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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 (And Forget About an IPO)

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


Opening Speaker
8:00-8:30 Technology Financings 2002 - The Road Ahead and How to Drive It
Mark Cameron White
Partner, White & Lee LLP

8:30-9:30 Panel Discussion 1: Institutional Changes in the Venture Industry and How this Impacts Financial Strategy

A Pundits View of What's Going On and What the Future Portends
Stewart Alsop (invited but not yet confirmed)
General Partner, New Enterprise Associates; Columnist, Fortune Magazine

Yikes! Now What?! - How Large LPs Now Affect VC Investments
Jay Fewell (invited but not yet confirmed)
Oregon Pension Retirement Program

The Angel Reaction to the Market Meltdown - Washington Edition
Dan Rosen (invited but not yet confirmed)
Co-Managing Partner, Frazier Ventures; Chairman, Seattle Alliance of Angels

9:30-11:00 Panel Discussion 2: Survival Until a Sale - Cutting Burn and Tapping the Bank

The Venture Numbers and Trends for 2002
John Gabbert
Director of Research, VentureOne

Private Placements for Mature Companies in a Down Market
Kevin Cable
Managing Director, Cascadia Capital

Getting Money for a Great Company with Great Numbers in a Tarnished Industry and Down Market
Charlie Schoenhoeft
CEO, UFO Communications

Success with an Agent - But at a Price
John Orcutt
Former CEO, Actional Software

11:00-11:15 Morning Break

11:15-12:45 Panel Discussion 3: Show Me the Money - The Venture Guys and Intel Speak From the Valley to the Forest

The View from the Silicon Valley and Investment Possibilities for Pacific Northwest Companies
Kevin Scott (invited but not confirmed)
Investment Director, 3i Ventures

The View From the Forest and Activity in Portland
Debi Coleman
Managing Partner, SmartForest Ventures

What's Happening in Seattle Post Bubble?
John Zagula (invited but not yet confirmed)
Principal, Ignition Partners

Asian Sourced Capital - Do You Want It? Do They Want You? And What Are They Looking For?
Kevin Lim
Partner, STIC Ventures

Strategic Money From a Big Dog
Jim Huston
Managing Director of Portfolio Relations & Development, Intel Capital

12:45-1:30 Lunch Break


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


1:30-2:30 Panel Discussion 4: Survival Until a Sale - Cutting Burn and Tapping the Bank

Cutting Fast and Cutting Deep Without Killing the Patient
Bill Diehl
Diehl & Associates

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
Jim Ellison
Comerica Bank

2:30-3:15 Panel Discussion 5: Deals that Didn't Happen and Why - Case Studies of Disaster

Doing a Fire Sale When Continuing is Not an Option
Greg Drew (invited but not yet confirmed)
CEO and Founder, 800.com

How to Lose $170 million of Investor Capital by Doing Everything Right
John Tenglieff
Founder, Mayan Networks

3:15-4:00 Panel Discussion 6: The Acquisition Path - What's Going On Out There?

What's In the Numbers and What the Future Portends
Erik Krieger
Chairman and Managing Director, Pacific Crest Securities

Valuation - How to Know if the Deal is Fair
Blair Minniti
KPMG

Creative Deal Structuring Alternatives for Distressed Target Companies
Gary R. Barnum
Stoel Rives LLP

4:00-4:30 Closing Speaker

From Palm to Handspring - How to Create a New Product Category (And Weather the Tough Public Markets)
Donna Dubinsky
Founder, Palm Computing and Handspring




 
         
   
































 
 
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