Meet the New Captains of Innovation

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July 31st-August 2nd, 2007
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

As those who have attended any of the four annual Stanford Summits know,  the Stanford Summit is a two-and-a-half-day executive gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. The Stanford Summit features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases. The Stanford Summit's goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.

So mark your calendar, and click here to take advantage of the 25%-off ticket we have reserved for you before it expires.

Previous executive speakers include Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Skype founder, Niklas Zennstrom, Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com, Rob Glaser of RealNetworks, Verisign's Stratton Sclavos, Jonathan Schwartz of Sun Microsystems, Jon Miller of AOL, Marten Mickos of MySQL, and Trip Hawkins of Digital Chocolate.

Other notables include YouTube founder and CEO Chad Hurley, FCC Chairman Michael Powell, Stanford Law professor Larry Lessig, Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, Don Evans, Secretary of Commerce, Clinton National Security Advisor, Sandy Berger, The "Dean for President" campaign's Joe Trippi, George Gilder, and Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott.

Who Attends
More than a thousand technology, media and advertising CEOs, business development officers, media buyers, venture capital and private-equity investors, and leading members of the press and blogging community will attend the Stanford Summit. Over 20,000 webcast viewers from over 100 countries will also tune in and interact with the program. Executives attend the Stanford Summit to identify and debate emerging trends, build high-level relationships and create new business opportunities.

          Stanford Summit 2007 Program & Speakers: 

Tuesday, July 31, 2007
        

6:00pm	Welcoming Remarks from our Hosts Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn Tom Byers, Professor, STVP, Stanford University  Tina Seelig, Executive Director, STVP, Stanford University
6:10pm  McCaw Hall	AlwaysOn 100 Top Company Awards Co-Moderator: Packy Kelly, Partner, KPMG Co-Moderator: Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn
6:30pm  McCaw Hall	Introducing the New Captains of Innovation Moderator: Guy Kawasaki, Co-Founder, Truemors Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online Paul Martino, CEO, Aggregate Knowledge Gil Penchina, CEO, Wikia (invited) Trevor Healy, CEO, Jajah (invited)
7:30pm  McCaw Hall	AlwaysOn Reception in the Ford Gardens, Sponsored by Nova Scotia Business Robert Daigle, VP Business Development, Nova Scotia Business

