Itinerary

Thursday 29th September – 3.30pm Arrive in Catania, coach booked to take us to resort.

Thursday 29th September 7.30pm – Welcome meal at Gola sponsored by DFJ and Alcatel – Lucent Friday 30Th September 10.30am – Conference and lunch at

Villa Cagnoni sponsored by Horizon

Panel Details : Contagion: Getting Viral (M. Geer, etc.) Hiring the Best: In a world of change, team is the only sus-tainable advantage

Friday 30th September 2.30pm – 6.00pm Free Time Friday 30th September 7.30pm— Pizzeria Vecchia Taormina sponsored by DN Capital

Saturday 1st October 10.30am Panels and Lunch at Bay Pal-ace Hotel Panel Details: Funding Environment Update: Update from the Recently Funded Funding Environment Update: Capital Side (DN, DFJ, SVB, Alcatel) Hot Topic TBD Saturday 1st October 2.00pm – Meet in town for the Assassin Game Saturday 1st October 8.00pm – BondIce (Black Tie) meal at Ri-sorante Saraceno sponsored by Orrick and SVB Sunday 2nd October – Meet at Hotel Calipso for the coach back to the airport.

Restaurant Addresses Gola - Via F. Durante 3 Letojanni Taormina Beach Bay Palace Hotel - 98030 Taormina Mare Villa Cagnoni - Mazzeo Promenande, Promenande, Taormina Al Saraceno - Via Madonna Della Rocca 98039 Taormina Pizzeria Vecchia Taormina – Vico Ebrei , 3, 98039 Taormina

Letojanni Only 5k up the coast from Taormina, Letojanni is quiet fishing vil-lage surrounded by peaceful hills – all of which might change once we arrive! The leafy church piazza is the heart of the village, sur-

rounding which are a maze of small cobbled streets and alleyways, per-fect for exploring. Walking down towards the ocean, you realise that the beach is the real treasure here. Sun-loungers and shades are avail-able to rent by the water as well as at the local lido. There are also a num-ber of small bars and restaurants

Taormina This bustling tourist town sits atop a hillside, looking up at the snow-covered peak of Mount Etna, and down the cliffs towards the glittering Ionian Sea. Steeped in history, there is plenty to do if you don‘t fancy the beach. Main attractions: Teatro Greco – Stunning remnant of the ancient Greeks inhabitation of It-aly. With spectacular views through the ruins, the amphitheatre is often used now for open-air performances through-out the summer months. 6-8EUR entry. Corso Umberto – Fashionable shops, bars and restaurants line this busy main street running through the heart of the town. Be sure to ex-plore the side streets for a taste of authentic Sicilian life.

Letojanni and Taormina

Piazza Del Duomo – A statement in traditional architecture, the baroque fountain in the centre of the Piazza has been used as a meeting point for centuries. The 15th Century Church of San Nicola stands to the side of the square, a sight not to be missed. Madonna Della Rocca – This 17th century church built into the hill-side is a popular wedding venue for Sicilians and tourists alike due to it‘s breathtaking views, be sure to take some wa-ter with you for the climb up! Isola Bella – Literal translation ‗the beautiful island‘, this na-ture reserve is separated from the land by a thin walkway which disappears with the tide.

Taormina Taxi Number Rosario Cani – 3397963695 Letojanni taxi Number Aiello Annamaria – 0942376100 Lo Turco Francesco - 094236148 Buses:

Bus timetable Taormina - Lumbi - Mazzeo -

Letojanni - Forza d'Agró

Price: approx. 1.40 € one-way ticket / return ticket approx. 2.30 €

8.20(1)(5) - 9.45(2) - 10.45(2)(5) - 12.45(2)(5) - 13.45(2)(5) -

15.45(2) - 18.45(2)(5) - 21.45(2)(5)

Bus timetable Forza d'Agró - Letojanni -

Mazzeo - Lumbi - Taormina

Price: approx. 1.40 € one-way ticket / return ticket approx. 2.30 €

7.15(1)(5) - 9.10(2)(5) - 10.10(2)(5) - 10.55(2) - 13.10(2)(5) -

15.10(2)(5) - 17.10(2)(5) - 18.55(2)

Alex Hoye Angel Investor, Founder Alex co-founded a 1.0 dot com B2B auction company which he took to the public markets in 2006 and Faction skis. He's a PE-backed exec in digital marketing, an angel investor, and ac-tive NED.

