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SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST --
WINNING STRATEGIES FOR WINNING COMPANIES
Intel Campus - Hillsboro, Oregon
Friday, November 4, 2005
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Presentations |
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Introduction and
Overview
Lessons
and Observations
Mark Cameron White - Partner, White & Lee LLP
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Panel Discussion
1: Open Source Business Models that Open New Markets
Moderator: LaVonne
Reimer, Open Technology Venture Consultant
Global
Market Opportunities on Linux and Open Source Software
Shane D. Wall - Vice President,
Channel Platforms Group and General Manager, Channel
Software Operation, Intel Corporation
What Open Source Opportunities
Are Catching Investors' Eyes
Erik Benson - Managing Director, Voyager Capital
From
Grass Roots to Enterprise Opportunity
Eric von der Heyden - Co-President,
Innoopract
Server
Trends
Barry Crist - CEO, Centeris
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Panel Discussion
2: Consumer Branding - Getting the Right Message
to the Right People
Moderator: Scott
Davidson - Partner,
White & Lee LLP
Setting
a Strategy for Competing with Big Brands
Chris Van Dyke - CEO,
nau
Building
a Brand Within a Brand
Tal Johnson - Tazo
Tea
Applying
a Marque Brand to New Markets
Bob Wood - President,
Nike Golf
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Morning Break |
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Panel Discussion
3: Technology Transfer - Avoiding the Red-Tape
Moderator: Ted
Bernhard - Stoel Rives
LLP
Financing
Technology Transfer Opportunities
Brock Metcalf - Managing
Partner, Cascadia Partners
Technology
Transfer - Avoiding the "Red Tape"
Arundeep S. Pradhan - Director,
Technology and Research Collaborations, Oregon Health
& Science University (OHSU)
Commercializing
the Patents of Sharp Laboratories of America
Jon Clemens - President, Sharp
Technology Ventures
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Lunch
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Luncheon Speaker:
How Oregon Can Build the Country's Leading Energy-Technology
Cluster
Nancy Floyd - Co-Founder
and Managing Director, Nth Power
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Break |
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Financing
Track:
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Operations
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Financing
and Exit Opportunities for Technology Ventures |
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Building
the Team and Protecting the Ideas |
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Panel
Discussion 4:
Venture,
Private Equity, Buyout and Hedge Money...What's Going
On?
Moderator: Wayne
Embree - Managing Partner, Cascadia Partners
Panelists:
Kevin Cable - Co-Founder and
Executive Vice President, Cascadia Capital
Erik Krieger - Managing
Member, Riverlake Partners LLC
Jim Huston - Venture Partner,
Blueprint Ventures
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Panel
Discussion 6: Offshore Development in Likely and
Unlikely Places
Moderator: Mark
Cameron White - Partner, White & Lee LLP
Advantages
of Outsourcing to Ukraine
Serhiy Loboyko - Chairman, United
Software Corporation
NearShore™
Development in Mexico
Jorge Zavala - CEO, TechBA
Outsourcing
to India and China
Michael Barrett - Business Development Manager, Tata
Consultancy Services
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Afternoon
Break
Dessert and
Refreshments
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Panel
Discussion 5: FAQs About Mergers and Acquisitions
2005
Moderator: Tom
Hayes, KPMG
Positioning
a Company for Sale to a Publicly Traded Acquirer
Norm Duffett - Managing Director,
Investment Banking, D.A. Davidson
Accelerating
the M & A Process for Private Companies
Tom Foody - Former CFO, Actional
Pre-transaction
Planning
Tom Delay - Sanford C. Bernstein
& Co.
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Panel
Discussion 7: Strategic Partnerships for Strategic
Growth
Moderator:
Mark Cameron White - Partner, White
& Lee LLP
Building
Effective Partnering Relationships with Telecom - Unwire
Portland
Clive Cook - CEO, VeriLAN
David
& Goliath - Both Win
Sudhir Bhagwan - Chairman and CEO, SnapNames
Tips,
Traps and Trends in Strategic Partnering
Mark James - Attorney, White &
Lee LLP
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Networking
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Post-Conference
Gathering at the McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse
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