program - Dancing