Venture Summit Silicon Valley 2009
Where Big Ideas Meet Big Money
Jan 8th - 9th, 2009
Rosewood Sand Hill, Menlo Park, CA
Rosewood Sand Hill, Menlo Park, CA
Co-Presented by Morgan Stanley and KPMG
Venture Summit Silicon Valley is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political, and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. The Venture Summit features the most influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers, and research analysts in keynote presentations and panel debates. The Venture Summit will also host 14 Best of Breed CEO Showcases handpicked from the AlwaysOn annual top 100 private company list and 36 other qualified six-minute CEO pitches from companies seeking later-stage capital or potential acquirers.
Over 100 speakers, Including
Bill Gurley
General Partner, Benchmark Capital
General Partner, Benchmark Capital
Nancy Pfund
Managing Partner, DBL Investors
Managing Partner, DBL Investors
Ron Conway
Founder, Angel Investors LP
Founder, Angel Investors LP
Tim Chang
Principal, Norwest Venture Partners
Principal, Norwest Venture Partners
Tim Draper
Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Trends and Topics
- Addressing the Private-Company
- The Green in Green
- VC in DC
- Private Equity to the Rescue
- Mobile: Unlimited Horizons
- On-Demand Video Has Arrived; W
- Cloud Computing: The Competiti
- Angel Investing Success Storie
The Program
Last updated on 02/04/2010 at 03:40am
- 06:15 am
Ballroom 1The VC Industry in Transition — What's Next for Sand Hill Road?Experienced VCs Discuss The Future of the Asset Class, as LPs, Banks and Markets Undergo Changes
- Moderator: Steve Morgan, Partner, KPMG
- Todd Chaffee, General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners
- David Cowan, Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Dixon Doll, Co-founder & General Partner, DCM
- Deepak Kamra, General Partner, Canaan Partners
- Ann Winblad, Co-founder & Managing Director, Hummer Winblad
- 07:00 amBreak
- 07:20 am
Ballroom 1Exits: What's the M&A and IPO Outlook for 2010?- Moderator: Julia Reigel, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Co.
- George Lee, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
- Andrew Guevara, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
- Ivan Brockman, Sr. Managing Director, The Blackstone Group
- Ethan Topper, CEO, Union Square Advisors
- 07:20 am
Ballroom 2Keynote: The Deal — The Importance of Free-Trade- Tim Draper, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
- 07:30 am
Ballroom 2Bulls in a China Shop — The Local Advantage in Chinese VCAs the Chinese VC market matures and major American tech firms are bested by Chinese rivals, how do Leading Venture Firms hone their local advantage?
- Moderator: Rebecca Fanin, International Editor, Asian Venture Capital Journal
- Tim Draper, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
- Richard Lim, Managing Director, GSR Ventures
- Glenn Solomon, Managing Partner, GGV Capital
- 08:00 am
Ballroom 1What Funding Crisis?Silicon Valley's Leading Early & Angel Investors Discuss What's Whetting Their Appetite and the 2010 Funding Strategy
- Moderator: Sam Angus, Partner, Fenwick & West
- Ron Conway, Founder, Angel Investors LP
- Joyce Chung, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
- Aydin Senkut, Founder & President, Felicis Ventures
- Howard Hartenbaum, Partner, August Capital
- 08:05 am
Ballroom 2CEO Showcase — Internet & ConsumerPresentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn
- Joe Ward, CEO, Groovy Corporation
- Phil Fernandez, CEO, Marketo
- Helen Zhu, CEO, Chictopia
- Alex Mashinsky, CEO, Groundlink
- Ed Lambert, SVP and Silicon Valley Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank
- Rebecca Buckman, Journalist
- 08:45 am
Ballroom 1Fireside Chat: The VC 100 — Insights & VC Outlook- Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn
- Victor Boyajian, Global Chair, Sonnenschein Venture Technology Group
- 08:45 am
Ballroom 2CEO Showcase — Mobile & SoftwarePresentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn
- Jai Haissman, CEO, Affective Interfaces
- Rahul Sonnad, CEO, Geodelic
- John Corshen, CEO, GoingOn
- Marion Frejsen, E-Factor, CTO
- Russell Tillitt, CEO, Embee
- Ed Lambert, SVP and Silicon Valley Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank
- Rebecca Buckman, Journalist
- 09:20 am
Ballroom 1Announcing the Top 25 Women in Tech to Watch, Presented by Accenture- Liz Tinkham, Management Consulting and Integrated Markets, Communications & High Tech Operating Group, Accenture
- Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn
- 09:30 amLunch
- 10:30 am
Ballroom 1CEO Showcase Session- Rajeev Goel, CEO, PubMatic
- Edmundo Costa, CEO, Catbird
- 11:00 am
Ballroom 1Corporate Buyers — Where’s the Action for 2010?Hear from the most active acquirers of AlwaysOn's top private companies about next year's strategy
- Moderator: Doug Cogen, Co-Chair, M&A Group, Fenwick & West
- David Lawee, VP Corporate Development, Google
- Ken Berryman, SVP, Strategy, Symantec
- Hilton Romanski, VP, Corporate Development, Cisco
- Doug Merritt, Executive Vice President, SAP
- 11:00 am
Ballroom 2Addressing Private — Company LiquidityWhich are the best ways for stakeholders in private equities to buy & sell? After a surge in 2009, what's the secondary-market outlook in 2010 and beyond?
