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Program: Global Wireless Venturing Forum 2004

Date: 14-15 October 2004 (Thursday & Friday)

Time: 8.30am - 6.00pm (Registration will start at 8.00am)

Venue: Room 208 & 209, Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre


Program Schedule

Day 1 - 14 October, 2004

Time

Program Title

Speakers Include

Wireless Keynote and Mobile Market Analysis & Forecasts

0830

Registration

0835

Participants to be seated

0900

Chairman's Welcoming Comments

A/P WONG Poh Kam, Director, NUS Entrepreneurship Centre and NUS Wireless Venturing Forum

0905 Opening Remarks by Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore

Mr. KHOONG Hock Yun, Assistant Chief Executive, Industry, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore

0920
Keynote Address

Mr. Helmut STRUSS, General Manager for Greater China, Siemens Mobile Acceleration

Track 1
0950
Mobile Market Analysis & Forecasts

Mr. Olivier GLAUSER, Director, Qualcomm Ventures

1010 Tea Break  
Track 2
1035
Investigating Growth Market Regions

Asia Mobile Technology Overview

Mr. Nitin BHAT, Director of Telecom Services & Equipment, Frost & Sullivan

Track 3
1055
Global Wireless Venturing Strategies -  Local Case Studies

Global Wireless Venturing Strategies -  Overseas Case Studies

Dr. Sigvald J. HARRYSON, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Growth Strategy Implementation, Baltic Business School, University of Kalmar, Sweden

A/P WONG Poh Kam, Director, NUS Entrepreneurship Centre and NUS Wireless Venturing Forum

Prof Thomas J. Kosnik, Fenwick & West Consulting Professor, Stanford Technology Venture Program(STVP) Stanford University

Mr. Kelvin TAN,
Partner & Senior Vice President, Global Business Eyemail Technology, Inc. (China)

1220-1320 Networking Lunch

Wireless Ventures & Investment Presentations

Track 4
1320
Wireless Ventures Investment opportunities

 

  • Macro views and key drivers on wireless venture investments

  • Investment strategies, including differences investing in Asia compared with that in US and Europe

  • Examples of recent wireless investments made, and how do VCs help their portfolio companies

  • Key challenges or treats to wireless venture investments in today market

  • Advice for wireless startups, including market opportunities, business models, and how they can compete or complement works done by leading wireless vendors

  • What are you looking for in your investment?

Ms. CHIN Tahn-Joo, Managing Partner,
Cross Border Ventures Partner (Panel Chair)

Mr. Bob Lin, General Partner, ACorn Campus, ACorn Venture, Asia Capital Group

Mr. Bob ACKERMAN,
Managing Director and Co-Founder, Allegis Capital

Dr. Juzar MOTIWALLA, Partner, Investments, Green Dot Capital

Mr. Reese SCHROEDER, Managing Director, Motorola Ventures

Mr. Jui TAN, Vice President, Nokia Venture Partners

Mr. Olivier GLAUSER, Director, Qualcomm Ventures

Track 5
1435
Investment Presentations by Early Stage Wireless Start-Ups

A panel of VCs and senior industry executives will be present to give feedbacks to wireless start-ups in terms of their market potential, business model, future possibilities in the wireless- and mobile-communications industry.

VC & Industry Panel:

Mr. Bob LIN, General Partner, ACorn Campus, ACorn Venture, Asia Capital Group (Chair)

Members:

- Mr. KHOONG Hock Yun, Assistant Chief Executive, Industry, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore

- Mr. Spencer TALL, Managing Director, Allegis Capital

- Dr. Wilson TAY, Vice President, Technopreneur Development, Multimedia Development Corporation

- Mr. Jui TAN, Vice President, Nokia Venture Partners

- Mr. TAN Teik-Kheong, Chairman, IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs Next Generation Committee; Senior Product Marketing Manager, Philips Semiconductors

- Mr. CHONG Quek Kwong, General Manager, Strategic Planning and Market Development, MobileOne Ltd

Dr. Hari Krishna GARG, Founding Director, Fatte Telecom

Mr. Arthur CHANG, Founder & CEO, Green Tomato

Mr. Dev RAMMANE, Director of Business & Strategy, iMfinity

Mr. Benoit VANDEVIVERE, Co-Founder & CEO, Irizon

Mr. Mark WHITE, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Locatrix Communications

Mr. YIN Xin Yi, CEO, Mozat

Mr. Michael NG, General Manager, Asia Operations, Way Systems Solutions

Mr. Carlos GARCIA, Chairman & CEO, World Indigo

Mr. Andrew TANG, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Zero Global

 

1635 Tea Break
Track 6
1700

Investment Presentations by Growth Stage Wireless Start-Ups

Mr. David TRAN, Director, Asia Pacific Sales, Bluesocket, Inc.

Mr. LEE Jong-Heui, CEO, IS Data

Mr. Mayank SHARMA,
Vice President - Asia Pacific, Jataayusoft Software

Mr. Gopala KRISHNAN, CEO, Mobile2win

Mr. Benoit BERGERET, Founder and CEO, Realeyes3D

Mr. Bernard CHAN, Vice President, Business Development, Smartbridges

Mr. Jason LIM, Managing Director, Starvision Information Technology

Mr. WONG Jeat Shyan,
CEO, Talariax

1830

End of Day 1

 

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Day 2 - 15 October, 2004

Time

Program Title

Speakers

Next-Gen Wireless Technologies & Collaboration Opportunities & Challenges
0815

Registration & Coffee

 
Track 1
0845
Next Generation Roundtable I by Enterprise Mobile Operators & Vendors - Emerging Technologies, Applications and Services for Wireless Usage

Mr. ONG Boon Kiat, Enterprise Technology Editor, CNet Asia Pacific  (Panel Chair)

Dr. Michael CHIA, Division Director, Communications & Devices Division, Institute for Infocomm Research, Agency for Science, Technology & Research, Singapore

Mr. John EDWARDS, Vice President and General Manager, Asia, Global Telecom Solutions Sector Asia Pacific, Motorola, Inc.

Mr. CHAN Kin Hung, Head, Mobile Services; Senior Vice President, Starhub

Mr. Gregg MARSHALL, Asia Managing Director, Valista, Ireland

Track 2
1000

Next Generation Roundtable II by Wireless Start-Ups- Emerging Technologies, Applications and Services for Wireless Usage

Mr. Jason MA, Founder and CEO, Congruent Partners LLC (Panel Chair)

Mr. Guy MORAG, President & CEO, Bamboo Mediacasting

Mr. Christophe DUGAS, Director of Marketing & Communications, Coronis Systems

Mr. R CHANDRASEKAR, CEO, Radixs

Mr. Benoit BERGERET, Founder and CEO, Realeyes3D

1115
Tea Break  
1145
Keynote: Working in Partnership - Leveraging on Value Chain in Wireless Ecosystem for Wireless Ventures Ms. Lynn LIU, Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Aicent, Inc
Track 3
1215

Working in Partnership - Case Studies of Vibrant Wireless Ecosystem for Start-Ups and MNCs

Dr. Madonmohan RAO, Research Director, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (Panel Chair)

Mr. Mark MANNERS, Director, Mobility & Cooltown Innovation,  Hewlett Packard Asia Pacific

Mr. Varun KAPUR,
Director, Strategic Investment, Intel Capital Treasury, Asia Pacific, Intel Semiconductor Limited

Mr. Oliver WINGROVE, Director, Wireless Delivery, Oracle Corp.

1330 END OF DAY 2 & PROGRAM

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