THE GLOBAL ENTREPRENEUR

PROGRAM SPONSOR

SPECIAL PROGRAM SPONSOR

In this special program of the Enterprise Forum, we will examine the accelerating new global venture trend and what it means to entrepreneurs. On the one hand, new investment sources and marketing opportunities will be available. But on the other, there will be a need for greater diligence and understanding to operate successfully in a global environment. Entrepreneurs will need a new set of managerial skills, access to global marketing and financial networks, greater focus on protecting proprietary information and intellectual property, the ability to tap into new technologies wherever they are being developed, and the information required to obtain skilled professionals from new centers of entrepreneurial activity.

This program is co-sponsored by the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum and the Indian Institutes of Technology alumni organization. It will feature a panel of highly successful entrepreneurs of global ventures. They will cover the key issues and will recount their experience in setting up global enterprises.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Umang Gupta, CEO of Keynote Systems, early Silicon Valley entrepreneur (Oracle Corp., Centura)

PANELISTS

Dr. Arvind Mithal, Professor of Computer Science, MIT, authority on parallel processing and entrepreneur (Sandburst Corp.)
Louise Wannier, CEO of Enfish Corporation, on the founding team of Gemstar Corp. (VCR Plus, one of the fastest growing consumer electronics products of the 90's)
Vijay Yajnik, CEO of AgriBuys, local VC funded company with operations in India
Mohan Tambe, Managing Director, Innomedia Technologies, a major broadband services company in India
Ashok Dhawan, President and CEO of Inphi Corporation, supplier of ultra high-speed analog chips

MODERATOR

Jim Flanigan, Senior Economics Editor, L.A. Times

PRODUCERS

Gunjan Bagla, President, IITK Alumni Association
Siddharth Dasgupta, Associate Director, Caltech/NSF Center for Neuromorphic Systems
Nick Nichols, Director, Caltech Industrial Relations Center

SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS MEETING FROM

PricewaterhouseCoopers

PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers is the world's leading professional services organization. Drawing on the knowledge and skills of 155,000 people in 150 countries, the firm helps clients solve complex business problems and measurably enhance their ability to build value, manage risk and improve performance.

SPECIAL SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS MEETING FROM

Acura

LOCATION AND TIME
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California

Registration and Continental Breakfast:
7:45 a.m. at Baxter Hall

Program:
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Baxter Lecture Hall

Cost
$40.00 per person ($10 for full-time students with student ID's; free to Caltech students and faculty)

Registrations are taken by fax, email and on-line up to 2:00 p.m. the day prior to the event. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required for this event. There are no refunds for no-shows.

FOR INFORMATION
Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum
Industrial Relations Center 1-90
383 S. Hill Avenue
Pasadena, California 91106
626 395-3916 Fax: 626 795-7174
entfor@caltech.edu
http://www.entforum.caltech.edu

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