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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
   
8:00 am CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
 

 

8:50 am

WELCOME REMARKS

Joe Benjamin
Founder & CEO
youngStartup Ventures

9:00 am THE VENTURE (R)EVOLUTION: WHAT'S NEXT?

Moderator:

Steven R. London
Partner
Pepper Hamilton LLP

Panelists:

David Coats
Managing Director
Correlation Ventures

Jonathan Ebinger
Investment Partner
BlueRun Ventures

David Lane
Partner
Onset Ventures

Mark Levine
Managing Partner
Core Capital Partners

Sean Marsh
Co-founder/General Partner
Point Judith Capital

Firas Raouf
Venture Partner
OpenView Venture Partners

Jo Tango
Partner
Kepha Partners
 
9:50 am

BREAK

   
10:00 am COMPANY PRESENTATIONS – ROUND I

Track I: Life Sciences Track (New England Suite)
Track II: Technology Track (Ballroom)
Track III: Clean-tech Track (Norwood Suite)
   
11:00 am NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK
   
11:40 am COMPANY PRESENTATIONS – ROUND II

Track I: Life Sciences Track (New England Suite)
Track II: Technology Track (Ballroom)
Track III: Clean-tech Track (Norwood Suite)
   
12:50 pm LUNCH & NETWORKING
   
1:50 pm COMPANY PRESENTATIONS – ROUND III

Track I: Life Sciences Track (New England Suite)
Track II: Technology Track (Ballroom)
Track III: Clean-tech Track (Norwood Suite)
   
3:00 pm
CONCURRENT VC PANELS
Location: Ballroom

NEGOTIATING THE DEAL

Moderator:

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

Panelists:

Jonathan Aberman
Founder and Managing Director
Amplifier Ventures

Matt Fates
Partner
Ascent Venture Partners

John Hamel
General Partner
Cue Ball

Michael Madden
Principal
Edison Ventures

Howard Morgan
Managing Partner
First Round Capital

Eric Paley
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Founder Collective

Jeanne Sullivan
General Partner
StarVest Partners


Location: New England Suite

CORPORATE VENTURE FUNDING: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Moderator:

Sam Shafner
Partner
Burns & Levinson LLP

Panelists:

Matt Downs
Managing Director
Sandbox Industries / Blue Cross Blue Shields

Brian Hubert
Associate Investment Manager
Applied Ventures, LLC

Jeff Moore
Vice President
MP Healthcare Venture Management

Mitch Rosich
Partner
Athenian Venture Partners

Jan Westerheus
Investment Principal
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH

   
3:50 pm NETWORKING & REFRESHMENT BREAK
   
4:30 pm
CONCURRENT VC PANELS
Location: Ballroom

WHERE’S THE EXIT?

Moderator:

Lisa Burton
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Panelists:

Larry Begley
Co-founder & Managing Director
.406 Ventures

John Bullock
Managing Partner
Windspeed Ventures

Dan Burstein
Managing Partner
Millennium Technology Value Partners

Stephen Knight
President & Managing Partner
Fidelity BioSciences

Jim Smith
General Partner
Mohr Davidow Ventures


Location: New England Suite

CHARGING UP CLEAN-TECH FUNDING

Moderator:

Carter Williams
Senior Managing Director
Progress Partners

Panelists:
Adam Bernstein
Managing Partner
New Energy Capital

Steve Foster
Partner
Altira Group LLC

Nikhil Garg
Vice President
Black Coral Capital

Jim Matheson
General Partner
Flagship Ventures

Patrick O’ Neill, P.E.
Senior Investment Associate
Connecticut Innovations
   
5:20pm AWARDS & CLOSING REMARKS
Joe Benjamin
Founder & CEO
youngStartup Ventures
   
5:30 pm

SUMMIT ADJOURNS

   
 


* Program schedules and speakers are subject to change