NVCA Today

November 12-13, 2008
Hotel Marlowe
Cambridge, MA

The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the Radical Innovation Group and Product Genesis will hold their fifth annual symposium on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth on November 12-13, 2008 at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

This two-day, highly interactive, symposium will explore the challenges driving the importance of cultivating an innovation discipline within Corporations and Corporate Venturing Organizations. Representatives from global 500 companies, corporate venture capital groups, venture capitalists, and select academia will gather to discuss a variety of topics including:

• Innovation as a Management Discipline
• Corporate Innovation Initiatives
• Can Corporate Venture Capital Fuel Your Innovation Engine?

The symposium's format will consist of panel presentations/discussions followed by breakout sessions. The intent is to provide expert advice from practitioners and academics as well as ample opportunities for direct exchanges of information among participants. We strongly encourage participants to come prepared to take active roles in discussions and networking. In order to maximize the interactivity of the event, attendance is restricted to 125 participants.

What past participants have said about the 2007 NVCA/EIG Symposium:

"This symposium offers an efficient way to develop relationships and gain a corporation's thoughts on product evolution. I found that the corporate key players in attendance were extremely approachable and have the desire to know what traditional VCs think about the ease of their supply chain entry, design cycles, customer pain points, etc., in relation to innovative startups."
- Kevin Fong, Managing Director at Mayfield.

"The symposium provided an excellent opportunity for me to network with colleagues from a broad range of businesses. I was able to make connections with business-leaders and explore the potential for future collaborations."
- Mark J. Peterson, Director, Procter & Gamble's External Business Development Organization.

 "The NVCA/EIG Symposium is a great opportunity to meet and share ideas with corporate partners and their venture capital organizations. The panels are lively and insightful. It is a tremendous forum for networking with corporate peers and provided some valuable contacts for my portfolio companies."
- Steve Krausz, General Partner, US Venture Partners