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2012 Annual Legal, Tax & Accounting Update for CXOs MODERATOR: David Calhoun, Partner - Corporate Technology Group/Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP PANELISTS: Wayne Reid and Seth McDaniel - Frazier & Deeter, LLC; Scott Allen and Chris Maxwell - Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Watch the recorded session	Economic Outlook for 2012 – Featuring Dr. Donald Ratajczak, Consulting Economist Watch the recorded session
Imlay Leadership Award Ceremony – Technology Leader of the Year: Thomas E. Noonan Watch the recorded session	M&A Update – Featuring Alec Ellison, nationally recognized investment banker with Jefferies Watch the recorded session
Holding Effective Board Meetings “Best Practices” MODERATOR: John C. Yates & David M. Calhoun, Partners, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Watch the recorded session	“Debt Financing Alternatives for Technology Companies – Practical Pointers for the Entrepreneur”? MODERATOR: Dale Kirkland, Silicon Valley Bank PANELISTS: Tom Williams, CFO, eVestment Alliance; Kent Elmer, Managing Partner, TechCFO; Tom Savini, CFO, Damballa; Alan Taetle, General Partner, Noro-Moseley Partners
Brand Building to Boost Your Bottom-line: Voices from the C-suite speak on marketing that generates revenue MODERATOR: Mike Neumeier, APR, Principal - Arketi Group PANELISTS: Judy Wicks, Vice President Corporate Communications, Fiserv; Greg Smith, Vice President and General Manager, Xerox Mortgage Services; Dave Mims, President and Founder, Sophicity; Ann Marie Brown, Vice President of Marketing, Craneware Watch the recorded session	What Every CEO must know about Data Breaches, Privacy and Liability MODERATOR: Phillip Naples, Pritchard & Jerden PANELISTS: Max Perkins, Specialty Lines Underwriter - Beazley Insurance; Jason Sauer , CPCU AU, Practice Leader – Technology - Zurich North America; David Selembo, Assistant Vice President - Professional Liability, Underwriting & Operations Technology & Life Sciences Practice Group - Hartfo
Leadership Lessons of Entrepreneurs – A Panel Discussion MODERATOR: John Yates, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP PANELISTS: Sean Feeney, CEO, Critigen; Michael Kohlsdork, Operating Partner, Francisco Partners; Mitch Free, CEO, MFG.com; Joe Cowan, CEO, Online Resources	2011 Atlanta Technology Executive Compensation Survey Presentation MODERATOR: Sami Jajeh, Principal, Arketi Group Watch the recorded session
Fireside Chat with Jim Geigher, President and CEO of Cbeyond MODERATOR: Mike Neumeier, Principal, Arketi Group FEATURING: Jim Geiger, President and CEO, Cbeyond Watch the recorded session	Venture Capital for Southeastern Companies MODERATOR: Scott L. Allen, Partner, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP FEATURING: Sean M. Banks, Total Technology Ventures, LLC; Frank X. Dalton, Fulcrum Ventures; Mike Elliott, Noro-Moseley Partners; Joel Lanik, Frontier Capital Watch the recorded session
Annual Tax, Legal & Accounting Update MODERATOR: David Calhoun, Partner, Corporate Technology Group/Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP PANELISTS: Wayne Reid, Frazier & Deeter, LLC; Seth McDaniel, Frazier & Deeter, LLC; Jason D’Cruz, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP; Scott Allen, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Watch the recorded session	ECONOMIC FORECASTS FOR 2011: Impact on Atlanta and our Technology Community MODERATOR: Dr. Donald Ratajczak – Consulting Economist Watch the recorded session
TER Award Recognition -- Technology Leader of the Year: Sig Mosley Watch the recorded session	Leadership Lessons for Technology Companies MODERATOR: Ken Futch – Leadership speaker/coach & author of Take Your Best Shot Watch the recorded session
Marketing Effectiveness and ROI: Developing Marketing Programs that Generate Revenue MODERATOR: Sami Jajeh, Principal – Arketi Group PANELISTS: Gary Brooks, EVP of Worldwide Marketing, Bomgar; Connie Certusi, SVP and General Manager, Sage Business Solutions; Tina Iglio, Vice President of Marketing, Travelport; Jackie Yeaney, Chief Marketing Officer, PGi (Premiere Global Services) Watch the recorded session	Valuations & Appraisals for Tech Companies – Why They Are Critical MODERATOR: Wayne Reid, Partner – Frazier & Deeter PANELISTS: Jerry Bontrager, Director Valuation Services, Frazier & Deeter;  Seth McDaniel, Managing Partner, Frazier & Deeter;  John Yates, Partner – Corporate Technology Group/Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Watch the recorded session
