Venture Summit East 2009

Where Big Ideas Meet Big Money

May 20th - 22nd, 2009
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Boston, MA

Co-Presented by JP Morgan and Forbes

Like its sister event in Silicon Valley, Venture Summit East, copresented by JPMorgan, is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. Now more than ever, staying abreast of market conditions and innovations is crucial to financial success. Venture Summit East features the most influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers and research analysts in the Eastern U.S. in keynote presentations and panel debates. Venture Summit East will also feature the AlwaysOn East 100 Top Private Companies list, and play host to CEO Showcases from qualified companies seeking later-stage capital or potential acquirers.

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Over 100 speakers, Including

Alan Patricof
Founder & Managing Director, Greycroft Partners

Art Marks
General Partner, Valhalla Partners

Bill Schnoor
Partner and Co-Chair, Technology Companies Group, Goodwin Proctor

Michael Greeley
General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners

Bob Davis
General Partner, Highland Capital Partners

Trends and Topics

Private Equity to the Rescue
The Green in Green
Mobile: Unlimited Horizons
On-Demand Video Has Arrived; W
Cloud Computing: The Competiti
The Build-to-Sell vs. IPO Exit
The $1 Billion On-Demand Netwo
Hollywood Goes VirtualÑUsing G

The Program

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May 21,2009
May 22,2009

08:00 am
Salon I
The Green in Green
Which greentech sectors have high potential for investors in 2009 and beyond?
Moderator: Russ Landon, Managing Director, Head of Clean Technology Group, KeyBanc Capital Markets

Chuck McDermott, General Partner, Rockport Capital Partners

Dennis Costello, Managing Partner, Braemar Energy Ventures

Aaron Mandell, Managing Partner, GreatPoint Ventures

Dave Power, Partner, Fidelity Ventures
08:00 am
Salon II
CEO Showcase Session — Mobile & Wireless
Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn
Dan Gilbert, VP Marketing, Avaak

Michael Powers, CEO, Mpowerplayer

Annette Tonti, CEO, MoFuse

Oscar Jazdowski, Head of Sales, Eastern Region, Silicon Valley Bank
08:45 am
Salon I
Report Card: Angel and Early-Stage Investing
No matter what the economy, early investing is needed to grow innovation. Where's the potential in 2009?
Moderator: Michael Greeley, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners

John Landry, Managing Director, Lead Dog Ventures

Elon Boms, Managing Director, LaunchCapital

Bijan Sabet, General Partner, Spark Capital

Paul Maeder, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
10:30 am
Salon I
The Venture Capital Hall of Fame
Sages of the VC Industry describe: Have we been here before, and is this time different?
Moderator: Bill Schnoor, Partner and Co-Chair, Technology Companies Group, Goodwin Proctor

Art Marks, General Partner, Valhalla Partners

Alan Patrcof, Founder & Managing Director, Greycroft Partners

Ed Anderson, Managing Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners
11:15 am
Salon I
Keynote: Venture Capital — The Only Stimulus That Works
George Gilder
11:15 am
Salon II
CEO Showcase Session — SaaS, Enterprise, Cloud & Infrastructure
Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn
James Andrus, CEO, News Pattern

Dharmesh Shah, Founder & Chief Technology Officer, HubSpot

Paul Sonderegger, CSO, Endeca

Mark Atkins, CEO, Invention Machine

Doron Reuveni, CEO, uTest

David Gardner, CEO, Venuegen

Claire Rowberry, Vice President, LEWIS PR

Jane Braun, Senior Relationship Manager, Silicon Valley Bank
11:30 am
Salon I
VC Survey — What You're Telling Us
Ed Sullivan, Partner, KPMG

Larry Cheng, Partner, Fidelity Ventures
12:15 pm
Salon I
Corporate Investors and VCs — Where's the Action in 2009 and Beyond?
Moderator: Valentin Livada, Profssor of Entrepreneurship, MIT

Lucy McQuilken, Investment Director, Intel Capital

Urs Cete, Principal & CFO, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments

Louis Toth, Senior Managing Director, Comcast Interactive Capital
12:15 pm
Salon II
CEO Showcase Session — Digital Media & Consumer Internet
Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn
Mike Levy, CEO, OPEN Sports

Eduardo Hauser, CEO, DailyMe

JIm Meyer, CEO, Mindset Media

Steve Rosenbaum, CEO, Magnify.net

Paul Schaut, CEO, Modiv Media

Dr. Sho Long Chen, CEO, Vweb Corp

Claire Rowberry, Vice President, LEWIS PR

Dan Allred, Senior Relationship Manager, Silicon Valley Bank
01:00 pm
Salon I
Keynote: How to Rebuild the Tech IPO Market
Paul Deninger, Senior Manging Director, Evercore Partners
01:00 pm
Salon II
The Role of the Independent Director
Moderator: Woody Benson, General Partner, Prism VentureWorks

