Connecting Vision to Reality 2009

Conference Agenda

7:00 a.m. — 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast and Registration

8:00 a.m. — 8:10 a.m.
Introduction
Howard Quon
Partner, Tax Services Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

8:10 a.m. — 9:00 a.m.
Report Overview
Peter Matutat
Partner and National Leader, Emerging Company Practice,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PDF Report on Emerging Canadian Software Companies: The CEO Perspective
(3.31 MB) Download the PDF presentation.

9:00 a.m. — 10:15 a.m.
Speaker — Tom Jenkins, Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, OpenText

PDF Capitalize on the Future: Digital Media
(12.3 MB) Download the PDF presentation.

10:15 a.m. — 10:45 a.m.
Networking

10:45 a.m. — 11:55 p.m.
Break-out Sessions

Session One — The Visionary and the Money

The Cyence Story: In November 2008, Cyence International was sold to Davis + Henderson Income Fund for $35 million. Hear the ups and downs of the Cyence story from CEO and Visionary Peter Hynde and Cyence's Venture Capital investor, Scott Clark of Covington.

Moderator
Peter Matutat
Partner and National Leader, Emerging Company Practice
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Speakers
Peter Hyne
CEO, Cyence

Scott Clark
Managing Director, Covington Capital Corp.

PDF The Visionary and the Money
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Session Two — Legal and Tax: Operational Advice

The top 10 things CEOs need to know about intellectual property (IP) protection, commodity taxes, cross-border requirements and other 'fun' topics. This fast-paced review of legal and operational requirements for an emerging software company will tell you what you need to know to run your business, in as painless a way as possible.

Moderator
Mark Usher
Partner, Wellington Financial LP

Speakers
John Beardwood
Partner, Fasken Martineau

Jocelyn Arel
Partner, Goodwin Procter

Audrey Diamant
Partner, Indirect Tax Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PDF Legal and Tax: Operational Advice
(1.14 MB) Download the PDF presentation.

Session Three — What Do the Consultants Say?

We have invited three leading consultants who have advised hundreds of emerging software companies, to provide their views on what CEOs should be doing in today's economy.

Peter Evans will give his insights on what strategy means to an emerging company, and how CEOs should go about developing and implementing strategy.

Albert Behr will challenge your current strategy and show you alternative ways to implement your vision - ones tailored to Canadian CEOs managing through the economic crisis.

Allan Wilson will provide practical advice on how to execute your strategy on a day-to-day basis.

Moderator
Rob Scott
National Leader, Technology, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Speakers
Albert Behr
President, Behr & Associates

Peter Evans
Advisor, MaRS Venture Group & Founder, Riverdale Partners

Allan Wilson
President, Allan Wilson & Associates

PDF What Do the Consultants Say?
(3.68 MB) Download the PDF presentation.

12:00 p.m. — 1:15 p.m.
Lunch

1:30 p.m. — 3:00 p.m.
Keynote Speaker
Peter Jensen

3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception