Evolving Markets & Marketplaces in Telecommunications Agenda

Speakers and Moderators

Technology Exhibitors

Companies Who Have Donated Prizes to this Event

Exhibitor Table Locations

Conference Sponsors, Underwriters & Exhibitors

San Diego's Economic Romance With Telecommunications

Conference Committee

Conference Underwriters

7:30 -8:00 Registration
and Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 8:10 a.m. Welcome
and Introductory Remarks

Bill Otterson,
Director, UCSD CONNECT

Scott R. Pancoast, President,
San Diego Venture Group

8:10 - 8:45 a.m.
Opening Speaker:
Anthony Perkins,
Senior Editor, The Red Herring

8:45 - 10:15 a.m.
Greater Bandwidth -
Delivering on the Promise
Moderator:
Eric Geis, founder Vice President
& General Manager,
Rhythms NetConnections, Inc.

Panelists:

Catherine M. Hapka
Founder, President & CEO,
Rhythms NetConnections, Inc.
DSL Technology Service Provider

Jim Schwartz, Senior Vice President,
FirstWorld ATM to the Desktop
Service Provider

Rami Hadar, CEO
Ensemble Communications
LMDS Technology

Brett Helm, President & CEO,
SERVNOW Internet

Questions and Answers

10:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Break and Exhibits

10:45 - 1:30 p.m.
Capital Markets Outlook for the
Telecommunications Industry /
Industry Outlook in General

Moderator: John Otterson
Sr. Vice President, Silicon Valley Bank

Panelists:

William Stensrud, Partner,
Enterprise Partners Venture Capitalist

John Boyle, Partner,
Matrix Partners Venture Capitalist

Colin Knudsen, Partner,
Donaldson, Lufkin, Jennrette
Investment Banking

Sean Wallace, Director,
Investment Banking,
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Investment Banking

Questions and Answers

noon - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch with Keynote Speaker

George Gilder, President,
Gilder Technology Group,
and Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute

Moderator:

Eric Geis, founder, Vice President
& General Manager,
Rhythms NetConnections, Inc.

Lunch underwritten by
Rhythms NetConnections, Inc.

1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Satellite Communications

Moderator:

Gary Sutton, CEO, @Backup
and co-founder of Teledesic with
Craig McCaw and Bill Gates

Panelists:

Dr. Joel Schindall, Vice President,
Systems Application, Globalstar

Tom Seay, Torrey Sciences

Tren Griffin, Teledesic