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Forum 2002: Session II

Saturday, November 16, 2002
Intel Campus - Hillsboro, Oregon

Money In and Money Out - How to Fund and Sell the Technology Enterprise

Morning Session: Start Me Up - The Current State of the Private Equity Markets

Afternoon Session: Acquisitions - The Only Liquidity Path that Makes Sense

MORNING SESSION:
START ME UP - THE CURRENT STATE OF THE PRIVATE EQUITY MARKETS

7:30-8:00	Continental Breakfast/Registration Networking
	Opening Speaker
8:00-8:30	Technology Financings 2002 - The Road Ahead and How to Drive It Mark Cameron White Partner, White & Lee LLP
8:30-9:15	Panel Discussion 1: Institutional Changes in the Venture Industry and How This Impacts Financial Strategy
	Yikes! Now What?! Structural Changes in the Venture Industry - How LPs Now Affect VC Investments C. Scott Gibson Chairman, Gibson Enterprises
	The Angel Reaction to the Market Meltdown - Northwest Edition Rick Nagle President, Pillar Management
9:15-10:30	Panel Discussion 2: A Snapshot of the Current Market - The Numbers and The Company Perspective
	The Venture Numbers and Trends for 2002 John Gabbert Director of Research, VentureOne
	Getting Money for a Great Company with Great Numbers in a Tarnished Industry and Down Market Charlie Schoenhoeft CEO, UFO Communications
	A CEO's View of the New Venture World - From a Guy Who Ought to Know John Orcutt Former CEO, Actional Software
10:30-10:45	Morning Break Refreshments/Networking
10:45-12:15	Panel Discussion 3: Show Me the Money - The Venture Guys Speak From the Valley, the Forest and Mainland China
	The View from the Silicon Valley and Investment Possibilities for Pacific Northwest Companies Carl Nichols Managing Partner, Outlook Ventures
	The View From the Forest and Activity in Portland Hugh Mackworth Managing Partner, SmartForest Ventures
	What's Happening in Seattle Post Bubble? Gerry Langeler Partner, OVP Venture Partners
	Private Equity Markets in the New China: How to Put Money In and Get It Out - What's In It for U.S. Based Companies Robert Theleen Group Chairman, General Partner and Founder, ChinaVest
12:15-1:00	Lunch Break

AFTERNOON SESSION:
ACQUISITIONS - THE ONLY LIQUIDITY PATH THAT MAKES SENSE

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

1:00-1:30

Intel's Perspective of the 2002 Global Economy - Where Are the Opportunities, When Will Corporate Buyers Return...and What Technologies and Industries to Avoid
Kirby A. Dyess
Vice President and Director of Operations, Intel Capital

1:30-2:45	Panel Discussion 4: The Acquisition Path - What's Going On Out There?!
	What's In the Numbers and What the Future Portends Kevin Cable Managing Director, Cascadia Capital
	Valuation - How to Know If the Deal Is Fair Greg Endicott Associate Managing Director, Kroll, Inc.
	Creative Deal Structuring Alternatives for Distressed Target Companies Todd Bauman Stoel Rives LLP
2:45-3:30	Panel Discussion 5: Survival Until a Sale - Cutting Burn and Tapping the Bank
	Tricks for Keeping the Enterprise Alive - Things You Never Thought Of Les Fahey Founder, Fahey Ventures
	Venture Debt - How to Get It, When to Get It and How to Avoid Foreclosure J.P. Michael Senior Vice President, Comerica Bank
3:30-4:00	Refreshments/Networking

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