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CEO Town Hall Meeting Venture-Backed Executive Club (VBEC) December 4, 2008 \| Palo Alto Sales Town Hall Meeting Venture-Backed Executive Club (VBEC) December 10, 2008 \| Palo Alto

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The Elevator Pitch Roundtable January 7, 2009 \| Palo Alto VC Connect: Ask A VC February 24, 2009 \| Palo Alto

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CLO/CDO & Structured Products Summit OPAL National & International Conferences December 7-9, 2008 \| Dana Point, CA Alternative Investing Summit OPAL National & International Conferences December 7-9, 2008 \| Laguna Niguel, CA Investment Consultants Forum OPAL National & International Conferences December 15, 2008 \| New York, NY

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Progams Produced in 2003

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Program	Speakers
Venture Capital Community Mixer What VCs Expect From CEOs & CFOs Funding to Exit in 2003 January 22 Sponsor: Pillsbury Winthrop LLP	Moderator: Thomas Chaffin, partner, Corporate Securities and Finance, Pillsbury Winthrop Panelists: Susan Mason, General Partner, Onset Ventures Virginia Turezyn, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Infinity Capital Hitesh Shah, Sr. Investment Manager, WK Technology Fund Jai Das, Principal, MVC Capital, a Draper Fisher Jurvetson Fund Kevin Kemmerer, Principal, Kennet Venture Partners, LLC
Breakfast Workshop Cost Effective Ways of Protecting IP January 29 Sponsor: Morrison & Foerster	Panel Moderator: Fred Greguras, Of Counsel, Fenwick and West Presenters: Dennis Fernandez, Partner, Fernandez & Associates [Patents and Provisional Patents] John Gee, Serial CEO and Incubator Manager - [Case study of IP protection] John Hou, Of Counsel, Morrison & Foerster [Trademarks, domain names and copyrights] David David C. Guo, Partner, OCSF Venture Fund, Beijing
Breakfast Workshop Debt Restructure: Positioning a Company For Sale or For Future Growth February 26, 2003 Sponsor: Morrison & Foerster	Panel Moderator: Richard Scudellari, Partner, Morrison & Foerster Presenters: Peter Fishman, Houlihan Lokey's Financial Restructuring Group Rad R Sundar, CEO, VARStreet, Inc.Ý Adam Lewis, Partner, Morrison & Foerster Bankruptcy Group
Venture Capital Community Mixer Panel Discussion: How the Treat of War Affects Investing March 13, 2003 Sponsor: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	Panel Moderator: David Blumberg, Managing Partner, Blumberg Capital Speakers: Eric Buatois, General Partner, Sofinnova Ventures Alex Gove, Vice President, Walden VC Andrew Kau, Managing Director, Walden International Vish Mishra, Venture Partner, Clearstone Venture Partners Robert Winter, Managing Director, Rocket Ventures Tyzoon Tyebjee, Professor of Marketing, Santa Clara University
Venture Capital Community Mixer Panel Discussion: What It Takes to be Successful in 2003: The Value Proposition April 24, 2003 Sponsor: Fenwick & West	Panel Moderator: Mark Greenough, President, Greenough Consulting Group Speakers: Bob Williams, General Partner, Bay Partners Brian Jacobs, General Partner, Emergence Capital Camille Samuels Pearson, Managing Director, Versant Ventures Frank Greene, General Partner, New Vista Cap Mike Scanlin, Principal, Sierra Ventures
Breakfast Workshop Panel Discussion: Corporate Divestitures: Opportunities for Investors, Private Companies and Corporate Employees April 29, 2003 Sponsor: Morrison & Foerster	Panel Moderator: Wael Aburida, Sr. Manager, Investments & Acquisitions, Intel Corporation Presenters: James Montgomery, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Coast Partners Rick Johnson, Chief Financial Officer, Tarari, Inc. Kim Frank, Vice President, Mergers Acquisitions & Alliances, Cadence Design Systems Mike O'Bryan, Partner, Morrison & Foerster Rob Theis, General Partner, Doll Capital Management
Venture Capital Community Mixer Panel Discussion: First Quarter 2003 Venture Capital Financing Legal Terms May 15, 2003 Sponsor: Fenwick & West	Speakers: Barry Kramer, Partner, Corporate & Securities Group, Fenwick & West LLP Michael Patrick, Partner, Corporate Group Fenwick & West LLP Jim Atwell, Partner, Deloitte & Touche Amos Barzilay, Ph.D., Managing Director USA, Walden International Terry Garnett, General Partner, Venrock
