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 VC Speakers & Judges Include:

John Albright
Managing Partner, BlackBerry Partners Fund & JLA Ventures

Omar Amirana, MD
Partner, Oxford Bioscience Partners

John Ason
, Angel Investor

Marcia Bateson
Chief Financial Officer, SAIL Capital Partners

Steve Brotman
Managing Partner, GSA Venture Partners

Don Butler
Managing Director, Thomvest Ventures

Bill Coleman
Partner, Alsop Louie Partners

Richard Dale
Principal, Sigma Partners

Stephen M. Davis
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP

Dixon R. Doll
Co-founder and General Partner, DCM

Jon Edelson, MD
Venture Partner, Ascent Biomedical Ventures

Scott English
Senior Vice President, Strategic Investments, Hearst Interactive Media

J. Skyler Fernandes
Associate, Centripetal Capital Partners

Tony Florence
Partner, NEA

Teo Forcht Dagi
Partner, HLM Venture Partners

Nikhil Garg
Vice President, Black Coral Capital

Matthew Garratt
Vice President, Battery Ventures

Jay N. Goldberg
Senior Managing Director, Hudson Ventures

Wally Hunter
Managing Director, EnerTech Capital

Jay Jamison
Venture Partner, BlueRun Ventures

Michael Katz
Partner, Greener Capital

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

David Lane
Partner, Information Technology, Onset Ventures

Charles R. Lax
Managing General Partner , GrandBanks Capital

Albert A. Lauritano, MSc, CLP
Director / Business Development, BD Technologies

Mary Lincoln Campbell
Managing Director, EDF Ventures

Douglas Lind
Managing Partner, GBP Capital

Mark MacLeod
Partner, Real Ventures

Brad McManus
Director, Panasonic Venture Group

Lucy McQuilken
Investment Manager, Intel Capital

Jeffrey B. Moore, DPhil, MBA
Vice President, MP Healthcare Venture Management

Diana Propper de Callejon
General Partner, Expansion Capital Partners

David Rubin
Director, Merck Global Health Innovation Group

Gary Rubinoff
Managing Director, Summerhill Venture Partners

Reese Schroeder
Managing Director, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital

Jim Sledzik
Partner & President, Energy Ventures US

Miles Spencer
Founder and Chairman, Vaux les Ventures

David J. Sorin
Co-Managing Partner, SorinRoyerCooper LLC

Alexander B. Suh
Founding Managing Director, California Technology Ventures

Jeanne M. Sullivan
Co-Chair and Founder , StarVest Partners

Eileen M. Tanghal
Investment Director, Applied Ventures

Ralph E. Taylor-Smith
General Partner, Battelle Ventures

Dr. Markus Thill
Managing Director, Robert Bosch Venture Capital

Wal van Lierop
President & CEO, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital

Medha Vedaprakash
Principal, Rho Capital Partners

Daniel Wagner
Director, Investments , Connecticut Innovations

David H. Wells
Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers

Tom Whiteaker
AVP, Hartford Ventures

Ryan Ziegler
Principal, Edison Ventures