TiECON East, an annual conference that brings together venture capitalists, senior-level executives, entrepreneurs and service providers, today announced its keynote speakers for the April 28 to April 30, 2005 event. The theme of TiECON EAST 2005 is "Innovation in a Global Economy" with a strong focus on how globalization and innovation are impacting business, strategy and the face of society. Nearly 1,000 TiECON EAST attendees will have unparalleled access to more than 60 speakers, C-level executives, venture capitalists, professional services providers and other entrepreneurs. They will find significant opportunities for learning about new ideas, partnering, seeking funds and attracting new customers. TiECON EAST is the 2nd largest entrepreneurial gathering, learning center and exposition in the United States and the largest in the eastern part of United States.

TiECON East 2005 will feature: Michael Ruettgers, Chairman of Board, EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC); Howard S. Charney, Senior Vice President, Office of the President, CISCO Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO); Jay Sidhu, Chairman, President & CEO, Sovereign Bancorp and Sovereign Bank (NYSE: SOV); Susan Hockfield, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Ashok Narasimhan, CEO, July Systems, and the Founding President of Wipro Infotech and Wipro Systems. Motivational speaker Doug Hall will bring a new perspective on business and life in a rapidly globalizing world.

Sponsored by TiE-Boston, and supported by other east coast TiE Chapters in Atlanta, Detroit, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, Ottawa and Toronto not-for-profit organizations dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and innovation, TiECON East also announced the full line-up of speakers for the 2005 event, to be held at the Sheraton Wakefield Colonial Center. This year's speakers build upon TiE's tradition of providing a premier entrepreneur-centric conference and networking event that demonstrates both the breadth and depth of TiE-Boston's network. Other major speakers include:
•    Dr. Desh Deshpande Co-Founder & Chairman, Sycamore Networks   (Nasdaq: SCMR)
•    Yogesh Gupta Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Computer Associates (NYSE: CA)
•    Ajei Gopal, Senior Vice President, Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC);
•    Brian Keane CEO, Keane, Inc (NYSE: KEA)
•    Dick Metzler Executive Vice-President Marketing, America, DHL Express
•    Arun Maheswari, CEO Computer Sciences Corp - India
•    Francisco D'Souza Chief Operating Officer, Cognizant Technology Solutions (Nasdaq: CTSH)
•    William K. Wray Executive Vice President and the Chief Information Officer, Citizens Financial Group
•    Jack Power Director, International Informatics Institute; Editor, Pervasive TV Conference Chairman, Digital Photography & Imaging Expo
•    Dave Ryan COO - VSNL International - TATA Indicom
•    John Gantz Senior Vice President & Chief Research Officer, IDC
•    Charles F. Kane Chief Financial Officer, AspenTech (Nasdaq: AZPNE)
•    Kannankote Srikanth Corporate VP of Worldwide Network Services, Global Telecom Solutions Sector Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT)
•    Ken Coppins Managing Director, Answerthink (NASDAQ: ANSR)
•    Atul Nishar Founder & Chairman, Hexaware Technologies
•    Siva Velu Executive Vice President, Covansys (Nasdaq: CVNS)
•    Jorge Taborga Former CIO Nortel Networks, Office of the CIO 3COM
•    Parag Saxena Managing Partner INVESCO Private Capital
•    Joe Uniejcwski, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Development,
RSA Security
•    Philp Asmunson, National Managing Partner - Technology, Media & Telecommunications - Deloitte & Touche LLP
•    Richard Stow CEO, Impact BTG. Former Senior Vice President, Siemens
•    Leonard Zon The Grousbeck Professor of Pediatrics.Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Director, Boston Children's Hospital Stem Cell Program
With the support of other TiE chapters in the east coast, we have expanded the conference to TiECON EAST and this is expected to be a sold out event said Vinit Nijhawan, President of TiE Boston. TiE Venture forum which is being held along with the conference brings together the entrepreneurs and the VCs. In the last years conference 25 firms presented  in the Tie Venture forum and 3 were funded by the VCs added Alok Prasad, Co-Chair for TiE Venture forum.

Attendees also have unique opportunities to learn from and network with people who can make a difference in their professional lives. A series of panel discussions provide a chance to hear directly from the experts on major business and economic issues, emerging opportunities, hot technologies and trends driving the economy today said Jay Srinivasan , Co-Chair of TiECON EAST 2005 and a charter member of TiE Boston.  He added that one of our goal was to move TiECON to main stream and we have taken some small steps to make this happen this year   We have now made such an impact in the industry, some of the conferences like Venture Summit by Dow Jones have now started taking a serious look to TiECON ( instead of branding TiE as just another interesting group)
 
We have added several new things like, Beer& Wine Tasting, Casino Night entertainment, motivational Speaker, Golf Event etc to make this a educational as well as fun event said Nishith Acharya, conference co-chair. This year’s conference was planned and organized by small team of people under the leadership of Jay Srinivasan and Nishith Acharya (Conference Co-Chairs) and the core team includes Geetha Neelakantiah and Venkat Perumal (Content Co-Chairs), Altalf Sheik and Jay Dwivedi (Marketing Co-Chairs).

Conference fee for this 3 day, including gala Dinner, entertainment etc  is relatively inexpensive at $250 for those who register before March 31st, 2005. Similar conference by Venture one costs approximately $2000. More information on TiECON EAST 2005 is available at www.tieconeast.org.

 

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