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VON Europe 2004 Conference agenda at a glance

Pre-Conference Workshops
Monday, June 7, 2004
Conference Day One
Tuesday, June 8th 2004
Conference Day Two
Wednesday, June 9th 2004
Conference Day Three: Enterprise IP Communications Summit
Thursday, June 10th 2004

European venture capital
Wednesday, June 9, 2004, 9:00am - 10:15am
As interest in VoIP amongst the venture capital community is heating up, we’ve asked some of Europe’s most prominent vcs to share their perspectives on what’s hot and what’s not in VoIP:

What kinds of companies are getting funding and why?
Which sectors of the industry are seen as most promising to date?
What does it take to make your investment opportunity attractive?

John O'Donohue, Managing Director - Motorola Ventures EMEA, Motorola
John O'Donohue has established Motorola Ventures in EMEA, based in London.
His role is to identify, execute and manage strategic, minority-equity
investments in Europe, which are strategic to Motorola's core and emerging
businesses including communications and silicon solutions. This Venture
activity is key lever in Motorola's strategic approach to growth by
accelerating access for all Motorola's existing and future business to new
technologies, markets and talent. Prior, John spent six years in
operational roles in the wireless infrastructure sector. Prior to joining
Motorola, he had operational roles in the telecom sector where he built,
sold and marketed telecommunications networks and infrastructure equipment.

He also represents Motorola on corporate boards, industry and regional
associations.

Ernie Richardson, CEO, MTI Partners Limited
Ernie joined MTI in 1985 and specialises in communications hardware and software; enterprise applications software; and data storage technology.

As both a graduate chemical engineer and a Chartered Management Accountant, Ernie has extensive and senior level experience of the chemical and banking industries (British Steel, Laporte Industries and Royal Bank of Canada).

He also has entrepreneurial experience as the CFO of a start-up in the oil processing sector.