8:00am – 9:00am

Breakfast

9:00am – 9:05am

Opening Remarks

9:05am – 9:35am

Sanford Miller
General Partner
Institutional Venture Partners

Interviewed by:
Laura Kreutzer
Special Writer
Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst

9:40am – 10:20am

"How Venture Capital is Adapting to the Changing Landscape"

Panel Discussion

Moderator:
Stephan J. Mallenbaum
Partner
K&L Gates

Panelists:
Scott Johnson
Managing Partner
New Atlantic Ventures

Ben Levitan
Partner
In-Q-Tel

Neil Sequeira
Partner
General Catalyst Partners

Brandon Williams
Managing Director
IgniteIP

10:20am – 10:50am

Coffee Break

10:50am – 11:20am

Jon Bayless    
General Partner
Sevin Rosen Funds

11:25am – 12:05pm

“Properly Aligning Management and Investor Incentives”

Panel Discussion

Moderator:
Marc A. Persily, Esq.       
Partner, Corporate Dept.  
Proskauer Rose LLP       
                       
Panelists:
David Wachter           
Managing Director          
W Capital                                           

Jon Grabel      
Partner
Baker Capital                                    
                                               
James F. Watson           
Managing Director          
CMEA Ventures                   

12:10pm – 12:40pm

“ePlanet Ventures: Pioneer of Global VC”

Asad Jamal     
Founder, Chairman and CEO
ePlanet Ventures

12:40pm – 1:40pm

Lunch

1:40pm – 2:10pm

Scott Tobin    
General Partner
Battery Ventures

2:15pm – 2:45pm

"Biotechnology - An Evolutionary View"

Seth Rudnick  
General Partner
Canaan Partners

2:50pm – 3:20pm

Paul Maeder   
Managing General Partner
Highland Capital Partners

Interviewed by:
Scott Kirsner
Columnist & Contributing Writer
Boston Globe, Variety, BusinessWeek

3:20pm – 3:45pm

Coffee Break

3:45pm – 4:15pm

"Necessary But Not Sufficient - What Works in Venture Capital"

Greg Blonder  
Partner
Morgenthaler Ventures

4:20pm – 4:50pm

"Is Venture Capital an International or Local Business"

Michael Eisenberg        
General Partner
Benchmark Capital

4:55pm – 5:00pm

Closing Remarks

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Cocktail Reception