Alex McCracken Director of Venture Group Silicon Valley Bank Alex McCracken is Director of the Venture Group for Silicon Valley Bank in the UK and has 17 years experience in funding technology companies. Alex fo-cuses on providing £1m-£25m of finance to tech companies.

Andrew Scott Serial tech entrepreneur, also with an interest in writing and film, who splits his time between London &

San Francisco.

Andy Young Founder Groupspaces Internet entrepreneur, coder and guitarist based in London

Arnaud Loiseau Co - Founder and COO Starling Inc. Recent Web 2.0 entrepreneur with international background in M&A and Operations in Technology and Media (UBS IBD, ThomsonReuters, Bertelsmann). Devoted to the technological disrup-tion of media and financial informa-tion businesses. Founding member of the HBS An-gels Chapter of London.

Anthony Gell CEO and Founder Leadersin Anthony founded LeadersIn by building on his career in the business publishing world and his experience of interviewing global business leaders for LeadersIn‘s sister brand, The Business Voice (bvo.com)

Brett Putter Senior Partner Emerging Technologies Forsythgroup Brett is an advisor to Profitero and an investor in Seedcamp.

Charles Baybutt Managing Director Curious Generation

A music and entertainment business working within management, experien-tial marketing, booking, promotion and corporate entertainment. Curious Gen-eration is currently developing and managing music artists along with pro-viding innovative concepts to connect brands with artists and their fanbase.

Damien Tanner Founder Enthusiastic. More than hu-manly possible as time. Techni-cally minded developer/designer and co-founder of 3 companies. Avid Lindy Hop dancer by night!

David Langer Founder, Marketing, Opera-tions/COO Groupspaces Fun-loving, Shoreditch-living startup founder. Enjoy hanging out and causing trouble with like-minded entrepreneurs and related others.

Emi Gal Founder, Marketing, Product Expert Brainient

George Berkowski Chairman MIT Enterprise Forum UK George is nurturing a new startup. He is also the Chairman of the MIT Enter-prise Forum UK and re-cently hosted Ray Kurzweil and the premiere of his ―Transcendent Man‖ movie.

Heidi Isern Founder Chamelon Endeavors Heidi is a writer, strategist and entre-preneur who is based in San Francisco, California. She is currently exploring how companies can leverage social net-works to better serve their consumers. .

Henry Mori Analyst One Fine Stay I have a diverse background, primarily op-erationally and digital marketing-focused but have for the past few years have been techni-cally focused (C# and JavaScript program-ming).

Itxaso Del Palacio Research Fellow Imperical

James Harrison Founder SafeOnline Safeonline is an online security company and Insurancewide, the Uk's first online insurance com-parison site. I am a Director of a Private investment company HSH and SIC, a company that imports into the NHS in the UK.

Janna Bastow Product Expert Brave New Talent Janna is the founding organiser of ProductCamp London, a fast-growing community of product managers around a dynamic, attendee-centric conference.

Jerome Touze Co-founder & Co-CEO WAYN.com (Where Are You Now?) With nearly 18 million mem-bers worldwide, WAYN.com is the largest travelling social community online with mem-bers in 193 countries.

Julie Trell Salesforce.com Foundation Philanthropy Enthusiast, Innovative Educator, Creative Innovator, Expert Networker, Light Bulb Turner-On, Volunteer Energizer, Avid Explorer.

Kes Thygesen Managing Partner RolePoint.com After having successfully exited a startup based on his Msc. disserta-tion, Kes is now continuing to in-novate in the recruitment technol-ogy space with an employee refer-ral platform. Kes is looking to share ideas with anyone with an interest in B2B startups who can

ideally surf and play the guitar.

Kolvin Stone Partner Orrick I assist online and technology busi-nesses with their day-to-day legal issues. Partner at Orrick, one of the premier legal advisors for technol-ogy companies with offices in Lon-don, Silicon Valley and other tech-nology centers throughout the world.

