Half Moon Bay, San Francisco, California
Wed, October 8th, 2014
Triple Helix Venturing for the longer term is a one day confernece designed to bring together thought-leaders from three key ecosystems – corporations, universities and governments – for the sharing of best practice with their VC and entrepreneurial peers translating technology into the next generation of fast-growing businesses. This one day conference, plus dinner, runs in parallel to the larger Venture Alpha West conference organised by Thomson Reuters.
Questions addressed throughout this engaging event include:
- How can the global challenges to the digital sphere be turned into growth opportunities within healthcare, the natural environment and other areas facing disruptive forces?
- How can the Triple Helix create a better mode of coordination to enhance productivity, output and innovation, and what are the challenges to universities, businesses and government?
- How can the Triple Helix build innovative markets, places and networks, and what are the challenges to open innovation, demand and business models?
- How can the Triple Helix build more innovation-friendly financial institutions, and what are the challenges to the business of banking in driving innovation and entrepreneurship, especially in SMEs?
- How can the Triple Helix enhance universities as interactive partners in our innovation systems, and what are the challenges to the absorptive capacity of academic knowledge within firms and by other users?
- How can the Triple Helix enhance skills for innovation, and what are the challenges to management and leadership skills for high growth firms?
- How can public action drive innovation in the private sector, and what are the challenges to public procurement, as well as intellectual property management and IPR policies?
- How can the Triple Helix enhance place-based innovations, and what is the role of local innovation systems and local key institutions to build and accelerate regional clusters?
With approximately 100-150 venture capitalists expected from the government university and corporate sectors, this event will provide you with a fantastic opportunity to learn from the leading lights of this complicated part of the industry
The Agenda So Far:
7:00 Registration & Breakfast Opens
8:00 Welcome Remarks
8:15 Plenary Keynote 1: TBA
8:50 Plenary Keynote 2: TBA
9:25 Plenary Keynote Panel: TBA
10:00 Networking Coffee Break
10.30 Open for Triple Helix Venturing: James Mawson, editor-in-chief
10.35 Keynote: Erik Vermeulen, Philips/Tilberg University
Recipes for creating a startup ecosystem – the triple helix is not enough as you need to add the venture capital.
11.00 Panel: Collaboration or competition in venture
Moderator:
Nagraj Kashyap, Qualcomm Ventures
Panellists:
Russ Conser, ex-Shell, now Houston, Texas
Mary Kay James, DuPont Ventures
Michael Fox, MIT
Bob Ackerman, Allegis Capital
11.45 Panel: Regional and cultural impressions on triple helix models
Moderator:
Phil Wickham, Kauffman Fellows
Panellists:
US: Laurent Le Gourrierec, Alcatel
Europe: Frederic Hanika, Software AG
Asia: James Caruso, JNC
RoW: Cory Steffek, Saudi Arabia Energy Ventures
12.30 Plenary Lunch
2.00 Fireside chat: Gareth Keane, Qualcomm
2.40 Panel: Funding Innovation for the longer-term
Moderator:
John Martin, Baker Botts (TBC)
Panellists:
George Foster, Stanford,
Davorin Kuchan, Capbridge
Errol Arkelic, Mach 64, ex-SBIR
Michael Madison, Sozo
3.30 Networking Coffee Break
4.00 Unpanels (moderated roundtable discussions):
Topics to be confirmed
5.00 Keynote: Jim Spohrer and Wendy Lung, IBM
IBM insiders: bringing together ventures, governments, academia and corporations together to manage through the fourth-wave technological disruption.
5.25 Round up: James Mawson, GCV
5.30 Networking Cocktail Reception
7.00 Close
For more information please contact David Jenkins at djenkins@mawsonia.com
| Ticket Type | Price | Early Bird Price | Super Early Bird Price | |
| (Expires August 19th) | (Expires July 15th) | |||
| Corporate Venture Capital and Venture Capital delegate pass | $995 | $895 | $795 | |
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| University, Government, Not for profit | $695 | $595 | $495 |