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TiECON East - Innovating In A Flat World

Press Release
05/31/2006

Whether you are at an established or early-stage enterprise, attend and network at the Largest Global Innovation Conference at the Hynes Convention Center to:

1.    Explore your next opportunity & develop it into an operating entity  
2.    Discover how to utilize India & emerging markets
3.    Learn trends across – IT, Life Sciences, Clean/Tech, Investments, Social Enterprises

If you are an aspiring pioneer you must attend to meet mentors, build lasting relationships, and re-connect with friends.

At this unique conference you can gain insights from political leaders like the General-Secretary of United Nations and Members of Indian Parliament; renowned academics from Clay Christensen and Howard Stevenson; and other industry leaders at Google (Europe), EMC, Akamai, Microsoft, Merck, Aventis, Intel, YankeeTek, Blackstone Group, and Kleiner Perkins.  

Don’t miss networking with innovators at TiE that raise over 5% of the US venture capital and turn ideas into large enterprises – with $250 billion already in value creation.  

Who is speaking at TiECON East this Year?  Short list of speakers include:

•    Nikesh Arora, VP/GM Europe, Google – Founded T-Motion PLC, a mobile multimedia subsidiary of T-Mobile International
•    Raj Atluru, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurveston, on the board of Blue Titan Software, Great Point Energy, and Konarka Technologies
•    Pravin Chaturvedi, Ph.D., CEO IndUS Pharmaceuticals
•    Don Dodge, Director of Business Development, Microsoft Emerging Business Team – Veteran of start-ups Forte Software, Alta Vista, Napster, Bowstreet, and Groove Networks
•    Frank L. Douglas, Ph.D., M.D. , Executive Director, MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation, former Executive Vice President of Aventis
•    Satish Jindal, Vice President, Schering-Plough Research Institute
•    Sundeep Lal, Ph.D., MBA, Senior Director, External Scientific Affairs, WW Licensing & External Research, Merck & Co., Inc
•    Jeff Nick, CTO, EMC, Former IBM veteran named an IBM fellow, the highest technical honor for IT innovators. Filed more than 80 inventions and holds more than 50 patents in computer systems technology
•    Iqbal Quadir, Founder GrameenPhone - Largest wireless operator in Bangladesh with more than 6 million subscribers, providing cell-to-cell service in rural villages around the world
•    Ananth Rao, Executive Vice President Good Technology, EVP JP Mobile (acquired by Good Technology), and Co-Lead of the Enterprise Action Group of CTIA’s wireless Internet Cacus
•    Paul Sagan, CEO Akamai – Founder of Road Runner, the world’s first broadband cable modem service, and Pathfinder, former President of New Media at Time, Inc.
•    Maheshwar Singh, Senior Partner, PRTM - leads the firm’s efforts to enable pharmaceutical and medical devices companies leverage the global R&D talent, focusing on the emerging markets of India and China.
•    Hatim Tyabji, CEO Bytemobile, former CEO of the successful venture of VeriFone (acquired by HP), CEO Saraide (acquired by Infospace)
•    Tim Wilson, General Partner, Partech International (Wireless companies: Digital Island (acquired by Cable & Wireless), former GM, Lucent Technology, and Board Member, Discera

According to Desh Deshpande, CEO of Sycamore, the top 5 reasons to attend TiECON are:

•   This is the best place to make new connections and strengthen old ties.
•   Fan your entrepreneurial flames- this is the time to act on your dreams.
•   If you’ve reached somewhere, give back through mentoring; budding entrepreneurs are looking for you.
•   If you have somewhere to go, you could use a mentor; find them here.
•   TiE members, see how through your participation you have grown TiE; rejoice in its success at TiECON.

Agenda at a Glance
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