Marcus Sandberg Co—Founder Sphare Loves new adventures, looks on the bright side of life. Born in Sweden, grew up in France, studied at Lon-don School of Economics, did the military service north of the polar circle. Ex-banker turned entrepre-neur.

Maria Constantinescu Founder Slick Flick Legal experience, mainly IP; con-nection into the creative world, mainly film; New York spirit; Ro-manian soul. Information, collabo-ration, sense of community. I'm an X-Man.

Luke Miller Co-Founder Offset Options

Marta Datkiewicz Marketing, Product Expert WAYN Passionate technologist & UX fanatic with strong interest in psychology and cognitive sci-ence. FIBA basketball referee since the age of 16. Bread crust addict and nutrition fairy.

Michael Geer Founder, COO StreetSpark, Nymos I have been a traveller and curious about the world and people my whole life. I usually don't suffer closed minded people very well and so will never be a diplomat.

Megan Kilbride Global Innovation Manager, specialise in Developing Markets Diageo, The Futures Group I love to ski/snowboard and doing pretty much anything outside and ac-tive.

Michael Papegeorge Founder, Operations/COO, Product Expert IT Energy I am the Managing Director (and foun-der) of IT Energy. I am responsible for company strategy, product develop-ment and sales.

Milo Yiannopoulos Fund Investor, Marketing, Other service provider Hipster Ventures Writer, troublemaker, aes-thete. Accidentally landed in technology; trying to escape.

Muz Azar Founder Bazooka Search I have spent the last 18 months driving traffic and sales to my cli-ents. Now transitioning to driv-ing traffic and sales to our own in-cubated products. Also, I like dogs!

Nenad Marovac Founder DN Capital I am the Founder of DN Capi-tal and we are an early stage and growth investor in e-commerce, digital media and software companies.

Nic Brisbrane Fund Investor DFJ Esprit I'm a VC looking to network with inter-esting startups (and have some fun). Most people don't know that ..... I'm a bonsai enthusiast.

Nicolas Steegmann CEO Stupeflix I like kitesurfing (Dakhla), dancing (salsa), cooking (pasta), writing (kinda)

Peter Ward Co– Founder WAYN Hopefully, I bring some ideas, lessons from my ex-periences and of course some good old fashioned party spirit, amongst other things! :)

Pratik Sampat CEO and Founder Horizon Accounts Accountant turned Entrepreneur running a super-cool practice doing the numbers at a bunch of super-cool start-ups!!

Redg Snodgrass Head of Innovation Alcatel Lucent Hi Guys I typically pick up the bar time with my cor-porate card....

Sokratis Papafloratos Co—Founder Trusted Places Trusted Places was acquired by Yell Group in May 2010. In June 2011 Sokratis started a 6-month sabbatical that he's currently (vigorously) pursuing.'

Sam Barnett CEO + Founder Struq Hola.

Sam Matthews Founder Neverbland I'm Sam, originally about gaming, now just a freestyle entrepreneur.

Sara Fazlali Founder Arete Club Hi, My name is Sara and I am quite a random little one. I work between worlds and connect people. These worlds tend to be military, politics, business (inc entreps), law, and the arts.

Simon Campbell Angel Investor, Founder, Market-ing The Sandpit I like to think I bring good banter and a decent lump of entrepre-neurial experience to the table.

Steph Bouchet Founder Rougefrog Citizen of the world with marketing experience working in several English speaking countries. A practitioner of ubiquity and remote locations. Remaining witness of French red-head endangered species. Natural optimist.

Sylvia Brune Founder Runseedo. the safest place to play online I set out to explore stuff, mostly discovering completely different stuff. I also twirl & dance, and blow bubbles occasionally.

Tamas Locher Founder LOOKK Pick my brain if you want to know how to building a world-class intercultural and interdis-ciplinary teams of people united by a strong vision.

Tim Davey Co-founder and Product onefinestay - stay in someone's home while they're out of town, with all the service of a hotel Startup guy with background in technology and design. Heads up product at current company, onefi-nestay. Previous company was YC & Index backed in advertising and recruitment space. Has a degree in Theoretical Physics from Imperial.

