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| Wednesday, June 9, 2010 (Day 1) | |
| 7:00 – 8:00 AM | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & CONFERENCE REGISTRATION |
| 8:00 - 8:15 | INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION BRIEFING – New Venture Capital Initiatives By The Department of Commerce Joel D. Secundy, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration BRIEFING DETAILS: In 2009, the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce had more than 12,000 export successes. Were your portfolio companies among them? If not, why? The International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce has an innovative export pipeline initiative geared toward venture-backed companies that aims to ensure the competitiveness of U.S. venture capital firms and deepen the U.S. exporter base with the objective of unlocking a previously untapped group of new-to-export firms. |
| 8:15 - 8:30 | NVCA BRIEFING TO THE VENTURE COMMUNITY  Mark Heesen President NVCA |
| 8:30 | IBF*INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FORUM WELCOME Alexandra Scott, CEO, IBF/International Business Forum www.ibfconferences.com |
| 8:30 - 8:45 | OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRMAN Dixon Doll General Partner DCM |
| 8:45 - 9:10 | 2010 SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTATION
This honor is extended by IBF to investors who, during their lifetime and career, have made notable contributions of outstanding significance to the VC industry. Others include the following distinguished venture capitalists: David Morgenthaler, Irwin Federman, John Mumford, Reid Dennis, and William Draper III. 2010 Honoree:  Dick Kramlich General Partner & Co-Founder New Enterprise Associates Mr. Kramlich began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. after nine years in general management as Manager of Financial Planning at the Kroger Co. and Investment Management as Executive Vice President at Gardner & Preston Moss Company in Boston. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in eight companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion, including Juniper Networks, Ascend Communications (acquired by Lucent), ImmuneX (acquired by Amgen), Macromedia (acquired by Adobe), and Dallas Semiconductor (acquired by Maxim Integrated products). Dick was the first investor to invest in the Ethernet at 3Com with Bob Metcalfe and an early investor with Dr. John Simpson in balloon angioplasty at Advanced Cardiovascular Systems (acquired by Eli Lilly) as well as Forethought (acquired by Microsoft), the company that originated PowerPoint. Dick continues to work with start-ups such as Financial Engines, Force10 Networks, MaxiScale, Tabula, Visual Edge, Xoom, and Zhone. He recently joined the board of CITIC Pharmaceuticals in China and is also a director of Silicon Valley Bank. Dick has received four Lifetime Achievement Awards including awards from the National Venture Capital Association (he served as Chairman and President from 1992-93), the University of California- Haas School of Business, the Silicon Valley Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Program, and the Red Herring Magazine Award. He received an MBA from Harvard University and a BS in History from Northwestern University. Dick and his wife, Pamela, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2006. They are noted collectors of Media Art and founded the New Art Trust to foster best practices in the field in 1997. |
| 9:10 - 10:00 |
THE TIMES …THEY ARE A CHANGING! THE RESURRECTION OF VENTURE CAPITAL
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | MORNING NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | WALKING A TIGHTROPE: BALANCING THE NEW GP/LP PARADIGM The most profound impact of the recent global financial crisis the venture industry has had to face is the reduction of capital to the VC asset class. With LPs forced to reevaluate their asset allocation approach, the VC industry must adhere to the new rules and regulations presented by the institutional investor partner. This panel will examine different GP/LP investment structures, asset allocation, and global investment strategies. Panelists: Chris Douvos, Co-Head, Private Equity, The Investment Fund of Foundations David York, CEO, Paul Capital Investments Stefan Hepp, CEO and Founder, SCM Strategic Capital Management AG Gregory V. Stento, Managing Director, HarbourVest Moderator: Seth H. Blackman, Principal, CPA, Rothstein Kass |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | LP REACTIONS TO NEXT-GEN FUND MANAGERS Strategies being used by today's institutional investors to ensure access to the next generation of star VC performers How are LPs reacting to the newly consolidated, transformed venture industry Next-gen fund manager performance characteristics expected by LPs Panelists: Georganne Perkins, Managing Director, Fisher Lynch Malcolm Goepfert, Director of Investments, The James Irvine Foundation Anita Ng, Senior Consultant, Cambridge Associates Judith Elsea, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Weathergage Capital Jim Tullis, Founder, Tullis Health Investors/Tullis Dickerson Moderator: Mark P. Tanoury, Partner, Cooley LLP |
| 12:00 - 12:45 | STAYING COMMITTED: LIMITED PARTNERS SPEAK OUT ON WHY VC IS STILL AN ATTRACTIVE ASSET CLASS Bret Jepsen, San Francisco Employees' Retirement System Rick Bolander, General Partner, Gabriel Venture Partners Sven Weber, Managing Director, SVB Capital Moderator: Paul Denning, Founder, Denning & Co. |
| 12:45 - 1:45 | LUNCHEON RECEPTION |
| 1:00 - 1:45 | LUNCHEON KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Deborah Hopkins Chairman of Venture Capital Initiatives Chief Innovation Officer Citigroup |