Wednesday, August 1, 2007 

8:45am  McCaw Hall	Beyond Search: Discovery Moderator: James Joaquin, Partner, Bridgescale Paul Martino, CEO, Aggregate Knowledge Joe Greenstein, CEO, Flixster David Hyman, CEO, MOG Bambi Francisco, Co-Founder & CEO, Vator.TV
9:00am Fisher Center	CEO Showcase -- Web Services Todd Humphrey, CEO, Cleverset Hari Shetty, CEO, iPolipo Jin Koh, CEO, Startforce John Bruce, CEO, iUpload Ivan Koon, CEO, YouSendit Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts       David Carlick, Managing Director, Vantage Point Venture Partners       David Weiden, Partner, Khosla Ventures *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
9:30am  McCaw Hall	Keynote: Joe Schoendorf The Global Economic Power Shift--Away from Europe and to Asia
9:50am  McCaw Hall	Customer Powered Innovation  Moderator: Jeanne Bliss, author, Chief Customer Officer Brett Caine, President, Citrix Online Adam Selipsky, VP, Amazon Web Services Danny Kolke, CEO, Etelos Steven Aldrich, VP Strategy & Innovation, Small Business Division, Intuit
10:00am Fisher Center	CEO Showcase -- Consumer Michael Downing, CEO, GoFish Vipin Jain, CEO, Retrevo Mike Metzger, CEO, PayScale Joel Smernoff, CEO, PalTalk Dean McEvoy, Managing Director, Booking Angel Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts       George Zachary, Partner, Charles River Ventures          Chi-Hua Chien, Venture Development, Accel Partners       Ed Lambert, SVP, Bridge Bank *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
10:45am	Break
11:00am  McCaw Hall	A Brief Look at Second Life Philip Rosedale, CEO, Linden Lab
11:15am  McCaw Hall	How Real is the Virtual Web? Moderator: Jaron Lanier, Scholar-In-Residence, CET, UC Berkeley Irving Wladawsky-Berger, VP, IBM Philip Rosedale, CEO, Linden Lab Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online Chris Melissinos, Chief Gaming Officer, Sun Microsystems
11:15am Fisher Center	CEO Showcase -- Enterprise Jeany Stein, CEO, Design Universe Des Cahill, CEO, Habeas Michael Schmitt, CEO, Siderean Jeremiah Josey, Chairman, Pozilok Charles Kendric, CEO, Isomorphic Software Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts       Katherine Egbert, MD & Senior Equity Analyst, Jefferies & Company    *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
Noon  McCaw Hall	The Patent Crisis: Crossroads for the Business of Technology Moderator: Michael Brandis, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold Chip Lutton, Chief Patent Counsel, Apple Michelle Lee, Assoc. General Counsel, Head of Patents, Google David Kappos, Asst. General Counsel, Intellectual Property, IBM David Hayes, Partner, Intellectual Property Group, Fenwick & West
Noon  Fisher Center	CE0 Showcase -- Mobile Anu Nigam, CEO, 411Sync Gary Tauss, CEO, Mobidia James Siminoff, CEO, SimulScribe Dr. HP Jin, CEO, TeleNav Mark Cannon, CEO, Digit Wireless Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts       George Zachary, Partner, Charles River Ventures          Rob Trice, Partner, Nokia Growth Partners       Andy Abramson, Principal, Comunicano *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
11:30am -- 12:30pm	Buffet Lunch -- in the Ford Gardens
1:45pm   McCaw Hall	Why Aren't VCs Happy? Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Company
1:45pm  Fisher Center	CEO Showcase -- Hardware & Infrastructure Steve Lewis, CEO, Teneros Billy Marshall, CEO, rPath John LeMoncheck, CEO, SiBEAM Dr. Geoff Barrall, CEO, Data Robotics Paul Johnston, CEO, Twrra Fuel Technologies Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts        Adam Selipsky, VP, Amazon Web Services        Mark Zawacki, Managing Director & Founder, Milestone Group        Ping Li, Accel Partners *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
2:00pm  McCaw Hall	VCs: Are You Happy? Moderator: Sam Angus, Corporate Partner, Fenwick & West Roger McNamee, Partner, Elevation Partners Erik Straser, General Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Company Bill Gurley, General Partner, Benchmark Capital
2:45pm McCaw Hall	Building the Green Data Center Moderator: Dave Edwards, Research Analyst, Morgan Stanley Steve Sams, VP, Global Site & Facilities, IBM Global Technology Services Mike Rigodanzo, SVP Technology Services, Technology Solutions Group, HP Stephen Trainor, VP Strategy, Level-3 Subodh Bapat, VP & Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems
2:45pm Fisher Center	CEO Showcase -- Advertising & Web Services Christina Tutone, Managing Director, Ad It Last Lance Podell, CEO, Pulse360 Jay Hallberg, CMO, SpiceWorks Jack Jia, CEO, Baynote Toby Armstrong, CEO, Rent Hire Buy Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts       Adam Selipsky, VP, Amazon Web Services       Tom Cole, General Partner, Trinity Ventures *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
3:30pm	Break
3:45pm McCaw Hall	CE0 Showcase Indy Gill, CEO, Unwired Buyer Marketta Silvera, CEO, Apptera Luis Solis, CEO, Group Systems Colin Fabig, CEO, Wookah Nathaniel Colangelo, CEO, U1 Technologies *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
4:30pm McCaw Hall	Fireside Chat -- Co-Creating the Global Mobile Experience Om Malik, GigaOm Tero Ojanpera, CTO, Nokia
4:50pm McCaw Hall	Where is the Mobile Convergence Tipping Point? Moderator: Om Malik, GigaOm Larry Lang, VP & GM, Mobility Signaling & Control Business Unit, Cisco Tero Ojanpera, CTO, Nokia Len Lauer, EVP & Group President, QUALCOMM Philip Alveda, CEO, MobiTV
5:35pm McCaw Hall	Entrepreneurship as an Extreme Sport Tina Seelig, Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program
7:00pm	Hawaiian Luau in Dorman Grove

