The Fifth Annual Global Technology Symposium at Stanford

The Fifth Annual Global Technology Symposium at Stanford, the West Coast's premier investor conference on global emerging technologies, will take place Jan 30 - Feb 1, 2008 in Palo Alto, California.  The event offers an unparalleled opportunity to gain insight into current developments in key emerging IT and high tech industries and how they play out in the world marketplace.

The Symposium brings together a group of executives, distinguished scholars, experts on international trade, and policy makers from across the U.S., former CIS countries, and Europe in an intimate forum for addressing business issues through substantive and interactive dialogue.

This fifth year of the event will focus on Opportunities in a Global Connected Economy and will feature recognized thought leaders in global economics, such as:

- Dr. Arno Penzias, Venture Partner, NEA, Winner, Nobel Prize in Physics 1978
- Mary Warlick, Russian Affairs Advisor & U.S. National Security Council Sr. Director on Russia
- Claudia Fan Munce, Vice President Corporate Strategy, IBM & Managing Director, IBM Ventures
- Tim Draper, Founder, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
- Ann Winblad, Founder, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
- Mark Kvamme, Partner, Sequoia Capital
- Brian Stolle, Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
- Jerry Weissman, CEO, Power Presentations Ltd.: IPO Roadshow Virtuoso

 
All Mid-Atlantic-Russian Business Council members will receive a $300 discount off the standard registration fee of $1,395. Please register yourself using this link http://www.globaltechsymposium.com/stanford/live/default.asp?menuid=11444 and enter the code: MARBCMEM2008 when prompted.