16 November 2006

7:45AM – 8:30AM

Registration & Breakfast

8:30AM – 9:00AM

Opening Ceremony

8:30AM – 6:00PM

Companies’ EXPO

Seminars

9:00AM – 10:30AM

Global Trends in Technology Market: the Role of Silicon Valley

Moderator: Leon Shklar [0], Executive Vice President of Technology, Reuters

• Information Technologies: What is Hot and What is Not (Ed Kozel [0], CEO of Skyrider, Inc., Board Member, Yahoo!, Inc., Network Appliances, Reuters)

• Life Sciences: Risks and Rewards (Beth Seidenberg [0], Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)

• Advanced Materials and Clean Technology: Long-term Investment Perspectives (Ira Ehrenpreis [0], General Partner, Technology Partners)

• Information Security: The Emerging Paradigms (Hans van Rietschote [0], Senior Director of the Technology Scouting Group, Symantec Corporation)

10:30AM – 10:45AM

Networking break

10:45AM – 11:30AM

Principles of Entrepreneurial Finance and Start-Up Exit Strategies (Peter Loukianoff [0], Partner, Alloy Ventures)

11:30AM – 12:15PM

Entering Markets: Developing Value Propositions & Acquiring First Customers

Moderator: Chuck DeVita [0], Partner, Growth Process Group

• Paul Koenig [0], VP of Marketing, Transparency Software
  

• Allen Blue [0], Co-Founder and VP Product Strategy, LinkedIn
  

12:15PM – 2:10PM

Luncheon Panel Discussion: Russia: Opportunities for Venture Capital Discoverers

Moderator: Alexander Galitsky [0], Venture Partner,Russian Technologies Venture Fund

Panelists:

• Yuri Ammosov [0], Senior Policy Officer, Venture Capital Development, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade

• Oleg Byakhov [0], Head of Strategy for Building Information Society Department, Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications

• Shlomo Caine [0], Managing Director of Strategic Investments, Intel Capital, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia & Israel

• Anatoly Karachinsky [0], Founder & CEO, IBS Group

• Albina Nikkonen [0], Executive Director, Russian Venture Capital Association

2:10PM – 2:30PM

Success Story: SPIRIT DSP – Andrew Sviridenko [0], Founder & CEO, Spirit

2:30PM – 6:00PM

Companies’ presentations; Business plan competition

6:00PM – 7:00PM

Cocktail Reception

7:00PM – 10:00PM

Opening Dinner Reception

Keynote Address:
John Morgridge [0], Chairman of the Board of Directors, Cisco Systems

Networking

17 November 2006

8:00AM - 9:00AM

8:30AM – 6:00PM

Companies’ EXPO

Seminars

9:00AM – 9:45AM

Entrepreneurship: Building and Funding a Technology Venture

• Dan Avida [0], General Partner, Opus Capital; Co-Founder, Former President & CEO, Decru, Inc.

• Sergey Plotkin [0], Co-Founder, Decru, Inc.; Venture Partner, Opus Capital; Associate Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University

9:45AM – 10:30AM

Venture Capital Investment Process and Value Added (Pitch Johnson [0], Founding Partner, Asset Management Company)

10:30AM – 10:45AM

Networking break

10:45 AM – 11:30AM

Acquisition Bound Company (Gene Linetsky [0], Founder & CEO, CBMS Networks, Inc.)

11:30AM –12:15PM

The Role of a Venture Capitalist: The Entrepreneur’s Perspective (Kirk Dunn [0], CEO, PowerFile)

12:15PM – 2:00PM

Luncheon Keynote Address: Investing in Russia and Ukraine: Is the Risk Worth It?

Tim Draper [0], Founder & Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Panel Discussion: Ukraine: Opportunities for Venture Capital Discoverers

Moderator: Serhiy Loboyko [0], Managing Director, TechInvest

Panelists:

• Lydia Mazzie [0], Senior Program Manager, International Engineering Operations, Google, Inc.

• Olena Hantsjak-Kaskiv [0], Deputy Head of Ukrainian Government Agency “Invest-Ukraine”

• Vladimir Bilodid [0], CEO, USC Corporation; Partner, TechInvest [1]

2:00PM – 6:00PM

Companies’ presentations; Business plan competition

7:00PM – 11:00PM

Closing Dinner Reception:
AmBAR Golden Lock Award Ceremony

• Philippe Cases [1], Partner, Partech International

• Navin Chaddha [1], Managing Director, Mayfield Fund

• Jake Seid [1], General Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners

• Rob Theis [1], General Partner, Doll Capital Management