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Agenda
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Please note that panel discussions 4 to 7 are grouped into either the Financing track or the Operations track and will take place concurrently. |
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Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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Introduction and Overview
 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
Panelists:
Shane D. Wall - Vice President, Channel Platforms Group and General Manager, Channel Software Operation, Intel Corporation
Erik Benson - Managing Director, Voyager Capital
Eric von der Heyden - Co-President, Innoopract
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
Panelists:
Chris Van Dyke - CEO, nau
Tal Johnson - Tazo Tea
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
Panelists:
Brock Metcalf - Managing Partner, Cascadia Partners
Arundeep S. Pradhan - Director, Technology and Research Collaborations, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
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 Track:
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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
Panelists:
Serhiy Loboyko - Chairman, United Software Corporation
Jorge Zavala - CEO, TechBA
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
Norm Duffett - Managing Director, Investment Banking, D.A. Davidson
Tom Foody - Former CFO, Actional
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
Panelists:
Clive Cook - CEO, VeriLAN
Sudhir Bhagwan - Chairman and CEO, SnapNames
Mark James - Attorney, White & Lee LLP
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Networking
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Post-Conference Gathering at the McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse
See logistics for directions |
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