7:30-8:15 a.m. Registration
	8:15-8:30 a.m. Welcome
	Maxine Ballen, President and CEO, NJTC
	8:30-9:30 a.m. Breakfast
	Breakfast Speaker Barry Goldsmith, Managing Partner, Updata Capital, Inc.
	9:35-10:35 a.m. Angels and Angel Financing - How to Be an Angel; Mistakes with Angel Investing The panel will explore best practices and current trends in angel and early stage financing. The panelists will include currently active angels and repeat players in the early stage financing arena. MODERATOR Edward M. Zimmerman, Esq., Chair, The Tech Group, Lowenstein Sandler PC PANELISTS Anthony J. Dimun, CPA, Chairman, Nascent Enterprises, LLC Amir Goldman, Principal, IT Software & Services, TL Ventures Christian Kopfli, CEO, Chromocell Corporation Michael Lucciola, Managing Director, Firefly Group LLC The Impact of Private Equity on Later Stage Liquidity Opportunities The evolving definitions of “private equity” and “venture capital” create new opportunities for expansion stage companies to access capital. Our panel will explore the roles that “venture debt,” mezzanine lenders and hedge funds may play in this equation. MODERATOR Michael P. Weiner, Esq., Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP PANELISTS Marc R. Lederman, General Partner, NewSpring Capital Gerard DiFiore, Partner, Reed Smith LLP William M. Means, Managing Partner, Merion Investment Partners, L.P.
	10:40-11:40 a.m. VC Valuation - Art or Science A frequent source of frustration for entrepreneurs is the determination of the valuation used by investors in proposing an investment. This panel will delve into the lore of venture capital valuation. Is what appears to some to be a random act driven by market forces or a science driven by analytic modeling? MODERATOR Steven M. Cohen, Esq., Partner, Morgan Lewis PANELISTS Joe Allegra, General Partner, Edison Venture Fund Albert G. Pastino, Officer, Amper Investment Banking, LLC Robert S. Adams, Co-founder & Managing Partner, TWC/NextStage Capital Matt Miller, President/CEO, Multi-Spectral Imaging Venture Capital - What’s Hot and What’s Not Curious about 2005 VC investments and where the money went? While venture capital continued at a healthy pace throughout 2005, what is underlying in the numbers? Have fi rst-time fi nancings been the queen of the ball or the bane of the VC? What industries are garnering the VCs attention and enticing them to take more risk? Sit in on this expert-filled panel to hear what is hot and attracting their attention versus what puts them to sleep at night. MODERATOR Susan J. Roos, Partner, NJ Venture Capital Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PANELISTS Brandon H. Hull, General Partner, Cardinal Partners Brad Burnham, Partner, Union Square Ventures Jim Gunton, General Partner, NJTC Venture Fund Josh Grotstein, Partner and Co-Founder, SAS Investors Peter W. Laberee, Partner, Corporate, Fox Rothschild LLP
	11:45-12:45 p.m. Strategic Partnering - Making the Pharm Team Emerging and large life science companies use strategic alliances to fund and support development of new technologies and markets. A panel of experts describes current techniques and key issues for successful partnerships. MODERATOR Richard J. Pinto, Esq., Chair, Venture Technology & Entrepreneurial Services Practices, Stevens & Lee, PC PANELISTS Kevin Heyeck, VP Development for Vitae Pharmaceuticals Steven Mizrach, CPA, Partner in Charge Iselin Office Wiss & Company LLP Ira A. Rosenberg, Esq., Chair, Life Sciences Practice Group, Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C. Peter Teuber, Ph.D., Orphan Therapeutics, LLC A Look Behind the Scenes of a Successful Transaction: From Strategy Formation to the Use of Intermediaries Hear from the experts as they share insights on developing a strategy to best align your business with the various methods of funding, including leveraging the relationships and experience of intermediaries in order to secure that critical meeting with the investment community or strategic partners. MODERATOR Victor H. Boyajian, Esq., Chair, Venture Capital/Emerging Growth Company Group, Sonnenschein Venture Technology Group PANELISTS Berj Akian, CEO, ClassLink Technologies LLC Christopher S. Sugden, Principal, Edison Venture Fund Ken Kay, Board of Directors, Global Submit, Inc. Matt Krna, Associate, Investor Growth Capital, Inc. Scot Sedlacek, Managing Director, NY Office, Jefferies Broadview
	12:45-2:00 p.m. Luncheon
	Luncheon Speaker Mark G. Heesen, President, National Venture Capital Association