Space Investment Summit 2 Agenda - 5-24-07

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Space Venture Finance Symposium (also known as Space Investment Summit #2) ISDC 2007 PreConference Event Thursday, May 24, 2007, Dallas, TX InterContinental Hotel, Lalique II Ballroom Program Agenda 7:00 – 8:00 am Registration 8:00 – 8:15 am Welcome by Symposium Chairmen * Burton Lee, Innovarium Ventures * John Higginbotham, SpaceVest * Peter Banks, Red Planet Capital 8:15 – 12:00 pm Morning Session * Presenter: Dr. Burton Lee, Innovarium Ventures Themes: * Symposium goals and overview * Background and recent trends in the commercial space sector, including space tourism, NASA COTS, and satellite ventures * Background and recent trends in angel/VC/private equity finance * Trends towards a mature financial pipeline for commercial space investors and entrepreneurs * Major market opportunities and players today and tomorrow 8:45 – 9:00 am Presentation of Featured Entrepreneurial Space Companies 9:00 – 9:30 am Keynote Speaker: * Lon Levin, Chief Strategic Officer, Transformational Space Corporation; Co Founder, XM Satellite Radio; Senior Advisor, Slacker * Introduction: Rick Tumlinson, CoFounder, Space Frontier Foundation; CEO XTreme Space; Chairman, Orbital Outfitters

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Space  Venture  Finance  Symposium  (also  known  as  Space  Investment  Summit  #2)  

 ISDC  2007  Pre-­‐Conference  Event  Thursday,  May  24,  2007,  Dallas,  TX  

InterContinental  Hotel,  Lalique  II  Ballroom    

 Program  Agenda        7:00  –  8:00  am     Registration      8:00  –  8:15  am     Welcome  by  Symposium  Chairmen  

*  Burton  Lee,  Innovarium  Ventures  *  John  Higginbotham,  SpaceVest  *  Peter  Banks,  Red  Planet  Capital  

     8:15  –  12:00  pm     Morning  Session  

*  Presenter:  Dr.  Burton  Lee,  Innovarium  Ventures    

Themes:  *  Symposium  goals  and  overview  *  Background  and  recent  trends  in  the  commercial  space  sector,  including  

space  tourism,  NASA  COTS,  and  satellite  ventures  *  Background  and  recent  trends  in  angel/VC/private  equity  finance  *  Trends  towards  a  mature  financial  pipeline  for  commercial  space  investors  

and  entrepreneurs  *  Major  market  opportunities  and  players  today  and  tomorrow  

     8:45  –  9:00  am           Presentation  of  Featured  Entrepreneurial  Space  Companies    9:00  –  9:30  am           Keynote  Speaker:    

*  Lon  Levin,  Chief  Strategic  Officer,  Transformational  Space  Corporation;  Co-­‐Founder,  XM  Satellite  Radio;  Senior  Advisor,  Slacker  

*  Introduction:  Rick  Tumlinson,  Co-­‐Founder,  Space  Frontier  Foundation;  CEO  XTreme  Space;  Chairman,  Orbital  Outfitters  

     

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9:30  –  10:30  am           Venture  Capital  Financing  of  (Aero)Space  Firms  and  Technologies  *  Moderator:  Burton  Lee,  Innovarium  Ventures  *  Peter  Banks,  General  Partner,  Red  Planet  Capital  *  John  Higginbotham,  Chairman  (retired),  SpaceVest  *  Mohanjit  Jolly,  Managing  Director,  Garage  Technology  Ventures  *  George  Petracek,  Managing  Director,  Atrium  Capital  

 Themes:  *  Recent  VC  deals  in  space-­‐related  startups  *  Lessons  learned  from  SpaceVest-­‐RedShift  experience  *  Views  of  Silicon  Valley  VCs  toward  space  investments  *  Outlook  for  VC  and  corporate  VC  funds  focused  on  aerospace  and  

transportation  *  Hurdles  to  the  growth  of  venture  capital  participation  in  space-­‐related  

startup  financing        10:30  –  11:00  am          Break:  Networking  with  Featured  Entrepreneurial  Space  Companies        11:00  –  12:00  pm          Private  Equity  and  Investment  Banking  in  Early-­‐  and  Mid-­‐Stage    

Financing  of  Commercial  Space  Firms  *  Moderator:  Armand  Musey,  Financial  and  Strategic  Consultant  *  Paul  Cuatrecasas,  Founder  and  Partner,  Alegro  Capital,  London  *  Kevin  Sheehan,  President  and  CEO,  ORIX  Venture  Finance  LLC  *  Joerg  Kreisel,  CEO,  JKIC  Space  Business  and  Finance  Advisors,  Germany  

 Themes:  *  Lessons  learned  from  early-­‐  and  mid-­‐stage  financing  of  satellite,  telecom  

and  other  space-­‐related  firms  *  Private  equity  firms  as  viable  exit  strategies  for  venture-­‐backed  startups  *  How  should  a  commercial  space  startup  structure  itself  for  a  PE  

acquisition?  *  The  European  view  of  private  equity  and  investment  banking  in  

commercial  space            

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12:00  –  1:30pm           Lunch  Keynote  Speaker:    *  Thomas  B.  Pickens,  III,  President  and  CEO,  SPACEHAB,  Inc.;  Managing  

