Red Herring East 2006: ``Right Money -- Right Tech -- Right Coast -- Right Now''; Red Herring East is Back! Red Herring East 2006 Gathers Technology Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on June 26-28, 2006.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Red Herring East 2006:

SUMMARY:

Red Herring East 2006 brings together the East Coast's hottest
entrepreneurs with investors spanning both coasts. This intimate and
invitation-only event, "Right Money -- Right Tech -- Right Coast --
Right Now," will spotlight the region's most innovative technology
companies and their business models. True to Red Herring's tradition,
Red Herring East offers a forum for lively conversations and
provocative exchanges, featuring keynote speakers and panelists from
across the country for meaningful, industry-specific comparisons and
insights. Red Herring East 2006 will be held June 26-28, 2006 in the
Charles Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

WHO:

Red Herring East 2006 will gather entrepreneurs, corporate
strategists, and venture investors from companies such as IBM, RSA
Security, Jefferies Broadview, Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners,
Polaris Ventures, Akamai, Insight Venture Partners, Boston Millennia
Partners, and numerous other investors and leading technology
companies. The event is exclusively open to the CEOs and founders
private technology companies; chief strategy and business development
executives from public companies; senior partners from venture capital
firms, equity funds and investment banks; senior partners from
consulting and advisory firms; and leading industry analysts,
observers and journalists. Red Herring East 2006 will feature a select
group of inspiring speakers sharing their insights and visions on how
innovations are creating business opportunities for challengers and
incumbents alike.

WHAT:

Among the topics addressed at Red Herring East 2006 are:

--  Venture Capital: East Coast vs. West Coast

--  M&A: Someone Out There Wants to Buy You; How to Maximize Your
    Valuation and Attractiveness

--  Web2.0 in the Enterprise: Selling Democracy to the Bureaucracy

--  Software as a Service: Evolving the Enterprise

--  Business Worm: The Shift from Juvenile Mayhem to Targeted Theft

--  Nanotech: Stand Up if you are Making Money!

--  Media: A Monumental Shift in the Media Value Chain is Underway.
    Which Business Models have True Potential to Go Big?

--  Open Source is Moving Center Stage: CEO Roundtable on the Future
    of Open Source

--  The New Gold Rush: How to Finance CleanTech and Avoid Striking
    Fools Gold

--  East Coast: Below The Radar - Above the Bar

--  Early Stage is Dead! Long live Early Stage! A Monumental Shift in
    the VC Environment?

--  Best of the East: Snapshot on today and Insights for tomorrow

INVESTOR FAST TRACK

A special highlight at the Red Herring East is the "Investor Fast
Track" session. This entrepreneur/investor speed dating session
provides unique opportunities for entrepreneurs to pitch their
business to numerous industry experts from the angel and venture
capital community. This powerful networking session will be a platform
to discuss and solve the Entrepreneurs' ideas and challenges, and seek
an expert opinion, or simply connect with the right people for
business ideas.

WHEN AND WHERE:

June 26-28, 2006 at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts

To request an invitation please go to
http://www.herringevents.com/rheast2006/index.jsp?section=registration