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October 10-11, 2007

The Friday Center
Chapel Hill, NC

Tech07 Conference

Agenda

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October 10, 2007

The Carolina Club, Chapel Hill, N.C.

6 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Networking Reception

The Carolina Club, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Alumni III

(Invitation Only)

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Opening Dinner

The Carolina Club, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Alumni I and II

(Invitation Only)

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October 11, 2007

The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC

8 a.m. - 7 p.m.	Demo Pavilion	Visit Tech 2007 Demo Company Exhibits
8 a.m. – 9 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 a.m. – 10 a.m.	Opening Remarks and Featured Speaker	Ed Iacobucci CEO DayJet Corporation Founder and former Chairman, Citrix Systems
10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	Break	Visit Technology Demo and Sponsor Exhibits
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.	Featured Panel Session	Corporate Acquisition & Investment Strategies The idea behind the panel is to create discussion about what is emerging in technology from the corporate point of view. The panelists will discuss briefly on what they have invested in (or were invested in) and then focus on where they see most development going? Where is most of the gain for investors? What is it about the technology that is so “hot” right now? Moderator: V. Rory Jones, Principal, Business Intelligence Associates LLC David Horowitz, Principal, Comcast Interactive Capital (CIC) Greg Pelton, Senior Director, Cisco Technology Center, Cisco Systems, Inc. Heather Rebuelta, Investment Manager, Motorola Ventures
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Demo Company Presentations	Secure Command, LLC, Fairfax, Va. Discover Technologies, Inc., RTP, N.C. Yap, Inc. Charlotte, N.C.
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.	Networking Lunch	Visit Technology Demo and Sponsor Exhibits
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Featured Speaker	Ron Louks Vice President, CTO Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc.
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Demo Company Presentations	3dMD LLC, Atlanta, Ga. Blue Square Energy, North East, Md. C Change Surgical LLC, Winston-Salem, N.C.
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.	Break	Visit Technology Demo and Sponsor Exhibits
3:45 p.m. – 5 p.m.	Featured Panel Session	Technology Trends of Today and Tomorrow A panel of high-caliber media representatives will share perspectives on current and future trends in the tech industry. The panelists will reflect on the conference itself, including the 30+ emerging technologies which will be demoed throughout the day, then possibly discuss if/how these demos are related to trends or what’s coming on the “horizon” in various tech industries. Moderator: Frank Stasio, Host, “The State of Things,” North Carolina Public Radio, WUNC Eric Auchard, Chief Technology Correspondent, Reuters Donna Bogatin, Founder and Chief Analyst, InsiderChatter.com Don Dodge, Executive Director of Microsoft’s Emerging Business Team and Famous Blogger, The Next Big Thing
5 p.m.	Awards	Announcement of People's Choice Award WInners and Giveaways
5 p.m. – 7 p.m.	Game Night Reception

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Conference Co-Chairs

Mark Larson: Grant Thornton, LLP
Mike Saber: Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP

Demo Selection Chair

Rik Vandevenne: River Cities Capital Funds

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