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Day One: Wednesday March 1, 2006
  5:00pm -
  6:00pm		 Registration
  6:30pm -
  9:00pm		 Reception
Casino Night

Day Two: Thursday March 2, 2006
  7:30am -
  8:30am

Registration
Breakfast Social
  8:30am -
  8:45am

Welcome
Treb Ryan, CEO - OpSource
  8:45am -
  9:30am

Keynote Address: SaaS - From a Vendor's Perspective
Bobby Napiltonia, SVP, Worldwide Channels and Alliances - Salesforce.com
  9:30am -
  10:15am

Panel Discussion:
SaaS Ecosystems - Membership has its Rewards

Moderator:
Richard Dym, SVP Strategic Alliances - OpSource
Panelist:
Amy Wohl, Industry Analyst and Editor of Amy Wohl's Opinions
Panelist:
Sam Ramji, Director, .Net Emerging Business - Microsoft
Panelist:
Deb Magid, Director of Strategic Alliances, Software Group, - IBM
Panelist:
Sal Visca, Sr. Director Engineering - Business Objects

  10:15am -
  10:45am

Break
  10:45am -
  11:30am

SaaS Acceleration - You're in the Race, Now, How Do You Win?
Presenter Dave Engelbrecht, Director, Business Consulting - OpSource
  11:30am -
  12:15pm

Avoiding Scout Syndrome: Taking SaaS to the Next Level
Tien Tzuo, SVP, Marketing Strategy & Product - Salesforce.com
  12:15pm -
  12:45pm

Lunch
  12:30pm -
  1:15pm

Debate: On-Demand vs. Perpetual Licensing - From a Buyers Perspective
Moderator: Maryfran Johnson, Vice President & Editorial Director - CIO Decisions

Debate participants:

Treb Ryan, CEO - OpSource James Woolwine, CIO - Majestic Insurance

  1:15pm -
  1:30pm

Break
  1:30pm -
  2:00pm

Break-Out Sessions
Track 1
SaaS Acceleration
Pricing
Jim Geisman, President, MarketShare, Inc.		 Track 2
Ecosystem

Steve Mezak, CEO - Accelerance

Mike MacDonald, CEO - Visual Mining

Robb Lewis, President & CEO - Wrapped Apps

Clark Dong, CEO - Market2Lead

Jim McGeever, CFO - Netsuite
  2:00pm -
  2:45pm

Selling SaaS
Philippe Lavie - KeyRoad Enterprises
  2:45pm -
  3:15pm

SaaS Integration
Mike Hoskin, CTO - Pervasive
  3:15pm -
  3:30pm

Break
  3:30pm -
  4:15pm

How SaaS is Changing Technology
Treb Ryan, CEO - OpSource
  4:15pm -
  5:00pm

VC Panel Discussion: SaaS, Getting Funded, Getting Going, Getting Out

Moderator:
Moderator: Nick Blozan, SVP, Sales & Marketing - OpSource
Panelist:
Ann Winblad, Partner - Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
Panelist:
Chris Hoffman, Senior Principal - Triple Tree
Panelist:
David Dame, Managing Director - Key Ventures
Panelist:
Jason Maynard, Research Analyst - Credit Suisse First Boston
Panelist:
Jason Green, General Partner - Emergence Capital Partners
  5:00pm -
  5:30pm

Day 1 Wrap Up
Nick Blozan, SVP Sales & Marketing - OpSource
  5:30pm -
  6:30pm

SaaS Architecture BoF
hosted by Microsoft - Microsoft
Click here for an overview/abstract.
  7:00pm -
  8:00pm

Dinner
  8:00pm -
  8:45pm

Comedy Show


Day Three: Friday March 3, 2006
  7:30am -
  8:30am

Breakfast Social
Informal meeting & greeting for attendees
  8:30am -
  8:45am

Day 2 Kick-off
Nick Blozan, SVP Sales & Marketing - OpSource
  8:45am -
  9:30am

Keynote Address: SaaS - From a Customer's Perspective
Erin Traudt, IDC Industry Analyst
  9:30am -
  10:30am

Competitive Advantage through Next Generation SaaS Technology
John Rowell, SVP Operations & Engineering - OpSource
  10:30am -
  10:45am

Short Break
  10:45am -
  11:30am

Panel Discussion: SaaS Lessons Learned

Moderator:
Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director - THINKstrategies THINKstrategies
Panelist:
Chris Johnson, Director, On Demand Business Unit - BMC Software
Panelist:
Chris Miranda, Vice President - eMeta
Panelist:
Heatherly Bucher, Director, Customer Care and OnDemand Solutions SME Business Solutions Division - Agile
Panelist:
Richard Frederick, President & COO - Autotask Corporation

  11:30am -
  12:00pm

Conference Wrap Up
Treb Ryan, CEO - OpSource
  Afternoon

Box Lunch
Golf or Wine Tasting
Agenda current as of February 16, 2006 and subject to change.

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