Saturday, May 13, 2006

at California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00AM Baxter Hall
Program: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Networking: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Baxter Lecture Hall
Cost: $40 ($10 for students with full-time student ID;
free to Caltech students)

What is convergence? It’s the hottest thing around. It embraces telephony, video, text and data transmission, music, video player, e-mail, wireless internet access, traditional PDA, GPS and associated functionality, paging, office software applications (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook), digital voice and video recorder, laser pointer, text scanning and OCR functions, and other innovations that even Steve Jobs has not conceived!

What are the hot areas in this field? What does the future hold? What are the near term commercial successes likely to be? What technologies must be developed to fully realize the potential of convergence into a single hand-held device? What are the opportunities for entrepreneurs? What roles will the large telecommunications and entertainment companies play? What roles will the large producers of consumer electronics and computer, as well as, content developers play? How should entrepreneurs work with the larger companies? What are the riskiest areas in this field for entrepreneurs? Where are angel investors and venture capital firms investing their money? How have the public markets received companies focusing on convergence?

The field is open to resourceful entrepreneurs, and to scientists who build the right team to manage and commercialize this technology.

Our May 13, 2006, Caltech MIT Enterprise Forum program will explore the fast-moving world of opportunity for entrepreneurs and middle market companies.

Program

Donald Jones, VP Business Development, Qualcomm Inc. Qualcomm embodies the story of entrepreneurial success. Now Qualcomm is a large company with deep interest in convergence. Qualcomm relies on partnering and collaborating with entrepreneurs. What are the areas of greatest interest to Qualcomm? How can enterpreneurs benefit from collaborations or deals with Qualcomm and other large companies?

Tom Munro, Chief Executive Officer, Veramatrix Inc. Tom Munro has over 22 years of experience in both finance and technology and a global leader in the design, deployment, and management of wireless mobility and broadband wireless networks.

John W. Stossel, CEO, EasyReach Corporation. EasyReach is led by industry veteran John W. Stossel. Founded in 2005, EasyReach is a privately funded company headquartered in Campbell, California and addresses relevant information keyword search.

Stealing digital content has become commonplace. Some estimate that fifty percent of satellite service is stolen, one third of cable service is stolen and over one third of Internet bit traffic is stolen video content. In order to expand content distribution on the Internet, digital content must be protected. Verimatrix is dedicated to the protection of digital creations and securing operator's revenue streams. Verimatrix can easily deploy it technology and trace piracy to its source.

Verimatrix epitomizes the successful enterpreneur – recognizing the market opportunity, developing the product, and partnering with larger companies to deploy its technology. Mr. Munro will describe how Verimatrix is making a difference in the digital convergence revolution.

Don’t miss this timely and informative meeting.

Speaker:

Donald Jones
VP Business Development
Qualcomm Inc.

Case Presenter:

Tom Munro
Chief Executive Officer
Verimatrix Inc.

John W. Stossel
CEO
EasyReach Corporation

Moderator & Producer:

Russell M. Frandsen
Attorney at Law
Reed Smith LLP

Date
Saturday morning, May 13, 2006

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

Cost
$40.00 ($10.00 for students with full-time student ID's; free to Caltech students)

PROGRAM SPONSOR

FOUNDING SPONSORS

	Caltech Industrial Relations Center
	Caltech Alumni Association
	MIT Alumni Association

The Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum is administered in
conjunction with Pasadena Entretec