This is a leading international forum for those interested in emerging growth technology companies and venture capital investment. The forum attracts year after year over 500 of the brightest players in the industry and provides excellent networking and deal-making opportunities in an elegant setting.
The event is designed for venture capitalists, fund managers, industry analysts, entrepreneurs and capital seeking emerging growth technology companies.
The extensive one-day programme will feature presentations by highest level investors on the following key areas:
- The Return of Tech?
- Themes in Venture Capital for 2004
- Early Stage Investment
- Capital Markets
- The Asian Venture Capital Markets
- Software & IT
- Wireless
- New Technologies
- New Directions in Private Equity
Confirmed speakers to date include:
- Rod Perry, Executive Director, Global Head of Technology Investing, 3i
- Stephan Herrera, Frequent contributor The Economist, Senior Editor, Acumen Journal of Life Sciences
- Thomas Puetter, CEO, Allianz Capital Partners
- Dr. Christian Reitberger, Partner, Apax Partners
- Jude Ngu'Ewodo, Partner, BayTech Venture Capital
- Dr. Jochen Walter, Partner, BayTech Venture Capital
- Dr. Holger Frommann, Managing Director, BVK
- Michael Wand, Director, Carlyle European Venture Partners
- Stephen Murphy, Managing Director, Head of Equity Private Placements Europe, Citigroup
- Dr. Hendrik Brandis, Co-Founder, Earlybird Venture Capital
- Falk Strascheg, Founder and Managing Partner, EXTOREL Private Equity Advisers GmbH
- Harald Ehren, Head of Inside Business, Financial Times Deutschland
- Jim Tully, Vice President and Chief of Research, Emerging Technologies and Semiconductors, Gartner
- Peter G. Wilson, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners UK Ltd
- Tom L Smith, Global Executive Venture Development, IBM Venture Capital Group
- Ralf D. Schnell, Managing Director, Infineon Ventures
- Dr. Christian Zschocke, Managing Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
- Adi Seffer, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Frankfurt
- Anthony Warnock-Smith, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, London
- Peter Globokar, Director - Global Technology, Corporate Finance Group, Nomura International Ltd
- Helmut Schön, Managing Director, Partech International
- Chemi Peres, Managing Director & Founder, Pitango Venture Capital, Chairman, IVA
- Dr. Simon Waddington, Partner, PolyTechnos Venture-Partners
- Dr. Dietrich Ulmer, CEO & President, Siemens Mobile Acceleration (smac)
- Jean Schmitt, Partner, Sofinnova Partners
- Robert Wyss, Head of Market Development Division and Member of the Management Committee, SWX Swiss Exchange
- Kurt Müller, Partner, Target Partners
- Friedrich Bornikoel, Managing Partner, Techno Venture Management
- Yoram Oron, President, Vertex Venture Capital Israel
- John P. O’Shea, President, Westminster Securities Corp
- Ivy Lindstrom Fredericks, Managing Director of Corporate Finance, Westminster Securities Corp
Environmental Power Corporation
MeiDa Information Technology Ltd., CHINA
There were also presentations by small listed tech companies and early- to mid-stage tech companies. If you are interested in presenting at future events to an invited audience of leading international venture capitalists with a view to communicate your technology and projected capital raising plans, please contact Bernd Strenitz at + 44 20 7405 5544 or via email at bernd@sachsforum.com.
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