Programme

Day 1 - Monday 30 November 2009
 

08:30	Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:00	Room 3 Welcome - William Stevens (Europe Unlimited)
09:10	Welcome - Dr. Beate Wieland Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of North Rhine-Westphalia
09:25	Welcome - City of Dusseldorf Dr. Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann - Mayor City of Dusseldorf
09:35	Keynote Speech - Biotech 2009: Navigating the Sea Change Steve Burrill (CEO) - Burrill & Company
10:00	Keynote Speech -  Leadership in Innovative Companies Jan Muehlfeit (Chairman Europe) - Microsoft Corporation
10:25	Coffee Break
10:45	Opening Panel - Investing and growing global winners: Trends and Tips International venture capital and corporate leaders discuss what is needed today and tomorrow to invest and grow high-tech companies into international success stories. Moderator: Paul Webber (Europe Unlimited) Panellists: Uli Fricke (EVCA / Triangle Venture Capital Group) Dan Schwartz (AVCJ) Jan Muehlfeit (Microsoft Corporation) Steven Burrill (Burrill & Company)  Guido Schenk (Dow Jones)
11:45	Room 6 Company Review ICT I	Room 7A Company Review ICT II	Room 7B Company Review Life Sciences I	Room 8 Company Review CleanTech I	Room 3 One2One Meetings
13:15	Networking Lunch
14:30	Company Review  ICT III	Company Review ICT IV	Company Review Life Sciences II	Company Review CleanTech II
16:00	Networking Coffee
16:30	Company Review ICT V	Company Review ICT VI	Company Review Life Sciences III	Company Review CleanTech III
18:15	Coaches leaving for dinner in the centre of Dusseldorf