Overview

The Irish Tech Tour 1999

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The ITT '99 was lead by William Kiely of Goodbody Stockbrokers. The company Unique was hired as event managers to coordinate the Tour. Some 24 emerging companies presented at the ITT, which focused on the Dublin area with visits to IBEC House, South County Business Park, PricewaterhouseCoopers headquarters, Intel semiconductors fab. and University College Dublin. 41 delegates from 13 countries attended the ITT, including a representative from Wall Street Journal, and countries such as Japan, Singapore and the United States. All were very pleased about the event and greatly encouraged the Association to pursue its mission.

We would like to thank the sponsors of the ITT '99, including Algonquin Trust, Goodbody Stockbrokers, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SG Cowen, Venture Partners and Vision Capital.

Program

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Wednesday May 12, 1999 (Dublin)
Opening dinner at Dublinia in Christchurch
Keynote speech by Fran Rooney, CEO of Baltimore Technologies
Keynote speech by Denis O'Brien, CEO of ESAT Telecom
Keynote speech by Daniel Borel, CEO of Logitech

Thursday May 13, 1999 (Dublin)
Company presentations at IBEC House
Company presentations at South County Business Park
Lunch at Trintech
Company presentations at PWC
Special Intel Plant Tour Special Dinner at Oliver St. John Gogarty's Restaurant

Friday May 14, 1999 (Dublin)
Company presentations at Westbury Hotel
Company presentations & lunch at University College
Special visit at Managed Solutions Corporation
Company presentations & closing cocktail at IBEC House

Selection Committee

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A group of highly regarded professionals took the responsibility of screening and selecting the companies that presented at the Irish Tech Tour 1999.

A selection committee is set up to ensure the independence of the selection process. It is composed by experienced and highly regarded senior professionals, from relevant backgrounds and industry expertise, such as venture capital, technology industry, investment banks, research and specialized press.

Presenting Companies

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Sponsors

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ALGONQUIN TRUST

GOODBODY STOCKBROKERS is Ireland's longest established stockbroking firm with roots dating back to 1877. As well as being one of the leading institutional brokers, they are the largest private client firm in Ireland. Goodbody is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AIB Capital Markets plc, a division of Ireland's largest bank and public company, AIB Group, plc.
Goodbody currently employs over 220 people and is divided into four business units, namely: Institutional Equities (marketing Irish equities to Irish and international institutions), Private Clients (share dealing and portfolio management services), International Bonds (broker in international bonds and derivative products), and Corporate Finance (equity fund raising and corporate advisory services).

Drawing on the talents of more than 140,000 people in 152 countries, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, formed by the merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, provides a full range of business advisory services to leading global, national and local companies and institutions. These services include audit, accounting and tax advice; management, information technology and human resources consulting; financial advisory services including mergers & acquisitions, business recovery, project finance and litigation support; business process outsourcing services; and legal advice through a global network of affiliated law firms. They have organized industry-focused teams to provide multi-disciplined services to 22 industries globally.

SG COWEN is a full service research, securities, investment banking and asset management firm with 1600 employees in 20 offices in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. Headquartered in New York City, SG Cowen has offices all around the world including London, Toronto, Tokyo, Munich, and Paris. SG Cowen's major lines of business serving institutional, individual and securities industry clients are: Investment Banking, Research, Institutional Sales and Trading, Asset Management and Private Client Services.
SG Cowen has achieved renown for technology health care, telecommunications and media/entertainment research, investment banking, capital markets and trading, and for industry services and products for many of the world's major financial institutions, corporations and affluent private investors.

VENTURE PARTNERS acts as a manager of venture capital funds. The company was founded in 1997 in Switzerland and has offices in Zug, Zurich, Geneva and the East Coast of the US. The team counts currently 5 full time investment professionals with over 90 years of experience. The investment focus is on participations in companies active in technology and industry. The Management Team provides the basis for a hands-on investment policy in which Venture Partners takes a supporting role in the development of the portfolio company.

VISION CAPITAL is a Trans-Atlantic technology fund structured to provide investment and growth capital for companies with products and technologies appropriate for rapid expansion into global markets. Vision targets European based technology companies who are seeking to enter the US capital and product markets and US companies with premier venture backing seeking to enter the European market. The Fund has an established network of partners and investors in Europe and the US to execute this Trans-Atlantic investment strategy.