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2008
NVCA Annual Meeting
May 7-8, 2008
Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
Santa Clara, California
The
NVCA Annual Meeting is the premiere venture
capital industry event that consistently attracts the
most respected venture capitalists. The 2008 NVCA Annual
Meeting will be no exception as there was never a more
important time for venture capitalists to gather and discuss
the important issues impacting our industry. Critical
policy issues such as increased taxation of carried interest
and patent reform threaten to change the economics of
our industry and America’s competitiveness.
Join
us at this year’s conference and:
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Gain
insight on how venture capitalists are making a tremendous
impact on their portfolio companies, helping to build
businesses that are creating new industries and disrupting
accepted industry dynamics.
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Understand
better the criteria Limited Partners are using to select
managers and positively impact their venture returns.
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Learn
how managing partners are having a long lasting impact
on their firms and our industry as they adopt new investment
strategies, expand outside U.S. borders, and build the
internal infrastructure necessary to successfully transition
their organizations to the next generation of managers.
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Hear
first hand how the NVCA is working tirelessly in Washington,
DC to protect the venture capital industry’s interests
AND benefit tremendously from the experience and insight
of the most respected venture capitalists and industry
experts regarding the strategies they believe will make
the biggest impact in the years to come.
Registration
for the NVCA Annual Meeting is restricted to venture capital
and private equity investors whose primary responsibility
is making/managing direct investments in growth-oriented
enterprises. NVCA reserves the right to reject registration
forms that do not meet this criterion as well as to restrict
attendance at breakout sessions that have specific eligibility
requirements.
Thank
you to our sponsors:
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Agenda
Note:
Timing of sessions is subject to change. Speakers
will be added to this agenda as they are confirmed.
| Wednesday,
May 7, 2008 |
| 8:30
am - 4:30 pm |
CFO/In-House
Counsel Program |
| 9:00
am - 12:30 pm |
Corporate
Venture Capital Program and Lunch
Diehards, Newbie’s and All-Stars –
How Corporate Venture Capital DNA Evolves to Breed
Success
A
frank conversation between industry leaders will
assess past failures, successes, and lessons learned
from corporate venture capital investing, as well
as share how the industry will change in the future
based on their predictions.
Spencer Ante, BusinessWeek (moderator)
Arvind Sodhani, Intel Capital
Steven Weinstein, Novartis Venture Fund
The Carbon Footprint of Strategic Alliances
– much more than a trend toward global impact!
Market
research, nuances associated with product development
and international law, access to deal flow and a
global customer base are just some of the unique
opportunities derived by traditional venture capitalists
and their portfolio companies when strategic corporate
partnerships are established.
Annette
Finsterbusch, Applied Ventures (moderator)
John Rockwell, DFJ Element
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| 10:00
am - 12:30 pm |
Young
Venture Capitalist Program & Lunch
Board Directorship – Theory
& Practice
In an interactive format that combines a panel
discussion with scenario role playing designed to
include all of the session participants, this program
will review guidelines and recommended board best
practices developed by industry leaders and discuss
where theory and practice break down in the reality
of challenging board situations.
Facilitated
by Pascal Levensohn, Levensohn Venture Partners
Stacey Curry Bishop, Scale Venture Partners
Jodi Sherman Jahic, Voyager Capital
Tim Chang, Norwest Venture Partners
Will Kohler, Prism VentureWorks
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| 1:00
pm - 2:30 pm |
OPENING
GENERAL SESSION |
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Welcome
Ted
Schlein, NVCA Chairman & Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Caufield Byers
The Titans: A Conversation
Between John Doerr and Mike Moritz
Join us for a no holds barred interview between
two of the most esteemed venture capitalists as
they interview each other about their successes,
failures, lessons learned and outlook for the venture
industry.
