Conference Agenda

Tuesday, June 15th

9:30am - 5:30 pm

Vision to Value: Venture Fundamentals in a Day
Sponsored by: Blank Rome and Fesnak and Associates

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Welcoming Reception
Sponsored by: Duane Morris

8:00pm on

Jazz Festival in Rodney Square
(Business Casual is encouraged to enjoy the festival)

Wednesday, June 16th

8:00am

Registration and Breakfast

8:30am

Opening Remarks-The Honorable Jack Markell, Governor of the State of Delaware
Sponsored by: Delaware Economic Development Office

Venture Industry Annual Update - Mark Heesen, President of the National Venture Capital Association
Sponsored by: Saul Ewing, LLP

9:30am

Company Presentations- First Track
Sponsored by: Parente Beard and Drinker Biddle

11:15am

Emerging Media Technologies Panel
Sponsored by: Fox Rothschild, LLP

Jeff Pulver - CEO, #14OConf
Yuli Ziv - CEO, My It Things
Matt Goddard - CEO, R2integrated
Steve Rosenbaum - CEO, Magnify.net

Moderator - Gerry Norton, Partner, Fox Rothschild

12:30pm

Luncheon

Sal Buccieri Venture Impact Award Presentation to Josh Kopelman, Managing Partner of First Round Capital
Sponsored by: KPMG and Reitler, Kailas, & Rosenblatt

Keynote Address- Daymond John, CEO and Founder of FUBU and Star of ABC's Shark Tank
Sponsored by: Internet Capital Group and Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC

2:15pm

Company Presentations
Sponsored by: Parente Beard and Drinker Biddle

3:45pm

Branding Strategies Panel
Sponsored by: Pepper Hamilton, LLP

Michael Araten- CEO of K'Nex, LLP
David Bullock - CEO White & Bullock, LLC and Author of Barack 2.0
Denise Seegal- Founding CEO - DKNY, Former President-Liz Claiborne, Former President and CEO, VF Sportswear Coalition of VF Corporation
Peter Wakiyama - Partner, Pepper Hamilton, LLP for Intellectual Property

Moderator - Bill Scari, Partner, Pepper Hamilton

5:00pm

Closing Cocktail Reception and Awards
Sponsored by: New Castle County, Delaware and Science Center

Don't miss our Closing Reception Drawings where one lucky person goes home with an Apple iPad! (must be present to win)