Event Notices From October 25

Matt Roush — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:27:35 +0000

University of Michigan’s Zell Lurie Institute to Host Annual Private Equity Conference: This week the Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and its Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business will host nearly 200 private equity, investment banking and business leaders for its annual Private Equity Conference. The event will cover new insights on the current state of the private equity industry and the strategies needed to excel heading into 2012. It is being held Friday, Oct. 28 at the University of Michigan Union. Now in its sixth year, the Private Equity Conference is a boutique event that covers emerging topics in the nation’s economy and credit markets that pose challenges and new opportunities for those in private equity and institutional investing. During the half-day program, keynote speakers and panelists will assess the current state of the marketplace and discuss strategies private equity firms can use to take advantage of current and predicted market conditions. The program will kick-off at 7:30 a.m. with a networking breakfast. At 8:15 a.m., the keynote address will be delivered by Stewart Kohl, co-CEO of The Riverside Co., the largest and oldest global private equity firm investing in companies with enterprise values of under $200 million. Kohl will address the future of the industry in his presentation, “Private Equity: Will it Evolve or Fade Away?” Following the keynote, attendees will then be able to attend professional development sessions and listen to several in-depth panel discussions. All attendees are invited to a pre-event golf outing taking place on Thursday, Oct. 27 at noon, which will be followed by a dinner reception at 6 p.m. at the Campus Inn. Online registration is open through Wednesday, Oct. 26; on-site registration will open Friday morning at the Michigan Union beginning at 7:30 a.m. For more information or to register, visit www.bus.umich.edu/Conferences/UMPE/ViewConference.aspx

Compuware Presents Live Webcast Featuring Independent Research Firm: ”Speed Your Apps Launch to Market: Learn Six Best Practices for DevOps” will be presented by Compuware Corp. Thursday, Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. Eastern time, featuring Forrester Research Inc. that will highlight six best practices to help organizations deliver successful DevOps models. Presenters will be Glenn O’Donnell, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research, and Alois Reitbauer, Technology Strategist, Compuware dynaTrace Register at http://bit.ly/qZOMIE.

2010 Southeast Venture Conference - Feb 24-25 - DC's Hottest Technology Investment Ticket!

dadministrator — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:17:28 +0000

Looking for 2010′s most promising high-tech ideas and venture capital investing opportunities? In this Southeast US, Washington DC and Northern Virginia region? Yes, 2010′s shaping up to be a huge year for investing potential, and the Northern Virginia/Washington DC area is the hotspot…

Find us at the 2010 Southeast Venture Conference, which will host some of the most dynamic high-growth companies in the Southeast US, Feb 24-25, 2010 at the Ritz Carlton in Tysons Corner, Northern Virginia.

The 2010 (4th annual) Southeast Venture Conference SEVC will feature 60 high growth presenting companies, representing the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic US regions. Join an expected audience of 700+ VCs, PE Investors, Ibankers, high growth executives and entrepreneurs for unparalleled networking among the region’s top technology and investment leaders. Scheduled speakers include Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Google’s “Father of the Internet” Vint Cerf, and National Venture Capital Association president Mark Heesen. (Last we heard Vint Cerf speak – he was at the NIEM conference planning to extend “cloud computing” into space, and back….)

The Southeast Venture Conference highlights both early stage and later stage investment opportunities from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington DC. The sold-out 2007, 2008 and 2009 SEVC’s held in Research Triangle Park, NC, Tysons Corner, VA and Atlanta, Georgia respectively featured over $80 billion in private equity investment capital represented in attendance.

Who Attends the SEVC? Close to 1000 of the region’s leading Entrepreneurs and High Growth Company Executives (from Startups to Pre-IPO), National Venture Capitalists and Private Equity Professionals, M&A facilitators and other leading professionals serving the high growth technology community.

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Event Notices From October 25

2010 Southeast Venture Conference - Feb 24-25 - DC's Hottest Technology Investment Ticket!