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First Power.org VC symposium, Palo Alto, CA

Power.org arrived in the Silicon Valley to hold its first investor community event. The symposium, held at the Sheraton Hotel in Palo Alto, on December 14, 2005, provided proof points for prospective investors in the Power.org community, as well as discussing the momentum behind Power.org among the VC community.

The symposium focused on technology, growth, and partnership opportunities around Power Architecture. Senior executives from several Power.org members, including Adalio Sanchez, IBM General Manager for pSeries Power Servers, and Dan Dobberpuhl, CEO of P.A. Semi Corporation, participated in the event.

The symposium began with an introduction to Power and Power.org, followed by executive keynotes that discussed the open collaborative approach to business, sharing how the Power Architecture and Power.org are boosting this approach. A panel, comprised of company executive members from Power.org, covered Power’s market pull, ecosystem, and development tools. Subsequent executive panels covered the value of Power.org to VC-backed companies, the process by which disruptive plays are enhanced by Power.org, and one where a set of disruptive business plan proposals were evaluated.

Finally, after a session that provided proof points on Power development tools, infrastructure, and community, there was a networking reception where attendees viewed actual Power-based solutions being built and commercialized by our Power.org partners.

News from the event

• Power.org announces first-of-its-kind Venture Innovation Council [EE Times]
• Three new companies joined Power.org as member organizations: IPextreme, Nallatech, and Azul Systems.
• Teak Technologies to lead Power.org technical subcommittee on high-speed packet switching interconnects [i-Newswire]
• IBM has announced plans to make the specifications of the PowerPC 405 Core freely available to the academic and research community. [Yahoo Finance].  Click here to learn more about the download.

The agenda

Topic	Presenter
Welcome and Power.org update	Nigel Beck, Power.org Chair
Keynote: The ROI Of Power Architecture Innovation	Adalio Sanchez, GM of IBM's pSeries Servers, IBM
Keynote: P.A. Semi PWRficient™ Platform Processor Redefining Processor Performance & Deployment	Dan Dobberpuhl, CEO of P.A. Semi Corporation
Keynote: Accelerating the Design of PowerPC-based System-on-Chip ICs	Aurangzeb Khan, GM and Corporate VP, Cadence Design Systems
Panel: Power market pull, ecosystem ("Large-cap" panel)	Robert Jelski, partner, 3i: moderator John Martin, vice president, Chartered Sanjay Srivastava, CEO, Denali Peter Hofstee, chief scientist, Cell Processor Mike Evans, VP, corp. dev., Red Hat Raj Narayanaswamy, marketing, HCL
Panel: Power.org structure as a boost for start-ups ("Small-cap" panel)	Sanjay Srivastava, CEO, Denali: moderator Peter Levin, CEO, DAFCA John Sanguinetti, CTO, Forte Ron Willis, CEO, Cipheroptics Mike Lee, CTO, Anyka Rick Tomishiro, VP, marketing, IPCore Debby Hindus, CMO, Rapport
Panel: Power.org standards and disruptive plays	Mike Paczan, director development,IBM, Power.org CTO Dan Dobberpuhl, CEO, P.A. Semi Arie Brish, CEO, Tehuti Networks Carson Chen, advisor and COB, Walden International Sanjay Dua, CMO, Teak
Panel: Building new businesses around open hardware ("VC" Panel)	Warren Packard, managing director, DFJ: moderator Robert Jelski, partner, 3i Irwin Federman, general partner, USVP Ajit Nazre, partner, Kleiner Perkins Jerry Sullivan, general partner, ACM Carl Everett, partner, Accel Carson Chen, advisor and COB, Walden International Warren Savage, CEO, IPExtreme Kai Staats, CEO, Terra Soft Gil Tene, co-Founder and CTO, Azul Systems Alan Cantle, CEO, Nallatech
Panel: Building future products: Tools, enablement, community, accelerators	Jeff Welser, director, development, IBM Nagu Dangwada, senior researcher, IBM Walter, NG, director of alliances, Chartered Mark Aaldering, VP, IP and embedded, Xilinx David Stewart, CEO, CriticalBlue Craig Lund, CTO, Mercury Computer Bill Buck, CEO, Genesi
Reception, Solution Showcase