An Open Forum Event:  May 17, 2012
SPEAKERS:
Linda Burch, Co-founder and Chief Education and Strategy Officer, Common Sense Media
Ben Chun, Educator, Galileo Academy of Science & Technology - New!
Anthony Salcito, Vice President of Worldwide Education, Microsoft
Lucien Vattel, Owner, Chizuru Games & Executive Director, GameDesk
Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Associate Professor of Computer Science, UC Santa Cruz & Co-Director, Expressive Intelligence Studio
Moderator: Tony Wan, Associate Editor, EdSurge Time: 5:30 PM Registration | 6:00 PM Buffet | 7:00 PM Program Location: Microsoft, Mountain View | Directions In March 2012, US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan expressed his conviction that "technology is a game-changer in the field of education." One year ago President Obama put out a call for "investments in educational technology that will help create digital tutors that are as effective as personal tutors, educational software as compelling as the best video game." What are the sorts of promising innovations living up to this challenge? How are they accelerating the quality of and access to education? Is gaming an effective tool? What are the challenges in adapting these technologies in everyday practice? And how can we trust that they will deliver on the promises? Are there compelling opportunities for entrepreneurs? The Churchill Club has assembled a diverse set of thought leaders to offer unique perspectives on these questions and explore big changes looming over the horizon. | Lead Sponsor: | | | Supporting Sponsor: | | Advanced Price: Member $55 | Nonmember $75 On-site Price: Member $70 | Nonmember $90 Corporate Members Corporate passes will be accepted for this event. We ask that if you register using corporate passes, please do so 72 business hours in advance.
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A Premier Event: May 22, 2012
SPEAKERS:
Kevin Efrusy, General Partner, Accel Partners
Bing Gordon, Investment Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Reid Hoffman, Partner, Greylock; Executive Chairman and co-Founder, LinkedIn
Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Peter Thiel, Technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist; President, Clarium Capital
Moderator: Eric Savitz, San Francisco Bureau Chief, Forbes
Moderator: Bruce Upbin, Managing Editor, Forbes Time: 5:30 PM Registration | 6:00 PM Dinner | 7:00 PM Program Location: Hyatt Regency Santa Clara | Directions What new trends will emerge in the next several years? Find out at one of the Churchill Club’s most anticipated events of the year: the 14th Annual Top 10 Tech Trends debate. Be sure to get your seat as we welcome some of the techno-industries’ leading (and most opinionated) luminaries as they evaluate predictions for the years ahead. Our distinguished panel will rate and debate the trends. And our usual live audience of Silicon Valley’s best and brightest—all with opinions of your own—will be asked to agree or disagree. Presented in collaboration with Forbes. | Silver Sponsor: | | | Reserved Tables: | Accenture, Deloitte, Fenwick & West LLP, KPMG, Greylock, SAP,
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP and Zeno Group | Advanced Price: Member $89 | Nonmember $189 (includes 1-year basic individual membership) On-site Price: Member $110 | Nonmember $205 (includes 1-year basic individual membership) Corporate Members Corporate passes are not accepted, but you can register at the member rate.
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An Open Forum Event: June 14, 2012
SPEAKERS:
Tim Chang, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund
Greg Gretsch, Managing Director, Sigma
Bill Maris, Managing Partner, Google Ventures
Kate Mitchell, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners
Ray Rothrock, Partner, Venrock
Aydin Senkut, Founder and Managing Director, Felicis Ventures
Moderator: Steve Bengston, Managing Director, Emerging Company Services, PwC Time: 5:30 PM Registration | 6:00 PM Buffet | 7:00 PM Program Location: Microsoft, Mountain View | Directions 2012 is shaping up to be an exciting year for venture capitalists and the various players with whom they engage. With Facebook’s mammoth tech IPO, a flurry of S-1 filings, and the JOBS act, the venture capital community is aflutter with activity. How is this impacting the landscape and where is it headed? Where are venture capitalists putting their money? What are they avoiding? How can you get funded? What does it mean to get funded? What does it mean to not get funded? What's changing in terms of how VCs think and the best way to sell them on your idea? Come hear this panel of leading investors from Felicis Ventures, Google Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Sigma, Scale Venture Partners, and Venrock, in a candid conversation led by PwC’s Steve Bengston about the venture landscape today and tomorrow. | Sponsors: | | | Reserved Tables: | Bite Communications and Wells Fargo Technology & Venture Banking | Advanced Price: Member $55 | Nonmember $75 On-site Price: Member $70 | Nonmember $90 Corporate Members Corporate passes will be accepted for this event. We ask that if you register using corporate passes, please do so 72 business hours in advance.
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