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The French-American Chamber
of Commerce of San Francisco
proudly invites you to its:
High-Tech Exchange Panel
Discussion
"2006, Trends in the IT Venture Capital Market"
In recent quarters there has
been a flood of investments in biomedical companies, reshaping
the landscape long dominated by software, semiconductors, the
Internet and telecom.
In 2006, consumers and business users will expect real-time
information access. Will compliance be a driver of ROI? Will
advertising dollars continue to migrate to the Internet? Will
users finally accept off-shoring and outsourcing as a standard
element in any IT organization’s mix?
What will be the Hot market segments?
This lively panel discussion will explore current trends and
panelist opinions on many topics.
Thursday, March 16th
from 6pm
At Bingham McCutchen,
1900 University Avenue
East Palo Alto, CA 94303
See Directions
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This
event is a unique chance to meet top executives with insights
into market opportunities, competitive threats, technical
trends, emerging markets, and development strategies. Each
conference attracts upwards to 50 attendees and decision makers
in their field, and each conference represents a new opportunity
for networking and
meeting potential partners and opinion makers. Over the past 5
years, the conferences from the High Tech Committee have brought
dozens of key people from the Bay Area together. Typical
attendees include CEO, CIO, Vice Presidents (IT, Business
Development, Marketing), Partners and Consultants. Usual
industries represented include Venture Capital, Law firms,
International Development and Management Consulting, Software
and Hardware vendors, and Governmental Representation.
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Moderator:
Alex Serge
VIEUX, Chairman, CEO and Founder, Dasar
 Alex
Serge Vieux, Chairman, Founder & CEO of DASAR in 1990, brings
more than 20 years experience in the IT industry to the company.
Alex’s accomplished background as an entrepreneur, high-tech
journalist, professor, and advisor to the French government
makes him a seasoned IT executive with a broad knowledge base.
Alex has been named one of the most influential people in the
European technology community for several years running, in Time
Magazine’s Digital Europe A-List of the top 25 people shaping
Europe’s new economy (Time Europe Digital 25).
Alex served or currently serves as a director of several
international public and private companies, including BVRP,
CheckPoint Software, Commerce One, Computer Associates, Daum
Communications, Kyriba, Qualys, and Tandem Computers.
Eager to share his knowledge of the IT industry, Vieux also held
a position at the University of Paris La Sorbonne.
A graduate of the Institute d’Etudes Politiques and the French
business school HEC, Alex holds a law degree from the Universite
de Paris and a MBA from Stanford University, where he was a
Fulbright Scholar.
Speakers:
Eric
BUATOIS, Managing
Director, Sofinnova Ventures
 Entrepreneurs
value their working relationship with Eric because he is a "big
picture" strategic thinker who takes the time to provide
coaching on the science—and the art—of growing a business. He is
a supportive, positive team-player who likes to have fun.
Prior to joining Sofinnova Ventures in 2001 to focus on the
telecommunications sector, Eric had 18 years of experience in
the communications industry.
He had a 14-year tenure with Hewlett-Packard, where he had
business management, profit and loss, and global strategic
responsibilities through leadership roles based in Europe and
the United States. In 1998, Eric moved to H-P's U.S.
headquarters, where he became General Manager of H-P's $340
million Communication Solution business unit.
He began his career with Texas Instruments in 1983, rising to
European Product Manager for the Digital Signal Processor line.
Concentrating on DSP applied to wireless, Eric defined and
guided the product line's introduction into the European market,
and negotiated key OEM agreements with top European telecom
equipment vendors. His efforts led to the successful Europe-wide
deployment of TI's DSP line.
Eric received his M.S. in Computer Science and Communications
Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure des
Telecommunications (France).
Nicolas
ELBAZE, Partner,
Partech International
 Nicolas
joined Partech International in 1998. He is a member of
Partech's global software team.
Prior to Partech, Nicolas spent the previous 15 years as an
entrepreneur and was a co-founder of several Partech-funded
companies: Softway International, Softway Systems (acq. by
Microsoft) and ISDnet (acq. by Cable & Wireless). Nicolas also
drove the Softway Venture Development activity which led to the
incubation of several successful start-ups in the U.S. and
Europe, including: RightPoint (acq. by E.piphany), MultiMania
(IPO then acq. by Lycos Europe), and LibertySurf (IPO then acq.
by Tiscali). Nicolas also served on the board of Meiosys (acq.
by IBM).
Nicolas is an active board member at his portfolio companies:
Acsera, Akimbi and Pantero.
Nicolas received an MBA from Ecole des Hautes Etudes
Commerciales (HEC) in Paris, France and attended the
International Management Program at both UC Berkeley Haas School
of Business and Universitat zu Koln, Germany.
Aymerik RENARD, General Partner, Innovacom
 Based
in San Francisco, California, Aymerik Renard joined Innovacom in
1996, opening the North American office. His major investments
include Cobalt Networks (Nasdaq IPO, then bought by publicly
traded Sun Microsystems), eFusion (bought by publicly traded
ITXC), Epicentric (bought by publicly traded Vignette), Four11
Corporation (bought by publicly traded Yahoo!), Intershop (Neuer
Markt IPO), Preview Systems (Nasdaq IPO), Sandpiper Networks
(bought by publicly traded Digital Island/Cable & Wireless),
Tumbleweed Communications (Nasdaq IPO), and Valicert (Nasdaq
IPO, then merged into Tumbleweed).
Aymerik has worked with Internet technologies since 1989, and
focuses on enterprise and telecom software investments. He is a
frequent speaker at industry events, and is on the advisory
board of IBF’s Corporate Investing & Strategic Partnering
Conference.
Prior to joining Innovacom, Aymerik headed France Telecom North
America’s Internet and online service–related business
development activities. While there, he performed technology,
market and strategic analyses and participated in partnership
and joint venture negotiations, working in close contact with
various France Telecom operating units, and served on the board
of directors of the Multimedia Services Affiliate Forum, an
international carrier industry group.
Aymerik is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in
information and decision systems, as well as policy and
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