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2006 Spring Conference & Venture Fair
May 10-12, 2006 | Sir Francis Drake Hotel | San Francisco, CA
In spring of 2006, Investors' Circle, in partnership with the Skoll Foundation, introduced a new West Coast event celebrating thought leadership and innovation at the nexus of venture capital, social investing, for-profit social enterprise, and philanthropy. Featuring a Venture Fair with 20 presenting early stage for-profit companies and an Education Day with speakers and workshops on a variety of new approaches to mission-driven investing, "Patient Capital for a Sustainable Future" brought together a community dedicated to incubating next generation innovations in financial intermediation for three days of deal-doing and something more...
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Carlo Petrini, Founder, Slow Food International
Click here to download excerpts from the keynote speech.
May 10th: Power of Angel Investing seminar
A
renowned educational program designed specifically for people with
little or no knowledge about angel investing. The workshop was first
introduced by the Kauffman Foundation. This was the first time the
seminar was offered in San Francisco.
May 11th: VENTURE FAIR
Click here to see descriptions of presenting companies.
MAY 12th: BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Plenary session: Patagonia, Newman's Own, and the Birth of Patient Capital
- Jay Coen Gilbert, Co-Founder & Former CEO, AND 1
- Penelope Douglas, President & Co-Founder, Pacific Community Ventures
- John Fullerton, CEO, Alerian Capital
- Joel Makower, Co-Founder & Principal, Clean Edge
- Vishal Vasishth, Chief Strategy Officer, Patagonia
Breakout One: Slow Money
Exploring a fund for early stage food companies
- Woody Tasch, Chairman & CEO, Investors� Circle (moderator)
- Jim Cochran, Founder & President, Swanton Berry Farm
- Michael Dimock, CEO, AG Innovations Network; Chair, Slow Food US
- Wende Elliott, Founder & President, Wholesome Harvest
- Greg Steltenpohl, Founder, Interra Project; Founder CEO & Chair, Emeritus, Odwalla, Inc.
Breakout Two: Social Mission Media
Identifying social mission media funding opportunities
- Carol Atwood, Founder & CEO, Spartacus Media Enterprises (moderator)
- Sandy Close, Executive Director, Pacific News Service; Founder, New California Media
- Steven Piersanti, President & Publisher, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- Jon Sinton, Co-COO, Air America Radio
Breakout Three: Clean Tech & Beyond
New kinds of intermediation in renewable energy
- Joel Makower, Co-Founder & Principal, Clean Edge (moderator)
- Rob Day, Principal, Expansion Capital Partners
- David Hochschild, Former Director of Programs, Vote Solar Initiative;Executive Director, PV Now
- Elliot Hoffman, Co-Founder & President, New Voice of Business
- Santhanam "Slim" Shekar, Executive Vice President, PAX Scientific
Breakout Four: Health & Wellness
Beyond Biotech and LOHAS
- Gary Cohen, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Health Care Without Harm (moderator)
- Mark Finser, President & CEO, Rudolf Steiner Foundation
- William Rosenzweig, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Great Spirit Ventures; CEO, Brand New Brands
- Joel Segr�, Project Manager, nVision Research
- Marsha Wulff, Managing Partner, WulffCapital and MDW Products
Breakout Five: Collaborating with the Public Sector: San Francisco�s Sustainable Development Strategy
Strategies for municipal and private investment to promote sustainability
- Randy Hayes, Executive Director, International Forum on Globalization; Former Sustainability Director, City of Oakland (moderator)
- Jared Blumenfeld, Director, San Francisco Department of the Environment
- Gary Cohen, Co-Founder & Executive Director, Health Care Without Harm
- Stuart Rudick, Partner, Uplift Equity Partners
- David Zutler, Chairman & CEO, Biota Brands of America, Inc.
Breakout Six: Local Stock Exchange
Pioneering innovation to support regional economies
- Don Shaffer, National Coordinator, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (moderator)
- Penelope Douglas, President & Co-Founder, Pacific Community Ventures
- Peter Holbrook, Managing Director, Holbrook & Company
- John Katovich, Managing Partner, Katovich Law Group; Former General Counsel, Pacific Stock Exchange
- Michael Shuman, Vice President for Enterprise Development, Training & Development Corporation
Breakout Seven: Mission-Related Investing
Looking across the boundary between for-profit and non-profit
- Woody Tasch, Chairman & CEO, Investors' Circle (moderator)
- Jean Adams, Vice President of Operations, Northwest Area Foundation
- Diane Edgerton Miller, President & CEO, Blue Moon Fund
- George Overholser, Founder & Managing Director, NFF Capital Partners
- Paul Shoemaker, Executive Director, Social Venture Partners
Breakout Eight: New Corporate Structures
Breaking the Mold
- Jay Coen Gilbert, Co-Founder & Former CEO, AND 1; B. Lab (moderator)
- Leslie Christian, President, Progressive Investment Management; Chair, Upstream 21
- Alan F. Kay, Founder, Americans Talk Issues Foundation
- Marjorie Kelly, Senior Associate, Tellus Institute; Co-Founder, Business Ethics Magazine
- Michael Marx, Executive Director, Corporate Ethics International