Celebrate the improving climate for business and entrepreneurship with constructive interaction on what it takes to create new enterprises today. An examination of the unique opportunity that offshoring affords the enterprising individual, and a look at the impact of Media and Public Relations on the immigrant entrepreneur. Join us at this year's inaugural Conference and be part of this distinguished tradition in-the-making.

Saturday,   June 5th,   2004 at the SAP Campus in Palo Alto,   California

3410 Hillview Ave.  Palo Alto,   CA  94304

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	20/20 Foresight Peter Levine Managing Director Mayfield; Co-founder and former EVP, Veritas Mr. Levine predicts what is in store for Silicon Valley by examining emerging trends in technology and hi-tech financing.
	Politics, Media, and the Immigrant Professional Jerry Brown Mayor of Oakland, Former Governor of California Mayor Brown explores the impact of American Socio-Political Landscape on immigrant entrepreneurs, and outlines strategies for improving relationships with political and media institutions
	DNA of a Successful Business Leader Hatim Tyabji Chairman Bytemobile; Former Chairman, Verifone; Ambassador-at-large, Benchmark Capital Mr. Tyabji maps out the attributes of the successful entrepreneur and business leader

Other Event Highlights Entrepreneurship Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them A Fair and Balanced Look at Venture Capitalism Top Ten Technology/Market Trends in Silicon Valley Blueprints of a Successful M&A (A conversation with the men behind Centerrun's acquisition by Sun in 2003 for $66million) The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (IOPWE Sponsored) (a look at the interplay between startups, corporations, VCs and academia) Outsourcing Entrepreneurship in the Age of Offshore Outsourcing Everything you ever wanted to know about Business Process Outsourcing but were afraid to ask Pakistan's Media Image “Dude, Where’s My Country?” (A close look at the impact of media on Pakistani entrepreneurship) Politics, Media, and the Immigrant Entrepreneur Caught Behind in the No Spin Zone (AOPP, Jaiza, and APPNA's PAKPAC present instances of media and socio-political activism) OPEN Forum 2004 hosts  Exhibition featuring Usman Saeed's collection of miniature paintings.

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Speakers     View Complete List Aamir Matin    Managing Director of Pakistan Software Export Bureau Aaref Hilaly    Co-founder and CEO, Centerrun Adnan Durrani    Venture Partner, Blue Chip Venture Ahmed Khaishgi    CEO Squaretrade Amra Tareen    Partner Sevin Rosen Arif Janjua    Partner, SDG; Former SVP Infospace Asif Alam    Reuters Asim Abdullah    Partner, Global Access Capital; Founder, Veo Systems Basil Hashem    Co-founder and VP Centerrun Brett Haan     Director, Bearing Point Debbora Ahlgren    GM/VP Sales & Support, Agilent Technologies Dr Ali Minai    University of Cincinnati Dr Nickhil Jakatdar    Co-founder, Timbre Technologies Faruq Ahmad    Vice President, C.M. Capital Faysal Sohail    General Partner, CMEA Ventures Hasan Rizvi    VP Oracle Hassan Abbas    Visiting Fellow Harvard University Hatim Tyabji    Chairman Verifone Imran Qidwai    Founder ICE2go, Inc. Imran Sayeed    CEO Netnumina Joanna Wang    Investment Manager, Agilent Ventures Jerry Brown    Mayor of Oakland, Former Governor of California Mohammed Sadiq    Deputy Chief of Mission, Pakistan Embassy Nazim Kareemi    CEO Canesta Omar Saeed    CEO EGS Ram Nidumolu    Founder & CEO Gandiva, Inc. Rina Raman    Director App Eng., Xilinx Shahid Khan    Managing Director, BearingPoint, Inc. Umair Khan    Founder & CEO, Clickmarks Waheed Qureshi    Chairman & CTO Zenprise Zia Chishti    CEO The Resource Group, Founder Align

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