Conference Presentation

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Conference Presentation
4th
Lisbon, 25th and 26th May, 2004
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4th Venture Capital IT
Why you should come
The questions we want to answer

• Whats the role of Venture Capital in building a
  more dynamic and entrepreneurial Portugal?
• What changes need to be taken to put Venture
  Capital at the centre of the Portuguese economy?
• Should companies be selective when choosing the
  perfect investor?
• Besides capital, which other attributtes can the
  investor bring to the start-up?
• How to reconcile long-term strategy of the
  company with investors objectives?

• International leading edge speakers from both
  business and finance
• Access to innovating projects
• Diverse and complementary subjects Financing
  Sources, Entrepreneurship and Technology.

4th
Lisbon, 25th and 26th May, 2004
Its time to do business !
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4th Venture Capital IT
Key Note Speakers
Shailendra Vyakarnam started his working career
in small companies, leaving to complete his MBA
and PhD at Cranfield School of Management, where
he stayed on the faculty for ten years, before
taking up a Chair in Enterprise at Nottingham
Business School. In April 2001 he was appointed
Teaching Programme Director at the University of
Cambridge Entrepreneurship Centre and has been
made a Senior Fellow of Darwin College,
Cambridge. He has published several books and
journal articles. In 1990 he co-founded
Transitions, combining his academic interests
with the practical how-to for businesses. As a
result of this he has worked with over 400
businesses in workshops, consulting assignments
and as coach, mentor and non-executive director.
Shai Vyakarnam
Centre For Entrepreneurial Learning University of
Cambridge Director
The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning at the
University of Cambridge was created to train,
develop and support people who want to turn their
innovating ideas into well-succeeded projects.
The activities of the Centre combine theory with
real life experience giving entrepreneurs all the
tools they need.
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Speakers
Jack is a serial entrepreneur, business angel,
and Entrepreneur in Residence at the University
of Cambridge. Most recently Jack has joined the
founding team of Artemi and has authored the
'High Tech Entrepreneur's Hand Book. Formerly
Chief Technologist of NTL, Jack has founded a
number of high tech companies including
NetChannel Ltd (sold to NTL Europe and AOL USA ),
Electronic Share Information Ltd (sold to
ETrade) and TopexPress (sold to VSEL).
Jack Lang
Serial Entrepreneur
After working as a consulter for 5 years in
European companies, Claude Rameau has joined
INSEAD board in the area of economic sciences.
With many publications on bookshops, hes
actually Vice President of INSEAD, as well as
board member of many Centre Euro-Asian academic
institutes. He now runs France Angels Network,
the biggest business angels organization in
France, promoting this type of investors within
the high-potential companies market.
Claude Rameau
France Angels Network
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Speakers
Graduated by ESSEC, Paris, Philippe Bloch is the
president of Columbus Café and author of many
best sellers related to entrepreneurship like
Bienheureux les fêlés and Service Compris
with more than 500.000 books sold.
Founded in 1994, Columbus Café is the first and
biggest expresso bar network operating in
France. The American concept relates Italian
tradition to the innovation of the new world.
Philippe Bloch
Columbus Cafe
Measuring the economic impact of technologic
revolutions today is the main purpose of
Forrester, U.S. based company since 1983, which
counts with about 560 employees and is already
quoted in NASDAQ.
Forresters mission is to guide and help
marketing annalists and IT professionals in the
creation of a technologic platform, which brings
them competitive advantages. With almost 2000
clients, Forrester is a multinational company
with offices in Australia, Canada, Denmark,
France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Netherlands,
Norway, UK and USA.
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Speakers
Chris Curtis got his first taste of
entrepreneurship in the 1970s when he helped a
friend launch a clothing store. Bitten by the
bug, he soon followed by opening a restaurant and
two donut franchises of his own. After selling
these successful operations, he turned to helping
others as an entrepreneurship consultant.The
Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and
Development (CEED) was born in 1995 through
Chriss work within the Nova Scotia Department of
Education and remains today within the mandate of
this department. As Chief Entrepreneurship
Officer of CEED, Chris manages this organization,
which is dedicated to nurturing entrepreneurship
in young people by acting as a catalyst in the
areas of Entrepreneurship Education Research
and Program Design Professional Development and
Community Entrepreneurship. 
Chris Curtis
CEO Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and
Development
In the past five years, Chris has spearheaded
CEEDs growth from a staff of six to 50. Over 30
projects have been developed and implemented by
CEED. These include the award-winning Break Into
Business Camp, which instils the entrepreneurial
spirit in kids aged nine to 15 Open for Business
(OFB), an international network of youth-friendly
walk-in centres where staff help with the how
tos and next steps for anyone who wants to
start, improve or expand a business and the
Spirit of Entrepreneurship Conference that
attracts 500 people annually. CEEDs professional
development programs have been attended by
educators and economic developers from across the
globe.
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Theme Panels
25th May
Investments and Technology

