This unique 3-day event brings together leading entrepreneurs, influencers and investors from Silicon Valley and Canada aimed at fostering entrepreneurship, innovation, investment and sharing best practices to encourage more Canadian success stories.

WHAT DO LINKEDIN, GROUPON, ZAPPOS AND ZYNGA HAVE IN COMMON?

   1. Valuations of over $1 Billion each
   2. You can meet them at GROW2010

FEATURED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

    * Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos
    * Robert Goldberg, SVP Business Operations, Zynga
    * Ellen Levy, VP Strategic Alliances, Linkedin
    * Andrew Mason, CEO, Groupon
    * Tom Conrad, CTO, Pandora
    * Lane Becker, Co-Founder and President, Get Satisfaction
    * Leonard Brody, President, Clarity Digital

SUPER ANGELS:

    * Dave McClure, 500 Hats
    * Rob Hayes from First Round Capital
    * Aydin Senkut, Felicis Ventures
    * Ariel Poler, TextMarks
    * Jeff Clavier, SoftTechVC

MEET SILICON VALLEY INVESTORS, FOUNDERS, AND CONNECTORS:

    * Chris Albinson, Managing Director - Panorama Capital
    * Jason Bailey, GM of Virtual Currencies - Adknowledge
    * Lane Becker, Co-Founder & VP, Strategy - Get Satisfaction
    * Paul Bernard, Head of Business Development, Business Services - Nokia
    * Leonard Brody, President - Clarity Digital
    * Michael Buhr, CEO of Travelport and former CEO of StumbleUpon
    * Wesley Chan, Investment Partner - Google Ventures
    * Rob Chaplinsky, Managing Director - Bridgescale Partners
    * Jeff Clavier, Managing Director - SoftTech VC
    * Tom Conrad, CTO - Pandora
    * Robert Goldberg, SVP of Corporate Development - Zynga
    * Don Harrison, Deputy General Counsel - Google
    * Rob Hayes, Partner - First Round Capital
    * Tony Hsieh, Author of Delivering Happiness and CEO - Zappos
    * Debbie Landa, CEO and Founder - Dealmaker Media
    * Stew Langille, VP Marketing - Mint
    * Ellen Levy, Vice President Strategic Alliances - Linkedin
    * Dan Martell, Co-Founder - Flowtown
    * Andrew Mason, Founder and CEO - Groupon
    * Dave McClure - 500 Hats LLC
    * Mike Parker, President, Tribal DDB US - Tribal DDB
    * Ariel Poler, CEO of TextMarks Inc. and Angel Investor - TextMarks
    * Danny Robinson, Managing Director - Bootup Labs
    * Rick Segal, Co-founder - Fixmo
    * Aydin Senkut, Founder and President - Felicis Ventures
    * Dana Settle, Partner - Greycroft Partners
    * Bill Tai, General Partner - Charles River Ventures
    * Jeremy Toeman, Founder - Stage Two
    * Steven Woods, Site Director, Waterloo - Google

DAY 1: ENGAGE - This invite-only program brings together promising entrepreneurs with leaders from silicon valley founders to meet, discuss, debate, and glean information to understand how to innovate in a web-fueled world. (MAKE SURE TO APPLY FOR DAY 1)

DAY 2: INSPIRE - GROW2010 will provide inspiration for turning today's entrepreneurs into tomorrow's leaders. Speakers include founders of fast-growing companies, leading investors and influencers who will share lessons learned.

DAY 3: CHALLENGE - This is an open day for attendees to experience the best of outdoor adventure in Vancouver with local insiders. They'll take you kite-boarding, hiking, cycling, mountain biking and kayaking

GROW Conference Sponsors

    * Premier Sponsor: Rogers Ventures
    * Gold Sponsors: Alberta Enterprise, Microsoft, Nokia
    * Sponsors: Bridgescale Partners, Extreme Venture Partners, GrowthWorks, Mantella Ventures, Real Ventures, Teralys Capital
    * Partners: DigiBC, Bootup, C100, BCTIA

http://www.digibc.org/events/growconf/index.html