Breakfast Workshop Panel Discussion: Raising Expansion Capital May 29, 2003 Sponsor: Venture Law Group	Panel Moderator: Don Keller, Director, Venture Law Group Presenters: Gary Rieschel, Executive Managing Director, Mobius Venture Capital Thomas McKinley, Managing Partner, Partech International Scott Martin, President & CEO, Determine Software Jim Ellison, Managing Director, Comerica Bank-TLS Division Ron Lissak, Managing Partner, Catapult Advisors
Venture Capital Community Mixer Panel Discussion: 2003 Successful Revenue Models June 4, 2003 Sponsor: Pillsbury Winthrop	Moderator: Thomas F. Chaffin, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Speakers: Huoy-Ming Yeh, Director, PacRim Venture Partners Amra Tareen, Partner, Sevin Rosen Dhimant Bhayani, Managing Director, INC3 Ventures Mark Kalow, Managing Director, Trans Cosmos USA
Breakfast Workshop Panel Discussion: M&A: How to Achieve a Good Outcome in a Bad Environment June 26, 2003 Sponsor: Morrison & Foerster	Panel Moderator: Ron Lissak, Managing Partner, Catapult Advisors Presenters: Lou Ryan, CEO Entercept Security Technologies (recently acquired by Network Associates) Greg Paulsen, VP, Corporate Development, Intuit Inc. (bought Blue Ocean, Eclipse, etc.) Rob Townsend, Partner, Morrison & Foerster (Chair, Global Business Department) Tim Miller, Former President, Webmergers (part of the 451 Group of companies) Deepak Kamra, General Partner, Canaan Partners
Venture Capital Community Mixer Panel Discussion: Managing Burn Rate for Success in 2003 July 17, 2003 Sponsor: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati	Moderator: Dr. Rafiq Dossani, Advisor, East Gate Capital Management Speakers:: Sanjay Anandaram, Founding Partner, Jumpstartup Winston Fu, General Partner, USVP Joanna Rees Gallanter, Founder & Managing Partner, Venture Strategy Partners Ajay Gandhi, Principal, Crimson Ventures
Breakfast Workshop Panel Discussion: Corporate Governance: Current Trends in D&O Insurance July 30, 2003 Sponsor: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP	Panel Moderator: Janice Berthold, Principal, All West Brokers, LLC Presenters: Kevin Ishizu, Senior Partner, Carpenter Moore Insurance Services William O'Connor, Serial CEO/CFO Scott Blickenstaff, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Thomas P. Lenehan, Vice President, Vista Equity Partners
Venture Capital Community Mixer Panel Discussion: VC Financing Legal Terms, Q2 August 14, 2003 Sponsor: Fenwick & West LLP	Panelists: Barry Kramer, Partner, Corporate Group, Fenwick & West LLP Michael Patrick, Partner, Corporate Group Fenwick & West LLP Robert Cohn, Partner, Sequoia Capital Bruce Graham, Managing Director, Infinity Capital Arati Prabhakar, Venture Partner, U.S. Venture Partners
Venture Capital Community Mixer Panel Discussion: Management Teams As Critical Drivers for Success September 18, 2003 Sponsor: Heller Ehrman White & McAuliff	Panel Moderator: Garth Gartrell, Partner, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe Panelists: David Hornik, Partner, August Capital Deborah Bernstein, Senior Vice President, Pequot Ventures Steve Harrick, Managing Directo, IVP Elaine Bailey, General Partner - Novus Ventures
Venture Capital Community Mixer Panel Discussion: Debt Financing in the Venture-Backed Company: When, Why and How? November 5, 2003 Sponsor: Bingham McCutchen LLP	Panel Moderator: Pamela J. Martinson, Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP Panelists: Oren Zeev from Apax Partners Laura Brege, Partner, Red Rock Ventures Jon Krogstad from Venture Banking Group Maurice Werdeger from Western Technology Investments
Venture Capital Community Mixer Fenwick & West LLP and VC TAsk Force Proudly Present: Trends in Third Quarter VC Financing Terms November 13, 2003 Sponsor: Fenwick & West	Panelists: Barry Kramer, Partner, Corporate Group, Fenwick & West LLP Michael Patrick, Partner, Corporate Group, Fenwick & West LLP David Aslin, Director, 3i Joel Kellman, Granite Global Ventures Jim Atwell, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Venture Capital Community Mixer Corporate Investing 2004 Outlook December 11, 2003 Sponsor: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	Moderator: Jim Ellison, Managing Director, Venture Capital Group (Tech/Life Sciences) - Comerica Bank Panelists: Brad McManus - Director of Panasonic's Digital Concept Center David Ai - Vice President of the Corporate Ventures Catalyst (CVC) Division of Hitachi America Lisa Lambert - Managing Director, Intel Capital Mas Sakamoto - Director, Corporate Strategy & Business Development NEC USA, Inc.

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