"Venture Capital: Research and Practice"

May 11, 2004
Wharton West, San Francisco, CA

Resgistration Forum

AGENDA

8:30 – 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 10:00

"Specializing Financial Intermediation: Evidence from Venture Capital"

Thomas Hellman, University of British Columbia with Lara Bottazzi and Marco da Rin)

Discussant: David Musto Wharton

10:00 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 11:30

"How Smart is Smart Money? An Empirical Two-Sided Matching Model of Venture Capital"

Morten Sorensen, University of Chicago

Discussant: Raffi Amit Wharton

11:30 – 12:00

Break

12:00 – 1:00

"The Cash Flow, Return, and Risk Characteristics of Private Equity"

Alexander Ljundqvist NYU (with Matthew Richardson)

Discussant: Chris Geczy, Wharton

1:00 – 3:00

Lunch

3:00 – 4:00

"What Do Entrepreneurs Pay for Venture Capital Affiliation?"

David Hsu, Wharton

Discussant: TBA

4:00 – 4:30

Break (and walk to the Four Seasons Hotel)

4:30 – 5:30

Cocktails
FOUR SEASONS HOTEL
757 Market Street, San Francisco

5:30 – 6:30

Distinguished Alumni Panel: "The State of the VC market"

Moderator: John Dean, former CEO, Silicon Valley Bank

Ted Shlein, Kleiner Perkins

Mark Sherman, Battery Ventures

Third Member TBA

6:30 – 9:00

Dinner

Speaker: Mike Moritz, Sequoia