Thursday, August 2, 2007 

8:00am Fisher Center	Europe is Back!  Welcome to the South of France Team Cote D'Azur Breakfast Raffle for a ticket to the Monte Carlo 2008 Formula 1 Grand Prix Winner must be present to win.
8:45am McCaw Hall	Will the Internet Still Be Here in 20 Years? Moderator: Al Delattre, Global Partner, Accenture Nick McKeown, Professor, Stanford University Andy Bechtolsheim, Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems
9:30am McCaw Hall	The New News Moderator: Andreas Kluth, Technology Correspondent, The Economist Ann Grimes, Acting Dir., Graduate Program in Journalism, Stanford University Alan Warms, CEO, BuzzTracker Chris Tolles, CEO, Topix Dan Cohen, CEO, Pageflakes
9:30am Fisher Center	CE0 Showcase -- Next Gen Media Tools Steve Rosenbaum, CEO, Magnify.net Reena Jadhav, CMO, Conduit Adam Selig, CEO, Visible Technologies Vincent Hsieh, CEO, Aleric Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts       David Carlick, Managing Director, Vantage Point Venture Partners       Sharon Wienbar, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners       Jim Armstrong, Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
10:15am	Break
10:30am McCaw Hall	Who do the Big Brands Want to Eat to Grow Their Businesses? Moderator: John Cooper, MD & Co-Head Software & Services, Montgomery & Co Dan'l Lewin, Corporate VP, Strategic & Emerging Business Development, Microsoft Kara Nortman, VP, M&A, IAC Ned Hooper, VP, Corporate Business Development, Cisco Salman Ullah, Director, Corporate Development, Google
10:30am Fisher Center	CE0 Showcase -- Technology Enablers Shawn Hardin, CEO, Flock Leonard Backus, CEO, Datamash James Rogers, CEO, Nextrials David Thompson, CEO, Genius.com Mike Connor, GM & SVP, EffectiveUI *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
11:15am McCaw Hall	Presenting the Hollywood "IT" List Moderator: Paula Parisi, EVP, The Hollywood Reporter Carmi Zlotnik, Former EVP, New Media Programming, HBO Stefanie Henning, SVP, Global Marketing & New Media, Fox Television
11:15am Fisher Center	CE0 Showcase -- Web Services & Collaboration Ken Liu, CEO, MindTouch Aaron Levie, CEO, Box.Net Jeff Solomon, CEO, Leads360 Pankaj Malviya, CEO, LongJump David Rolston, CEO, Forterra Systems Levy Cohen, CEO, Collarity Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts       Jim Long, Venture Advisor, Gabriel Venture Partners       Maha Ibrahim, General Partner, Canaan Partners *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
11:30am -- 12:30pm	Buffet Lunch -- in the Ford Gardens
1:00pm McCaw Hall	Social Networking 3.0  Moderator: Charlene Li, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research Chris DeWolfe, CEO, MySpace (expected) Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder, Facebook Rich Rosenblatt, CEO, Demand Media Gina Bianchini, CEO, Ning Brad Garlinghouse, SVP, Communication, Communities and Front Doors Yahoo! Karl Jacob, CEO, Wallop
1:00pm Fisher Center	CE0 Showcase -- Mobile & Wireless Jin Koh, CEO, Nuvoiz Neeraj Bansal, EVP, Sapphire Malcolm Allen, CEO, FreedomTel Michael Bates, CEO, IQzone Bill Howe, CEO, Azaire Networks Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts       Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners       Rod Randall, Senior Managing Director, Vesbridge       Jim Long, Venture Advisor, Gabriel Venture Partners *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
2:00pm McCaw Hall	CEO Showcase TJ Kang, CEO, ThinkFree Richard Onyon, Founder, FusionOne Isaac Sundarajan, CEO, Codenomicon Delip Andra, CEO, Minekey *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A
2:45pm McCaw Hall	High Performance Global Innovation -- From Labs to Customer Doug Merritt, Corporate Officer & Member of the Executive Council, SAP AG
3:00pm McCaw Hall	Out of the Labs and Into the Market Moderator: George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Technology Publishing Dr. Jai Menon, IBM Fellow, VP & CTO, Architecture & Strategy, IBM Doug Merritt, Corporate Officer & Member of the Executive Council, SAP AG Phil McKinney, VP & CTO Personal Systems Group, HP
3:45pm McCaw Hall	The Democratization of Media: Good or Bad? Moderator: Dan Farber, Editor-in-Chief, ZDNet Andrew Keen, author, Cult of the Amateur Bill Cleary, Founder, Cleary & Partners Barbara Waugh, Director, University Relations, HP George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Technology Publishing

