West Coast Forum 2005

October 29 & 30




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"An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it"
                                    - William Bernbach

Day 1: Following Your Passion

Time

Information

8:30am - 9:00 am

Registration

9:00am - 9:50 am

Rajesh Setty, Chairman CIGNEX

10:00am - 10:50 am

Non Traditional Careers

Sanjay Patel, Artist
Priya David, Journalist KTVU
Vicki Virk, Bhangra Dancer

11:00am - 12:00 pm

Career Transition

Richard Fiedotin , Doctor turned Businessman.
Piyush Kansara, Engineer turned Day-Trader.
Navin V. Nagiah, CEO, CIGNEX.

12:00pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch


1:00pm - 2:00pm

How to Follow Your Passion

Craig Nathanson- author, teacher, motivational speaker

2:10pm - 3:00pm

Leadership - Starting Your Business

Gautam Godhwani, CEO, Simply Hired
Tina Shah, Senior Director, Corporate Executive Board.

3:15pm - 4:15pm

Social Entrepreneurship

Brian Lehnen, Founder, Village Enterprise Fund.
Ritu Primalani, Founder, Thimmakka's Resources for Environmental Education.
Premal Shah, co-Founder, SeedCapital.org.

4:30pm - 5:30pm

Keynote Address