Partner,  Texas  Nanotech  Ventures  *  Introduction:  Esther  Dyson,  Chairman,  EDventure  Holdings  *  Discussant:  David  Lackner,  Director,  Affiliates  Program,  Bio-­‐Info-­‐Nano  

Research  and  Development  Institute  (BIN-­‐RDI),  University  of  California  and  NASA  Ames  

 Themes:  *  Space-­‐nanotech-­‐biotech  convergence  *  Space-­‐aviation  and  space-­‐IT  convergence  

     1:30  –  5:30  pm           Afternoon  Session    1:30  –  2:30  pm           Corporate  Investment  and  Financing  of  Early-­‐  &  Mid-­‐Stage  Commercial    

Space  Ventures  *    Moderator:  Burton  Lee,  Managing  Partner,  Innovarium  Ventures  *  Bill  Gail,  Director,  Strategic  Development,  Microsoft  Virtual  Earth  *  Richard  Sanford,  Director,  Space  Initiatives,  Cisco  Systems  Inc.  *  Joerg  Kreisel,  CEO,  JKIC  Space  Business  and  Finance  Advisors,  Germany  *  Mike  Fitzgerald,  President  and  CEO,  NextTechs  Technologies  LLC,  Houston,  

TX    

Themes:  *  Current  trends  in  financing  and  investment  of  commercial  space  ventures  

and  projects  by  corporations  *  Discussion  of  Microsoft  and  Cisco  visions  for  space  communications  

infrastructure,  terrestrial  markets  and  applications  for  space  commerce,  &  investment  opportunities  

*  State  of  the  SBIR  marketplace  for  space-­‐related  technologies  and  companies  *  The  European  view  on  corporate  investment  and  finance  in  commercial  

space            

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2:30  –  3:30  pm           State  and  Private  Equity  Financing  of  Space  Enterprises  and  Spaceports  *  Moderator:  Frank  DiBello,  Managing  Partner,  Aerospace  Capital  Partners,  

LLP  *  Greg  Kulka,  Director-­‐Private  Equity  &  ETI  Programs,  New  Mexico  State  

Investment  Council  *  Mark  Ellison,  Director,  Texas  Emerging  Technology  Fund,  Office  of  the  

Governor  *  Marty  Barrack,  Senior  Advisor,  Space  Florida  *  Michael  J.  Lyon,  Managing  Director,  Spaceport  Singapore;  President,  Lyon  

Capital,  Inc.    Themes:  *  State  equity  investment  funds  and  financing  in  the  commercial  space  

industry  *  Legislative  charter  and  legal  authority  of  state  (aero)space  investment  

funds  and  economic  development  agencies  *  The  future  of  state  equity  investment  in  (aero)space  economic  development  *  International  spaceport  financing  trends  

     3:30  –  4:00  pm           Break:  Networking  with  Featured  Entrepreneurial  Space  Companies        4:00  –  5:00  pm           Angel  Investment  in  Seed-­‐Stage  Commercial  Space  Startup  Companies  

*  Moderator:  Esther  Dyson,  Chairman,  EDventure  Holdings  *  Stephen  Fleming,  Angel  Investor,  XCOR  Aerospace,  Orbital  Outfitters  and  

Constellations  Services  International;  Chief  Commercialization  Officer,  Georgia  Institute  of  Technology  

*  Lee  Valentine,  Angel  Investor,  XCOR  Aerospace,  Orbital  Outfitters  and  Constellation  Services  International;  Executive  Vice  President,  Space  Studies  Institute  

*  Paul  Schlosberg,  Chairman,  INCA  Group  LLC;  Angel  Investor    

Themes:  *  Broad  trends  in  angel  financing  of  seed-­‐stage  technology  enterprises  *  Current  state  of  angel  financing  in  commercial  space  sector  *  Space-­‐aviation  technology  and  market  convergence  in  angel  investing  *  Hurdles  in  convincing  angels  to  invest  in  space  startups  *  How  to  educate  and  talk  to  angel  investors  about  space  ventures  *  How  to  increase  participation  of  US  and  international  angel  networks  &  

associations        

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5:00  –  5:15  pm           NSS  Space  Finance  Award  Ceremony  *  Recipient:  To  Be  Announced  *  Presented  by:  Kirby  Ikin,  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  National  

Space  Society;  Managing  Director,  Asia  Pacific  Aerospace  Consultants,  Australia  

*  Introduction:  Paul  Eckert,  International  &  Commercial  Strategist,  The  Boeing  Company,  IDS  Space  Exploration  

     5:15  –  5:30  pm           Summary  Remarks  by  Chairmen  

*    Peter  Banks,  Red  Planet  Capital  *  John  Higginbotham,  SpaceVest  *  Burton  Lee,  Innovarium  Ventures  

     6:00  pm             Adjourn