| | Thursday, November 20 |
| 8:30am – 9:00am | Welcoming remarks |
| 9:00am – 10:30 | TECHNOLOGY MARKETS: COME CATCH THE WAVE! Every winter, the Bay Area becomes the world’s premier destination for big wave surfers. Just north of the This year, The SVOD is holding its own big wave high-tech high-power surfing gala – with the best and the brightest minds of the Similar to the Mavericks, we expect this session to be an unforgettable experience -- with strong opinions, surprising winners and some casualties. From social media, to everything green, to boomer technologies, to “mash-ups” and smart mobile devices -- our experts will surf through the major trends shaping the high- tech markets and reflect on their implications:
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| 10:30 – 10:45 | Networking break |
| 10:45 – 11:45 | ENTREPRENEURISHIP BOOT CAMP Want to start your own company and need to understand the basics of a VC-funded business? This session is for you. A renown
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| 10:45 – 11:45 (In Parallel) | LIFE SCIENCES ENTREPRENEURISHIP BOOT CAMP This seminar covers critical aspects of commercialization of biomedical products and specifics of the sciences business models:
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| 11:45am – 12:45pm | “I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER” IP STRATEGIES FOR START-UPS What does a 1964 Beatles’ song have to do with protecting high-tech intellectual property? Sadly, a great deal. In one of the most outrageous cases of IP mismanagement, The Beatles’ lost the rights to their early songs’ portfolio estimated worth $400+ million. If this can happen to the best, most famous and powerful, what can a startup company do to protect its most valuable asset? From The initial funding to the liquidity event, IP has always been the main subject of due diligence. This seminar will discuss various types of IP and ways of protecting them:
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| 12:45pm – 1:00pm | Networking Break |
| 1:00pm – 3:00pm | Lunch KEYNOTE ADDRESS DAN ROSENSWEIG, OPERATING PRINCIPAL, QUADRANGLE GROUP LLC, FORMERLY CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, YAHOO! DIGITAL MEDIA- AS IT RISES IN MANY DISGUISES… The digital media family of Blogs, RSS feeds, Wikipedia, instant messages, WEB 2.0, YouTube, Communities, Second Life, Plaxo, MySpace, “InYourFace, ”etc – continues to grow at a breathtaking speed. Even though on the surface these technologies have different centers of gravity, underneath them all is user-generated content and an incredible amount of information, as well as news (not necessarily “all that fit the print”) – published as a by-product of communal interaction. For F500 companies, the many faces of digital media are still a mystery waiting to be understood and harnessed to further their brands. For a digirati elite, it is a To make sense of it all, Dan Rosensweig, a former COO of Yahoo, President of CNET Networks, CEO of ZDNet, Publisher of PC Magazine, will deliver a key note address -- reflecting on the past, assessing the present, and providing insights into the future of digital media. |
| 3:00pm – 6:00pm | Company presentations and one-on-one consulting sessions |
| 6:00pm – 6:30pm | Networking break |
| 6:30pm – 9:00pm | Dinner GREAT EXPECTATIONS: TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN With its 2 trillion dollar GDP, abundance of natural resources, 74 million well educated labor force, and a huge pent up demand for goods and services, But what about entrepreneurship, a major force to innovation and economic growth in a free democratic societies? Clearly, the main ingredient – people and brains – is there in abundance. Increasingly, the mighty dollar/ruble is lining up behind the brains. The thing that is currently lagging behind is the infrastructure -- that coddles, encourages, forgives, makes it legitimate and easy. This panel will discuss various aspects of doing business in and with
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| | Friday, November 21 |
| 9:00am-10:00am | VENTURE CAPITAL – STRAIGHT TALK FROM “THE HORSE’S MOUTH” There is no better way to learn the intricacies and the trade secrets of venture capital than being in the heart of the In this seminar, a distinguished
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| 10:00am – 10:15am | Networking break |
| 10:15am – 11:00am | THE ANATOMY OF A DEAL This panel presents a unique opportunity to learn the elements and the mechanics of the venture capital investment process from deal sourcing to exiting deals from various perspectives, including entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and lawyers:
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| 11:00am – 11:15 am | Networking Break
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| 11:15am – 12:00pm | WORD POWER: GIVE THEM WHAT THEY LIKE AND HOW THEY LIKE IT From the elevator speech, to the executive summary, to the Power Point “decks”, to business plans – the investors are conditioned to receive information in a certain style and form. Why re-invent the wheel, when you can learn the protocol and make life easier for yourself and your investor? This seminar will provide practical advice and guidelines for writing business plans, drafting documents and compiling presentations:
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| 12:00pm – 12:45pm | WAR FOR TALENT: HR STRATEGIES FOR TECHNOLOGY VENTURE |
| 12:45pm – 3:00pm | Lunch KEYNOTE ADDRESS PETER CIUREA, CTO VISA INC “EVERYWHERE YOU WANT TO BE”: AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A GLOBAL BUSINESS As a Chief Technical Officer for VISA, world's largest retail electronic payments network and one of the most recognized global financial services brands, Peter Ciurea, knows a few things about building a platform that spans multiple time zones, moves billions, detects fraud, administers rewards and does a lot of other things that go under the rubric of “infrastructure” – 24/7, 365 days a year, in 170 countries. A native of
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| 3:00pm – 6:00pm |
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| 6:00pm – 9:00pm | Closing Ceremony Dinner FROM RUSSIA -- WITH VENTURE CAPITAL Although the Russian venture industry is not nearly as developed as its European and US counterpart, the sheer amount of capital and the number of opportunities available in Russia command immediate attention from the entrepreneurs, as well as the Silicon Valley VCs, looking to increase their deal flow. In the absence of history and sometimes credible information, how does one tell the difference between the good and bad money, reputable funds and funds to stay away from? In this session, moderated by the legendary Esther Dyson, the leading Russian VC funds will discuss the following issues:
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