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Capital Creation 2001
Back To Reality: Implementing And Managing Innovative Value Creation And Risk Reduction Strategies To Maximise Profitability Within A Volatile Private Equity And Venture Capital Market

Date: September 11 - 13, 2001
Place: Hotel Martinez, Cannes France
HIGHTECH WOMEN DISCOUNT PRICE 20% 
To receive the discount, at "Code to Register" enter HTW - the discount is open to HighTech Women members and friends

CAPITAL CREATION 2001 provides you with a unique opportunity to network with a select group of your senior-level peers and meet private equity and venture capital pioneers from across Europe and the United States. At this prestigious, international forum, based at the luxurious Hotel Martinez in Cannes, you will hear over 30 case studies on the latest market trends and management techniques, helping you to adjust to, and improve your profitability within, a cyclical market.

Speakers include Jon Moulton - Alchemy Partners, Philippe Claude - Atlas Venture, Ian Armitage - Mercury Private Capital, Lucy Marcus - Marcus Venture Consulting, Jamie Weir - Duke Street Capital, and representatives from GE Equity, Bain Capital, Baring Private Equity Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet Ventures, Intel Capital,  and many others.

HighTech Women members and friends are entitled to a 20% discounted rate to attend the Capital Creation 2001 conference. Register at www.wbr.co.uk

For further information please contact Jonathan Ballantine jonathan2@wbr.co.uk

Members of the HighTech Women are entitled to a discounted rate to attend the Capital Creation 2001 conference

Red Herring Venture Market Europe

Date: June 12 - 13, 2001
Place: London Hilton at Park Lane, London, UK
Price: Regular Price $1,595
HIGHTECH WOMEN DISCOUNT PRICE $1095
To receive the discount, at "Code to Register" enter 1U14

Register at http://events.redherring.com/pub_events/event_detail.cfm?eid=11

Whether you are a bold entrepreneur, accomplished venture capitalist, or enlightened top-level technology business executive who must stay on the cutting edge of industry activity, Red Herring's Venture Market Europe is the must-attend event for you in 2001.

This two-day intense and highly-focused conference examines the business of innovation and technology in Europe through dynamic, interactive roundtable discussions, company presentations from the newest to the field, and insights from the industry's most accomplished executives.

Reflecting and complementing Red Herring's unique, on-the-ground, editorial perspective, Venture Market Europe offers you the "inside line" on the best opportunities in this dynamic marketplace, unparalleled pan-European networking opportunities, and a unique presentation from Silicon Valley.

From securing funding to launching new enterprises, to identifying new strategic partnerships, Venture Market Europe strips away the hype and delivers the true perspective in an unmatched, solutions-oriented environment.

Speakers and panelists include Andrew Pinder, e-Envoy, Office of e-Envoy, John Fisher, Founding and Managing Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lucy Marcus, Managing Director, Marcus Venture Consulting, Julie Meyer, CEO and Founder, Ariadne Capital, Arnie Berman, Managing Director and Senior Research Technology Strategist, Wit SoundView, Walter Harriot, St. John's Innovation Centre.

HighTech Women is a sponsor of this event.

Price: Regular Price $1,595
HIGHTECH WOMEN DISCOUNT PRICE $1095
To receive the discount, at "Code to Register" enter 1U14

Register at http://events.redherring.com/pub_events/event_detail.cfm?eid=11

Women in European New Media and IT- live online debate

Date: May 16, 2001
Place: ONLINE!

The BT Ignite Communications Programme is holding a number of events focused on women and new media.

The first live online debate is on 16 May, featuring a panel of women who between them have experience of working in new media in the US, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and the Georgian Republic.

• Lucy Marcus, founder and managing director of HighTech Women, an online and offline mentoring and meeting place for women in technology
• Karen Mahony is the founder and director of Xymbio, a specialist digital media company
• Antje Roestenburg is a senior interaction designer for Nortel Networks UK
• Magali Sauderais is an interactive developer for Forma Communication.

The debate will focus on these areas:

Don't treat me like a woman
Do women want their gender to be irrelevant in the workplace? Or should women's issues have a higher profile in the workplace in order to overcome outdated corporate attitudes? How do women's experiences vary across different European countries?

Why don't more women want to work in IT?
Why is it such a struggle to encourage women to work in IT? How does this picture alter across Europe, and why are there so many more female engineers in the former Eastern bloc?

An end to boys' toys?
Is new media still the preserve of 'boys with toys', or is the industry growing up following its initial laddish phase? Do female information architects have a better focus on end users or is this unhelpful 'women-as-gentler-sex' propaganda?