Social Media In Action: War Stories of What and What's not Worked MODERATOR: Mike Neumeier, Principal of Arketi Group PANELISTS: Patrick Clements, President of bigWebApps; Steve Ely, SVP of Digital Strategies of Equifax; Kevin Hegebarth, VP of Marketing of GMT Corporation; Karyn Mullins, VP and General Manager of Healthcare Job Boards; Scott Voigt, VP of Marketing of SilverPop Watch the recorded session	Building and Selling Mobile Applications: What Every CEO Needs to Know about the Next Application Frontier MODERATOR: Micky Long, VP of Arketi Group PANELISTS: Doug Busk, Whoop Mobile; Tom Cotney, Air2Web; David Cummings, Pardot; David Norris, Stratix Corporation Watch the recorded session
Venture Capital Update – Where Is The Money and How Do I Get It? MODERATOR: David M. Calhoun, Partner - Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP PANELISTS: Sean M. Banks, Total Technology Ventures, LLC ; Katrin Burt, Intersouth Partners; Frank X. Dalton, Fulcrum Ventures; Paul Johan, Ballast Point Ventures; Alan Taetle, Noro-Moseley Partners; Steve Tye, Croft & Bender	Special Roundtable Session: Atlanta Technology Executive Compensation MODERATOR: Sami Jajeh, Arketi Group
Structuring, Operating and Growing An International Office - - A Case Study of Practical Pointers for Tech Companies MODERATOR: Bill Winter, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP PANELISTS: Eric Self, Vice President, Program Management of OB10 ; Roger Avats, President, Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder of GMT Corporation; Nathan Ottinger Business Development Manager, High Street Partners, Inc.; Ron Josephson, Partner, Tatum LLC	Insurance & Risk Management Issues for Tech Companies – Reducing Liability and Costs MODERATOR: Bill Buchanan, Vice President, Risk Management of Secure Works PANELISTS: Jeremy Borak, Tanner Ballew and Aloof; Lloyd Takata, C.N.A. Technology Division; Phillip Naples, Pritchard & Jerden
Annual Legal, Tax & Accounting Update for CXOs MODERATOR: John Yates Partner, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP PANELISTS: Wayne Reid and Seth McDaniel, Frazier & Deeter, LLC; Jason D’Cruz and Ed Hirsch Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP	Economic Forecasts for 2010: Impact On Atlanta and Our Technology Community SPEAKER: Dr. Donald Ratajczak – Consulting Economist Listen to the recorded session
What’s New with Georgia Technology – An Executive Update by Stephen Fleming, Vice Provost of Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute. SPEAKER: Stephen Fleming, the new Vice Provost of Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute Listen to the recorded session	Executive Compensation in a Turbulent Economy - panel discussion on the key issues related to compensation programs. MODERATOR: Price Harding, Partner of CarterBaldwin Executive Search and President of TER PANELISTS: Bill Reilly, Principal, Mercer’s Human Capital practice (Atlanta office); Stacie Hagan, Chief People Officer, Earthlink, Inc.; Jeff Neppl, Partner, CarterBaldwin Executive Search - Technology Practice; Bruce Wynn, Senior Partner - Benefits and Compensation Practices, Morris Manning and Martin, LLP Listen to the recorded session
Healthcare Information Technology Challenges and Opportunities MODERATOR: Michele P. Madison, Partner, Morris, Manning and Martin, LLP PANELISTS: Michael VonGrey, Chief Executive Officer, RevenueMed; Tim Roche, Chief Executive Officer, MDdatacor; Jim Denny, Co-Founder and President Navicure; Teo Forcht Dagi, M.D., Partner, HLM Venture Partners Listen to the recorded session	Wine Tasting and Fireside Chat With Peter J. Kight, Vice Chairman of Fiserv, Founder of CheckFree Corporation and Owner of Quivira Vineyards MODERATOR: Mike Neumeier, Principal of Arketi Group SPEAKER: Peter J. Kight, Vice Chairman of Fiserv, Founder of CheckFree Corporation and Owner of Quivira Vineyards
Dancing With a Technology Gorilla - Strategies for Co-opetition and Partnering with the Market Leader MODERATOR: Sami Jajeh, Principal of Arketi Group SPEAKERS: Robert Estes, CEO of Reveille Software; Sean McCloskey, former Senior Vice President of SAP and former CEO of Visiprise; Glenn McGonnigle, General Partner of TechOperators Listen to the recorded session	How to Optimize Your Relationship with Analyst Firms SPEAKER: Mike Harris - Vice President of Gartner Research Technology and Service Providers
