Conference Agenda: Key Facts
Venue:
SAP (Silicon Valley Campus):
3410 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
Directions: SAP Website
Timing:
8:30am – 6:15pm
Format
- 3 Keynote Speeches
- 4 Panel Sessions
- 4 Workshops
- Company Expo
- Simultaneous sessions to allow attendees to personalize their experience according to their interests
- Periodic networking breaks over refreshments
Conference Agenda: Session Details:
8:30
– 9:00a |
Attendee
Registration
Light breakfast, attendee registration and networking
|
9:00 – 9:20a |
Welcome
Address
Speaker: Umair Khan (President, OPEN SV) |
9:25 -10:05a |
Morning
Keynote: Key Success Factors for Entrepreneurship
Speaker: Tom Byers, Head of Tech Ventures Program,
Stanford University
Professor Byers enumerates the most vital Success
Factors in Entrepreneurship |
10:10– 11:00a |
Panel
I: Alternate Paths to Success
Speakers: Monis Rahman (CEO, Naseeb), Rehan
Jalili (President, TSRF), Khalid Saiduddin (Founder
Saafwater), Sophia Qureshi (News Producer
Al-Jazeera)
Moderator: Imran Sayeed (SVP, Keane)
Four unique individuals show us how they achieved success
while choosing the path less tech-ridden. |
10:10 – 11:00a |
Workshop
I: Doing Well by Doing Good: For-Profit & Not-For-Profit
Opportunities in Pakistan
Speakers: Bilal Musharraf (Senior Associate,
ePlanet Ventures), Ahsan Saleem (Director, TCF; Chairman,
Crescent Steel), Yusuf Hussain (MD, PSEB)
Moderator: Aaref Hilaly (CEO, Clearwell Systems)
Three unique perspectives on opportunities for
positive social impact and good business in Pakistan. |
11:10 – 12:00p |
Panel
II: Profiles in Corporate Success
Speakers: Noor Menai (CEO, Charles Schwab Bank),
Naseem Amin (SVP, Biogen Idec), Kamal Ahmed (MD Morgan
Stanley), Zia Yusuf (EVP SAP)
Moderator: Fawad Zakariya (Director, SAP Corporate Strategy
Management Group)
Corporate Leaders from the Financial, Biotech, Software
worlds recount their paths to success, outline traits
that were essential to their achievement, and predict
what’s next in their respective spaces. |
11:10 – 12:00p |
Workshop
II: Fundraising for First Time Entrepreneurs
Speakers: Larry Kubal (General Partner Labrador Ventures),
Saeed Amidi (Amidzad Ventures) Tom Fountain (Principal
Mayfield Fund) Naeem Zafar (Altair Ventures)
Moderator: Waheed Qureshi (Chairman, Zenprise)
Raising capital for a startup is always a challenge
but can be even more challenging for a first time entrepreneur.
In this workshop, a panel of distinguished
VC’s (angel and late stage) and founders of early
stage companies will discuss the key factors that VC’s
consider for an investment in a startup and a first
time entrepreneur |
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12:05 – 01:05p |
Lunch
and Networking |
01:15– 01:55p |
Afternoon
Keynote: Small is beautiful: Top Ten NEW Rules for Entrepreneurs
and Investors
Speaker: Bill Reichert
(General Partner, Garage Ventures)
Mr. Reichert discusses
the new realities of entreprenuership and venture investing. |
02:10 – 03:00p |
Panel
III : Opportunities in Global Entrepreneurship
Speakers: Raghib Hussain (CTO Cavium), Adnan
Lawai (CEO Folio3), Sana Khan (CEO TrueMRI), Faraz Hoodbhoy
(CEO Pixsense), Salman Akhtar (CEO, Techlogix)
Moderator: Umair Khan (Venture Partner, The Entrepreneurs’
Fund)
Entrepreneurs and CEOs
of companies that address the global market discuss
why being global is all important today when it comes
to addressable market opportunity, target market, fundraising,
liquidity options, and of course, product development
and support.
|
02:10 – 03:00p |
Workshop
III: Moving to Greener Pastures
Speakers: Bari Abdul (SVP, McAfee), Mubashar
Hameed (SVP & CIO, Fiserv Output Solutions), Hasan
Rizvi (VP, Oracle), Shazia Makhdumi (CEO ColorfulStories)
Moderator: Dilawar Syed (Head of Business Group, Yahoo!
Platforms & Advanced Development)
Career management workshop for young and mid-stage
professionals focusing on transitioning from contributor
to manager as well as exploring high growth areas within
the high-tech sector. |
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03:00 – 03:50p |
Mid-afternoon
Networking Break |
04:00 – 04:50p |
Panel
IV: Entrepreneurial Idol!
Panelists: Ayaz Haque (DFJ ePlanet), Faysal
Sohail (CMEA Ventures), Ammar Hanafi (Alloy ventures),
Bill Reichert (Garage Ventures)
Presenters:Mansoor Khan (DiagnosisOne), Khalid Saiduddin
(Founder Saafwater), Amra Tareen (CEO
Masala Inc)
Moderator: Faruq Ahmed (Founding Partner, Palo Alto
Capital)
Three startups enter the crucible and prepare
to be dissected by our panel of experts.
|
04:00 – 04:50p |
Workshop
IV: Healthy, Wealthy and Wise
Speakers: Dr Mobasher Rana, Imran Jaffer, Adib
Ashraf, Dr. Zakia Rahman
Moderator: Dilawar Syed
Experts help you tune up your physical and financial
health, leaving you much the wiser. |
05:00 – 05:10p |
Keynote
Introduction/Thank You by OPEN President |
05:10 – 05:50p |
Evening
Keynote: : Taking the Plunge: A Personal
Perspective on Entrepreneurship, Education & Philanthropy
Speaker: Syed Babar Ali (Founder LUMS, Pakistan;
former CEO, Packages Ltd.)
A legendary business
leader and pioneer in education and philanthropy in Pakistan
gives a personal perspective on both entrepreneurship
and social commitment |
06:15– |
Post
Event Networking |
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