Sweden - US Entrepreneurial Forum 2009

Friday, September 18, 2009 - 08:30 - 12:15
The purpose with the Sweden-U.S. Entrepreneurial Forum is to create a discussion and networking platform with the objective to generate economic opportunities for Sweden and the United States. By bringing together entrepreneurs, business angels, venture capitalists, students and researchers, an interesting exchange of ideas and learning is facilitated.

Program September 18, 2009

8:30 Registration

9:00 Welcome and introduction

9:20 Parallel seminars

Seminar 1: The Process of Raising Capital for Growth

Learn how to deliver the ultimate pitch to a business angel or a venture capitalist. Experienced angels and VCs will conduct live cases and give instant feedback to entrepreneurs.

Seminar led by: Kimberlie Cerrone, Angel investor from Silicon Valley and Clare Fairfield, VC investor and Chairman Venture Capital Institute

Seminar 2: Opportunities in the Green ICT sector

This seminar will focus on recent trends in cleantech and alternative energy, and how you can make money from these trends.

Seminar led by: Tom Kosnik, professor Stanford University and Thomas Perry, Senior Program Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Seminar 3: Greening with ICT and greening in the ICT sector

In this seminar you will learn about strategies and tools for making the ICT sector more green, and also how ICT can be used to make other industries greener.

Seminar led by: Raveendran Greene, CEO and Lead Consultant GET-IT and Annamaria Konya,  Consultant, GET-IT 

11:15 Concluding panel with the U.S. Speakers

12:15 End of program