If you are in entertainment, media, advertising or public relations, or a venture capitalist or I-Banker playing in the new media space, this is an event you can't afford to miss. Click here to buy your ticket to the Stanford Summit now and take advantage of the "AO Insider" ticket rate before it expires. If you do not want to pay online or want to inquire about group rates, please call Kathy Osweiler at 415.751.0170 to order by phone or email her at kathy@alwayson-network.com.

 

We look forward to any thoughts on how our program is shaping up and hope to see you at The Stanford Summit in July!

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I was actually invited to be a blogger at the event, but unfortunately (unless I can convince my wife), I will not be able to attend. I am sure it will be a very interesting conference. Have fun for me!
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About TiEcon 2007

TiEcon 2007 is two action-packed days of aspiring, exploring, and networking:

Dream> Brilliant Minds share their dreams, stories, and insights

• Meg Whitman, President & CEO, eBay Inc.
• Tim O’Reilly, CEO, O’Reilly Media
• Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO, Salesforce.com

… and many more

Explore> Discover latest developments and hottest business opportunities

• Over 40 Panels and 200 Speakers cover topics on Entrepreneurship as well as Industry Segments
• Entrepreneurship panels include:
• When to turn in your badge to work in your garage?
• Where are VCs investing?
• Social entrepreneurship
• Growing for success

…and many more

• Industry panels include:
• Web 2.0
• Wireless 
• Life Sciences 
• Clean Tech

…and many more

Connect> Network with over 4000 Corporate Executives, VCs, Customers, and Entrepreneurs

• Take the shortest path to VCs at the Entrepreneurs Bazaar
• Engage with Panelists and learn from their stories from the front line
• Meet with Corporate Executives to grow your business
• Synergize with fellow entrepreneurs and professionals
• Mingle with target Customers and Partners

The New Face of Entrepreneurship – Theme of TiEcon 2007

The face of business is dramatically changing as Baby Boomers, the Generation Y, mid-career women, and new business leaders are coming together to create the most diverse and innovative pool of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs of today have broken age, language, geography, and money barriers.

For more info on the conference click www.tiecon.org

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The 14th Annual CFO Rising
March 18-21, 2007
Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate
Orlando, Florida

Early registration discounts of up to $800 are now available.
Visit our web site at www.cforising.com for complete information and online registration.

What is your company's biggest challenge today?

The CFOs we talk to say it's all about delivering strong and steady profitable growth year after year. Whether your company is owned by public equity or private equity investors, chances are, the board is demanding more growth and higher margins—even if a new marketplace opportunity may not be crystal clear.

In the words of David Axson, an expert on planning and performance management who is back at CFO Rising this year by popular demand:

"CFOs are ideally positioned to steer their organizations through the turbulence of today's competitive and volatile markets—but too many are constrained by outmoded management practices that were designed for simpler times. Now, it's time for a radical repositioning and retooling of the finance organization—time for the CFO to be a champion of growth and innovation."

