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Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Software
Is Cloud Computing Software's next Silver Lining?

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Saturday, June 13, 2009
at the California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. Baxter Hall
Program:
9:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking:
11:20 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Cost:
$40 on-line registration fee  $50 at-the-door.  $10 for students with full-time student ID (must show at door); free to Caltech students. Registration closes at 5:00 pm, Thursday, June 11, 2009. There are no refunds for no-shows.

Is cloud computing the next transition in the software industry or merely a technology to scale availability? For those who have familiarity with cloud computing, there remain questions of the benefits it offers the entrepreneur.

Please join the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum and the Technology Council of Southern California for their annual software program, this year focusing on cloud computing. Our keynote speakers, serial internet entrepreneurs, and panelists will share their knowledge of cloud computing, offering guidance, insight and practical tips for young ventures on how to best exploit the “cloud.”

Keynote Speakers

Peter Coffee
Director of Platform Research
Salesforce.com
www.salesforce.com
Formerly Technology Editor, eWeek

Peter will be addressing cloud computing as an industry, how entrepreneurs can utilize it and how clients are addressing their issues using it.

Henry Sienkiewicz
Technical Program Director
Computing Services, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) of the Department of Defense
www.disa.mil

Mr. Sienkiewicz’s role is to establish the future computing environment for the Defense Department within the Defense Information Systems Agency’s computing Services. His focus is currently on technical architectures, information assurance, network operations, interoperability, the next generation data center and cloud computing.

Panelists

Joe Andrieu
CEO/Founder
SwitchBook
www.switchbook.com
Chair, Project VRM Standards Committee

Feyzi Fatehi
CEO
Corent Technology Inc.
www.corenttech.com

Venture Capitalist

Bruce Hallett
Managing Director
Miramar Venture Partners
www.miramarvp.com

Moderator & Producer

Stan Tomsic
Chairman, Executive Committee, Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum
Administrator, Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County
www.labtc.org

Date and Location

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. at Baxter Hall, Caltech
Program:
9:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking:
11:20 a.m. - 12:00 noon at Baxter Hall, Caltech

Cost

$40 on-line registration fee.  $50 at-the-door.  $10 for students with full-time student ID (must show at door); free to Caltech students. Registration closes at 5:00 pm, Thursday, June 11, 2009. There are no refunds for no-shows.

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Event Sponsor

Maginnis Knechtel & McIntyre LLP

Special Event Sponsor

Technology Council of Southern California

Founding Sponsors

Caltech Industrial Relations Center
Caltech Alumni Association
MIT Alumni Association

Operating Sponsor

Caltech Office of Technology Transfer

The Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum is administered in conjunction with the
Caltech Office of Technology Transfer

For Information

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For more information:

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum
1200 E. California Blvd., MC 5-9
Pasadena, CA 91125
ph: 626-395-5759
fax: 626-395-2853
email: info@entforum.caltech.edu

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