Arkansas Venture Forum lists conference speakers.The Arkansas Venture Forum's fifth annual Venture Conference will present three nationally known entrepreneurs: Konnin Tam, vice president of Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. Asset Management; Dan Sanker, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and founder of Case-Stack; and Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of TerraCycle. The conference will be held Nov. 1617 at the John Q. Hammons John Q. Hammons (born James Quentin Hammons on February 24, 1919) is an American businessman and one of the nation's premier developers of upscale luxury hotels and resorts. With over 50 years of experience in the hotel industry, John Q. Center in Rogers. "Our speakers bring to the conference highly respected knowledge, insight and experience valuable for Arkansans seeking greater understanding for how we build sustainable, high-value, Arkansas-based enterprises prepared to compete in the 21st century economy," said Tim McFarland, an organizer of the AVF AVF Arteriovenous Fistula AVF All Volunteer Force AVF American Vineyard Foundation AVF Azimuthally Varying Field AVF Ada Validation Facility AVF Augmented Voltage Foot (EKG lead) AVF Average Value Factor . Tam's presentation is titled "Perspectives on Private Equity Investing in the Global Energy and Alternative Energy Sector," Sanker's will be "Commercialization--the Journey From $0 to $65 Million in Six Years," and Szaky's will be "How I Started My Business, Capitalized It Initially Through Winning Business Plan Competitions and Advanced It to the Cover of Inc. Magazine." Kay Palmer, executive vice president of technical services and chief information officer at J.B. Hunt Transport Services The collective functions of layers 1 through 4 of the OSI model. Inc., and Chancellor John White of the University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas strives to be known as a "nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world." The school recently completed its "Campaign for the 21st Century," in which the university raised more than $1 billion for the school, used are the 2006 conference honorary co-chairs. In addition to the featured speakers, the conference will highlight several Arkansas companies that have been screened and are seeking growth capital, panels that focus on emerging clusters of firms capable of producing substantial economic activity including sustainability, bio-technology, service innovation and supply chain and logistics technology. Several hundred people are expected to attend the conference, including venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] and "angel investors" from surrounding states. The 2005 conference hosted venture capital firms representing more than $700 million in capital. The AVF seeks to support entrepreneurs in the creation of high-value businesses. AVF is managed by the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation, an affiliate of the Arkansas Capital Corporation Group. |
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