In addition to David Axson, you'll be hearing from a top-of-the-line group of presenters, including:

• George Reyes—SVP and CFO, Google
• Renée Mauborgne—Distinguished Fellow of Strategy and International Management, INSEAD, and Author of Blue Ocean Strategy
• Nancy Loewe—VP and CFO, GE Consumer & Industrial
• Robert Daleo—EVP and CFO, The Thomson Corporation
• David Wyss—Chief Economist, Standard & Poor's
• Chuck Martin—Best-selling Author of Managing for the Short Term
• Plus a pre-conference workshop, Measure, Manage, Maximize Value, presented by G. Bennett Stewart III, Co-Founder of Stern Stewart, and one of our all-time most acclaimed speakers

You'd expect your peers to be enthusiastic about this key networking, knowledge-sharing and learning event. And they are. We asked a few of last year's delegates what they thought...

"Informative and thought-provoking...I emerged with an extensive list of 'action items' to be pursued as I return to the office."

"Excellent and practical information to help me perform a better job and improve my company."

"Very high quality speakers and relevant topics."

"My first CFO Rising will not be my last!"

"Great job with the conference! I really enjoyed it with much 'take home' value."

"Great location, timing and content."

"World class event!"

That's the view from the conference floor. And there's another reason to attend CFO Rising...

As a delegate, you get free entry to the CFO Rising Golf Tournament. You'll play a full 18 holes of championship-level golf at the Omni Orlando Resort's stunning, Greg Norman-designed International course. But places are strictly limited, so you need to move fast. Simply pre-register now, and relax—your FREE place at the Tournament is assured.

Act now to secure your place—you could save up to $800

For full information, including online registration, visit our web site at www.cforising.com

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I first saw this on Guy Kawasaki's blog...

GNoTECon

Event Description

Are you passionate about technology? Do you thrive on making a difference in people's lives with your passion for technology? Do you get confused sideways looks with raised eyebrows when telling people that you are a Technology Evangelist? If so, GNoTECon is the event for you. It is the industry's first conference to discuss technology evangelism!

GNoTE (Global Network of Technology Evangelists) was founded to foster technology evangelism and help establish best practices for technology outreach in the industry. The title "Technology Evangelist" was first coined by Guy Kawasaki while working for Apple Computer in the late 1980s. In recent years, many large companies including Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Yahoo! have employed evangelism to effectively promote their products in the global market. These companies have achieved phenomenal success in evangelizing and buildling global communities. Hear the pioneers of technology evangelism and passionate technology evangelists talk about their endeavors.

On December 4th SDForum is pleased to present this exceptional program dedicated to "Everything Evangelism", and to launch GNoTE. Register now!

Agenda 

Time     Topic     Speaker(s)
11.30 - 12pm     Registration     -
12 - 1pm     Lunch and Welcome Address    

    * Susan Lucas-Conwell

1 - 1.45pm     Keynote - The Art of Evangelism    

    * Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director, Garage Ventures

2 - 2.30pm     Global Technology Outreach in the Participation Age    

    * Matt Thompson, Sr. Director of Technology Outreach Group, Sun Microsystems

2.30 - 3.45pm     The Evangelist in You (Panel Discussion)    

    * Jeff Barr, Web Services Evangelist, Amazon
    * Frederic Lucas, Growth Resources

4 - 4.30pm     Technology Evangelism Best Practices    

    * Romi Mahajan, IT Pro Broad Marketing/Evangelism Org Microsoft Corp.

4.30 - 5.30pm     Evangelism Success Stories (Panel Discussion)    

    * Anil Dash, Vice President of Professional Products, Six Apart, Ltd.
    * Jeff Sandquist, Microsoft Evangelist, Channel 9 and On10.NET
    * Jeremy Zawodny, Technology Evangelist, Yahoo!
    * Buzz Bruggeman, ActiveWords Inc.

5.30 - 6pm     Closing    

    * GNoTE Board Members

Pricing

Early Bird Special
$40 SDForum Members
$70 Non-members

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Under the Radar: Mobility Conference

November 16, 2006 | 8:00am - 6:00pm | Mountain View, CA | Microsoft Campus

REGISTER for event

*View Conference Schedule*

Mobility! It’s not a choice, it’s a requirement. Even in the U.S., where usage rates have trailed our neighbors for years, innovation is finally taking off. Applications, content, and busines models must be customized to fit the needs of the ultramobile lifestyle.

On November 16, 2006, IBDNetwork will host its sixth one-day Under the Radar event, which will feature 32 emerging startups in the mobile sector. Under the Radar will take place on at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, CA. You’ll see a collection of companies in areas such as mobile content/video; sms and messaging; voice services; marketing and advertising services; and a host of enabling technologies. From the industry experts and pundits to the company presentations and demos, you will learn about the future of mobility- it’s challenges and opportunities from consumer adoption to monetization of services.

Just added - Register for Mobile Entrepreneur Day on November 17 and find out how the right partnerships can grow your mobile company - more details here.

CONFIRMED COMPANIES TO DATE:

4info | Admob | CascadaMobile | ComVu | Daem Interactive | EQO | Flurry | GreyStripe | Juice Wireless | Loopt | mChek | MobiFusion | Mobileplay | Mobo | MotionDSP | Nexage | Ontela | PayWi | Pixpulse | Pixsense | Plusmo | Rocketalk | Renzoo | Sapphire Mobile Systems | ScanR | Sharpcast | Snapvine | TalkPlus | TinyPictures | Veeker | Voxlib | Winksite

CONFIRMED PANELISTS TO DATE:

AOL - Mike Wehrs, VP Mobile and Chief Platform Evangelist
British Telecom - Jean-Marc Frangos, SVP Technology and Innovation, BT Group/CTO
CNET - Rafe Needleman, Editor
Gabriel Venture Partners - Tim Chang, Partner
Intel Capital - David Flanagan, Director, Mobile Communications
Microsoft - Sanjiv Parikh, Director, Emerging Business Team
MobileCrunch - Oliver Starr, Mobile Superstar
Motorola Ventures - Harshul Sanghi
Orange/France Telecom - Satya Mallya, Director, Personal Sphere
QUALCOMM - Arvin Chander, VP of QIS Carrier Relations
Rutberg & co. - Rajeev Chand, Sr. Equity Research Analyst, Wireless Technologies
Sprint Nextel Ventures—Anurag Khaitan, General Manager
T-Mobile Venture Fund - Stephan Noll, Investment Director
Verizon Wireless - Ray Taylor, Executive Director
Vodafone - Peter Barry, Head of Venture Capital and Start-ups
Yahoo - Lee Ott, VP, Mobile Web

GRADUATE CIRCLE COMPANIES TO DATE:

Handmark
Mobile Complete
Telcogames
MINO

SELECTION COMMITTEE:
Each submission will be reviewed by our selection committee, which includes MobHappy, Mobile Mondays, MobileCrunch, Microsoft, August Capital, Qualcomm, Motorola, Orange, Bay Partners, Intel Capital, Panorama Capital, Perkins Coie, SAP, Trident Capital, VantagePoint Venture Partners, WaldenVC, and LewisPR.

LOCATION:
Microsoft | Conference Center, Building 1
1065 La Avenida Street | Mountain View, CA 94043
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/info/usaoffices/northernca/siliconvalley.mspx

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Just saw this on Guy Kawasaki's blog and wanted to get the word out. Here's a blurb from the site:

The event is designed to uncover and showcase the most exciting of the newest startups in high technology. Launch: Silicon Valley is looking for new companies that are ready for launch, but are not already well-known. These are companies who have a product or service available (as of November 8), but have not been out for more than several months. All technology sectors and all geographies will be considered.

