Conference Overview
Celebrating the passion and the perseverance of entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and around the world, TiEcon 2012 promises each and every attendee a place to learn, educate, connect and inspire. Join over 3,000 participants and engage in rich dialogue with a dynamic group of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, industry executives, and thought leaders over two full days of networking, inspiring talks, and idea sharing. Applaud the TiE50 winners - the smartest and brightest early stage companies of 2012. Learn and make connections with emerging startups, universities, research labs, and other businesses as they show their innovative products and technologies to TiEcon attendees in the Innovation Expo. Celebrate with your peers as we close the conference in style with our TiEcon Closing Ceremony.
CONFERENCE TRACKS:
Cloud Track - covering CIO perspectives, investor perspectives and opportunities and challenges of Cloud Computing
- Global CIO Forum: Cloud and SAAS in the real world
- Cloud building blocks: innovative companies that are reinventing the IT stack in the cloud
- Consumerization in the Enterprise: Why it is important to win the user before the CIO?
- What are the emerging trends, applications and opportunities in mobile?
- Considerations for deploying mobile in the enterprise.
- How to distribute and monetize your mobile app?
Social Media Track - covering social media marketing, investors’ perspectives and integration of mobile, local & social
- Social gaming: The next frontier
- How is commerce impacted by social media?
- Where are the opportunities to invest in social?
Healthcare and Life-Sciences Track - covering Medical Device Innovation within US and Emerging markets; Hype, reality and opportunities in Mobile Health; and Healthcare Provider CIO / CMIO priorities and investment trends
- Medical Device Innovation in U.S. and Emerging Markets
- Mobile Health: Hype, Reality and Opportunities
- Health IT: Healthcare Provider CMIO / CIO Priorities and Investment Trends
Energy Track - covering paths to financial success of Cleantech companies, green revolution in corporate environments and investing climate for energy companies.
- What are the attractive investment opportunities in energy/cleantech?
- How is innovation in software and big data analytics impacting energy?
- The New Detroit: How is the automobile ecosystem is evolving to leverage the push for energy efficiency in this sector.
Entrepreneur Track - covering issues you should know for succeeding in your first startup, growing your business by expanding markets & capital and How to build your sales and marketing plans
- Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?
- Raising money: Angel vs. VC vs. Bootstrapping. What's the best approach?
- How do you bring product to market and create buzz for your startup?
- International: How to build a Micro, Multi - National
- The hockey stick - how to build scale and drive explosive growth?
- Building winning leadership teams - critical to success of startups
Women's Forum - covering issues related to the challenges women entrepreneurs and executives face.
