OVERVIEW

Red Herring will gather well over 400 CEOs, venture investors, government officials and senior corporate business development executives to its annual Red Herring Spring conference on May 1-3 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Monterey, California. As the venue for the unveiling of the Top 100 private companies in North America, it draws unparalleled attention from decision makers and industry observers across the continent.

Red Herring Spring 2007 will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Red Herring 100 Awards and will gather more innovative start-ups than ever before. For this very special occasion, numerous past Red Herring 100 winners will share their successes and their insights on how to make it to the top.

Red Herring Spring 2007 will feature presentations from the Red Herring 100 North America Award winners, and keynote addresses from legendary VC investors and CEOs of leading Internet, information and communications corporations. There will be insightful roundtable sessions as well as numerous opportunities for conference attendees to meet and interact with their peers.

Attendees will include the following:

• Private technology companies: C-level Executives
• Public technology companies: C-level executives, Business Development, Marketing and Strategy Executives
• Investors: VCs, Private Equity and Other Investors
• Media & Industry Analysts
• Consulting, Legal and other Advisory Company Executives