Listen to the debate

14:00 - 15:00 [BST] 15:00 - 16:00 [CET] 09:00 - 10:00 [EST]
The panel will be facilitated by a professional broadcast journalist, Robert Coren. There will be a 5 minute introduction, and each theme will comprise a 15 minute discussion with 3 minute introductions to each programme section.

Take part in the e-mail forum

We'd love to hear your views on this subject, so please take the opportunity to participate in the debate. You'll be able to post questions during the broadcast in the 'Events' area.

The panelists will have an opportunity to discuss some of these questions live until @15:30 [16:30 CET, 10:30 EST].

HighTech Women is a sponsor of this event.

Evaluation of High-Tech and Internet Companies

1) Date: March 27 - 28, 2001 
Place: Thistle Blooms. Hotel, London

Two-day conference uniquely dedicated to investors in the high-tech and Internet market. Topics covered include: an assessment of current trends and future markets, determining the economic potential of a technology company, structuring investment deals, minimising financial risks, real options, and a review of methodologies and current practice.

Speakers include: 3i, Deutsche Bank eVentures, ABN AMRO Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, NeSBIC CTe Fund, Yazam Europe, Marcus Venture Consulting, FirstStage Capital, Deloitte & Touche and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mixing exclusive presentations with in-depth, interactive sessions, the conference also provides a unique networking opportunity.

For more details see the program agenda and registration details. HighTech Women is a sponsor of this event.

Women.future 2001:Unprecedented Global Conversation "The World of Business: A New Era"

Date: April 5, 2001
2.30 PM - 10:30 PM London
3:30 PM - 11:30 PM Continental
10.30 AM - 5.30 PM Eastern
9.30 AM - 4.30 PM Central
8.30 AM - 3.30 PM Mountain
7.30 AM - 2.30 PM Pacific

Place: Worldwide Satellite broadcast:
London: London Business School
Other locations: A professionally hosted location near you (college campus, PBS studio, corporate location, or elsewhere). Link here for confirmed site locations in your area: http://www.womenfuture411.com/

Registration: HighTech Women members receive discounted admission of $209 (US) [Admission is $259 (US)]
To register and receive the discount, HighTech Women members attending the London event should use the code HTW when registering.
HighTech Women members wishing to attend at other locations (e.g., Washington DC, Paris, NYC, etc.) should email women.future@hightech-women.com and we will arrange for you to receive the discounted price.
Register at http://www.womenfuture411.com/

Women.future's MainEvent 2001 gathers over 30 of the world's most successful and fascinating women (and some very powerful men) for this daylong business leadership summit. The blockbuster lineup of participants includes:

· Marjorie Scardino (Number 1 on Fortune's list of the Most Powerful Women in Europe, CEO of The Pearson Group in London, which owns the Financial Times);
· Tom Peters (Author and Lecturer, tompeterscompany!; he's now made women - as a market, as a workforce -- the centerpiece of his message to the business world);
· Ellen Hancock (CEO of Exodus, one of the darlings of Wall Street...she's number 5 on the Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business list);
· Betsy Holden (President and CEO of Kraft Foods, a $24 billion global business; also on Fortune's Most Powerful Women in Business List)
· General James Jones (Commandant of the U.S Marine Corps, committed to developing its new leadership, including women)
· ...and many others (http://www.womenfuture.com/speakers.html), incredible leaders every one... brought together in conversation for the first time.

Women.future telecasts these provocative interactive conversations live from the Sony studios in New York to 200+ event locations around the globe. At each professionally hosted local site, men and women gather to join the conversation and plumb its relevance to their own businesses and leadership issues.

Women.future's MainEvent 2001 was developed to give you real access to ideas of, and conversations among, well-known business and thought leaders who will contribute to 5 separate panel discussions on business and life topics that matter to everyone interested in learning more about the leadership ways of the future. The synergy of our speakers in conversation with each other, as well as with our satellite-linked participating audiences worldwide, will blow your socks off.

WHY ATTEND?

· Unprecedented access to the ideas of internationally recognized business and thought leader panelists from both the NY television studio and your local panels
· Unbelievable networking opportunities, whether you are a sales manager, marketing consultant, or are a stellar as-yet-unrecognized leader in your field.
· Inside scoop to help you understand the motivations of women as business leaders as well as consumers
· Inclusion in a conversation about the opportunities and responsibilities we have in this new world of work

For more information, visit: http://www.womenfuture.com

Challenging Industry. Women in IT
Sponsored by e-skills NTO and Supported by HighTech Women

Date: Tuesday 13 March  09:00 - 17:00 
Place: River Room The Savoy London

Keynote Speaker: Patricia Hewitt Minister of State

- The ICT industry intake is around 25% women, declining from 30% five years ago. 