Doing Business In India: Important Practical Pointers for Atlanta Businesses MODERATOR: R. Jason D’Cruz, partner with Morris, Manning, and Martin, LLP PANELISTS: Vaibhav Parikh, Head of Technology Law Practice at Nishith Desai Associates; Ani Agnihotri, Founder and President of IIIrd Millennium Technologies Inc.; Sanjoy Malik, Director and Founder of Air2Web, Inc.; C. N. Madhusudan, Founder and CEO of VectorSpan, Inc.; and Vinod Keni, CEO of Aquarian Group Listen to the recorded session	Technology M&A Update: Alternatives in the Current Market MODERATOR: Ted Bender, Managing Director at Croft & Bender LLC PANELISTS: Jim Douglass, Chief Executive Officer at Vesdia Corporation; Fred Sturgis, Managing Director at H.I.G. Ventures; Steve Tye, Managing Director at Croft & Bender LLC; Carl Erhardt, Partner at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP; and Wayne Reid, Partner at Frazier & Deeter, LLC Listen to the recorded session
Atlanta Technology -- Pioneers of the Microcomputer Revolution MODERATOR: John Yates Partner, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP PANELISTS: Dennis Hayes, CEO and Founder Hayes Microcomputer Products Ben Dyer, CEO and Founder Peachtree Software Said Mohammadioun, CEO and Founder SAMNA Richard Brock, CEO and Founder Firstwave/Brock Control Systems Les Freed, CEO and Founder Microstuf/Crosstalk Communications Listen to the recorded session	Venture Capital for Southeastern Companies: How to find it and what it costs! MODERATOR: David Calhoun Partner - Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP FEATURING: Alan Taetle, Noro-Moseley Frank X. Dalton, Fulcrum Ventures Sean M. Banks, Total Technology Ventures, Katrin Burt, Intersouth Partners Steve Nussrallah, Value Plus Ventures Listen to the recorded session
2009 Accounting, Tax and Legal Update: What Every Technology Company Needs To Know - A Panel Discussion Moderator: Grant Collingsworth Partner - Corporate Practice/Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP PANELISTS: Wayne Reid and Seth McDaniel Frazier & Deeter, LLC Terresa Tarpley and Bruce Wynn Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Listen to the recorded session	Economic Roundup - What to Expect From the Economy in 2009 Donald Ratajczak
A CEO's Guide to New Media: Understand the Real Business Benefits From The Hype MODERATOR: Michael Neumeier, APR Arketi Group FEATURING: Reggie Bradford – CEO of Vitrue, Inc. Mike Cascone – COO of HowStuffWorks.com Benn Konsynski -- George S. Craft Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management, Goizueta Business School, Emory University	How To Create a Board of Directors or Advisory Board - THAT WORKS! MODERATOR: David Calhoun Partner, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP FEATURING PANELISTS: David Gould, Former CEO – Witness Systems Don House, Former Senior Executive – MSA Price Harding, Partner – CarterBaldwin Dan Giannini, Former Partner - PwC
Fireside Chat with Tom Noonan, Former CEO, Internet Security Systems NEW Meeting Location starting Sept. 16, 2008: The Buckhead Club 3344 Peachtree Road (Sovereign building), 26th Floor Directly across the street from the current location	VC Update - What's Going on in the World of Venture Capital Frank Dalton, Moderator Fulcrum Ventures FEATURING: Andrew Lindner, Managing Partner Frontier Capital Chuck Johnson, Partner Noro-Moseley Partners Wright Steenrod, Principal Chrysalis Ventures Scott Nissenbaum, Managing Director Novitas Capital
Lessons in Crossing the Chasm: From 10 - 100 customers MODERATOR: Sami Jajeh, Principal - Arketi Group PANEL featuring: Don Addington, Managing Partner - The Addington Group Eric Hinkle, CEO - Servigistics Jim Geiger, Chairman & CEO - Cbeyond Keith Washington, VP & General Manager - Flo Healthcare	My Life at Google -- And How Google Is Changing Ecommerce Forever Fireside Chat with Ron Carpinella
