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HighTech Women founder, Lucy Marcus, is a regular speaker on technology, investment, women in business, venture funding and finance, and entrepreneurialism in Europe, Israel, and the US. Below is a selected list of past and future talks and workshops on Women in Business and Venture Capital Strategies and Entrepreneurship

- Digital People, Lessons Learned: Successful Women Entrepreneurs, London 27 February 2002.

- The BT Ignite Communications Programme Women in European New Media and IT, Live online debate May 16 2001, London.

- Wellesley College 125 Anniversary Conference on Alumnae Achievement and Women's Leadership. Other speakers include former Secretary of State Madeleine Korbel Albright, US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, writer-director Nora Ephron, astronaut Pamela Melroy, journalists Lynn Sherr and Linda Wertheimer, and outgoing US executive director of the World Bank Jan Piercy, Wellesley, MA., 21 April 2001. Details here

- Women.future MainEvent 2001 London & Global Satellite Broadcast 5 April 2001.

- The Wall Street Journal Europe Women in Business Summit: Strategies for Success "Globalisation and Consolidation in Europe" Also on the panel: Esther Dyson Chairman EDventure Holdings Inc., Pat Chapman-Pincher Senior Vice President, EMEA UUNET International, Maria. A. Marced-Martin General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa Intel Corporation, Christine Morin-Postel Senior Vice President Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux , Versailles, France, 1 March 2001. Click here for more information. Several articles accompanied this conference read them here and here.

- Canadian High Commission Women in Business Forum "Working Smarter with Knowledge Based Industries" London, 7 February 2001.

- Canadian High Commission, Canadian Trade Mission: Businesswomen in International Trade "Developing Global Relationships" London, 5 February 2001.

- Annual BackOffice Conference "BackOffice Women in IT" Microsoft Campus Reading, 28 November 2000.

- Women Online: Advanced Strategies for Marketing to Women, "The Implications of New Technology for Women" London, 26 October 2000.

- Women in the New Economy Seminar, jointly organized by the Smith Institute and the Women's Unit, in association with Sussex University and SEEDA, Featured speakers included Patricia Hewitt MP, E-Minister and Minister for Small Business and Baroness Jay MP, Minister for Women, Sussex University, 5 July 2000.

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Venture Capital and Private Equity Strategies and Entrepreneurship

- Super Return, The 6th Annual European Private Equity and Venture Capital Summit "Winning Private Equity & Venture Capital Strategies in Uncertain Times: Predicting Market Changes, & Using Them to Build a Strong Business in an Ever Changing Economic Landscape" Munich, Germany, February 2003.

- Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley co-organised event, Bank on Your Future, Keynote Address and moderator, London, July 2002.

- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge Graduation Keynote Address, Judge Institute of Management Studies: "A Changed World" Cambridge, UK, May 2002.

- Guidance International, Luncheon Keynote Address: "Building Businesses in Uncertain Times" Downtown Association New York City, 9 April 2002.

- World Economic Forum and the International Women's Forum, Reshaping Leadership for the Global Agenda, “Leadership in Fragile Times” London , 21 March 2002 .

- IBM, IBM & Vignette Partner Event, Keynote Address: "Return on Investment with e-strategy" UK, 5 December 2001.

- Reed Business Information, Breakfast, Keynote Address: “Managing the Downturn”, London, 5 December 2001.

- Reed Business Publishing, Channel 2001 Money Club Award Lunch, Keynote Address: “Building Strong Businesses in Times of Uncertainty”, London, 12 October 2001.

- The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland, Annual Chartered Accountants in Business Conference, Dinner Speaker, O'Reilly Hall, University College Dublin, 10th October 2001.

- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge Alumni Weekend, Cambridge Alumni in Management (CaiM) Keynote Address: "Competing in the New Capital Markets" Cambridge, UK, 22 September 2001.