If you want to nominate a company (or if you are a company and want to nominate yourself!), please email a two-page executive summary to LaunchSV@svase.org . The deadline for submissions is October 15.

Launch: Silicon Valley is not a pitchfest or a beauty pageant. Companies will not be pitching for funding; they will be looking for buzz, customers, mindshare, and possibly talent and partners. But not funding. Launch: Silicon Valley wants to focus on finding companies that are not already well-funded and well-known, and that can't afford their own fancy PR campaigns and the exorbitant fee to present at some elegant resort.

If you want to nominate a company (or if you are a company and want to nominate yourself!), please email a two-page executive summary to LaunchSV@svase.org . The deadline for submissions is October 15. If you have any questions about the event, or if you want to register to attend, please go to: http://www.LaunchSiliconValley.org.

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This event is specifically not about startups, but since many technology startup companies use AJAX, I figured this was applicable. Check it out!

Experience AJAX, RIA, and Web 2.0
Knowledge and Best Practices at
AJAXWorld Conference and Expo 2006

AJAX has exploded onto the scene over the past year as the leading software development model for Rich Internet Applications and the Web 2.0 era. AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2006 provides the opportunity for developers and IT managers to learn from technology and industry leaders about this potent, standards-based approach for creating rich and immersive user experiences. AJAX World Conference & Expo 2006 provides a premier showcase of what's been achieved to date with RIAs and the Web 2.0 experience. The comprehensive, yet focused program covers frameworks, toolkits, and widgets, as well as the most recent best practices. AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2006 is a rich and experienced-based venue in which to consider where AJAX will take the Web next.
	Topics to be covered include: Enterprise AJAX | Mobile AJAX | AJAX with Java Toolkits/Frameworks: TIBCO GI | JackBe | Spry | Client-Side: ( Dojo | Script.aculo.us | Prototype | Open Rico | Yahoo! UI Toolkit | Google Web Toolkit ) Server-Side: ( DWR | JSON-RPC | SAJAX | Ruby on Rails | Backbase | ThinWire ) Extending AJAX (Flash | Flex | Laszlo | Atlas | XUL) Real-World AJAX and Web 2.0: Case Studies Lesser AJAX, Greater AJAX Microsoft Atlas for ASP.NET AJAX, Web Services and SOAs Security in the AJAX/Web 2.0 Era How Java, AJAX, and Web 2.0 Work Together AJAX Offline (LAJAX) The Present and Future of JavaScript The State of the DOM Integrating CSS Into AJAX/Web 2.0 Apps Comprehensive XMLHttpRequestObject A Venture Capitalist View of Web 2.0 AJAX and Comet AJAX and the Browser Mashing AJAX

Additionally, as a unique prequel to the event, the inaugural AJAXWorld University Bootcamp provides a full day of in-depth training on the very best means currently available to learn how to use AJAX from top to bottom. On October 3, 2006 the inaugural Real-World Ruby on Rails One-Day Seminar will take place with 10 of the leading experts in the Ruby on Rails space teaching this exciting new technology. If you're trying to achieve the most current understanding of the entire pageantry of AJAX, Rich Internet Applications, and Web 2.0, be sure to attend AJAXWorld on October 3-4, 2006 (as well as the bootcamp on October 2, 2006).

Dion Hinchcliffe 2006 Tech Chair AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2006 www.ajaxworldconference.com

AJAXWorld Conference & Expo to Take Place October 2-4, 2006, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, California

SYS-CON Events announced the first international AJAXWorld Conference & Expo to take place on October 2-4, 2006, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. The world-beating conference program will provide developers, IT managers, and corporate decision makers with comprehensive information and insight into the biggest paradigm shift in Website design, development, and deployment since the invention of the World Wide Web a decade ago.

