Venture Summit East 2009: Where the big money meets the big ideas! Happening in Boston May 20th – 22nd. I will be attending and speaking on a panel with Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman of Jefferies & Co. This is a great place to meet entrepreneurs, VCs, and corporate M&A people, all in one place, and very accessible.
The nice thing about conferences is the people you meet. It would take months to set up meetings with a few of these people, but at a conference you might sit next to them at a session, talk to them on a break, or see them at lunch. It is a very efficient way to see a lot of people in a very short period of time.
Some of the speakers at Venture Summit East include;
• Bob Davis, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners
• Scott Anthony, President, Innosight,
• Tim Draper, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
• William Sahlman, Professor of Business Administration - Harvard Business School
• Chris Pasko, M&A Advisory Services, Blackstone
• Giles McNamee, Founder, McNamee Lawrence & Co.
• Jeff Fagnan, Atlas Venture
• Michael Skok, North Bridge Venture Partners
• Sunil Dhaliwal, Battery Ventures
• Chuck McDermott, Rockport Capital Partners
• Mark Zanoli, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan
• Michael Greeley, Flybridge Capital Partners
• Bijan Sabet, Spark Capital
• Paul Maeder, Highland Capital Partners
• Alan Patricof, Founder, Greycroft Partners
• Ed Anderson, North Bridge Venture Partners
• Lucy McQuilken, Intel Capital
• Woody Benson, Prism VentureWorks
• John Landry, Lead Dog Ventures
• Paul Sagan, CEO, Akamai
• Don Dodge, Microsoft
• Jeffrey Bussgang, Flybridge Capital Partners
• David Beisel, Venrock
• Alan Spoon, Polaris Venture Partners
• Andy Goldfarb,Globespan Capital Partners
• John Simon, General Catalyst Partners
• Ted Morgan, CEO, Skyhook Wireless
• Jeff Glass, Managing Director, Bain Capital
• Scott Cutler, EVP, NYSE Euronext
• Jeff Hoffmeister, Morgan Stanley
• David Lavallee, Managing Director, Revolution Partners
• Michael Millman, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan
• Ham Lord, Managing Director, Launchpad Venture Group
• Jean Hammond, Co-Leader, Boston Forum, Golden Seeds
• David Verrill, Founder & Managing Director, Hub Angels Investment Group
• Gabor Garai, Partner, Foley & Lardner
• Lita Nelsen, Director, Office of Technology Licensing, MIT
As New England’s premier annual event in the venture, technology and capital communities, Venture Summit East matches growth-company buyers and sellers and identifies the most promising innovation-driven, growth investment opportunities. Executives who attend Venture Summit East will enjoy unrivaled access to the most influential angels, venture capital, private equity and corporate investors, corporate buyers, technology partners, and the CEOs of some of the most exciting private companies in New England.
The Venture Summit East agenda is full of top notch speakers and panels. You can register here.
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