2003 Forum: Session I
Northwest Technology Financings
What's Really Going On?


Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Downtown, Portland, Oregon


Morning Session

The Numbers, the Perspective and the Reality of Private Equity

 Presentations
 
    Morning Session:
The Numbers, the Perspective and the Reality of Private Equity

8:00-8:15
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  Opening Speaker
Technology Financings 2003 - The Road Ahead and How to Drive It
Mark Cameron White
Partner, White & Lee LLP


8:15-9:30

Panel Discussion 1: The Venture Industry in 2003: Institutional Change and the Search for Angels

The Venture Numbers and Trends for 2003 - 2004 Recession or Recovery...What is It?
Amity G. Wall
Manager of Research Operations, VentureOne

An Insider's View of What's Going On and What the Future Portends
David Chen
Partner, OVP Venture Partners


Where the Angels are and How to Catch Them
Steve Larson
CEO, EID Access


 

9:30-11:00

Panel Discussion 2: The northwest Technology Funding Scene - The Venture Guys Speak From the Forest, the Valley and Intel

What's Happening in Seattle in 2003?!
Erik Benson
Principal, Voyager Capital


The View From the Forest and Activity in Portland
Hugh Mackworth
Managing Partner, SmartForest Ventures


The Valley Scene and Valley Investments in the Northwest
Forest Baskett
Venture Partner, New Enterprise Associates

Intel's Current Investment Appetite - Where It's Putting its Money and Why
Keith Larson
Venture Partner, Intel Capital


11:00-11:15

Morning Break

11:15-12:30

Panel Discussion 3: New Money, Old Money and Selective Money - The Company Perspective

Getting Money Out of the Gate in 2003 - What It Takes in the Current Market
Rob Gowans
CEO, UXComm


Driving a Mezzanine Round Across the Finish Line in Telecommunications
Clive Cook
CEO, Elematics

Doing the Impossible - An Up-Round Mid-Stage Financings
Steve Morris
CEO, Teseda


12:30-1:30

Lunch Break

1:00-1:30


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Luncheon Speaker:
Microsoft's Perspective on the 2003 Global Economy and Where the Opportunities Are in Internet and Enterprise Software
John Fernandes
Director of Business Development and Strategy, Emerging Business Team, Microsoft Corporation


  Afternoon Session:
The Technologies and Issues that Frame the Future of Private Equity

1:30-3:00

Panel Discussion 4: The Technology Roundtable - What's in the Research Lab for 2004 and Beyond

The Oregon Telecom Cluster Initiative
Scott Gibson
Chairman, Gibson Enterprises

EDA, IP and Semiconductor Industries - an Incestuous Triangle?
Bill Frerichs
D.A. Davidson

Bio-IT - What's It All About?
Dr. William New
Oregon Health & Science University


The Killer Zaps in the Pipeline
Nancy Floyd
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power


Wireless Security, Management and Provisioning - the Hot Issues in a Hot Sector
Doug Klein
CTO, Vernier Networks



3:00-3:15

Afternoon Break

3:15-4:30


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Case Study Session
"Money Road -Show...Getting the Story Right" - The Case Study of a Mezzanine Stage Financing
Case Instructor:
Mark Cameron White

Partner, White & Lee LLP

Expert Panelists:
Todd Bauman

Partner, Stoel Rives

Jim Miller
President and CEO, Immunix, Inc.

4:30-6:00

Sponsors' Reception
Conference attendees are welcome to attend a social hour with wine and dessert at White & Lee's downtown Portland office.






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