Agenda

Hosted by SAP Ventures
September 14-16, 2003
Bacara Resort

Santa Barbara, California

Sunday, September 14  
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm Hospitality Desk
(Registration / Handouts)
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Welcome Reception
   
Monday, September 15  
7:30 am - 8:45 am Buffet Breakfast
8:45 am - 9:00 am Opening Remarks by Lisa Reeves, SAP Ventures
9:00 am - 10:00 am A Conversation with Hasso, Shai, and Geoffrey
-Hasso Plattner, Chairman, SAP AG
-Shai Agassi, Executive Board, SAP AG

Moderator: Geoffrey Moore, Chairman and Managing Partner, TCG Advisors; Venture Partner, Mohr, Davidow Ventures
10:00 am - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 11:15 am Is Enterprise Software Viable?
We will ask some leading venture capitalists this question, along with many others, about their investment strategies and what companies need to demonstrate in order to get funding.
  Discussion Leader:
-Stewart Alsop, NEA
  Panel:
-Frank Boehnke, Wellington Partners
-Amal Johnson, Lightspeed Ventures
-Scott Tobin, Battery Ventures
- Jim Watson, CMEA Ventures
11:15 am - 12:00 pm SAP Strategy Salon – Focus on xApps and Netweaver
A strategy session on composite application technologies.
Speaker: Mark Sochan, SAP Labs, LLC Vice President, Business Development
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Box Lunches Available
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Sailing Regatta
  Special Guests: America’s Cup Team New Zealand Grant Dalton, General Manager
Dean Barker, Skipper
5:30 pm Dinner and Awards Program
  The awards dinner will feature a talk by Grant and Dean about winning in competitive sailing at the America's Cup level, and the business of professional racing.
   
Tuesday, September 16  
7:30 am - 8:30 am Buffet Breakfast
8:30 am - 8:40 am Welcome
8:45 am - 10:00 am Where CIOs are Putting their Dollars : The Customer Speaks
CIOs from several global companies will focus on their strategic priorities in the near and long term future, and what their visions for IT directions are.
Discussion Leader: Nils Herzberg, SAP Labs, LLC Senior Vice President BSG for Manufacturing Industries
Panel:

Niall O’Connor, Apple Computer, Inc.
Gordon Steele, Nike, Inc.
Ed Toben, Colgate-Palmolive Company

10:00 am - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am - 11:45 am The Quest for the Next New Thing
High-energy entrepreneurs and researchers will provide snapshots of exciting new technologies that are shaping a next wave of startups.
Discussion Leader: Philip Lay, Managing Director of TCG Advisors


 
Panel:  
Ismael Ghalimi
Founder and CTO
Intalio
Process Asset Management
Joaquin Ruiz
VP, Marketing and Product Management
Sistina
Enterprise Commodity Computing: Not a Just an Oxymoron Anymore
Daniel Schellhoss
Co-founder and Executive Vice President
ProSyst
eBusiness to Vehicles, Home Devices and Smart Machines
  M.R. Rangaswami
Co-founder
Sandhill Group LLC
Offshoring - Cost Cutting Tool or Next Big Thing?
11:45 am - 12:00 am Closing Remarks by Jeff Nolan, SAP Ventures