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Seventh Annual Growth and Exit Strategies

San Jose, May 14, 2009
Doubletree Hotel San Jose

Will Things Ever Be the Same?
Staging for the Recovery - the Future of M&A, VC, Private Equity and Public Offerings in the New Tech Landscape

Attend this conference to learn about:

Raising capital in the current environment
The new rules of global tech M&A
The role of private equity in a credit-starved market
The IPO window
Creative transaction structures
Finding value and opportunity in the cloud
Acquisition multiples, VC tactics and more

And meet:

Corporate development professionals from Google, Verisign, VMWare and other leading companies
Entrepreneurs who recently sold their companies
Leading industry visionaries, including Peter Coffee, Director of Platform Strategy, Salesforce.com

Recovery follows recession, rewarding the companies who made smart strategic decisions in the downturn. We aren't out of the woods yet but the extreme volatility of Q4 2008 has given way to a more pragmatic market. Strategic acquirers such as Google and Microsoft have amassed huge cash warchests. Private equity funds raised money at a record pace in 2007 and are under pressure to put those funds to work. An increasingly global economy has created new opportunities and new competitive threats. Meanwhile, aggressive competitors are trying to take your market share and position themselves to be acquired. How will you respond?

The landscape has changed, impacting every aspect of your strategic plan. It is time to rethink your strategy for funding and liquidity.

May 14 2009

8:00 - 9:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15	Chair Welcome and Industry Update Nat Burgess, Conference Chair, WFS: Executive Vice President, Corum Group Ltd.
9:15 - 10:00	Exit Options Panel: M&A, IPO and Investment experts from Morgan Stanley, IBM, the 451 Group and other leading professionals discuss exit options in the current environment.
10:00 - 10:30	Changing role of Debt in Operations, Recaps and M&A A special presentation by Wells Fargo
10:30 - 11:00	Break
11:00 - 12:00	Buyers Discuss how they use Acquisitions for Growth Corporate Development professionals from Google, VMWare, Verisign and Yahoo discuss what it takes to be the one they acquire
12:00 - 13:00	Luncheon: Discussion Tables M&A, Venture Financing, Valuation, Private Equity, Social Web
13:00 - 13:45	Panel Discussion of CEOs who sold - Are You Ready? Successful strategies for building and selling companies Roman Ormandi, Caligari (now part of Microsoft); Dale Quick, Identiprise; Don Helt, HRMS; Peter Thompson, RIS Global
13:45 - 14:30	Raising Capital: New challenges in preparing for the due diligence process Marc Chiang, Director, Transaction Advisory Services, Grant Thornton LLP
14:30 - 15:00	Break
15:00 - 15:30	Private Equity Roundtable: Reshaping the tech landscape during a credit crunch
15:30 - 16:15	Keynote : Peter Coffee, Director of Platform Research, Salesforce.com The future is cloudy: optimizing technology delivery in an economic downturn
16:15 - 17:00	Valuations: Trends, metrics, benchmarks and strategies for the current environment
17:00 - 19:00	Networking Cocktail Reception

Testimonials

Nick Strong, Systems Solutions Ltd. - Managing Director

"The conference was excellent. I have enjoyed it more than any other that I have attended."

Juan Benitez, Beyond Compliance - COO

"The webinar provided valuable information on how SaaS companies are valued. This information is not readily available as the SaaS industry is just beginning its ascent in the software world."

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