Tine Thygesen Founder Everplaces Consider myself an ambitious, fun loving, dedicated, big dreaming, party hard-ing and dedicated en-trepreneur. Key skills team build-ing, organisation, commercialisa-tion and strategic network.

Tom Ball Founder Cognac Systems I am a passionate innovator - I love building great solutions, great compa-nies. To change industries (aim high!). To achieve "the impossible".

Tom Impallomeni Founder Swapit for those who know me - hope you're all well! For those who don't - i'm Tom, CEO of Swapit (the UK's largest virtual cur-rency and exchange site for kids and in a former life was FD at WAYN.com and, prior to that, a Corporate Finance Ad-viser at PwC.

Neil Goldberg CEO Handmade Mobile Complementing his business experience, Neil brings a wealth of knowledge to the creative process having worked as a writer and producer of network TV, studio mov-ies, and reality/game shows.

The Organisers

Olivia Rowe Loves lacrosse, jager-bombs and organising geeky events. Hates celery, football and the colour beige.

Chloe Johns Will work for Champagne.

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Sicily Mafia – Saturday Afternoon It‘s late summer in Taormina, Sicily, 2011. As the tourists come and go on the beaches, they are blissfully unaware of the impending power struggle amongst the Sicilian Mafiosi. An illegal shipment of Jagermeister is heading for the Sicilian shores, and whoever can get their hands on it first will be-come the richest and most the powerful family in Italy.

Don Alessandro, head of the no-torious Bardolino family, has been murdered, and the ques-tion is not so much ‗who did it‘ as why… As one powerful crime family threatens to crumble, alli-ances are being forged with ene-

mies. It‘s a race against the clock for the rival Mafiosi families of Sicily, to try and find the Jaegar shipment and gain power over one of the world‘s most influential crime capitals.

Suspects Johnny Tightlips aka Peter Ward Johnny Tightlips is the Don‘s younger brother, and the sec-ond (and favourite) son of Rosalina Bardolino. Tired of playing bridesmaid to the bride, he conspires with his Mother to get hold of the Jager shipment in order to gain control of the family. However, the Don appears to be getting in the way.

Nicky Bluepants Saxophoney aka Andy Young Nicky Bluepants is a Mafiosi con-sigliore and Don Alessandro‘s right hand man. For his own pro-tection, his family exiled him from his native Chicago. Whilst in Sic-ily, he married Fiorella, a known local prostitute. Although he knew of his wife‘s former profession, he didn‘t realise that her in-volvement with Don Alessandro hadn‘t ended. Armed with the knowledge that Fiorella‘s baby is not his, he resolves to settle the score. Jimmy the Snitch aka James Harrison Jimmy the Snitch had worked for Don Alessandro since they were young men, and although his name was originally a

childhood joke, the Don couldn‘t help but wonder if there was more to it than he originally thought. A year ago, when an illegal ship-ment of Tequila Slammers destined for Taormina went missing, and was recovered

by police, Don Alessandro is sure Jimmy tipped them off. With the local constabulary suitably drunk and distracted, the Don orders a hit on Jimmy. Realising he had been double crossed, Jimmy escaped to Palermo. Now however, he‘s back and the Don is a marked man.

Fiorella the Pregnant Whore aka Milo Fiorella is the wife of Nicky Bluepants Saxophony, and also a favourite ‗past-time‘ of Don Alessandro. She was a renowned prostitute in the streets of Taormina when she met Nicky, and although she vowed to give up her career, it seems she didn‘t quite cut all ties with the Don. Having discov-ered the baby she is carrying is not her hus-bands; she must find a way of removing the Don from her life once and for all.

Fat Tony aka Jerome Fat Tony is Calabrian mafia leader, with a personal vendetta against the Don. (Don Alessandro whacked his younger brother years ago). When the Don hijacks the illegal shipment of Jager from him, it‘s the last straw.

Fat Tony goes to Sicily to do the hit himself. Rosalina Bardolino aka Janna Bastow Rosalina is the mother of Johnny Tightlips and Don Alessan-dro, and much respected amongst the familia. Annoyed about the fact her favourite son has never been advanced within the familia, she arranges for the murder of the Don, in order to manoeuvre Johnny Tightlips into his place.