Iranian Technology Forum MIT Boston, MA September 27, 2003

Iranian Technology Forum
MIT Boston, MA
September 27, 2003

Iranian American Professional To Network At MIT In Boston And Boast Keynote Speaker and Panelists >From Verizon, Cisco, Motorola And National Semiconductor Amongst Many More

Menlo Park , Calif., September 28, 2003 - SiliconIran, the premiere business and technology information source on the high-tech industry for global Iran, hosted the Iranian-American Technology Forum (ITF) on September 27 at MIT in Boston. This was the first time SiliconIran holds the annual forum outside of the Silicon Valley. MIT Entrepreneurship Center sponsored this conference.

ITF is the leading information and networking event for Iranian executives in the high-tech industry and to those interested in tapping into this rich resource of high level executives coming together to exchange ideas. ITF 2003 served to bring together a diverse group of high technology executives to help promote and connect different communities throughout the United States by holding the event in the nation's top technical university.

The event targeted at Iranian and non-Iranian executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and engineers, as well as legal advisers, venture capitalists, policy makers, investment bankers, analysts, and members of the media. Holding the event at MIT allowed participants to network outside of the Silicon Valley and provide corporations with a rich professional pool of ideas and knowledge.

Silicon Valley Bank, The Galleon Group, Tallwood Venture Capital, Bridge-west, LLC. and Pillsbury Winthrop LLP and Triton Systems, Inc. co-sponsored ITF 2003.

Presenting sponsors were Tabrizi Law Office and SunMan engineering, Inc.

Speakers included Dr. Kenneth P. Morse, Managing director of MIT Entrepreneurship Center, Shaygan Kheradpir, Chief Information Officer of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), Raj Rajaratnam, Founder and Managing General Partner of The Galleon Group, Ron Yara, General Partner of Tallwood Venture Capital, Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini, Founder and CEO of YAS Broadband Ventures LLC, Ross Haghighat, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Triton Systems, Dr. Ahmad Bahaei CTO & Fellow at National Semiconductor's wireless and Information group, Dr. Ali Sajassi, Chief architect of Cisco System (NASDAQ: CSCO), Arman Pahlavan, Partner, Venture Capital & Technology Group at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Behrooz Abdi, VP & GM Radio Products Division at Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Semiconductor Products Sector , Faraj Aalaei CEO & Co-Founder of Centillium Communications (NASDAQ: CTLM), Dr. Parviz Famouri, Director, Electromechanical Systems Laboratory at West Virginia University, Dr. Nariman Farvardin, Dean of A. James Clark School of Engineering University of Maryland, Afsaneh Naimolah, Dr. Parviz Tayebati, Chairman and CEO of AZNA corporation; CoreTek founder & CEO; Dr. M. A. Ketabchi, Founder Chairman and CTO of Savvion, Inc General Partner of Chela Technology Partners, LLC.; Dr. Massoud Khatamee, Clinical Professor, Department of Ob/Gyn, New York University School of Medicine, New York City/ Executive Director, Fertility Research Foundation / Founder and Director Society for the Prevention of Human Infertility (SPHI) and Babak Yaghmaie, Partner Pillsbury Winthrop LLP., Jonathan J. Everett, Managing Director View Group.; Mohammad Sanati, Founder of SinaSoft Co., Taher Behbehani, Vice President of Business Development & Strategy, UTStarcom, Dr. Cumrun Vafa, Professor of Physics of Harvard University , Siamack Farah, InfoStreet, Inc. CEO, Co-Founder., Faramarz Mahdavi; CTO & Vice President, Corporate Development of MIR3, Marc Lebel, Managing Director of Sensera, Inc., Marco Farsheed, CEO of DYS Analytics, Inc., and Christopher P. Joyce, Vice President & CFO of Percardia

This year’s Master of Ceremony was Atefeh Riazi. Atefeh (Atti) Riazi is the Senior Partner and Chief Information Officer for Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide. Ogilvy and Mather is the 8th largest marketing communications agency in the world with 447 offices in 106 countries supporting more than 2,600 clients with billings totally some $13 billion. In her role as CIO, Atti overseas the global systems and infrastructure network supporting an integrated, cross-discipline organization providing marketing communications across all media.

ITF 2003 featured a variety of activities, including seminars, booths, panels and one-on-one meetings with leaders in the high-tech industry. ITF's goals include: to be an international forum for all Iranian high-tech professionals worldwide to exchange ideas, technology and information in the high-tech industry; to serve as a showcase for successful high-tech executives, companies and technology; to elevate the Iranian high-tech society globally; provide employment opportunities by putting talented engineers in touch with dynamic companies, to establish strong relationships among high-tech Iranians and other high-tech leaders globally, and to provide corporate communication tools to helps SiliconIran corporate members achieve successful relationship marketing, PR and advertising campaigns.

Location: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building E51 (Tang Center) 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 To see the map and driving direction Click Here.

Date:
September 27, 2003
08:00 AM To 06:00 PM

On the event date you can call 617-452-3810 for direction or information about the program .

Need a nearby local hotel?

HYATT REGENCY CAMBRIDGE

Hotel Accommodations:
SiliconIran event Management has set up a special group rate of $129.00 for ITF 2003 attendees with Hyatt Regency Cambridge. This rate applies from September 26-28 only. This hotel is less than 2 miles from event location and offers a complimentary shuttle service to Wong Auditorium.

To ensure that you receive this group rate, you MUST book your reservation prior to September 10. To make reservations at Hyatt Regency Cambridge please visit www.cambridge.hyatt.com or call their sales manager Keith Stromstedt at
(617) 441-6485 and mention that you are attending SiliconIran’s ITF2003 conference to receive the special rate.

Contact Info:
575 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts
02139-4896 USA

Tel: +1 617 492 1234
Fax: +1 617 491 6906

Registration fee:
Including Box Lunch & break refreshments

Language:
The official language of the conference is English.