• Market Turnaround and the return of IPO?
• IT A vision over information systems for the
  last years
• Opportunities in the New Technologies
• How can short cycles of life influence
  investments?
• CASE STUDY

Dr. José Roquette - Pestana Pousadas Group and VC
From Concept to Action
Chris Curtis CEED Canada

• The critical points in launching a new business
• Focusing RD on product commercialisation
• Building a good Business Plan and using it to
  raise capital
• Basic Principles to create a company
• CASE STUDY

Shai Vyakarnam Cambridge University
Philippe Bloch Columbus Café
Steven Gretch, South Africa
Paulo Neves SDEM Soc. Desenv. da Madeira
Moderator - Prof. Ricardo Cândido Sousa
(Nothingam Univ.)
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Theme Panels
26th May
Investors vs. Entrepreneurs
Maria Eugénia Magro Banco Efisa
Nasser Sattar PriceWaterhouseCoopers

• Entrepreneur/ Business Angel relations
• How to work day-by-day with future partners
• Understanding the relationship
  investors-promoters
• Entrepreneur and Investor prerequisites
• CASE STUDY

Jack Lang Serial Entrepreneur
Francisco Fonseca da Silva B.Português Gestão
Nicolas Eymard Maaf Gestion-P.equity
Mark Delamere, Nottingham University
Moderator - Prof. Doutor Luís Nandim de Carvalho
The triangle Portugal - Brasil Portuguese
Speaking Africa
Francisco Banha Gesventure
Banco do Nordeste - Brasil

• What is the best investment strategy in these
  markets?
• Venture Capital in Africa?
• Prior areas/ sectors?
• Support and cooperation?
• CASE STUDY

Miguel Afonso A Promotora (Cape Verde)
Jorge Barata Preto GCI (Mozambique)
Samy Kopit BNDES (Brazil)
Siagri Moçambique Dr Jorge Santos
Moderator - Mestre Rui de Carvalho
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Last Three Editions
Speakers
Jean Raby Goldman Sachs Director Arnaldo
Rodrigues Country Manager Motorola
Portugal Paul Shreve New Business Develpoment
Cisco USA Paulo Ramos CEO Compaq
Portugal Luís Mira Amaral BPI Capital Board
Member Rogério Carapuça CEO Novabase Stéphane
Roussier France Finance Technology Group
President Christopher Klein Ernst
Young Andre Jaunay Business Angels France
Network Chris Curtis Centre Entrepreneuship
Canada João Matias Oracle Portugal Diogo Horta
e Costa Telesp Celular António Nogueira de
Leite University Teacher Alexander Von
Friesen Pricewaterhousecoopers Martin Carr
Business Link
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The Organization
Gesventure...
Where do we stand

• 1st Venture Catalyst  in Portugal

• 150 Analysed Dossiers

• 800.000 raised

• 50 conferences as speakers

• Venture Capital Market Reports

• ISO 90012000 Certification

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Conclusion
The organization of a conference of this size
with speakers, critics and world-class
businessmen, is only possible if the most active
organizations in the market get together and
contribute to its implementation and
success.   We therefore expect to achieve
successful understanding platforms to realize, in
the fourth consecutive year, the event that
represents the state of the art of venture
capital in Portugal, which we want to be
considered an important mark in international
conferences all around the world.
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