Leadership Styles for Tech Executives - What Works (and What Doesn't) Dick Cook - Moderator Former CEO and President -- Mapics Featuring: Joseph Juliano - CEO - Prime Revenue Michael Cote - CEO - Secureworks John Festa - Former CEO - BuyPass, Iterated Systems and CareCentric David Leach - CEO - eSecuritel and former CEO -- Harbinger	Technology and Private Equity: Living WIth a Private Equity Fund Investor John Yates - Moderator Partner-in-Charge/Technology Group, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP David Golob Partner, Francisco Partners Mike Kohlsdorf CEO, Aderant Ed Daihl CEO, Surgical Information Systems Charlie Ogburn Managing Partner, Arcapita
The State of Research at Georgia Tech -- What's Hot on North Avenue? Price Harding, Moderator Partner, CarterBaldwin Dr. Richard DeMillo Dean, College Computing - Georgia Institute of Technology John Bacon CEO/Founder, IP2BIZ Dr. Stephen Cross VP and Director of Georgia Technology Research Institute	MEDIA – Print, Broadcast, Online, Social Panelists: Kevin Howarth, TechLinks, Editor Justin Rubner, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Technology Columnist Jason Kelly, Bloomberg News, Reporter Moderator: Dean Trevelino, Trevelino/Keller
NetRoadshow - THE ROADSHOW TO BUSINESS SUCCESS! Brad Hammond Chairman & CEO NetRoadshow	INFOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS - The Inside Story Jim Schaper Chairman & CEO INFOR GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
Doing Business in China - How to Succeed While Avoiding Pitfalls John Yates Partner-in-charge - Technology Group Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP John F. Ray - President, Heritage Capital Advisors Tim Tingkang Xia, Ph.D. - Partner, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP James Whitcomb - Founder, HW International Daniel Johnston - Consultant/Lawyer	What It Means To Be An Entrepreneur - Life Lessons MODERATOR: Richard Brock - CEO, Firstwave Technologies, Inc. Said Mohammadioun - Entrepreneur at Intellisync Corporation, Synchrologic Inc., Lotus Development, and Samna Corporation. Tom Noonan - Entrepreneur at Internet Security Systems, Inc., Dun and Bradstreet Software, Actuation Electronics, and Leapfrog Technologies Michael Price -Entrepreneur at VC South, eTrain, Fred Pryor Seminars, and Career Track
CIO ROUNDTABLE: What Technologies Are CIOs Buying and Why! Ann Franks, VP Information Technology -- Lanier Steve Winterbottom, CIO -- Scientific Atlanta/Cisco Brian Shields, CIO -- The Weather Channel Marian Lucia, EVP and CIO -- Federal Home Loan Bank	2006 Accounting, Tax and Legal Update: WHAT EVERY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY NEEDS TO KNOW MODERATOR: John C. Yates Partner-in-Charge – Technology Group/Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP FEATURING: Wayne Reid and Seth McDaniel, Partners Frazier & Deeter, LLC Grant Collingsworth and Bruce Wynn, Partners Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
Breakfast With Charles Phillips, President of Oracle Corporation Charles Phillips President, Oracle Corporation	The Emergence of the Private Equity Buyer and What This Means to Technology Companies Panelists: Joan Herbig of Cambia Security, Inc. Ransom James of Arcapita, Inc. Bob Fowler of Imaging Technologies Services, Inc. Moderator: Ty Dealy, Managing Director, FD Capital LLC
Leadership In a Technology Company: What's Important and Why Richard Dick Cook Former President and CEO, MAPICS	Recent Trends In Technology M&A: And What's Ahead For Atlanta in 2006 Joseph Sanborn SVB Alliant
Atlanta's Economy: What Does The Future Hold? (And what every tech company in town needs to know about 2006 and beyond.) Donald Ratajczak Consulting Economist	Venture Capital Deals: A Review of 2004-05 (And A Look At The Future) Grant Collingsworth: Moderator – Partner, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Kathy Harris: Noro-Moseley Partners Scott Miller: Managing Director, Lovett Miller & Company, Inc. Gary Peat: Partner, Council Ventures Fred Sturgis: Managing Director, HIG Ventures
Sarbanes-Oxley: Success, Failure or Futility (and what I need to worry about even if I'm a private company). Panelists/Background: Larry Shackelford: (Moderator) Partner - Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP John Huntz: Managing Director - Fuqua Ventures; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Manhattan Associates Steve Norton: Sr. Vice President and CFO - Manhattan Associates Jeff McMinn: Partner - Frazier & Deeter, LLC	Future Technology Trends In Georgia Universities Jonathan Giuliano: Moderator – Partner, Intellectual Property Partners, LLC Todd Sherer, Ph.D.: Asst. VP for Research; Director, Office of Technology Transfer – Emory University Jonathan (Jon) A. Goldman: Commercialization Catalyst – Georgia Institute of Technology’s Venture Lab Robert (Rob) R. Fincher, Ph.D.: Director, Technology Commercialization Office, Office of the Vice President for Research and Associate Provost – The University of Georgia
