Plug and Play Tech Center will be launching the inaugural international seminar Plug and Play Acceleration and Collaboration Track (PACT) on October 20-21, 2008 at our Sunnyvale campus.
During this seminar we will be emphasizing on fostering a culture of innovation and spirit of entrepreneurship in universities, examining challenges that young start-ups and entrepreneurs face and best practices in technology incubation. We will also be inviting international start-ups to come present to potential investors.
- Examine the journeys of 5 top Silicon Valley through case studies
- Examine best practices to foster entrepreneurship spirit and help entrepreneurs with the help of the top universities in the US (Stanford, Cornell, MIT, Harvard, Cal Poly, etc)
- Explore how government and private incubators can assist entrepreneurs (with the Californian Israeli Chamber of Commerce or Canadian government)
- Showcase how top angel investors and VCs with top European VC Wellington Partners, Northwest Ventures and DFJ.
- Examine the importance of technology partners like Sun, Microsoft, Google and how they partner with and help start-ups.
- Showcase international start-ups and expose them to funding opportunities during our international EXPO on the 21st of October.
We are also pleased to announce prestigious keynotes such as Dan´L Lewin, VP of strategy and development at Microsoft and Ron Conway, Founder of SV Angels.
We would like to invite you to join us for this great event.
- Regular - $450
- Early Bird - $375 (Closed)
- Start-Ups - $95
- Students (ID Required) - $45
Jupe Tan, Business Relationship Manager, jupe@plugandplaytechcenter.com
(408) 499-7429, or
Maud Pasturaud, Business Relationship Manager, maud@plugandplaytechcenter.com
(650) 417-1583, or
Olga Grigoryeva, Business Relationship Manager, olga@plugandplaytechcenter.com
(408) 470-9611


