Find out where the venture-backed marketplace is headed, how we'll solve the liquidity crisis, what sectors will get funded and more. The most powerful investor conference east of the Mississippi is now available to AlwaysOn Insiders.| 5:45pm Salon I |
Private Company Keynote: The Liquidity Solution --Free-- Tim Draper, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson |
| 6:00pm Salon I |
Addressing the Private-Company Liquidity Crisis --Order Video-- $69 Entrepreneurs discuss creating markets for private stocks, LP interests in VC funds, and VC investments in private cos. Moderator: Michael Moe, co-founder & CEO, Next Global Advisors Tim Draper, Founder, XChange Barry Silbert, Founder & CEO, SecondMarket Greg Brogger, Founder & CEO, SharesPost Mona DeFrawi, Founder & CEO, InsideVenture Dan Burstein, Managing Partner, Millenium Technology Ventures Hans Swildens, Founder & Principal, Industry Ventures |
| 8:45am Salon I |
Keynote: The Economic Crisis & Venture Capital --Order Video-- $69 William Sahlman, Professor of Business Administration & Sr. Associate Dean for External Relations, Harvard Business School |
| 9:15am Salon I |
The Fund-of-Fund Perspective --Order Video-- $145 What are these investors eyeing now? Moderator: Raj Marphatia, Partner, Private Investment Funds Group, Ropes & Gray Diana Frazier, Co-founder & Managing Partner, FLAG Capital Barbara Piette, Managing Principal, Knightsbridge John Dominguez, Partner, Silicon Valley Bank Capital Scott Myers, Managing Director, Cogent Partners |
| 9:15am Salon II |
Strategic Investment Banking In a Changed World --Order Video-- $69 Will boutiques fill the void left by bulge-bracket firms ducking out in the post-Lehman world? Who’s going to profit? Chris Pasko, Sr. Managing Director, Corporate and M&A Advisory Services, Blackstone Tom Gabel, Head of Equity Capital Markets and Institutional Sales, Canaccord Adams Giles McNamee, Partner, McNamee Lawrence & Co. Cristina Morgan, Vice Chairman, J.P. Morgan |
| 10:00am Salon I |
Beyond Hype: Top Trends in Computing --Order Video-- $69 Software VC investing dipped in ’08 --but some herald open source, SaaS and the cloud as the Next Big Thing. Investors identify where real ROI is. Moderator: Rob Noonan, Partner, KPMG Jeff Fagnan, Partner, Atlas Venture Bob Hower, General Partner, ATV Michael Skok, General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners Sunil Dhaliwal, General Partner, Battery Ventures |
| 10:00am Salon II |
CEO Showcase Session-- Enabling Tools, Applications & Services --Free-- Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn Richard Cope, CEO, NanoLumens Greg Brogger, CEO, SharesPost Jason Carlson, CEO, Emo Labs During this session the following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby. Claire Rowberry, Vice President, LEWIS PR |
| 11:00am Salon I |
The Green in Green --Order Video-- $69 Which greentech sectors have high potential for investors in 2009 and beyond? Moderator: Russ Landon, Managing Director, Canaccord Adams Chuck McDermott, General Partner, Rockport Capital Partners Dennis Costello, Managing Director, Braemar Energy Ventures Aaron Mandell, Managing Partner, GreatPoint Ventures Dave Power, Partner, Fidelity Ventures |
| 11:00am Salon II |
CEO Showcase Session -- Mobile & Wireless --Free-- 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 During this session the following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby. Oscar Jazdowski, Head of Sales, Eastern Region, Silicon Valley Bank |
| 11:45am Salon I |
Report Card: Angel and Early-Stage Investing --Order Video-- $69 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 |
| 1:30pm Salon I |
The Venture Capital Hall of Fame --Order Video-- $69 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 Procter Art Marks, General Partner, Valhalla Partners Alan Patricof, Founder & Managing Director, Greycroft Partners Ed Anderson, Managing Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners |
| 2:15pm Salon I |
Keynote: Venture Capital -- The Only Stimulus That Works --Order Video-- $69 George Gilder |
| 2:30pm Salon I |
VC Survey -- What You're Telling Us --Order Video-- $69 Ed Sullivan, Partner, KPMG Larry Cheng, Partner, Fidelity Ventures |
| 2:15pm Salon II |
