ADVISORY/Santa Clara University Business School Features Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists at Afternoon Forum Today

Business Wire, Sept 10, 2001

News & Business Editors

ADVISORY... for Monday (Sept. 10)

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2001

"Venture Investing After the Economic Earthquake"

Topic of "Mini-Summit" Sponsored by

SCU's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Leading venture capitalists converge at Santa Clara University at 3 p.m. today for "mini-summit" on venture capital investing in Silicon Valley "after the stock market shakeout."

The two-hour event at Mayer Theatre at Santa Clara University is sponsored by SCU's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Approximately 350 invited guests are expected.

Five experienced venture capital professionals will follow a keynote presentation by Irwin Federman, general partner of U.S. Venture Partners, with a panel discussion of venture capital investing trends.

The invitation-only event will open with remarks from Al Bruno, executive director of the SCU Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and will close with remarks from Barry Posner, dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, and a 5 p.m. hosted reception at the University's Adobe Lodge.

Some topics for the panel will be:

-- How much change is necessary in the public financial markets for late-state
venture investments to reappear?

-- Has trust been broken between institutional investors and venture
capitalists?

-- When are cash-heavy funds likely to begin investing again?

-- In what ways are investors -- corporate, v.c., angel, institutional --
reacting to the new investing environment?

-- What are some new strategies for creating and sustaining value to deliver
returns on investment?

Panelists are:

Fred Hoar, former chairman Miller/Shandwick Technologies; Jim Huston, managing director Intel Capital; Craig Johnson, chief executive officer Venture Law Group; Terry Opdendyk, general partner Onset Ventures; Eff W. Martin, managing director Goldman-Sachs Company; Bob Pavey, general partner Morgenthaler Ventures.

MEDIA ADVISORY:

To attend the session, call Barry Holtzclaw, 408/674-8866 (cell).

Fred Hoar, Miller/Shandwick; and Jim Huston, Intel Capital; will be available for one-on-one interviews today. Call Barry Holtzclaw, SCU director of media relations, to arrange interviews.

About CIE

Begun 1998 by Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, CIE's mission is to assist startups, foster corporate innovation, and teach the theory and guide development of the art of entrepreneurship.

About Santa Clara University

Santa Clara University is a private Jesuit university with 4,300 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students offering a rigorous undergraduate curriculum and nationally recognized business, engineering and law schools, plus interdisciplinary centers that promote ethics, social justice, and explore the impact of technology.