During the two-day Red Herring Fall conference, you will see insightful presentations from the Red Herring Small Cap 100 companies. Opinion-leading keynote speakers will tell you about their successful growth strategies, the challenges they face as market dynamics shift, and consider their relationships with smaller companies. And roundtable panel discussions with leading industry observers, moderated by Red Herring journalists, will explore the top ten industry trends that will drive growth for the ecosystem in 2006.

Tuesday, December 13th
17:00 - 19:30CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
18:30 - 20:30WELCOME DINNER & AWARDS CEREMONY
20:30 - 22:30COCKTAIL RECEPTION - Grandviews Lounge, Grand Hyatt
 
Wednesday, December 14th
07:30 - 08:30BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
08:30 - 08:45WELCOME SPEECH
08:45 - 09:15KEYNOTE SESSION
Shinjiro Iwata, Chief Executive Officer, Hitachi Data Systems
09:15 - 10:00KEYNOTE SESSION

Parts of the Sum: Spinouts and Buyouts
Terry Garnett, Managing Director, Garnet & Helfrich Capital
John Kish, President & CEO, Wyse Technology
10:00 - 10:30COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 11:15ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
Universal Broadband: Anywhere, Anytime
Niels van Erven, Consultant Wireless Technologies, 3Com
Patricia Hume, Global Vice President, SMB Solutions, Avaya, Inc.
Jan Callewaert, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Option NV

Enterprise Software: Silent Revolution
Shirish Netke, Chief Strategy Officer, Aztec Software & Technology Services & Chairman, Software Economic Council
Philippe Cases, Partner, Partech International
Greg Gianforte, Founder, Chairman & CEO, RightNow Technologies, Inc.
Arnie Berman, Chief Technology Strategist, SG Cowen
Scott Dietzen, President & CTO, Zimbra
11:15 - 12:15SMALL CAP 100 PRESENTATIONS
12:15 - 13:30LUNCH
13:30 - 14:30KEYNOTE SESSION
Financial Future of the Software Industry
David Roux, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Silver Lake Partners
Marc Benioff, Chairman, President & CEO, Salesforce.com
14:30 - 15:15KEYNOTE ROUNDTABLE SESSION
Analyst Roundtable: Top 10 Trends for 2006
Vikram Kaura, Vice President & Senior Analyst, C.E. Unterberg, Towbin
Sarah Friar, Research Analyst, Goldman Sachs
Tore Svanberg, Senior Research Analysts, Piper Jaffray
Jim Handy, Director, Semico Research
Arnie Berman, Chief Technology Strategist, SG Cowen
15:15 - 16:15KEYNOTE ROUNDTABLE SESSION
Growth and Governance: Keeping the Balance
James Tholey, Managing Director, Accume Partners
Frank Hailstones, Chairman & CEO, Axena
Jacob Sayer, Managing Director, Head of Technology Banking, Libertas Capital
John Mutch, President & CEO, Peregrine Systems
Shai Stem, Chief Executive Officer, Vintage Filings LLC
16:15 - 16:45COFFEE BREAK
16:45 - 18:25SMALL CAP 100 PRESENTATIONS
18:15 - 19:15ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
Digital Entertainment: Take 2
Thomas McGrath, Chairman, Crossroads Media
Sheng Lu, Chief Financial Officer, One Wave
Dave Habinger, President & CEO, Sonic Solutions
Julie Ask, Research Director & Senior Analyst, Jupitermedia

Opportunities in the East: Rule Books & Play Books
Ranjit Dhuru, Chief Executive Officer, Aftek Infosys Ltd.
Matthew Pedley, Co-Founder & Fund Manager, Minah Ventures
Lee Ting, Managing Director, WR Hambrecht+Co
Sho Long Chen, Chairman, President & CEO, Vweb
19:30 - 22:00COCKTAIL RECEPTION -- Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
 
Thursday, December 15th
07:30 - 08:30BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
08:30 - 09:30KEYNOTE SESSION
Umang Gupta, Chairman & CEO, Keynote Systems
Bill Del Biaggio, President & CEO, Sand Hill Capital
09:30 - 10:30KEYNOTE ROUNDTABLE SESSION
Innovation: M&A vs. R&D
Donald Rippert, Chief Technology Officer, Accenture
Amy Shuen, CEIBS (returning to UC Berkeley)
Robert Bauer, Vice-President & Chief Technology Officer, Xerox Global Services
10:30 - 11:00COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:00SMALL CAP 100 PRESENTATIONS
12:00 - 13:30LUNCH
13:30 - 14:00KEYNOTE SESSION
John Schwarz, Chief Executive Officer, Business Objects
14:00 - 14:45KEYNOTE ROUNDTABLE SESSION
Growth Strategies for Growth Companies
Alec Ellison, Managing Director, Jeffries Broadview
Michael Glaser, Partner, Perkins Coie
Mark Woodward, President & CEO, Serena Software Inc.
Scott Raskin, Chief Operating Officer, Telelogic
14:45 - 15:30ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
Building a Security Company
John Livingston, Chief Executive Officer, Absolute Software
Ross Brown, Chief Operating Officer, eEye Digital Security
Bob Walters, Chief Executive Officer, Teros

Five Emerging Technologies: Why they Matter Now
David Edwards, Analyst, Internet & Software, American Technology Research
Mark Modzelewski, Vice President of Strategic Opportunities, NanoDynamics & Co-founder Nanobusiness Alliance
Michael Orshan, Director of Science and Technology, State of New Mexico
Erik Straser, General Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures

Wireless: More Than Just Talk
James Linlor, Chief Executive Officer, Black Lab Mobile
John Gardner, General Partner, Blue Run Venture Capital
Jesse Liu, Senior Vice President & CFO, Hurray! Holding
Julie Ask, Research Director & Senior Analyst, Jupitermedia
15:30 - 16:00COFFEE BREAK