SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The premier forecasting event for exits and investment in the venture capital industry in 2007 -- the VentureOne Outlook Conference -- will be held this February 27 and 28, at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco. The event will offer insight and projections from experts in the market including top venture capitalists, CEOs of some of the most successful venture-backed enterprises, industry analysts, major corporate acquirers and knowledgeable limited partners.
Produced by Dow Jones VentureOne, the publisher of VentureSource, the Outlook Conference will provide attendees with the latest data and analysis on venture capital valuations, the outlook for exits in 2007 plus insight on the most promising industry sectors for investors, the prevalence of hedge funds and buyouts in the market and the opportunities looming in Asia.
Among the exciting keynote speakers at this year's event is Thomas Perkins, partner emeritus at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, who will be talking about the role of the board of directors for both public and private companies in the Sarbanes-Oxley era.
Attendees will also hear about the economic factors expected in 2007 and the impact they will have on investments and exits for venture-backed companies in the near future, from Mickey Levy, chief economist at Bank of America.
The event features The Wall Street Journal Technology Roundtable, at which Don Clark, deputy bureau chief for the Journal, Kevin Delaney, staff correspondent and Rob Guth, a reporter, will talk about the key technology trends and areas to watch in the coming year from industry stalwarts like Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Intel.
The best bets for technology innovation will be revealed in a joint keynote interview with Shane Robison, executive vice president, chief strategy officer and CTO at Hewlett-Packard, and Padmasree Warrior, executive vice president and CTO at Motorola, both of whom steer the research and development efforts at their respective firms. These two executives will share their views on what's happening in the marketplace and their strategies for creating the next game-changing innovations.
Among the panel discussions at this year's Outlook Conference will be a glimpse into hedge funds' latest investment strategy into start-up companies. Featured in this panel are Matthew Cowan, managing partner at Bridgescale Partners, Rani Jarkas, managing director and chief investment officer at Global Crown Capital, John Rogers, chairman, CEO and founder of Pay by Touch, and David Singer, principal at Maverick Capital.
Leaders of the venture capital industry including Alta Partners Managing Director Daniel Janney, Polaris Venture Partners Managing General Partner Alan G. Spoon, Greylock Partners' David Strohm and Charles River Ventures General Partner William P. Tai will provide a look at the venture capital market of today and whether the old model is broken in the opening panel of the Outlook Conference.
The platinum sponsor of the 2007 Outlook event is Squire Sanders. Ocean Tomo, Procter & Gamble and BoogarLists also are sponsors of the event. For more information or to register for the VentureOne Outlook, call (866) 291-1800 or go to http://ventureoneoutlook.dowjones.com/.
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