The internet, and social media, create a mountain of random, unstructured, and at times ephemeral data by-products, which may appear to be trash. Yet, one person's trash is another's treasure. Come meet the savvy entrepreneurs who are building companies that mine this mountain of digital waste and turn it into gold.

With every Internet exchange, traces of information, or Data Exhaust, are left behind. When correlated or combined, these snippets can provide insight into political views, purchasing behaviors, and demographic information—pinpointing trend setters and leading indicators. Brilliant innovators now re-purpose this data stream, aggregating and analyzing the data to provide new products or services.

This event brings together experts, entrepreneurs and investors to explore the business opportunities arising from the innovative ways Data Exhaust is being harnessed.

This event is for Entrepreneurs, attorneys, bankers, investment managers, entertainment lawyers, venture capitalists and other non-film professionals looking to find possible independent filmmakers to collaborate with. Directors, Producers, Editors, Casting, Distribution, etc. are especially encouraged to join us.

IIR’s Healthcare Investment & Transaction Summit (HITS) brings together the industry’s financial giants, with buyers and sellers, and the brokers who connect them and the bankers to subsidize their deals. Deals are happening in healthcare, and those with creativity, patience, and capital are benefitting from the current economy. There is no doubt the time to act is upon us, and the place to hit the deal out of the park is HITS 2010.

On behalf of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, we are delighted to welcome you to 16th annual Wharton Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference. This season's conference, themed "A New Dawn: Investing in the Post Crisis World", will provide a forum for discussing some of the imminent issues arising out of the recent financial crisis affecting private equity and venture capital firms, their investors, and portfolio companies, and they way forward for the various industry stakeholders.

Networking Seminars, Inc. announced today the lineup for their Third Annual Film Finance Summit to be held in Los Angeles from February 8 – 10, 2010. With the decline of Wall Street investors and the banking credit crisis, there is a need to find new sources of financing and innovative structures to enable financing for film, television and online content. Now in its third year, Networking Seminars’ Film Finance Summit has become the place where the major power players in the film industry converge to discuss the current state of film finance and how to raise capital under the present economic conditions.

The Film Finance Summit provides an opportunity for leading financiers, studio executives, and branding and media experts to discuss the latest trends in how to secure financing for film and television content, to explain funding opportunities available through product integration, and to explore ground-breaking methods for branding entertainment and distributing content on multiple platforms.

The Summit includes two workshops and one full day devoted to financing solutions and networking events. For more details and to register for this unique networking event for the entertainment industry please visit http://www.filmfinancesummit.com.

Startup Riot is a day long event during which 50 startups present in 3 minutes using 4 slides. The day is launched with a keynote speaker and ended with an after-party.

All attendees must pre-apply and be approved to attend. There are NO same day, walk up registrations at any price.

The Fourth Annual Southeast Venture Conference, the largest venture event in the region, will feature market relevant investor and executive panels, exclusive networking opportunities, featured speakers and 75 of the region's top private technology firms presenting to a national audience of venture capitalists, investment bankers and private equity investors.

FundingPost has hosted 160+ sold-out venture events in 18 cities over the past 7 years. At our next Silicon Valley event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing - how to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check - Especially in this economy! We will be discussing trends in Early-Stage Investing, hot sectors, sectors that these VCs look at, things that are most important to them when they are considering an Investment, the best and worst things an entrepreneur can do to get their attention, additional advice for entrepreneurs, and, of course, the best ways to reach these and other Investors. There will be plenty of time for networking with the Investor panelists, both before the panel & afterwards at the cocktail party.

Private Companies Building Relationships and Opportunities Featuring presentations from 66 innovative private companies, C21 provides the right audience to help companies meet their financing goals and objectives.

Pharmaceutical Companies Building Portfolios C21 provides pharma with a focused approach to finding the most qualified targets to partner with, giving them early access to new candidates to add to their existing product portfolios and pipelines.

Venture Capital Seeking New Opportunities for Investment With a focus on private companies seeking investors, C21 provides excellent early stage opportunities for venture capitalists and institutional investors.

Pharma Connections Worldwide® and GenericLicensing.com will be sponsoring a "virtual" partnering event on May 26-27th, 2010. This will be a first of its kind virtual event for licensing and business development teams to include academic tech transfer as well as global licensing and technology alliance divisions at major pharmaceutical companies, covering both the Brand and Generic Pharmaceutical Industry markets.

Pharma Connections Worldwide® and GenericLicensing.com will be sponsoring a "virtual" partnering event on May 26-27th, 2010. This will be a first of its kind virtual event for licensing and business development teams to include academic tech transfer as well as global licensing and technology alliance divisions at major pharmaceutical companies, covering both the Brand and Generic Pharmaceutical Industry markets.

Patient Capital for a Sustainable Future

Investors' Circle is a network of over 225 angel investors, professional venture capitalists, foundations, family offices and others who are using private capital to promote the transition to a sustainable economy. Since 1992, Investors' Circle has facilitated the flow of over $133 million into more than 200 companies and small funds addressing social and environmental issues.

Network with top global private equity and technology leaders to discuss the opportunities and challenges of pre-IPO companies to determine how and when to leverage new operating models, technology, and outsourcing for scalability in advance of hyper-growth.

iiBIG's Spring 2010 DISTRESSED & TURNAROUND INVESTMENT FORUM (March 25-26, 2010) is taking place at an historical crossroads for opportunity investing. Join the boldest leaders in this industry at this year's Spring event which is being held in California where many of the greatest opportunities exist.

The most severe recession since the Great Depression has created the most favorable climate for distressed investors and deal-makers in generations, leading investment professionals to strategize on how best to address market opportunities.

Opal Financial Group's Investment Trends Summit will serve as an educational forum focused on analyzing trends for the future, as well as exploring ways to implement new strategies in particular investment plans. Speakers and attendees will discuss topics such as investor’s perspectives, investment management theories, emerging market trends, socially responsible investing, venture capital investing, commodities and more.

As one of our Platinum Series Events, we have designed this investment trends conference to meet the needs of money managers, senior pension fund officers and trustees who prefer smaller, more structured programs. By limiting this event to select managers, participants will be able to more carefully examine a distinct set of topics specifically tailored to their interests.