The 8 ^th annual conference "TiECON EAST 2006: Innovating in a Flat World" (www.tieconeast.org) will be held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston from June15-17, 2006.   TiECON EAST is the largest global innovation conference on the East Coast, drawing upon TiE-East and its global network of successful innovators, executives and investors to provide the audience with information and mentoring they need to expand their ventures globally. 

This year's conference features many outstanding speakers including:

- Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations 
- Clayton M. Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School, Author, The Innovator’s Dilemma
- Rajat Gupta, Senior Partner Worldwide, McKinsey & Co.
- Ray Kurzweil, Author & Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence
- Mohanbir Sawhney, Professor, Kellogg School of Management
- Nikesh Arora, VP & GM Europe, Google
- Howard Anderson, Founder Battery Ventures and The Yankee Group
- Paul Sagan, CEO, Akamai

Various panels will deal with State of Software Industry, Cross-Border Models for Life Sciences, Engering Trends in Wireless, Social Software, Energy and Clean Technology, Cross-Border Investing, Digital Media along with a special session on The Future of Infrastructure & Govvernance in India feature US trained next generation leaders and Members of Parliament from India.

India is a land of opportunity and the conference attendees will have a vital stake in it.   The venture capitalists, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, academicians and other innovators who will gather at TiECON from around the world are very interested in hearing your vision on how they can invest, partner or discover talent in India and link together for an even better future.    TiE members and its affiliates worldwide have been involved for decades in advancing technical, functional and managerial skills in India. Their collaborations now extend to university curriculums and students. However, questions like the future of governance or infrastructure and other challenges have never been answered with clarity and with diversity of opinion. You can provide such insights directly.

TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) is a network dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and innovation around the world.  The organization has 45 chapters with over 10,000 members worldwide.  TiE-Boston is the second largest chapter after Silicon Valley. TiE Members are entrepreneurs and professionals with an interest in entrepreneurship, either in a start-up context or within a larger company. They represent a diverse set of industries, including software and information technologies, biotech, financial services and other services.

Though the name TiE, originally "The Indus Entrepreneurs," signified the ethnic South Asian or Indus roots of the founders, TiE now stands for Talent, Ideas and Enterprise . TiE is the largest non profit organization of its kind.

TiE innovators and entrepreneurs raise over 5% of the US venture capital and have created over 250 billion dollars in wealth for investors and community

To register or learn more contact our TiE-Boston office at (781) 272-3875 or visit www.tieconeast.com.

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