| 1:45 -2:30 | CORPORATES AND VCS: INNOVATION PARTNERING IN ACTION The impact of corporate/VC collaboration in helping entrepreneurs accelerate commercialization. These leading corporate innovation executives, joined by their VC partners, will discuss how they're working successfully with entrepreneurs, perspectives on the urgency, requirements and potential pay-off of partner relationships and future trends in corporate/VC collaboration. Panelists: |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | AFTERNOON NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 3:00 - 3:45 | Concurrent Sessions: Session A: HARNESSING HEAVYWEIGHT TEAMS: BOARD MEMBER MANAGEMENT TO ENACT GROWTH STRATEGIES– The C-level leadership approach: selecting talent to motivate, guide and encourage strategic action Building competitive advantage: management styles to expedite explosive growth Senses of urgency: timing and impact of board member management attention and influence Panelists: Moderator: Session B: |
| 3:45 - 4:30 | Concurrent Sessions: |
| 4:30 - 5:15 | Concurrent Sessions Panel Discussion: Session A: GLOBAL FUNDRAISING AT THE FOREFRONT Panelists: Mike Kelly, Managing Director, Hamilton Lane George Arnold, Managing Principal, Knightsbridge Advisors Robert M. Hofeditz, Partner, Probitas Partners Neetesh Kumar, Partner, Rho Fund Investor Kim Kaplan Gross, Partner, Cooley LLP Moderator: Vincent J. Calcagno, Principal, CPA, Rothstein Kass Presentation: Session B BENCHMARK ANALYSIS: CAN THE U.S. VC-INDUSTRY STILL COMPETE GLOBALLY? Adj. Prof. Dr. Martin Haemmig Senior Advisor on Venture Capital Stanford University |
| 5:15 - 7:00 | COCKTAIL RECEPTION Hosted by: FLG Partners |
Venture Capital Investing Day 1 ENDS  |
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| Thursday, June 10, 2010 (Day 2) | |
| 7:30 - 8:45 | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & NETWORKING Hosted by: SVB Capital |
| 8:00 – 8:55 | BREAKFAST PANEL DISCUSSIONS TODAY'S INVESTING: FINANCIAL, OPERATING OR CORPORATE? Which model works best? Mark Bailey, Managing Director, DFJ Growth Fund Gordon Ritter, General Partner, Emergence Capital Rob Trice, Senior Managing Director, SK Telecom Ventures Moderator: Douglas L. Hamilton, Managing Director, SVB Capital |
| 8:55 – 9:00 |
WELCOME FROM CHAIRMAN |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | FROM INNOVATION TO EXIT: RECIPES FOR SUCCESS Panelists: Navin Chaddha, Managing Director, Mayfield Colin Stewart, Vice Chair, Morgan Stanley David Lawee, Vice President, Corporate Development, Google, Inc. Luis Avila-Marco,, SVP Strategy & Corporate Development, Juniper Networks Moderator: Martin Giles, US Technology Correspondent, The Economist Newspaper |
| 10:00 – 10:15 |
MORNING NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 10:15 – 11:15 | DONE DEALS: VC CASE STUDY ILLUSTRATIONS This keynote panel will feature GPs who will share cutting edge information on three areas of innovation: IT, Clean-tech, and HealthcareIT. Each speaker will share specific experiences on select start-ups they backed over the past 18 months to illustrate the growth process; key strategies used to get each of these companies to financial milestones (i.e. B round); and other unconventional and conventional tools/methods employed to ensure competitive success. Panelists: |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | THE NEW VENTURE ‘CATALYST’: BUILDING CAPITAL INTENSIVE COMPANIES Growth Strategies To Achieve Success Panelists: Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner, DBL Investors* Mark Perry, General Partner, New Enterprise Associates* Peter Hebert, General Partner, Lux Capital Moderator: Jeff Kuhn, Managing Partner, FLG Partners |
| 12:00 – 1:00 |
LUNCHEON RECEPTION Hosted by: Investment New Zealand |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | THE RENAISSANCE OF THE IPO: ACHIEVING LIQUIDITY AFTER A SLOWED ECONOMY Panelists: Chad Keck, Vice Chairman, Needham & Company Paul Matteucci, General Partner, U.S. Venture Partners Scott Stanford, Head of Investment Banking – Digital, Internet, Media, Goldman Sachs Jason Kent, Partner, Cooley LLP Martin Pichinson, Co-Managing Member and Co-Founder, Sherwood Partners LLC Moderator: Jim Anderson, President, SVB Analytics |
| 2:00 – 5:30 |
INNOVATION FORECAST SESSIONS |
| 2:00 – 2:30 |
CONCURRENT KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS |
| 2:30 – 3:30 | Concurrent Sessions: Session A: HEALTHCARE IT Panelists: Lisa Suennen, General Partner, Psilos Kaveh T. Safavi, VP, Global Lead of Healthcare Consulting Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems Susan Harmon, Director of Government Affairs, AthenaHealth Moderator: Brandon Hull, General Partner, Cardinal Partners Session B: CLEANTECH INNOVATION’S MOMENT TO SHINE IN THE SPOTLIGHT Panelists: Ravi Viswanathan, General Partner, New Enterprise Associates John Rockwell, Managing Director, Element Partners Bill Kingsley, Managing Director, EnerTech Capital Moderator: Ira Ehrenpreis, General Partner, Technology Partners |
| 3:30 -4:00 | AFTERNOON NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Concurrent Sessions Session A: DISRUPTION! How Social Media, Mobile Apps, New Devices, and This New Technology Culture Is Changing Our World Panelists: Todd Chaffee, General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners Dan Burstein, Managing Partner & Founder, Millennium Technology Ventures Neal Hansch, Principal, Rustic Canyon Partners Moderator: Azita Arvani, Founder, The Arvani Group Session B: CLOUD SECURITY & ANTI-FRAUD INNOVATION Panelists: T.J. Rylander, Partner, In-Q-Tel Randy Hawks, Managing Director, Claremont Creek Ventures Eric Olden, Founder, CEO and Chairman, Symplified Moderator: Robert Ackerman, Managing Director & Founder, Allegis Capital |
| 5:00 - 7:00 | COCKTAIL RECEPTION Hosted by: Rothstein Kass |
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End of Thursday, June 10, 2010 (Day 2)
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