Xconomy: VC65 Agenda: Celebrating the 65th Anniversary of Venture Capital in America



	1:00 – 2:00	Registration and Networking
	2:00 – 2:10	Introduction and Welcome Bob Buderi, Xconomy Jack Lasersohn, NVCA
	2:10 – 2:25	Opening Keynote Bob Metcalfe, Inventor of Ethernet, Founder 3Com, Professor of Innovation, University of Texas at Austin, and Polaris Venture Partners
	2:26 – 2:38	Best Venture Practices Applied to a New Passion Henry McCance, Greylock Partners
	2:38 – 2:50	Fulfillment 2.0: The Kiva Systems Story Mick Mountz, Kiva Systems Ajay Agarwal, Bain Capital Ventures
	2:50 – 3:15	Panel: New Frontiers of Venture Ed Roberts, MIT Sloan School of Management (moderator) Bryan Roberts, Venrock Theresia Gouw Ranzetta, Accel Partners Noubar Afeyan, Flagship Ventures Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group
	3:15 – 3:35	Networking Break
	3:35 – 3:42	Screening: More than Money Documentary Film Excerpt Featuring Don Valentine, Sequoia Ventures; Tom Perkins, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers; and Arthur Rock
	3:42 – 3:54	The Skype Story Howard Hartenbaum, August Capital
	3:54 – 4:06	New View of Venture Story Scott Kupor, Andreessen Horowitz
	4:06 – 4:18	Building Biotechs: A Story of a Great VC-Entrepreneur Partnership Robert Langer, MIT Terry McGuire, Polaris Venture Partners
	4:18 – 4:20	A word about the reception John Durant, MIT Museum
	4:20 – 4:45	Panel: International Venture Capital Bill Sahlman, Harvard Business School (moderator) Peter Brooke, Advent International Linda Rottenberg, Endeavor Global Tim Draper, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
	4:45 – 5:00	Walk to MIT Museum
	5:00 – 6:30	Networking Reception at the MIT 150th Anniversary Exhibition MIT Museum


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