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URL:http://www.russianmix.com/events/viewevent/9771-15th-annual-gts-sv-s-most-pedigreed-conference-keynote-by-president-of-tartarstan-skadden-arps-22-oct-23-oct/ 
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SUMMARY:15th Annual GTS, SV's most pedigreed Conference+Keynote by President of Tartarstan@Skadden Arps...22 Oct- 23 Oct
DESCRIPTION:org/wiki/Franklin_Pitcher_Johnson_jr. ,Co-founder of DFJ& Future Ventures   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jurvetson / , ultimate SV insider Esther Wojcicki (also former mom-in-law of Sergei Brin) https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2018/07/11/esther-wojcicki-on-raising-two-of-the-nations-most-successful-women-entrepreneurs-anne-susan/#43c2e6f4290c and President Rustom Minnilkhanov of Tartarstan, who is returning again with 10 startups and other luminaries (scroll below for more details).
 
About the Founder of GTS who started Draper VTB, family of Funds backed by 2nd largest Russian Bank&Tim Draper :https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/12/28/sasha-johnson-bridging-the-gap-between-russia-silicon-valley/
 
Agenda
 
Day One
October 22. Venue:  Skadden, Arps . Palo Alto
 
Global Innovator Competition in 2 parts. 10am- 1pm.  1PM-4PM
 
Reception at the Nia hotel 5PM-7PM
GTS will have Alex Gurevich -- Javelin Venture Partners; Vish Mishra--Clearstone Venture Partners; Sid Mofya--DFJ Global Network, . Bill Reichert--Garage Technology Ventures, .Andy Tsao, Silicon Valley Bank and other senior investors from IVP, Nasdaq, Berkeley Fund etc as judges for their Global Business Plan Challenge.
 
Day Two
October 23.  Venue: Nia Hotel
 
9AM-10AM
Visiting tatar companies have a mini expo in the lobby. President Minnikhanov visits the companies
 
10AM-11:30 AM
Panel: Generations: Where We Have Been, Where We are Going.
Moderator: Alexandra Johnson
Panelists: President Minnilkhanov, Pitch Johnson, Esther Wojcicki, Franklin Johnson, Waverly Long.
 
11:30AM-12:30PM
Forces of Change.
Moderator:  Mark Milian (Bloomberg)
Panelists: Nichol Bradford , Founder of Transformative Tech
Micha Anthenor Benoliel 
 
12:30PM-2PM
Luncheon keynote:  Navigating Disruption
Presenter: Steve Jurvetson,  Future Ventures
 
2PM- 3PM
Panel: Different Faces of Entrepreneurship
Panelists: Sheila Puffer, Reese Jones, Deborah Magid (IBM), Alex Goryachev (Cisco)
 
3PM-4PM
Pick Us!  Investors sell companies on why to accept a term sheet from them
 
4PM-5PM
Investment trends. 
Top VCs share stories form the trenches.  In the end of the panel they select the Global Innovator Competition Winner
 
5PM Awards and closing remarks
5:15-7PM .  Reception 

 Note: Pitch Globally is the “landing page” of global startups in Silicon Valley with investor Pitch events every week and GTS is the most elite Conference and ultimate Silicon Valley insider network whose members have funded companies from Intel to Uber. Together, we are a one stop shop for investor networking in Silicon Valley for Global entrepreneurs. Pitch Globally is promoting this Conference and running some of the events in it.
LOCATION:Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 525 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, 94301
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