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 [0] (Moderator) Partner, Charles River Ventures *Peter Burris [0]* Founding Member, Wikibon Project Albert Cha [0] Partner, Vivo Ventures Alexis Langagne [0] Global Program Office Director, World Wide Technology Solutions Group Sales, Hewlett Packard *Tony Wasserman [0]* 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 [0] Managing Partner, Woodside Capital Partners
11:00AM – 11:15AM	Networking Break
11:15AM – 12:00PM	THE ULTIMATE KILLER APP: WHY INNOVATION MATTERS Kip Knight [0] Vice President of Marketing, eBay
12:00PM – 01:00PM	GETTING READY FOR A PRODUCT LAUNCH Baris Cetinok [0] 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 [0] Founding Partner, Asset Management Company RUSSIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Matt Marshall [0] (Moderator) Co-founder, VentureBeat Yury Ammosov [0] Senior Policy Officer, Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation Pitch Johnson [0] Founding Partner, Asset Management Company Yan Ryazantsev [0] Investment Director, Russian Venture Company Eldad Tamir [0] Co-Founder, Tamir Fishman Don Wood [0] 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 [0] (Moderator) Managing Partner, Almaz Capital Partners *Stan Chudnovsky [0]* Co-Founder, Ooga Labs, Co-Founder of Tickle and former SVP of Monster (after Tickle was acquired) *Gene Linetsky [0]* Founder and CEO, CBMS Networks, Inc., Founder and CEO, PaintPoker, Inc. *Mark Tsimelzon [0]* Founder, President & CTO, Coral8
	THE WAR FOR TALENT *Natasha Krol [0]* (Moderator) Managing Partner, Alexander & Krol Executive Search *Sondra Card* [0] Founder & Managing Director, Retained Search & Recruiting Strategy Consulting Alan I. Fraser [0] President and Chief Executive Officer, Astoria Software Avery Lyford [0] 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 [0](Moderator) Partner, Probitas Partners *Peter Buhl* [0] Partner, Blue Run Ventures Dan Avida [0] General Partner, Opus Capital Naren Gupta [0] Managing Director, Nexus India Capital, LP Dr. Rafiq Dossani [0] Sr. Research Scholar, Stanford University
10:30AM – 11:15AM	PROTECTING YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET: IP STRATEGIES FOR START-UPS James M. Vickery [0] Partner, DLA Piper
11:15AM – 11:30AM	Networking break
11:30AM – 12:15AM	THE RUSSIAN/CIS MARKET: A VENTURE CAPITALIST'S PERSPECTIVE Peter Loukianoff [0] Partner, Alloy Ventures Interviewed by Quentin Hardy [0], 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 [0] (Moderator) CEO, Brenner Group Peter Redford [0] Deal Screening Committee, Band of Angels Aydin Senkut [0] Founder and President, Felicis Ventures Steve Stephansen [0] Managing Director, Sand Hill Angels Randy Williams [0] Founder and CEO, Keiretsu Forum Jeff Yu [0] 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 [0] (Moderator) Partner, Charles River Ventures Salil Deshpande [0] Partner, Bay Partners Tom Fountain [0] Principal, Mayfield Fund *Vladimir Jacimovic [0]* Venture Partner, New Enterprise Associates *Will Price [0]* Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
09:00PM – 11:00PM	Social Program - Dancing