- 18th Annual Oxford Analytica International Conference: Strategic Developments in the Global Market "What is left of the new economy" Christ Church, Oxford, UK 19-22 September.

- 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 Conference Chairman & presentation "The Shifting Global Landscape of Venture Capital and Private Equity" & Panel Moderator "An Insight into Investor Expectations - What are they looking for?" Cannes, France, 11-13 September 2001.

- World Economic Forum, European Economic Summit 2001, Europe: Building on Diversity, "European Silicon Valleys" Salzburg, Austria, 1-3 July 2001.

- John Smith Fellowship Programme Digital Democracy "The Implications of Developments in Information Technology for Democracy in the UK and Wider World" 22-24 June 2001.

- Red Herring Venture Market Europe "A New Beginning, Again" London, 13 June 2001. Read about it here

- Red Herring Angel Investors Forum "Seed Investing in the Day of the Billion Dollar Fund" London, 11 June 2001.

- Red Herring Venture 2001 "Name Your Valuation" Lake Tahoe, CA., 1 May 2001. Read about it here

- Financial Evaluation of High-Tech and Internet Companies "Keynote Address: Assessing the Current and Future Internet, High-Tech, and Venture Capital Markets" London, 27 March 2001.

- CSSA Challenging Industry "Building Foundations for Robust and Enduring Ventures" London, 13 March 2001.

- CSSA eCommerce Group "An eCommerce Sanity Check" London, 18 December 2000.

- City University, MSc Programme, "Doing Business in the New Economy" 8 November 2000.

- London Business School, Breaking the Mould, "Where to Next for the Technology Sector?" London, 3 November 2000. Other speakers included Merlyn Lowther, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England, Bronwyn Curtis of Bloomburg Europe, Mary Ann Sieghart,  Editor of The Times, Noel Harwerth COO of Citibank, and Candice Carpenter, co-founder and chairperson of iVillage.

- New Media Knowledge Quest for Value 2000: Best Practice in the New Media Business, "Funding, Innovation and Growth" London, 4 October 2000.

- British-Israel Chamber of Commerce, B-ICC 2000 Breakfast Briefing, "Financing HighTech Companies -- a 360 Degree Perspective," examining financing from the perspective of the entrepreneur seeking financing and the venture capitalist interested in investing in the technology marketplace, London, 21 September 2000.

- 13th Annual Conference of the European Business Ethics Network, Ethics: Leadership and Accountability, Cambridge, UK, 14 September 2000.

- netimperative.com's conference, Dot.Com Recovery, "The Current State of the Market" London, 17 August 2001.

- Financial Directors Forum, Workshop "Competing in the New Capital Markets" 21-24 June 2001

- First Tuesday Cardiff, "Where to Tomorrow for Welsh Dot Coms?" Cardiff, Wales, 2 May 2000.

- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, "The State of Entrepreneurship in Technology" Bath, UK, 27 April 2000.

- DCfor.com, Fast Track, An Event for Entrepreneurs, Workshop "Valuation - What's It All About?" London, 11 March 2000.

- University of Cambridge, Distinguished Lecturers Series, Judge Institute of Management Studies, "Building Better Business Plans and Preparing to Venture" Cambridge, UK, 3 February 2000.

- DCfor.com, Fast Track, An Event for Entrepreneurs, "Planning for Growth" London, 29 January 2000.

- Entrepreneurs Forum, day-long programme "Preparing to Venture", including workshop, "Your Business Plans" co-sponsored by the Northern Ireland Growth Challenge and the Software Industry Federation, Belfast, 13 January 2000.

- First Tuesday Copenhagen, "Reaching Out to International Investors" Copenhagen, Denmark, 7 December 1999.

- Action for Research Cooperation, Keynote Address, "From Research to Market - Building a Financial Bridge" Belfast, 28 October 1999.

For information or to engage HighTech Women's founder, Lucy Marcus, to speak, please email us at speaking@hightech-women.com.

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