MASSAPEQUA, N.Y., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The corporate venturing community is entering a period of growth, with great opportunity for corporate development and M&A executives to seek new innovations that will sustain and advance their programs and product base.
This year, IBF will present the 10th Annual Corporate Venturing & Strategic Investing Conference, taking place February 5-6 at The Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, which is an annual event uniting 250+ corporate executives to provide significant observations and offer best practices on their innovation initiatives.
Don't miss your chance to hear from representatives from the corporate venturing community -- all in one setting! Speakers include:
Robert Ackerman Jr., Managing Director & Co-Founder, Allegis Capital (chairman); Byron Bardy, Director, Adobe; Michael Barker, Managing Director, Revolution Partners; John Baumstark, CEO/Chairman, Suniva Inc.; David Berokoff, Manager Technology Development, Sempra Energy Utilities; Debbie Brackeen, VP, Corporate Ventures, Hewlett Packard; Gerald Brady, Managing Director, Siemens Mobile Accelerator; Richard Broyd, Partner, Monitor Group; Peter Bryant, President, TransTech USA, LLC; Bill Byun, Managing Director, Samsung Ventures; Mike Corso, Corporate Business Development Group, M&A, Applied Materials; Tom Cripe, Director, Open innovation and External Business Development, Procter & Gamble; Bill Elkington, Senior Director of Strategic Technology, Rockwell-Collins; Vince Endres, Vice President of Ventures and Portfolio, Development, Sarnoff Corporation; Jay Eum, Managing Director, TransLink Capital; Yates Exley, Head of M&A, Investment Banking, Merriman Curhan Ford & Co.; Claudia Fan Munce, V.P. & Managing Director, IBM; Henry Fang, Sr. Vice President, Intellectual Property Finance, GE Commercial Finance; Annette Finsterbusch, Investment Manager, Applied Ventures LLC; Andrew Gaule, Director, H-I Network; Phil Giesler, Managing Director, Unilever Technology Ventures; Ian Goldstein, Partner, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP; Jonathon Gordon, General Partner, Stage1 Ventures; Paul Greco, Director Ocean Tomo; Larry Handen, Partner, Insight Ventures; John Hanten, Venture Executive, Chevron Technology Ventures; Thomas Hawkins, Director, Arcapita Inc; George Hoyem, Partner, Bluprint Ventures; Jim Huston, Managing Director, Blueprint Ventures; Mary Kay James, Venture Portfolio Manager, DuPont Ventures; Daniel Jaouiche, Vice President, Strategy, Peabody Energy; Ira Kalina, Partner, Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP; Daniel Keoppel, Executive Director, Verizon Communications; Ernie Knight, Head of Corporate Venture Fund, Nationwide Insurance; Alan Koenning, Fund Manager, UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund; Kevin Kuzas, General Counsel, Comcast Interactive Media; Michael Lasinski, Managing Director, Ocean Tomo; Ron Laurie, Managing Director, Inflexion Point Strategy, LLC; Robert Louv, Managing Director (Co-Head of Software & Services Group), Montgomery & Co., LLC; Brad McManus, Director of Investments, Panasonic Venture Group; Subra Narayan, Director, Eastman Kodak Company, Kodak External Alliances; Bertrand Noronha, VP, Acquisitions, Internet Capital Group; Austin Noronha, Vice President, Strategic Technology Partnerships, Sony Electronics Inc; Jayson Pankin. New Venture Creation Specialist, Delphi Corporation; Joseph Pellegrini, Managing Director, Analytic Capital LLC; Martin Pichinson, Co-Managing Director, Sherwood Partners, LLC; Russell Pyne, Managing Director, Atrium Capital; Peter Redford. Partner. Band of Angels, TV Interactive Corp.; Anthony Rjeily, Managing Director, New Business, Accenture; TJ Rylander. Principal, In-Q-Tel; Peter Rokkos, General Counsel, Comcast Interactive Capital; Robert Rosenberg, Partner, New Venture Partners; Everardo Ruiz, Partner, Intellectual Ventures; Jon Sakoda, Principal, New Enterprise Associates; Reese Schroeder, Managing Director, Motorola Ventures; Stephen Socolof, Managing Partner, New Venture Partners; Jerry Sullivan, General Partner, Adams Capital Management; Wim Sweldens, VP, Alcatel-Lucent Ventures, Alcatel-Lucent; Rob Trice, General Partner, Nokia Growth Partners; David Wachter, Managing Director, W Capital Partners; Mark Westover, VP of Corporate Development, Sybase, Inc.; Jacqui Winship, Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, Whirlpool Corporation; Professor Robert C Wolcott, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Co Founder Kellogg Innovation Network, Kellogg School of Management; Ronald Wolf, Sr. Business Development Manager, Philips Research.
To view the full conference agenda, go to http://www.ibfconferences.com/ibf/viewdetails.asp.
To register, contact IBF (Cathy Fenn) at (516) 765-9005, Ext. 210 or e- mail: cathy@ibfconferences.com. Don't forget to use discount code S-PRCV2 to receive your special discount of $200 off the general registration rate of $1,695.
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