Carried
Interest Taxation & Other Policy Issues of Critical
Importance to Venture Capitalists
NVCA Chairman Ted Schlein and NVCA President
Mark Heesen will update the membership on NVCA’s
top priority issue, the carried interest taxation
debate, as well as other key issues of great importance
to the venture community (e.g. immigration, patent
reform, cleantech and healthcare policy)
|
| 2:30
pm - 2:45 pm |
Break |
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INDUSTRY
SPECIFIC BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
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Technology
Track |
| 2:45
pm - 5:45 pm |
Alternative
Energy & CleanTech Investing
Chuck McDermott, Rockport
Capital Partners (moderator)
Honorable Kathleen McGinty, Secretary, Department
Environmental Protection, State of Pennsylvania
Hank Habicht, Sail Ventures, former COO at Environmental
Protection Agency
Jeff Foote, Director, Environmental Programs, Environment
& Water Resources, The Coca-Cola Company
Raj Atluru, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
The
Advertising Revolution
Roger Lee, Battery Ventures
(moderator)
Scott Moore, Senior
Vice President and Head of Media, Yahoo
Jonathan
Nelson, Omnicom
Kevin Efrusy, Accel Partners
Wade Davis, Senior Vice President, Viacom
Communications
is Back
Jim Fleming, Columbia Capital
(moderator)
Robert
M. McDowell, Commissioner, Federal Communications
Commission
Robert Goodman, Bessemer Venture Partners
Sriram Viswanathan, Vice President, Intel Capital
Dan Caruso, President & CEO, Zayo Group and
Executive Chairman, Envysion
Morgan O'Brien, Co-Founder & Chairman, Cyren
Call Communications |
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Life
Science Track |
| 2:45
pm - 5:45 pm |
The
Future of the U.S. Healthcare System
Join
us for a frank conversation about the future direction
of our health care system from both the Democratic
and Republican Party perspective. Participants will
include healthcare policy leaders from both parties
who will discuss where healthcare policy is headed
and what the venture capital industry can do to
help sustain medical innovation.
Terry
McGuire, Polaris Venture Partners (moderator)
Richard
Brown, Senior Health Policy Advisor, Barack Obama
2008
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Senior Health Policy Advisor,
John McCain 2008
The
Revolution of Personalized Medicine
Michael Goldberg, Mohr Davidow
Ventures (moderator)
Franklyn G. Prendergast, M.D., Ph.D., Director,
Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine
Kathy Behrens, Consultant and former NVCA Chairperson
Brook Byers, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
Randy Scott, CEO, Genomic Health
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| 5:45
pm - 8:30 pm |
COCKTAIL
AND DINNER BUFFET RECEPTION |
| Thursday,
May 8, 2008 |
|
8:45
am - 12:15 pm |
GENERAL
SESSIONS
Interview
with Former California Governor Pete Wilson
NVCA President Mark Heesen will interview former
California Governor Pete Wilson about the national
and regional political environment, the race for
the White House, and how key policy issues will
be impacted by the election outcome.
Limited Partners Tell It Like It Really
Is
Respected Limited Partners discuss their strategies
relating to emerging venture managers, globalization
of the venture industry, possible changes to the
economic structure of the venture industry, challenges
associated with deploying large amounts of capital
to the venture capital asset class and industry
specific shifts.
Bon French, Adams Street Partners (moderator)
David York, Paul Capital
Peter Dolan, Harvard University
Helen Lais, Alpinvest |
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10:40
am - 11:10 am |
Break |
| 11:10
am - 12:10 pm |
Operational
Challenges of Managing a VC Partnership
A group of veteran venture capitalists share their
insights regarding the operational challenges of managing
a successful venture capital partnership, building
brand in a cluttered landscape, and internal processes
necessary to successfully transition their organizations
to the next generation of venture managers.
Irwin
Federman, US Venture Partners (moderator)
Todd Francis, Shasta Ventures
Paul Wythes, Sutter Hill Ventures
Paul Ferri, Matrix Partners
Dick Kramlich, New Enterprise Associates
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| 12:15
pm - 1:15 pm |
Closing
Buffet Lunch |
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Note:
Timing of sessions is subject to change. Speakers
will be added to this agenda as they are confirmed.
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Registration
Registration
Rates:
Registration for the NVCA Annual Meeting is restricted
to venture capital and private equity investors whose
primary responsibility is making/managing direct investments
in growth-oriented enterprises. NVCA reserves the right
to reject registration forms that do not meet this criterion
as well as to restrict attendance at breakout sessions
that have specific eligibility requirements.
First
Person at Member Firm Through March 26 - $1,250
Additional Persons at Member Firm Through March 26 - $750
First Person
at Member Firm After March 26 - $1,500
Additional Persons at Member Firm After March 26 - $850
Non-Member
Rate - $1,800
Spouse Rate
– $295
New
Members: Firms that joined NVCA after 6/1/07
may send one firm representative to the Annual Meeting
free of charge. To take advantage of this offer, please
contact Janice Mawson at 703-524-2549 or jmawson@nvca.org.
Click
here to register online now
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Hotel
Information
Hyatt
Regency Santa Clara
5101 Great America Parkway,
Santa Clara, California, USA 95054
Tel: +1 408 200 1234 Fax: +1 408 980 3990
Conference
room rate: $249 (rate expires on April 14, 2008)
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Cancellation
Policy
Cancellations must be received in writing by sending a
letter to:
National
Venture Capital Association
1655 N. Ft. Myer Dr., Ste. 850
Arlington, VA 22209
Or
by emailing the cancellation request to achappell@nvca.org.
Cancellations
received prior to April 9 2008 will be honored less an
administrative fee of $75. No refunds will be provided
after April 9, 2008.
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