The 2006 Arkansas Venture Conference Is This Week! Have You Registered Yet? - Please Forward

Learn How You Can Become Involved With Accelerating Arkansas-Based Enterprise Development This Thursday and Friday!
Keep Reading To See Our Amazing Group Of Speakers

REGISTER NOW, so you won't miss this wonderful opportunity!

Click the link below to register online.

2006 Arkansas Venture Conference

Click here to view the 2006 Presenting Companies Profiles.

Click here to view the 2006 Speaker Biographies.
We have a VERY impressive crew this year.

Click here to forward this message to a friend.

Click the image for maps and directions.

Who's Speaking?

• Jerry Adams is Corporate Leader for Economic Development/Community Relations at Acxiom® Corporation
• Jeff Amerine is Vice President and General Manager of KonaWare Transportation & Logistics
• Ramsay Ball is a principal with Colliers Dickson Flake Partners, Inc., the largest commercial real estate company in Arkansas
• Lisa Bohn is the President/CEO of Bentonville Software Associates
• Lydia Carson is President and CEO of Balm Innovations, LLC, a UAMS Arkansas BioVentures firm
• Larry B. Carter is the Partner at Diamond State Ventures (DSV)
• Dr. Brian L. Clevinger is the Founder and Managing Director of Prolog Ventures
• Steven D. Danforth is Principal and President of Agri Process Innovations, Principal and Executive Vice President of Patriot Biofuels and Principal and Operating Director of Greenline Manufacturing
• Michael G. Douglas, Ph.D. serves as the Director of UAMS BioVentures Center and Technology Licensing Office and as a Professor in Biochemisty and Molecular Biology at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
• Gene Eagle is Vice President of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority
• Allen Engstrom is Managing Partner, Corporate Financial Outsourcing Network, LLC, of North Little Rock
• Dr. Slaton E. Fry is the founder and Managing Director of ee Partners of Arkansas, LLC
• Darin Gray is the CEO/Owner of Gray Matters, LLC of Springdale, Arkansas
• H. Watt Gregory, III, is a partner in the Little Rock office of Kutak Rock LLP
• Lucas Hargraves is the Business Development Director at the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Kathy Harris is Senior Vice-President of Business Development for Noro-Moseley Partners ("NMP")
• Joe T. Hays is Managing Partner and President of Diamond State Ventures, L.P. and is a Managing Director of the successor fund Diamond State Ventures II, L.P.
• Eric Heil is Vice President of Integration & Support Services for Technisource, formerly IntelliMark
• Richie Henderson is Vice President of Marketing Strategy & Administration for the Dedicated Contract Services (DCS) division of J. B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
• Leslie Lane is Senior Vice President of the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation, a division of the Arkansas Capital Corporation Group
• Alexander B. Lostetter, Ph.D., is President, CEO, and majority owner of Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc. (APEI, Inc.)
• Don Marr is President and CEO of HR Factor, a full service human resource consulting and outsourcing organization, and President of The Staffing Factor, a professional recruitment and project employment staffing business
• Cal McCastlain is an attorney with the law firm of Pender & McCastlain, P.A., of Little Rock, Arkansas
• Timothy J. McFarland actively supports the Arkansas Venture Forum and was the founding chairman of Accelerate Arkansas
• Tom Muccio has served as CEO for the Bio Based group of Companies, BioBased Technologies, BioBased Systems and BioBased Insulations since 2004
• Kay Palmer is Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President of J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.
• Dr. Randy Powell is President and COO of FutureFuel Chemical Company, the former Arkansas Operations unit of Eastman Chemical Company
• Andy Ruben is Vice President of Corporate Strategy/Sustainability of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. worldwide operations
• Dan Sanker is President & CEO of CaseStack, Inc.
• Dr. Milo Shult joined the University of Arkansas in 1992 as the Vice President for Agriculture of the University of Arkansas System
• Gary D. Stevenson is the Managing Partner at MB Venture Partners
• Jeff Stinson is the Executive Director of and an investor in the Fund for Arkansas' Future
• Tom Szaky is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of TerraCycle, Inc.
• Konnin Tam is a Vice President in the Private Equity Group of Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• Henry Torres is the Director of Rural Sourcing, Inc.
• Grady Vanderhoofven is the Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors of Eclipse Management, LLC, the General Partner of Meritus Ventures, L.P.
• Tom Walker currently serves as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President for i2E, Inc. and CEO and Executive Director of the Oklahoma Investment Forum
• C. Sam Walls joined the Arkansas Capital Corporation Group, Inc. in 1989 and has served as Chief Operating Officer of Arkansas Capital Corporation since 1991
• Misty Ward, Ph.D. is a research scientist at InterveXion Therapeutics (Little Rock, Arkansas)
• Dr. John A. White is in his tenth year as chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
• James D. Witherington, Jr. is the Managing Partner at SSM Partners
• Joel Wood serves as a Partner at Delta Capital Management

Don't miss this unique chance to hear from Tom Szaky, Dan Sanker and Konnin Tam about entrepreneurship, fast-track commercialization and venture capitalism. Click on the link below or the Arkansas Venture Forum logo to register to attend the 2006 Arkansas Venture Conference!

REGISTER NOW, so you won't miss this wonderful opportunity!

Click the link below to register online.

2006 Arkansas Venture Conference

Key Speakers:

• Dan Sanker, CEO, CaseStack - #37 in Inc. 500 - "Commercialization - The Journey from $0 to $65M in 6 Years"
• Konnin Tam, Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group
• Tom Szaky of TerraCycle, Inc. Magazine cover - America's Coolest Entrepreneurs - 30 under 30
  "Eco-Capitalism and the Power of Worm Poop"

Honorary Co-Chairs

• Ms. Kay Palmer, Executive Vice President and CIO
  J.B.Hunt Transport, Lowell
• Dr. John White, Chancellor
  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

How to Register:
Online NOW

Registration Fee: $150
Sponsorship Information: Contact the Arkansas Economic Acceleration Foundation,an affiliate of Arkansas Capital Corporation Group,at 1-800-216-7237.

2006 Arkansas Venture Forum Sponsors

Web site content maintained by Insight Writing and Scribe Marketing.

Want to Know More?

Tim McFarland, 800-705-9295 | Leslie Lane, 800-216-7237

http://www.arkansasventureforum.com