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Forum 2003: Session I

Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Downtown Portland, Oregon

Northwest Technology Financings 2003 - What's Really Going On!

Morning Session: The Numbers, the Perspectives and the Reality of Private Equity

Afternoon Session: The Technologies and Issues that Frame the Future of Private Equity

MORNING SESSION:
THE NUMBERS, THE PERSPECTIVES AND THE REALITY OF PRIVATE EQUITY

	Opening Speaker
8:00-8:15	Technology Financings 2003 - The Road Ahead and How to Drive It Mark Cameron White Partner, White & Lee LLP
8:15-9:30	Panel Discussion 1: The Venture Industry in 2003: Institutional Change and the Search for Angels
	The Venture Numbers and Trends for 2003 - 2004 Recession or Recovery...What is It? Amity G. Wall Manager of Research Operations, VentureOne
	An Insider's View of What's Going On and What the Future Portends David Chen Partner, OVP Venture Partners
	Where the Angels Are and How to Catch Them Steve Larson CEO, EID Access
9:30-11:00	Panel Discussion 2: The Northwest Technology Funding Scene - The Venture Guys Speak From the Forest, the Valley and Intel
	What's Happening in Seattle in 2003?! Erik Benson Principal, Voyager Capital
	The View From the Forest and Activity in Portland Hugh Mackworth Managing Partner, SmartForest Ventures
	The Valley Scene and Valley Investments in the Northwest Forest Baskett Venture Partner, New Enterprise Associates
	Intel's Current Investment Appetite - Where It's Putting its Money and Why Keith Larson Venture Partner, Intel Capital
11:00-11:15	Morning Break
11:15-12:30	Panel Discussion 3: New Money, Old Money and Selective Money - The Company Perspective
	Getting Money Out of the Gate in 2003 - What It Takes in the Current Market Rob Gowans CEO, UXComm
	Driving a Mezzanine Round Across the Finish Line in Telecommunications Clive Cook CEO, Elematics
	Doing the Impossible - An Up-Round Mid-Stage Financing Steve Morris CEO, Teseda
12:30-1:30	Lunch Break
1:00-1:30	Luncheon Speaker:
	Mirosoft's Perspective on the 2003 Global Economy and Where the Opportunities Are in Internet and Enterprise Software John Fernandes Director of Business Development and Strategy Emerging Business Team, Microsoft Corporation

AFTERNOON SESSION:
THE TECHNOLOGIES AND ISSUES THAT FRAME THE FUTURE OF PRIVATE EQUITY

1:30-3:00	Panel Discussion 4: The Technology Roundtable - What's in the Research Lab for 2004 and Beyond
	The Oregon Telecom Cluster Initiative Scott Gibson Chairman, Gibson Enterprises
	EDA, IP and the Semiconductor Industries - an Incestuous Triangle? Bill Frerichs D.A. Davidson
	Bio-IT - What's It All About? Dr. William New Oregon Health & Science University
	The Killer Zaps in the Pipeline Nancy Floyd Co-Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power
	Wireless Security, Management and Provisioning - the Hot Issues in a Hot Sector Doug Klein CTO, Vernier Networks
3:00-3:15	Afternoon Break
3:15-4:30	Case Study Session
	"Money Road-Show...Getting the Story Right" - The Case Study of a Mezzanine Stage Financing Case Instructor: Mark Cameron White Partner, White & Lee LLP Expert Panel: Todd Bauman Partner, Stoel Rives Jim Miller President and CEO, Immunix, Inc. Download Case
4:30-6:00	Sponsors' Reception for Conference Attendees: Conference attendees are welcome to attend a social hour with wine and dessert at White & Lee's downtown Portland office. Click here for directions from The Governor Hotel to White & Lee's office.

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