The Future of Technology In Atlanta - An Open Forum Discussion Dr. Benn R. Konsynski George S. Craft Professor of Business Administration Glen Shipley CFO, Internet Commerce Corporation	Stock And Option Compensation Issues -- Hot Topics for Tech Companies John Yates: Moderator, Chair – Technology Group / Morris, Manning & Martin Jim Mullis: Mullis Consulting / Compensation Consultant Wayne Reid: Tax Partner, Frazier & Deeter Bruce Wynn: Chair -- Compensation & Benefits Group / Morris, Manning & Martin Seth McDaniel: Audit Partner, Frazier & Deeter
Can Offshore Development Really Improve TIme To Market, Quality and Cost? Jerry Malec Jeff Kissling: CTO, Manugistics Praveen Kankariya: CEO, Impetus Technologies Mike Landry: Founder & CTO, Servigistics Larry Street: Partner-Intellectual Property, Morris, Manning & Martin	Lessons Learned at Peachtree Software - Pre-MSA Ben Dyer: (Moderator) President, Innovations Publishing; Sr. Managing Director, Jackson Capital Steve Mann: Retired; Teacher & Researcher Buddy Ray: Exec. VP, Innovations Publishing Harvey Shuster: Mgr., Control Solutions
Lessons Learned at Digital Communications Associates (DCA) Bill Marks: Moderator President, GCI Atlanta, GCI Group (was V.P. of Public Relations, DCA) Panelists: John Bacon: President, Venturos Capital Advisors David Brookmire: President, Corporate Performance Strategies Joan Herbig: President & CEO, Cambia Security Rick Szatkowski: Sr. VP & GM, FindWhat.com	Leasons Learned At MindSpring Alan Taetle - Moderator General Partner, Noro-Moseley Partners Erika Jolly - Vice President, Product Marketing EarthLink, Inc. Jason Kelly - Staff Writer, Bloomberg News Melanie Wernick - Vice President of Business Development, Sales and Marketing HPC inter@ctive (HPCi)
Lessons Learned At MSA BREAKFAST FORMAT Panelists: Row Henson: VP Global Product Strategy, PeopleSoft Randy Keith: President, Aperum Wain Kellum: CEO, nuBridges; CEO/Co-founder, Extreme Logic Emma Morris: Co-Founder/CEO Vistascape, Synchrologic Wendy Reed: CEO/Founder, Infomentis	A Conversation With Garry Betty, President and CEO of EarthLink Garry Betty President & CEO, EarthLink
How Venture Boards Influence Success or Failure of Technology Companies and The Changing Relationships between Executives And Board Members CEO/Venture Board Panel: Rusty Gordon - CEO, Knowlagent Frank Dalton - Partner, Cordova Ventures David Coombs - CEO, iVivity Allen Moseley - Partner, Noro-Moseley Partners Grant Collingsworth - Parnter, Morris, Manning ( Martin (moderator)	Techology + Chips + Caribou Coffee = Crescent Capital Charles Ogburn Executive Director Crescent Capital
What CIO's Are Spending Money On & How is Globalization Affecting Information Systems? Sandy Hoffman CIO, Mapics Bob Keefe CIO, Russell Corp. Third Panelist TBD	What Is Broken With The Public Offering Process - And How To Fix It! Michael Zigman Managing Director WR Hambrecht + Co.
Georgia Government and Technology: Report From Georgia's Secretary of State Cathy Cox Georgia's Secretary of State	VC Super Bowl 2004 -- Patriots vs. Falcons: Lessons Learned From Leading Boston and Atlanta VCs Moderator: John Yates Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Panelists: Frank Dalton Cordova Ventures Ted Dintersmith Charles River Ventures Chip Hazard IDG Ventures Allen Moseley Noro-Moseley Partners
Transitioning From CFO/CXO to CEO: Lessons Learned From Changing Chairs Michael E. Kohlsdorf - Moderator VP, Professional Services, IKON Former CEO, T/R Systems, Inc. Panelists: Michael Cote CEO, SecureWorks Richard Haddrill CEO, Manhattan Associates Rodger Johnson President & CEO, Knology E. Neal Tompkins Founder and CTO, T/R Systems	Trio of Top Economic Prognosticators Go Head to Head with Individual Scenarios for the Coming Year Rajeev Dhawan Director of the Economic Forecasting Center Georgia State University Donald Ratajczak Regent's Professor Emeritus of Economics (retired) Georgia State University Roger Tutterow Chair & Professor, Department of Economics & Finance Coles College of Business - Kennesaw State University