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Venture Northwest 2008 Agenda

 
7:30 - 9:00 AM
Investor Only Breakfast - Investing in Sustainability and Renewables during a Climate of Short Term Instability
Sponsored by Pacific Power

8:00 - 9:00 

Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by Comerica Bank

9:00 - 9:15

 Opening Comments
- Welcome to VNW
- Welcoming remarks

9:15 - 10:15  

Presenting company Track 1
Sponsored by Vencore Capital

10:15 - 10:30

Regional Success Story: Insitu, Inc. - CEO Steve Sliwa

10:30 - 10:50

Coffee Break
Sponsored by JONES PARTNERS

10:50 – 11:45

Presenting company Track 2

11:45 – 12:00 PM

Regional Success Story: nLIGHT - CEO Scott Keeney

12:00 -12:30

Lunch begins

12:30 - 1:00  

Keynote Interview featuring Brian Druker, M.D., Director, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) Cancer Institute by Emily Harris, Host, Think Out Loud
on Oregon Public Broadcasting
Sponsored by Stoel Rives

1:00 – 1:15 

Regional Success Story: Micro Power - CEO Greg Love

1:15 – 2:00  

Presenting company Track 3
Sponsored by Perkins Coie

2:00 – 2:20   

Coffee Break
Sponsored by Credit Suisse

2:20 -  3:00

Afternoon Keynote – Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande – Entrepreneurship in the
   Global Economy
Presented by TiE Oregon
 
 
 

3:00

Corporate Development Executive Networking Reception


VNW Program Guide - Sponsored by Square 1 Bank
 
Thanks to the friends of OEN’s Venture Northwest - Babson Fast Track MBA, Buerk Dale VictorEpic VenturesOVP and Voyager Capital.