Best Practices for Board Observers: Understanding the Role of Board Observers and Board Members

Posted 03/10/09 at 1:45 pm

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DLA PIPER AND STRATEGIC VENTURE ASSOCIATION
INVITE YOU TO A SPECIAL PRESENTATION

BOARD OBSERVERS AND BOARD MEMBERS:
BEST PRACTICES FOR CORPORATE INVESTORS

This program will explain the duties and obligations of board observers and board members. The program will also discuss the legal difference between these two roles and best practices for board governance.

PRESENTER

Mark Radcliffe, a partner at DLA Piper and chair of DLA Piper’s Corporate Venture Program, has represented technology companies and their investors for more than 25 years. This presentation is based on his training program for corporate venture capitalists, which he has presented to numerous corporate venture capital groups.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2009

8:30 a.m. – Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – Presentation
10:00 a.m. – Adjourn

DLA Piper

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East Palo Alto, CA 94303

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ABOUT SVA

The Strategic Venture Association is an organization dedicated to the needs of the corporate investing and strategic partnering community. The Association’s goal is to bring together professionals to educate, inform and collaborate with each other around topics core to the group’s interests. For more information, visit http://www.strategicventureassociation.com/