Success in the US Tour
3-14 March 2008
*Auckland* *Adelaide* *Perth* *Sydney*
*Brisbane* *Melbourne* *Canberra*
Register today!
ANZA Technology Network, in partnership with Southern Cross Venture Partners, is bringing its Success in the US tour Down Under, 3-14 March 2008. This FREE event is guaranteed to be like no other US market exploratory/business opportunity fact-finding session you've ever attended! To reserve your space in your city, click here now.
Open to CEOs and entrepreneurs of all innovative Australian and New Zealand companies looking to find out more about doing business in the world's largest marketplace, ANZA's Success in the US tour will feature presentations and Q&A's with one of Down Under's most successful ex-pat entrepreneurs and venture capitalist, Larry Marshall and US serial entrepreneur Sheryle Bolton.
Hosted by ANZA CEO Viki Forrest, the Success in the US tour will stop in Auckland, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Canberra. Each 3-hour session will allow time for one-on-one conversations with Larry, Sheryle and Viki. This is a rare opportunity to talk about your company's US market potential with three experts who will share their know-how on:
- Innovative technology sectors of the US market—what's hot, what's not and future predictions
- Raising venture capital and funding—how to go from zero to a billion and beyond
- Aussie and Kiwi success in the US (and failure) stories—what to do, what not to do
- Inside info on Silicon Valley—from three of the "most connected" tech insiders with keen Australian/New Zealand insight
- Personal experiences—raising money, industry booms (and busts), Silicon Valley culture
And more—each Q&A session will be driven by your questions.
If you only attend one FREE event this year, make it be ANZA's Success in the US tour of Australia and New Zealand. Register today.
Success in the US tour locations, dates, times and venues follow. We will post more venue information as it becomes available and notify you of any changes. Register now to hold your place.
Dates and Locations
| City | Date | Time | Venue |
| AUCKLAND | Mon, 3 March | 4pm-7pm | Ernst & Young
Level 18, 41 Shortland Street, Auckland |
| ADELAIDE | Tue, 4 March | 5pm-8pm | Adelaide Pavilion
Cnr South Terrace & Peacock Road, Adelaide |
| PERTH | Wed, 5 March | 5pm-8pm |
Innovation Centre Western Australia
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| SYDNEY (Biotech) | Mon, 10 March | 8am-10am |
NSW Trade & Investment Centre Level 47, MLC Centre, 19 Martin Place, Sydney |
| SYDNEY | Mon, 10 March | 4pm-7pm |
NSW Trade & Investment Centre Level 47, MLC Centre, 19 Martin Place, Sydney |
| BRISBANE | Tue, 11 March | 4pm-7pm | Macquarie Bank
Level 26, Central Plaza One 345 Queen Street, Brisbane |
| MELBOURNE | Wed, 12 March | 4pm-7pm |
Investment Centre Victoria Level 46, ANZ Tower, 55 Collins St., Melbourne |
| MELBOURNE (Biotech) | Thu, 13 March | 8am-10am |
AusBiotech Level 1, 322 Glenferrie Rd., Malvern |
| CANBERRA | Fri, 14 March | 2pm-5pm | DeVine Function Centre @ The Kamberra Wine Company
Cnr Felmington Rd. @ Northbourne Ave. Lyneham |
Note that we will be holding separate sessions for biotech companies in Sydney and Melbourne. If you are a biotech company in another city, you will find useful information at the regular session in your city—or, you may consider attending in Sydney or Melbourne. Contact viki@anzatechnet.com for more information.
About the Success in the US Tour Team
Dr. Larry Marshall is a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He has founded six successful companies in biotechnology, photonics and semiconductors, two of which went public and the other four were acquired and generated high multiples for investors. Today he is venture partner with Southern Cross Venture Partners, and co-chairman of Arasor, an ASX-listed company developing laser chips for use in everything from next generation televisions to high-speed wireless networking equipment. Larry holds 20 patents protecting numerous commercial products, and has over 100 publications and presentations including many popular articles on what he calls "Business Engineering".
Sheryle Bolton is a serial entrepreneur with corporate executive experience in investment banking, private equity, health care and media. She has raised almost $100 million in investment funding, led development of 20 software and Internet products and devised patent strategies resulting in more than 120 granted patents. As Chairman and CEO of Scientific Learning, she led a highly successful IPO; two other companies she led were aquired. Sheryle has also served on Boards of Directors of public and private companies and mutual funds with assets of $60 billion.
Viki Forrest has held senior management positions in the technology industry for many years. She has worked for major corporate entities and start-ups in Australia, Asia and the US. Since 2002, Viki has been a viable presence in Silicon Valley, bringing together business professionals from many spectrums to work together to develop and build successful companies. Viki extends these key connections to Australian and New Zealand CEOs and entrepreneurs through the ANZA Technology Network.