The next-generation user-centric Web is hurtling toward us and it is a rich-media future in which AJAX, the most talked about of all the Rich Internet technologies, is positioned firmly at center stage. Burton Group defines 'Rich' Internet Applications as those that offer functionality beyond standard HTML frames and hyperlinks, the most famous examples of such functionality on the Web to date being the AJAX-based Google Maps and Gmail.

AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2006 recognizes that, while on the one hand Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) as a category is wider and broader than just AJAX, on the other it is indisputably AJAX that has acted as the tipping point. This is why at AJAXWorld the primary focus will be on major innovative AJAX implementations of the Google Maps variety. There will be plenty of sessions too, offering education about alternate RIA approaches - such as those being driven by Laszlo, Nexaweb, TIBCO, Adobe, and Microsoft. read more...

Call For Papers Open for AJAXWorld 2007
Rich Internet Applications – AJAX, Web 2.0, Flex, Flash, and Beyond...


SYS-CON Events is proud to announce the second AJAXWorld Conference & Expo for April 1-3, 2007 in New York City. The world-beating Conference program will provide developers and IT managers alike with comprehensive information and insight into the biggest paradigm shift in Website design, development, and deployment since the invention of the World Wide Web itself a decade ago.

Click Here to Submit Your Paper...

AJAXWORLD SPEAKER BLOGS

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Force Google to Minimize the Noise It is an undeniable fact of life that whenever we search something on google, we get tons of crappy links fed into our b Sep. 25, 2006 04:37 PM

Manage, Manage, Manage A friend of mine was talking to his CIO. They were discussing an application that needed to be built. Given the track re Sep. 25, 2006 07:00 AM

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• Dr. Eric Haseltine, Associate Director of National Intelligence for Science and Technology
  
• Ms. Michele Weslander, Principal Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Chief Information Officer
  
• Ms. Cita Furlani, Director, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  
• Mr. Robert LaPenta, Chairman of the Board of Viisage Technology, Inc., Chairman and Founder of L-1 Investment Partners, LLC.
  
  

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The 2006
Entrepreneur Venture Conference
October 5, 2006
Microsoft, Silicon Valley

 Overview
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2006

 Objective

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O'Reilly European Open Source Convention - 18-21 September, 2006 - Brussels, Belgium

from the site:

Open source is one facet of a larger revolution in commercial and social life which can all be traced back to the inherently open nature of the Internet. At this year's EuroOSCON, we're taking OSCON's winning formula of practical sessions from innovators, and applying it beyond pure source code.

EuroOSCON is where business people, coders, decision makers, lawyers, entrepreneurs, artists, and policy makers using, creating, and managing free (libre) and open projects gather to learn about best practices, strategic issues, and coming changes. The 2006 O'Reilly European Open Source Convention takes place in Brussels, Belgium on 18-21 September.

Featured Speakers Include:

Tor Nørretranders Matt Asay Alfresco Software Damian Conway Thoughtstream Florian Mueller No Software Patents Rasmus Lerdorf PHP Jeff Waugh Canonical/Ubuntu Charles Lamb Oracle Tim O'Reilly O'Reilly Media, Inc. Mårten Mickos MySQL AB Jeffrey Nolan SAP Greg Stein Google Peter Saint-Andre Jabber Software Foundation

EuroOSCON 2006 will feature the projects, technologies, and skills that you need to write and deploy killer modern apps.

Tracks at EuroOSCON will be conducted in English and will include the following tracks and topics:

• Media: video, audio, BitTorrent
• Mobile: wifi, handsets, Bluetooth, sensor web, USB keychains, embedded systems
• Management: deployment, measurement, identity, analytics, security
• Browser/Web: Ajax, web back end, Flash, components
• Services: APIs, web services, REST, SLAs
• Open Culture: data under Creative Commons, rights, remix, mashups
• Open Business: startups, funding, business models
• Open Source: governance, licenses, patents, social
• Open Society: government, law, surveillance, education
• Cybernetics: AI, dynamic systems, biomimicry, CHI

News, Articles, Weblogs, and Photos from EuroOSCON 2005

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