World Financial Symposiums Conference (WFS 2007) Powered by SDForum June 21, 2007

Please join us for the fifth annual Silicon Valley conference. Throughout the years, our focus has always been on growth and exit strategies, and within that focus we have presented timely speakers and advice for CEOs of software and IT companies. The first conference took place at the very bottom of the software market, in 2002. Geoffrey Moore delivered a keynote address on strategies for selling software in a hostile, paranoid environment. Subsequent conferences focused on themes such as the recession, shrinking IT spending and a moribund IPO market. In 2006 we were back with an aggressive agenda promoting growth and value creation through the resurgence of SaaS and a rebounding NASDAQ. This year we are focusing on two central themes that have been extremely prevalent among recent IPO, M&A and investment targets: Private equity recapitalization transactions, and Web 2.0. We will also welcome a buyers panel that includes luminaries from Yahoo, McAfee, Intuit and other leading companies, and an informal discussion with CEOs who recently sold their companies.

Don't miss this great opportunity to attend this one-day event to learn how to maximize your wealth in today's hot M&A environment. The California State Bar has approved this WFS educational seminar for 7 CLE credits when you attend the conference.

Keynotes:
Amish Mehta, Partner - Vector Capital
"The Financial and Strategic Role of Private Equity in Global Technology Markets"

Rene Bonvanie - SVP, AppExchange, Salesforce.com
"Web 2.0 and the Enterprise"

Panel Discussion
"CEOs Who Sold - Are You Ready?"
Dan McCall, Formerly with AppWorx
Jonathan Sposato, Formerly with Google
Yan Calotychos, Formerly with iView

Buyers Panel
"What it Takes to Be the One They Acquire"
Steven Aldrich - Intuit
Ken Gonzalez - McAfee
Damon Cronkey - Yahoo!
Mark Alba - Symantec

$295 Special Price Through SDForum (Refreshments, Breakfast, Lunch, and Reception included).

Official Website: http://www.sdforum.org/wfs