Speakers:

More than 25 leading VCs will speak at the Summit. These top-tier venture investors will discuss: VC investment trends, strategies for investing in early stage ventures, strategies for finding and accessing capital, what they look for in early stage companies, the kinds of companies they find most attractive, and the do's and don'ts in structuring deals.

Confirmed Speakers & Judges Include:

Fouad Azzam, Ph.D
General Partner-Boston, Life Sciences Partners

David Beisel
Vice President, Venrock Partners

Michael Balmuth
General Partner, Edison Venture Fund

Elon S. Boms
Managing Director, LaunchCapital

Roel Bulthuis
Head, Merck Serono Ventures

Tom Cain
Managing Partner, Sail Venture Partners

Jon Chait
Partner, Dace Ventures

Andrew D. Clapp
Managing Partner, Arctaris Capital Partners

Dennis R. Costello
Managing Director, Braemar Energy Ventures

Alan Crane
General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners

Issam Dairanieh
Technology Principal, BP Alternative Energy Ventures

Jens W. Eckstein
General Partner, TVM Capital

Jeff Emig
Principal, Brook Venture Partners

Joyce Erony
Managing Director, Signet Healthcare Partners

Douglas Fambrough
General Partner, Oxford Bioscience Partners

Matt Fates
Partner, Ascent Venture Partners

Teo Forcht Dagi
Partner , HLM Venture Partners

Lewis Gersh
Managing Partner, Metamorphic Ventures

Allison Goldberg
Vice President, Time Warner Investments

Steven Gullans, Ph.D.
Managing Director, Excel Venture Management

Todd Hixon
Managing Partner and Founder, New Atlantic Ventures

Stephen Knight, M.D.
Managing Partner, Fidelity BioSciences

Stephen Krupa
Managing Member, Psilos Group

Steven R. London
Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP

Eddie Lou
General Partner, OCA Ventures

Adam Marchick
Associate, Bain Capital Ventures

Paul Margolis
Partner, Longworth Venture Partners

Chuck McDermott
General Partner, Rockport Capital Partner

Chip Meakem
Managing Partner, Kodiak Venture Partners

Patrick O'Neill, P.E.
Investment Associate, CT Innovations

Diana Propper de Callejon
General Partner, Expansion Capital Partners

Scott Requadt
Transactional Partner, Clarus Ventures

Rosemary Ripley
Managing Director, NGEN Partners

Gavin B. Samuels, M.D., MBA
Senior Partnering Director, Teva Innovative Ventures

Jim Sanger
General Partner, ABS Ventures

Miles Spencer
Founder, Vaux les Ventures

Amit Srivastava
Managing Partner, Entrepia Ventures

David J. Thibodeau Jr.
Principal, Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds

Josef B. Volman
Partner and Co-Chair of Business Law, Burns & Levinson LLP

Marc Weiser
Founder and Managing Director, RPM Ventures