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ITF 2007 Sponsorship Opportunities
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Teksia, Inc. is offering a comprehensive sponsorship program for the upcoming event
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6 minutes of fame: Presentations to VCs
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20 privately held companies selected to present at ITF 2007 from the specified sectors (Telecommunication, Biotech, Computer Hardware and Software) will present their business case in 6 minutes to Silicon Valley VCs.
Presenting companies will be selected by a committee composed of qualified venture capitalists and CXO of public companies serving on the conference's Advisory Board.
The criteria by which each application will be evaluated and scored include; market opportunity, partnerships, business platform, competitive advantages, intellectual property, exit strategy and the quality and experience of senior management.
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Steve Westly
CEO & Founder
Former California State Controller
The Westly Group |
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Regis McKenna
Founder
Regis McKenna, Inc. |
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Rudy Mazzocchi
Managing Director
Accuitive Medical Ventures/ The Innovation Factory |
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Dr. Tapan Munroe
& Former Chief Economist for the Pacific Gas & Electric Company
LECG, LLC. Director |
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ITF 2007
Extreme Makeover Barcelona
Combining Barcelona’s economic innovation with its rich cultural tradition
November 27 –30, 2007
Sponsored by:
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Over 500 pre selected or confirmed attendees at the ITF2007
Come and learn from the best in the business! ...
ITF 2007 is hosting a major technology forum in the Casa Llotja de Mar in Barcelona, Spain, focused on entrepreneurship and accelerating the growth of exciting new Spanish startup companies.
ITF’s goal is to connect Barcelona’s entrepreneurs and business leaders with US sources of capital, best practices, and business leaders.
Register Now!
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“ITF
delivers informative and interesting topics,
and uniquely (even for the U.S.) focuses
on international communities.”
Dr.
Sachio Semmotto
Founder, Chairman & CEO eAccess
ITF 2004 Keynote Speaker |
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“Networking
at ITF builds relationships that help
build new companies.”
Dr.
Roger Wyse
Managing Director, Burrill &
Co
ITF 2004 Speaker |
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“My
first time here and I’m really impressed
with the number of people.”
Boris
Auerbuch
CTO & Co-Founder
Terawave Communications
ITF 2002, 2004 Speaker |
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“Excellent
audience, very good questions and very
well-organized”
Raouf
Y. Halim
CEO & Director
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.
ITF 2004 Speaker |
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A new budget of 6 Billion Euros has been mobilized by Prime Minister; Zapatero for R&D in Spain
August 2,2007
The Spanish Prime Minster, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, today announced his executive order for the creation of a "Leadership team to support investments in Catalonia" and also declared that this team will invest 500 million euros through 2010 for the extension of the Prat Airport in Barcelona.
The Spanish Prime Minster, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero & President of Catalonia, Jose Montilla.
In a press conference held in the Biomedical Investigation Park of Barcelona, the head of the center, accompanied by the minister of Industry, Joan Clos, called these investments in improving Catalonia infrastructures "powerful". Part of this budget includes investment in the TGV train that will arrive at Barcelona on December 21st, 2007 for the first time.
"The continuation of these investments are very important, the execution must be kept diligent and the planning for the future should be consistent", declared Zapatero who seemed very "proud" of Catalonia’s developments, its economic and industrial growth. He also mentioned that his Government has already mobilized 8 billion euros towards this community of which 6 billion will directly support R&D in this region.
In addition to the BIRD, Zapatero also stressed the budgetary resources on R&D and considered that investment in addition to advanced legislations in stem cells, all of which will place Spain in "a leadership position".
He also praised the activity of the Park of Investigation Biomedical of Barcelona, where he was visiting, accompanied by President of Catalonia, Jose Montilla. He called this center the reference center "in Europe and the world" which has brought back 1,000 researchers (two-thirds of the ones who left this country in the past decade) who had decided to leave Spain for the US and other parts of Europe to continue their research.
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ITF 2007 in Media
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Welcoming ITF to Barcelona
A Message from Barcelona Chamber of Commerce President
Miguel Valls I Maseda
On behalf of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation, I want to express our support for the International Technology Forum 2007, which will be held in our city
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New York times Interview with Miguel Valls
A Message from American Chamber of Commerce in Spain
Chairman
Jaime Malet
On behalf of the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain (AmCham Spain) and the US business community in Spin, I would like to convey that we fully endorse the International Technology Forum 2007 which will take place in Barcelona, Spain, on November 28-30th.
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“Spanish companies are now establishing a strong presence in Europe thanks to intense investment in telecommunications, infrastructure, property, finance and energy.”
— Mark Mulligan &
Victoria Burnett,
Closer to Europe’s Heart
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