FEBRUARY 11-13, 2013 ¦ Newport Beach, California

Sponsor By : Strategic Venture Association

Capturing Technology Innovation, Market Share, And Revenue Streams through Corporate Venture Capital & Innovation Partnerships.

This annual event provides corporate investors with strategies to gain a competitive advantage through corporate venture capital and innovation initiatives. Capturing innovation is at the top of the corporate agenda for global growth and an important lever to increase profitability and market share. Corporate venturing is a vehicle used by corporations to capture innovation, provide a window for acquisitions and an opportunity for strategic partnerships.

Register now and receive $500 off the general registration fee with discount code: SVA500E.

To register or see the agenda, visit http://corporateventuringconference.com / or contact SVA at info@strategicventureassociation.com or at (408)-743-9700 ext. 333

FEBRUARY 6-8, 2012 • THE ISLAND HOTEL, NEWPORT BEACH, CA

Sponsor By : Strategic Venture Association

Request the special discount SVA code by sending email
to info@strategicventureassociation.com

View Conference Brochure- Feb 2012

Registration:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=203111

Free for SVA Members; $25.00 for non-SVA Members.

Join the Strategic Venture Association for a discussion with Randy Mitchell, of the International Trade Administration to learn about U.S. Government products, services, and initiatives to enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. venture capital and private equity industry. Take advantage of the unique opportunity to communicate your suggestions about the role of Government in venture capital and private equity. This talk will also give you an opportunity to identify programs for your company and for your portfolio companies.

The United States Department of Commerce has launched major initiatives to strengthen USA leadership in venture capital and private equity and to increase exports of VC invested companies. Randy Mitchell is instrumental in architecting and driving such global initiatives as:

• Global Deal Flow initiative
• Increasing exports of VC backed companies
• The Global Road Show to present the United States as a compelling destination for Global Alternative Investment

Agenda:
6:00 pm       Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres
6:45 pm      Randy Mitchell
7:45 pm – 8.30 pm      Q&A and Networking

Where:
Silicon Valley Bank, Kellogg Auditorium, 3003 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara 95054


ABOUT Randy Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell is the U.S. government official responsible for enhancing the competitiveness of the venture capital sector. He also serves as Chairman of the OECD Working Party for Entrepreneurship, the world’s largest body of government officials working on entrepreneurship and small business. He is an alumnus of the Venture Capital Institute and has represented the International Trade Administration on the Board of Advisors to the Latin American Venture Capital Association. Mr. Mitchell has also served as organizer and U.S. chair on bilateral venture capital working groups with the governments of Australia, Brazil, and the European Union. Mr. Mitchell, a speaker of Russian, has traveled to 40 countries.
Special thanks to our Sponsor and Host –  SVB CAPITAL, A Member of SVB Financial Group

Registration:

Please register by Wednesday, March 15th 2010.
Free for SVA Members; $20.00 for non-SVA Members.https://www.acteva.com/go/sva

What do prom dresses, women wrestlers and stoned unicorns have to do with predicting the next hot trend? Bill Tancer, general manager of global research for Experian, will present current applications from his New York Times best-seller, Click-What Millions do Online and Why it Matters. Along with showing the value of Internet behavioral data to help time the market for products and services, Bill will provide a Strategic Ventures exclusive: An updated analysis of his early adopter predictions.

When:
Thursday March 18, 2010

Agenda:
6:00 pm       Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres
6:45 pm      Bill Tancer
7:45 pm – 8.30 pm      Q&A and Networking

Where:
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA,Courtyard 2B


ABOUT Bill Tancer (www.ilovedata.com/bill-tancer/) :
Bill Tancer is the general manager of global research for Experian and author of New York Times Bestseller, Click – What Millions Do Online and Why it Matters.  Bill’s writing has appeared in numerous publications, he penned a weekly online column, The Science of Search for TIME magazine.  His writing has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.   He currently writes a weekly column for Oprah.com on Internet and technology trends.
Bill is a sought-after speaker, with keynote appearances at Web 2.0 Summit, Web 2.0 Expo, Search Engine Strategies and SMX to name a few.
Special thanks to our Sponsor and Host – Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Please join us in celebrating the 2009 holiday season at the Strategic Venture Association’s party. Out honored guest will be Randny Komisar from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, who will share his enlightening insights from his latest book “Getting to Plan B”. Whether launching a new venture in the marketplace or inside a large corporation, his thoughts about reinventing business models, replacing assumptions with evidence and improving your success rate will be inspirational.

The event will bring together corporate and traditional venture capitalists, as well as other affiliated colleagues in the venture industry. There will be ample opportunity for networking and informal conversation.

When:
December 3rd, 2009

Agenda:
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm      Networking, refreshments and hors d’oeuvres
6:45 pm – 7:45 pm      Discussion with Randy Komisar
7:45 pm – 8.30 pm      Networking

Where:
DLA Piper LLP
2000 University Avenue
East Palo Alto, California 94303-2214
Directions

To Register:
Please register by Wednesday, December 02
Free for SVA Members and Invited Guests
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=194067 

Randy Komisar’s biography:
http://www.kpcb.com/team/komisar

ABOUT DLA PIPER:
DLA Piper is an international legal practice including DLA Piper LP(US) and its affiliated entities. With 3,700 lawyers in more than 60 offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, we are able to serve clients wherever they need us. A list of offices worldwide can be found at www.dlapiper.com

• How have CVCs responded to the current economic situation?
• Do they see increased opportunities for investments, partnerships or acquisitions or all of them?
• Have they changed their stage of investing?