- It is often suggested that if the number of women working in ICT were to equal that of men the skill’s  shortage would be a thing of the past

CSSA is pleased to invite you to ‘Challenging Industry’, an interactive day of debate and discussion sharing experiences of people who have sought to attract women to their companies and the challenges they face in encouraging women to consider careers in IT. This conference will provides a perfect opportunity for formal and informal discussion in addition to the all-important networking with CSSA member companies and representatives from Government departments and educational establishments.

Speakers include: Alan Stevens, Director Government Accounts, ITCE Skills Strategy Group. Alison Hutchinson, CEO B2B.com, Barclays PLC. Lucy Marcus, Founder and Managing Director, Marcus Venture Consulting and HighTech Women. Angela Gaunt, ICT Coordinator, William Beaumont High School (Winner of the BT Teacher Award).

Price: HighTech Women members and CSSA Members GBP 85+VAT
Non Members: GBP 130+VAT

For further information or to book  please contact Sarah Robinson via tel: 020 7395 6737  or email 

Women Crossing Borders -- Women in Business Forum

Date: 7-8th of February
Place: Canadian High Commission and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London

The Women in Business Forum will bring together British and Canadian women small and medium sized export-ready industries with leading entrepreneurs, management and strategy experts, policy makers and advocates, professional organisations, academics and the media. It will focus on IT, service industries and consumer products sectors.

Speakers will include Patricia Hewitt, Minister for Small Business and E-Commerce, Lucy Marcus, Managing Director of Marcus Venture Consulting and HighTech Women, Susan Cartwright, Director General, European Union, North and West Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and many others.

Cost: £25. For more details see the program agenda and registration details. HighTech Women is a sponsor of this event.

The Annual BackOffice Conference

Date: 28-29th of November
Place: Microsoft Campus, Reading

This is a technical conference for IT professionals working with Windows NT/2000 and BackOffice technologies. They will be launching their Women in IT initiative with a host of sessions for technical women interested in creating an egalitarian IT community.

HighTech Women members will receive a 25% discount for this two-day conference. Please quote HighTech Women when applying.

For more info www.backoffice.co.uk/conference.asp or phone Wan on 020 8600 9415.

Breaking the Mould

Date: 2-3 November 2000
Place: London Business School

The Woman in Business Club is hosting a conference and networking event featuring contributions from outstanding women who have broken the mould in today's global economy.

The conference will feature:

• Keynote addresses from: Candice Carpenter, Co-Founder and Chairperson, iVillage Anna Lloyd, President and Executive Director, C200 Merlyn Lowther, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England
  
• Career panel discussions, covering key aspects of business and society in the areas of: Consulting, Media, Entrepreneurship, Technology/e-business, Finance/Insurance and Manufacturing & Retail
• Workshop led by Elizabeth Coffey, Director & Executive Coach, The Change Partnership Limited

Cost: £15 (includes drinks and meals) For more details see the program agenda and register online.

Women Online: Advanced Strategies For Marketing To Women
Date: 25th & 26th October, 2000
Place: The Hatton, London.

Women are now the driving demographic on the Internet which means that they are 'the' force to be reckoned with in online marketing. Women Online will explore the latest developments in this exciting market with a programme featuring presentations by key industry specialists. Case studies from market leaders will also be presented, providing a practical insight into the burning issues facing companies who want to market effectively to women.

Members of HighTech Women receive a 10% discount.
To register, please visit http://www.smi-online.co.uk/women1.asp or contact customers services on +44 (0) 20 7858 2222 or email: customer_services@smiconferences.co.uk and use reference number "Hightech Women A71" to receive the discount.

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New Media Knowledge: Quest for Value 2000 -- Best Practice in the New Media Business

Date: 3-4 October, 2000
Place: The Scala, King's Cross, London
HighTech Women members are entitled to 10% off the registration fee

Quest for Value has been carefully designed by a group of leading industry figures, and will address the critical issues facing all of us working in the UK's new media industry.

Titles of workshops include: On your Marks, Get Set... Broadband, Laptops and Desktops: How to Retain and Motivate New Media Talent, Generation x + 1: Nurturing Future Talent, How to stand out from the crowd: Brand Strategy in New Media, Funding Innovation and growth, Grow Fast, Grow Strong, Turning Audiences into Communities - Is there anybody out there?, A new Standard: Does the Industry Need a Standard Legal Contract?

In all, there will be some 50 speakers assembled, drawn from some of the most innovative and interesting new media companies working in the UK. They will be openly and honestly talking about the problems, obstacles and opportunities that they are facing in their quest for business and creative success in the field of interactive media.