John Landry, Managing Director, Lead Dog Ventures

John Egan, Partner and Co-Chair, Technology Companies Group, Goodwin Proctor

Paul Sagan, CEO, Akamai

Bill Kerrigan, Adviser & Former EVP, McAfee
01:15 pm
Salon I
Corporate Buyers — Where's the Action in 2009 and Beyond?
Moderator: Paul Deninger, Senior Manging Director, Evercore Partners

Don Dodge, Director, Business Development, Microsoft

Richard Palmer, SVP, Corporate Development, Nuance
01:45 pm
Salon I
CEO Showcase Session
James Beldock, CEO, ShotSpotter

Seth Riney, CEO, PlanetTran
02:00 pm
Salon I
VC in DC
How can VCs and entrepreneurs tap into Obama's stimulus and policy $$? How will changes in tax, patent, and reporting regulation affect investors?
Moderator: Elise Zoli, Partner, Goodwin Proctor

R.J. Lyman, Partner, Goodwin Proctor

Nick D'Arbeloff, President, New England Clean Energy Council

Peter Rothstein, Executive Chairman & Co-founder, Flagship Ventures

Howard Berke, Executive Chairman & Co-founder, Konarka Technologies
02:45 pm
Salon I
Keynote: State of the Capital Markets

06:00 am
Salon I
Keynote: The Innovation Has Just Begun...
Bob Davis, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
06:15 am
Salon I
Media and Entertainment: Top Investing Strategies
Venture-capital leaders discuss potential in games, media and ad networks, social sites, and other digital drivers
Moderator: Mike Monahan, Partner, KPMG

Bob Davis, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners

Jeffrey Bussgang, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners

David Beisel, Vice President, Venrock

Amish Jani, Managing Director, FirstMark Capital

Alan Spoon, Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
06:15 am
Salon II
Private Equity to the Rescue
How smart money is finding value buying venture-backed companies
Moderator: David Lavallee, Managing Director & Co-founder, Revolution Partners

Tony Florence, Partner, NEA

Daniel O'Keefe, Principal, North Bridge Venture Partners

Michael Kumin, Partner, Great Hill Partners

James Neary, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus
07:00 am
Salon I
Mobile: Unlimited Horizons
From advertising to entertainment content to virtual –and actual – goods, the predictions of mobile’s potential are limitless. But will they come true?
Moderator: Mark Lowenstein, Managing Director, Mobile Ecosystem

Andy Goldfarb, Executive Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners

John Simon, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners

Ted Morgan, CEO, Skyhook Wireless

Jeff Glass, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures & former CEO, m-Qube
07:00 am
Salon II
Keynote: How Innovators Lead in a Downturn
Scott Anthony, President, Innosight

Clayton Christensen, Co-founder, Innosight
07:15 am
Salon II
Wisdom From the Last Downturn
Seasoned innovation-economy veterans describe how to survive the 2009 downturn
Moderator: Jeff Leopold, Managing Director, Technology, Business Services, and Board Director Practices, Cook Associates

Ralph Breslauer, CEO, Vertica

Jaime Ellertson, CEO, Gomez

Gary Greenfield, CEO, Avid

Steve Papa, CEO, Endeca

Alan Trefler, CEO, Pegasystems

Mark Cattini, President, Pitney Bowes
07:45 am
Salon I
IPOs: A Recovery? How? When? Why?
Moderator: Scott Cutler, EVP, NYSE Euronext

Jeff Hoffmeister, Head of East Coast Tech Banking, Morgan Stanley

David Lavallee, Managing Director & Co-founder, Revolution Partners

Michael Millman, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan

Bill Burgess, Managing Partner, ABS Ventures
08:15 am
Salon II
Brother, Can You Spare 50K? Angel Investing in New England
Which sectors hold most promise? Can angels break into capital-intensive greentech and healthtech?
Moderator: Gerard O'Connor, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP

Ham Lord, Managing Director, Launchpad Venture Group

Jean Hammond, Co-Leader, Boston Forum, Golden Seeds

David Verrill, Founder & Managing Director, Hub Angels Investment Group

Richard Anders, Founder, Mass Medical Angels
08:30 am
Salon I
This Well Never Runs Dry: University IP and Technology Transfer
Moderator: Gabor Garai, Partner and Chair of Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice and Co-Chair of Life Sciences Team, Foley & Lardner

Lita Nelsen, Director, Office of Technology Licensing, MIT

Ashley Stevens, Executive Director, Office of Technology Transfer, Boston University

Rosalind Picard, Co-founder & Director, Affectiva

Amir Nashat, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners

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Mandarin Oriental Hotel
776 Boylston St.
Boston, MA, 02199
617.535.8889
http://www.mandarinoriental.com/newyork/

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