- Moderator: Ken Loveless, Managing Director, SVB Capital
- Joseph Marks, Principal, Coller Capital
- Colin McGrady, Managing Director, Cogent Capital
- Jamie Hale, Partner, Aldenwood Capital
- Dwight Badger, CEO, Advanced Equities
- 11:45 am
Ballroom 1The New-Millennium Strategy for Boutique & Middle-Market BanksIn the post-Lehman world, the banking sector is open to disruption. What's the 2010 outlook for leading boutiques and middle-market banks? What are alternate strategies to IPO?
- Moderator: Craig Menden, Partner, Sonnenschein Venture Technology Group
- Jamie Montgomery, CEO, Montgomery & Co.
- John Moriarty, Managing Director, Baird & Co.
- David Rodoni, Managing Director, Revolution Partners
- Jason Hutchinson, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey
- 11:45 am
Ballroom 2CEO Showcase — SaaS & EnterprisePresentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn
- Lukas Biewald, CEO, CrowdFlower
- Roman Stanek, CEO, Good Data
- Wences Casares, Co-CEO, Bling Nation
- Chris Boone, CEO, Visuvi
- Ed Lambert, SVP and Silicon Valley Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank
- Jim Parsons, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
- 12:30 pm
Ballroom 1Break - 12:45 pm
Ballroom 2CEO Showcase Session — GreentechPresentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn
- Phil Henson, CFO, Solar Power Partners
- Pravin Jain, CEO, Senergen Devices
- Trevor Stout, CEO, Integrity Block
- Ed Lambert, SVP and Silicon Valley Region Market Manager, Bridge Bank
- 01:30 pm
Ballroom 1The IT Outlook for 2010 and Beyond — The VC 100 Weigh InThe nation's top VCs who have produced exits for LPs and entrepreneurs discuss investing strategy in infrastructure and infotech
- Moderator: Victor Boyajian, Global Chair, Sonnenschein Venture Technology Group
- Woody Benson, General Partner, Prism VentureWorks
- Neal Dempsey, Managing Director, Bay Partners
- Michael Kwatinetz, General Partner, Azure Capital Partners
- Steve Harrick, General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners
- 02:00 pmReception
- 05:30 am
Ballroom 1Secrets of a Successful IPODespite a trembling bear market, these executives steered companies to enormously successful exits in '09
- Moderator: Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor, AlwaysOn
- Paul Kwan, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
- Mike Rubino, CFO, A123Systems
- Jim Kelliher, CFO, LogMeIn
- Kevin Thompson, CFO & COO, SolarWinds
- 06:15 am
Ballroom 1Fireside Chat: Why I Went Social — And How You Can TooAs the VC Sector Enters a Post-Crisis Shakeout, Will Social Venture Investing Offer an Alternate Risk/Return Model (and help save the world)?- Moderator: Arden Pennell, Program Director, AlwaysOn
- Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner, DBL Investors
- R. Paul Herman, CEO, HIP Investor
- 07:00 am
Ballroom 1Wireless Devices: Opportunities for the Global Growth InvestorLeading Investors Debate What's Promising in the Major-Growth Mobile Sector, from Healthtech to Smart Cities to Mobile Computing
- Moderator: Bambi Francisco, Founder & CEO, Vator.tv
- Harshul Sanghi, Managing Director, Motorola Ventures
- Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners
- Nagraj Kashyap, VP Ventures, Qualcomm
- Kevin Hamilton, US CEO, IREX
- 07:45 amBreak & Refreshments
- 08:05 am
Ballroom 1Corporate Investors: Outlook 2010Hear where top corporate venture firms are spending seed to mezzanine capital --which game-changing ideas do they want to fund?
- Moderator: Chad Seiler, Partner, KPMG
- Sanjiv Parikh, Managing Director, Corporate Ventures, Hewlett-Packard
- Bill Maris, Managing Partner, Google Ventures
- Louis Toth, Senior Managing Director, Comcast Interactive Capital
- Jai Das, Partner, SAP Ventures
- Rachel Lam, SVP, Time Warner Ventures
- 08:50 am
Ballroom 1The Greentech Evolution — What's Next?A sophisticated analysis of the sector as a whole with top investors. After mini-bubbles, increased govt attention, spiraling public awareness, and huge VC outlays --what's next for greentech investment? Where are we going?
- Moderator: Eric Wesoff, Senior Analyst, Greentech Media
- Jennifer Fonstad, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
- Marianne Wu, Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
- Ray Lane, Managing Partner, KPCB
- Michael Danaher, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Duncan Williams, Managing Director, Director of Clean Technology and Industrial Growth Banking, Wedbush Securities
- 09:35 am
Ballroom 1Fireside Chat: We Want Our Internet TV — Where Is It?- Mark Stevens, Partner, Fenwick & West
- Jim Lanzone, Founder & CEO, Clicker
- 09:55 amClosing Remarks
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Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel
2825 San Hill Rd.
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Tel. 650.561.1500
http://www.rosewoodsandhill.com/
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