Global Corporate Venturing Symposium - London May 18th 2011
Introduction
Join us and over 120 business leaders from the corporate venturing ecosystem for an afternoon symposium on innovation, strategy and trends at the Emirates Stadium's conference facilities. In the evening we will host a banquet to celebrate the first anniversary of Global Corporate Venturing magazine (the only publication dedicated to corporate venturing) by rewarding and honouring best practice in the sector.
Agenda
13.30 Welcome: James Mawson, Editor, Global Corporate Venturing
13.35-14.00 Introduction: Corporate Venturing overview: Gary Dushnitsky,
London Business School
14.00-14.30 Keynote speaker: Shelley Harrison, Adviser to Coller Capital, co-founder of Symbol Technologies (acquired by Motorola for $3.9bn), former chairman of venture firms Harrison Enterprises and PolyVentures and former Chairman of Spacehab.
14.30-15.00 Panel: Resurgence of corporate venturing: Is this a global phenomenon?
Moderator: Stephen Ziff, Partner, Coller Capital
Panel: Paul Morris, Director, Dow Venture Capital
Kevin Brown, Partner, Reed Elsevier Ventures
Abdul Guefor, Managing Director - Treasury, Europe, Intel Capital
Payman Saebi, Head of Innovation, Royal Mail
An examination of deal flow around the world
15.00-15.30 Break
15.30-16.10 Panel: How can firms deal with a cross-sectoral innovation landscape?
Moderator: Gerald Brady, Managing Director, Silicon Valley Bank
Panel: Andrew Gaule, Founder, H-I Network
Chris Coburn, Executive Director, Innovations Cleveland Clinic
Mike Brown, Partner, AOL Ventures
Martin Kelly, Partner, IBM Venture Capital
Many of the most significant innovation trends will come from cross-sector connections, such as IT
hardware being built on organisms or biofuelsfrom algae.
16.10-16.50 Panel: Balancing strategic with financial objectives in corporate venture investments
Moderator: Neil Foster, Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse
Panel: Steve Bernard, Partner, Wilson Sonsini
David Phillips, Managing Partner, SR One
Yavuz Ahiska, Founder, 3D Labs
Stuart McKnight, Managing Director, Ascendant
How the wider governance issues affect corporate venturing: from direct impact on venturing teams
through to pressures put on them via their corporate parents.
16.50-17.30 European Investment Fund (EIF) presentation and the political view
Matthias Ummenhofer, Head of Equity Fund Investment, European Investment Fund
Eric van der Kleij, Chief Executive, TechCity
17.30-1800 Long-Term Investing: World Economic Forum report
Danny Truell, Chief Investment Officer, Wellcome Trust
18.00 - 23.30 Cocktail reception and Awards Banquet
Date/Times
Wednesday May 18th.
Registration from 12.30 p.m. for a 13.30 p.m. prompt start
Reception and Awards Banquet from 6 p.m. (Black tie/tuxedo - changing facilities available)
Venue
The Emirates Stadium (the home of Arsenal Football Club)
75 Drayton Park
London, N5 1BU
020 7704 4504
More information about the venue, directions, local hotels and other attractions are available here.
Costs
Afternoon seminar £300
Awards Banquet £428
Discounts available to subscribers of Global Corporate Venturing.
Registration
To register, click here. Important: We are organising this event in association with our strategic partners Frost and Sullivan as part of their 2-day GIL conference, so they are hosting the registration process. You will see on right hand side of the landing page an orange tab saying "Corporate Venturing". Please click that orange tab to register.
For questions about attending contact Tim Lafferty tlafferty@globalcorporateventuing.com tel +44 (0)1483 720295
For information about sponsoring the event please contact James Mawson jmawson@globalcorporateventuring.com tel + 44 (0)7971 655590
Other Information
This seminar is organised in partnership with Frost & Sullivan who are holding a 2-day conference Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL) starting the previous day. You can attend GIL and then join us for the Corporate Venturing Symposium on the afternoon of May 18th, or only attend the Corporate Venturing Symposium if you prefer. Information about GIL is here.
To download the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium programme, click here.
Join the event LinkedIn group for the latest news and to meet fellow attendees: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=3887482&csrfToken=ajax%3A4060077663773024389
Cancellation Policy
If you cancel before April 18th you will receive a full refund. Those who cancel after that date but more than 24 hours before the event will not receive a refund but will be given full credit for a future Global Corporate Venturing event. No refunds or credits will be given to anyone who cancels within 24 hours or does not show up on the day.
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