Including: Lucy Marcus, Marcus Venture Consulting; Gary Lockton, DeepGroup; Felicia Jackson, Netimperative; Sam Michel, Chinwag; Carol Dukes, Thinknatural.com; Ross Sleight, Fingertips Media; Kim Thesinger, Idesk; Jonathan Briggs, Other Media; Annabelle Rhiando, Pool Side; Anthony Lilley, Magic Lantern; Anne Dixon, Work House; Paul Murphy, Flextech; Hilary Kelsh, Icon Medialab; Robert Hamilton, Scan; Mark Weber, Attic Media; Rachel O'Sullivan, Air-tight; Simon Warner-Bore, Okupi; Lizzie Jackson, BBC and Tory Crimmins, iVillage... plus many more.

Members of HighTech Women receive a 10% discount on all prices, no matter the category or date of registration. To receive the discount please register online and include in the payment comments box "HighTech Women 10% discount"

You can find out more and register for Quest for Value at http://www.nmk.co.uk/q4v2000

If you do attend, please give us feedback as it is good for us to be able to plan more activities like this in the future.

Two IFE Seminars:

Seminar 1: Creating and Managing Internet Start-Ups
Seminar 2: IPOs on the Internet
Date: Seminar 1 - 26 Sept. 2000, Seminar 2- 27 Sept. 2000
Location: Melia White House, London
HighTech Women members are entitled to 50% off the registration fee

The two separately bookable, one-day seminars are aimed at entrepreneurs, start-ups, investors and VCs.

Seminar 1 will assess how to find the right partners to partner with, raise initial and second-stage capital and develop a staffing and marketing strategy. Case study examples will be mixed with detailed presentations from First Tuesday, e-start, GorillaPark, Broadview, Smarterwork, National Business Angels Network and Andersen Consulting.

Seminar 2 will detail how to develop an IPO on the Internet, creating an online IR strategy and match up entrepreneurs and investors.

Speakers include Apax partners, Wcities.com, improveline.com, EPO.com, Breakaway Solutions and SelfTrade amongst others.

There is also a networking cocktail reception on 26th September, where delegates can discuss their plans with potential partners, investors and entrepreneurs.

To register for either seminar or for more information, please call Riad Mannan on 020 7704 1989 or e-mail rmannan@ifexecutives.com or visit www.ife-uk.com

To recieve the 50% discount, please indicate your affiliation with HighTech Women by entering the code HTW in the comments field of the registration form.

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Dot.Com Recovery

Date: August 17th
Location: Staple Inn Hall High Holborn London WC1V 7QJ (Nrst Tube: Chancery Lane)

Rescue, Recovery or Rebirth: No one can doubt that present market conditions are causing problems for the internet industry. Yet there are ways that you can avoid trouble, or find solutions to your problems. Join netimperative.com, in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers on August 17th for a half day conference which will offer you the information you need.

Contact: bridget@netimperative.com

Fee: £45 members/£95 non-members incl. membership. HighTech Women members can attend at the members rate.

GARAGE.COM BOOTCAMP FOR STARTUPS EUROPE

Date: September 4-5, 2000
Location: Royal Lancaster Hotel Hyde Park, London Walking distance from the Lancaster Gate Tube stop (Central Line) and Paddington train station.
www.garage.com/bootcamp

Garage.com's Bootcamp for Startups is a two-day conference for high tech entrepreneurs in Europe. Learn from the world's top venture capitalists,entrepreneurs, angel investors, service providers, and journalists.

The conference covers raising capital, building buzz, hiring top talent, and avoiding the pitfalls of high tech startups. Entrepreneurs will leave Bootcamp knowing the next steps to create a high tech startup.

COST: US$995.00 (a special price is available for students). Receive a $50 discount by entering responding Affiliate HTW to the question, "How did you hear about Bootcamp?"

To view the complete agenda and register, go to: www.garage.com/bootcamp

LONDON KEYNOTE SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
- Nolan Bushnell (Founder, Atari; CEO, uWink.com)
- Paul Harvey (Managing Director, Goldman Sachs)
- Pierre Omidyar (Founder, eBay)

LONDON SPEAKERS INCLUDE INDUSTRY LEADERS FROM: 3i, Albumcity,Apax Partners & Co., Benchmark Capital, Carlyle Internet Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, eBay, Emanio, Ezoka.com, GRP, Gurunet, The Industry Standard, Israel Seed Fund, Mayfield Fund, Onvia, Premierfind.com, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Quidnunc, RealNetworks, Silicon Valley Bank, Startupfactory, Tornado-Insider, Versatel, Viventures, Wellington Partners.

Learn how to start up a startup at Bootcamp: http://www.garage.com/bootcamp/

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