CEO Showcase Session -- SaaS, Enterprise, Cloud & Infrastructure --Free-- Presentations by CEOs of the hottest companies in this sector, emceed by Ezra Roizen, Contributing Editor, AlwaysOn James Andrus, CEO, News Patterns Dharmesh Shah, Founder & CSA, HubSpot Paul Sonderegger, CSO, Endeca Mark Atkins, CEO, Invention Machine Doron Reuveni, CEO, uTest David Gardner, CEO, Venuegen During this session the following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby. Claire Rowberry, Vice President, LEWIS PR Jane Braun, Senior Relationship Manager, Silicon Valley Bank |
| 3:15pm Salon I |
Corporate Investors and VCs -- Where's the Action in 2009 and Beyond? --Order Video-- $145 Moderator: Valentin Livada, Professor 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 |
| 3:15pm Salon II |
CEO Showcase Session -- Digital Media & Consumer Internet --Free-- 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 During this session the following industry experts will comment, and thereafter CEOs will be available for 30-minutes of Q&A and demos in the lobby. Claire Rowberry, Vice President, LEWIS PR Dan Allred, Senior Relationship Manager, Silicon Valley Bank |
| 4:00pm Salon I |
Keynote: How to Rebuild the Tech IPO Market --Order Video-- $69 Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Company Featuring an Executive Introduction by Karin McKinnell, Vice President, NASDAQ OMX. |
| 4:00pm Salon II |
The Role of the Independent Director --Order Video-- $69 Moderator: Woody Benson, General Partner, Prism VentureWorks John Landry, Managing Director, Lead Dog Ventures John Egan, Partner and Co-Chair, Technology Companies Group, Goodwin Procter Paul Sagan, CEO, Akamai Bill Kerrigan, Adviser & Former EVP, McAfee |
| 4:15pm Salon I |
Corporate Buyers -- Where's the Action in 2009 and Beyond? --Order Video-- $69 Moderator: Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Company Don Dodge, Director, Business Development, Microsoft Richard Palmer, SVP, Corporate Development, Nuance |
| 4:45pm Salon I |
CEO Showcase Session --Free-- James Beldock, CEO, ShotSpotter Seth Riney, CEO, PlanetTran |
| 5:00pm Salon I |
VC in DC --Order Video-- $69 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 Procter R.J. Lyman, Partner, Goodwin Procter Nick d'Arbeloff, Executive Director, New England Clean Energy Council Peter Rothstein, Executive-in-Residence, Flagship Ventures Howard Berke, Executive Chairman & Co-founder, Konarka Technologies |
| 5:45pm Salon I |
Keynote: State of the Capital Markets --Order Video-- $145 David Topper, Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan |
| 9:00am Salon I |
Keynote: The Innovation Has Just Begun... --Order Video-- $69 Bob Davis, Managing General Partner, Highland Capital Partners |
| 9:15am Salon I |
Media and Entertainment: Top Investing Strategies --Order Video-- $69 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 |
| 9:15am Salon II |
Private Equity to the Rescue --Order Video-- $69 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 Growth Equity Michael Kumin, Partner, Great Hill Partners James Neary, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus |
| 10:00am Salon I |
Mobile: Unlimited Horizons --Order Video-- $69 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 |
| 10:00am Salon II |
Keynote: How Innovators Lead in a Downturn --Order Video-- $69 Scott Anthony, President, Innosight, an international consulting firm co-founded with Clayton Christensen |
| 10:15am Salon II |
Wisdom From the Last Downturn --Order Video-- $69 Seasoned innovation-economy veterans describe how to survive the 2009 downturn Moderator: Jeff Leopold, Managing Director, Technology & Communications, 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 Markets Services & Former CEO, MapInfo |
| 10:45am Salon I |
IPOs: A Recovery? How? When? Why? --Order Video-- $69 Moderator: Scott Cutler, EVP, NYSE Euronext Jeff Hoffmeister, Head of East Coast Tech Banking, Morgan Stanley David Lavallee, Managing Director, Revolution Partners Michael Millman, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Bill Burgess, Managing Partner, ABS Ventures |
| 11:15am Salon II |
Brother, Can You Spare 50K? Angel Investing in New England --Order Video-- $69 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 |
| 11:30am Salon I |
This Well Never Runs Dry: University IP and Technology Transfer --Order Video-- $69 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 |