Time |
Event |
8:00-8:45 am |
Registration
and Continental Breakfast |
8:45-9:45 am |
Opening Keynote
Diane Greene – Co-Founder & CEO, VMware |
9:45-10:15 am |
Networking
Break |
10:15-11:15 am |
Disrupting the Enterprise: From Early Adopters to a Repeatable Business Model |
|
Peter Bell (Moderator)
Venture Partner, Highland Capital Partners
Vivek Khuller
Co-Founder & CEO, Divitas
Peter Lane
CIO, Goodwin Procter
Steve Papa
Founder & CEO, Endeca
Brian Zanghi
President and CEO, Kadient.com |
| Mobile: Open Wireless Networks, Software and Devices |
|
James Goldstein (Moderator)
Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners
Vanu Bose
President & CEO of Vanu, Inc.
Andy Miller
Founder & CEO, Quattro Wireless
Matt Newton
Partner, Columbia Capital
Rich Wong
Partner, Accel
|
| VC or Not? Early Stage - Where to Raise Initial Funds? |
|
Howard Anderson (Moderator)
Distinguished Lecturer, MIT Entrepreneurship Center
Mukesh Chatter
Founder & CEO, Neosaej
David Fialkow
Partner, General Catalyst
James Geshwiler
Managing Director, Common Angels
Faraz Syed
CEO & Co-Founder, Mobile Complete
|
Student Panel Leads
Yishai Knobel | Chunyu Li |
Student Panel Leads
Steve Marcus |
Student Panel Leads
Saad Fazil | Isaac de la Peña |
11:15-11:45 am |
Networking Break |
11:45-12:45 pm |
Lunch Fireside Chat with Frank Moss – Director, MIT Media Lab
Carl Stjernfeldt – Partner, Castile Ventures (moderator) |
12:45-1:00 pm |
Networking Break |
1:00-2:00 pm |
| Virtual Drug Development: The Evolution or Demise of the Traditional Life Sciences Company |
|
Timothy Coleman (Moderator)
Healthcare Advisory, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Alan Crane
Venture Partner, Polaris & CEO, Tempo Pharmaceuticals
John Clarke
Managing General Partner, Cardinal Partners
Jean George
General Partner, Advanced Technology Ventures
Paul Rubin
President & CEO, Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals |
| Media, Technology, and the Consumer: Growth Strategies and Market Power in Web 2.0 |
|
Scott Kirsner (Moderator)
Columnist, Boston Globe
Jeffrey Bussgang
General Partner, IDG Ventures
Todd Dagres
General Partner, Spark Capital
Evan Schumacher
CEO, Going.com
Anu Shukla
Founder & CEO, myOfferpal.com |
| IPO Strategies: Is the Market Really Back? |
|
Paul Deninger (Moderator)
Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Company
William B. Asher
Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart
Ashraf Dahod
Co-Founder & CEO, Starent Networks
Dave Lemont
Former CEO of AppIQ (acq by HP)
Alan Spoon
Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
|
Student Panel Leads
Susan Zawaski | Sameer Sabir |
Student Panel Leads
Dan Hsiao | Eric Silverberg |
Student Panel Leads
William Martin | Bob Meese |
2:00-2:30 pm |
Networking Break |
2:30-3:30 pm |
| The Real Deal in Emerging Markets |
|
Shari Loessberg (Moderator)
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management
Jonatan Altszul
Founder, Aconcagua Ventures, Argentina
Umair Khan
Venture Partner, The Entrepreneurs' Fund III
Henry Nguyen
Managing Partner, IDG Vietnam
Simon Olson
Partner, Fir Capital/ DFJ Brazil
|
Cleantech - IRR or Social Cause: Does VC Investing in Clean Energy Make Sense? |
|
William Aulet (Moderator)
Senior Lecturer,
MIT Entrepreneurship Center
Travis Bradford
Founder and President, Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development
David Marcus
CEO and Co-Founder, General Compression
Dirk McDermott
Founder & Managing Partner, Altira Group LLC
Greg McRae
Hoyt C Hottel Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT
|
Corporate Venture: Strategic vs. Financial Investing |
|
John Egan (Moderator)
Partner, Goodwin Procter
Lucy McQuilken
Investment Manager, Intel Capital
Jennifer Scholze
Partner, SAP Ventures
Reese Schroeder
Managing Director, Motorola Ventures
Deepak Sindwani
Principal, Comcast Interactive Capital
|
Student Panel Leads
Irina Starikova | Chris Chuang |
Student Panel Leads
Uri Mariash | Akbar Thobhani |
Student Panel Leads
Safwan Zaheer | Sim Blaustein |
| 3:30-3:45 pm |
Networking Break |
3:45-4:45 pm |
Fireside Chat with Chris Sacca – Head of Special Initiatives at Google
Scott Kirsner – Columnist, Boston Globe
(moderator) |
| 4:45-6:00 pm |
Cocktail Reception |