Moderator:
Bill Reichert, Garage Technology Ventures

Panel Members:
Sanjiv Parikh Hewlett-Packard
Alexander Marquez Intel Capital
Ross Katchman LSI Corporation

Registration (RSVP by Oct 5^th):
$20 only. Register Now

Date:
Thursday, October 8^th, 2009

Agenda:
6:30 PM – 7:15 PM      Networking and refreshments
7:15 PM – 7:20 PM      Tom Klein – Event Host
7:20 PM – 8:30 PM      Panel Discussion
8:30 PM – 9:00 PM      Networking

Location:
Greenberg Traurig LLP
1900 University Avenue, 5^th Floor
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Directions

Top executives around the world seek out Cheryl Perkins for her insights on how companies can create and deliver game changing innovation.

In this compelling session, Cheryl will share best practices for taking corporate alliances strategies to the next step with your leadership, your culture and your people. She’ll deliver examples and case studies of companies that have successfully delivered sustainable results with game changing partnering initiatives. You’ll learn:

• Where game changing innovation originates
• Place to start to get immediate results
• Who are the right partners to deliver sustainable growth
• How to engage internal stakeholders in your efforts
• How to measure the success of your initiatives

Speaker

Cheryl Perkins is Founder and President of Innovationedge and former Senior VP and Chief Innovation Officer for Kimberly-Clark.

Perkins works with inventors, entrepreneurs, and companies in translating ideas into value driven solutions, advancing innovation strategy, strengthening ecosystems of innovation, driving intellectual asset strategy, and creating concepts for new products and services.

Registration (RSVP by Sept 11^th):
$20 only. Register now

Date:
Tuesday, September 15^th, 2009

Agenda:
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM      Networking over coffee and danish
8:45 AM – 10:00 AM    Speaker presentation

Location:

DLA Piper
2000 University Avenue
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Directions

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In many industries the low cost threat is coming from companies based in developing countries, particularly in Asia. Some of these companies have huge, rapidly growing, highly competitive domestic markets, which help to create low cost competitors that can rapidly become formidable challengers to established Western and other developed-market players. In other industries it is home-grown companies, such as Ryanair, Aldi and ING DIRECT that are the challengers.

Drawing on examples from both business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies, the session should help:

· Develop a deeper understanding of why the low cost threat is rising to the top of senior managers’ agendas.

· Understand the pros and cons of the three fundamental options traditional companies have for responding to these competitors and to seizing new growth opportunities.

· Learn strategies and tactics from low cost competitors that they might be able to apply to improve the competitiveness of their traditional business.

· See how some leading companies are coping with the key leadership and cultural challenges of responding to low cost competitors.

Speaker

Adrian Ryans is a professor of Marketing and Strategy at IMD in Switzerland. IMD is continuously ranked as one of the top two or three business schools in the world.

Adrian has written various case studies and has conducted research on the challenges of low cost competition for over twenty years. He recently released a book called “Beating Low Cost Competition”. Beating Low Cost Competition is a practical guide that helps executives in traditional companies with premium brands develop winning strategies to meet the growing challenge from low cost competitor.

http://www.beatlowcostcomp.com

Registration:
$20 only. Register Now
(RSVP by August 7^th)

Date:
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Agenda:
6:30 PM     Networking & Refreshments
7:15 PM     Presentation
8:30 PM     Q & A

Location:
DLA Piper
2000 University Avenue
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Directions

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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

2000 University Avenue
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Directions

Complimentary parking provided

RSVP BY APRIL 20, 2009

Yes, I will attend
No, I will not attend

This is an invitation-only event,
so please be sure to pre-register.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
With questions, please contact
Cheryl Freedman +1 650 833 2404 cheryl.freedman@dlapiper.com

ABOUT DLA PIPER

DLA Piper is an international legal practice including DLA Piper LLP (US) and its affiliated entities. With 3,700 lawyers in more than 60 offices across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, we are able to serve clients wherever they need us. A list of offices worldwide can be found at www.dlapiper.com.

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/

In addition, the SVA can provide you with a discount to attend the IBF venturing event. Use this registration code S-SVA to obtain a 50% discount from the standard conference fee when you register for the conference.

What better way to drive new membership than by driving a golf ball down the fairway? We are very pleased to host this event at the prestigious club that was also host to the 2008 LG Skins Game in Indian Wells, California. This is a spectacular course to play whether you’re a professional or just a hack.

The Celebrity Course at Indian Wells is in prime season in January, so we can only accommodate a limited number of golfers (currently 28). Reservations are on a first come, first serve basis.

Don’t miss this great opportunity. Looking forward to seeing you in January!!

Registration:
$50 only. Limited tickets available (only 28). Register Now
Celebrity course normally charges $195 greens fees. Thanks to our generous sponsors for this discounted price.

Date:
Monday, January 19, 2009

Agenda:
Noon–5:00 PM - Golf Event (Noon tee time)
5:00–7:00 PM - IBF Conference Cocktail Reception

Location:
Celebrity Course
Indian Wells Golf Resort
44500 Indian Wells Ln
Indian Wells, CA 92210

Reception:
Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa
44400 Indian Wells Ln
Indian Wells, CA 92210

Special thanks to our sponsors and host
DLA Paper
W. Capital Partners
Corporate Venturing & Strategic Investing Conference
Indian Wells Golf Resort