Top Tech Conference 'Summit at Stanford' Opens Tonight

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- AlwaysOn, the leading producer of world-class conferences for venture investors and entrepreneurs of emerging private companies, today officially opens the eighth annual AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford. One of the most anticipated investor- and trend-focused technology conferences of the year, this multi-day event gathers together established and emerging growth companies across a variety of fields within the technology industry with investors, economists, analysts, professors and journalists to celebrate accomplishments of the past year, and identify the areas of promise for the next 18 months.

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Summit at Stanford, held on campus in Palo Alto, California, begins tonight with the presentation of the AlwaysOn Global 250—a list of the fastest growing and most promising privately held technologies in Cloud and Infrastructure, Consumer Internet, Digital Education, Digital Media, Enabling Tools and Devices, Greentech, and SaaS and Enterprise. AlwaysOn Founder and Editor Tony Perkins will co-host a special presentation celebrating the Top 25 women in technology on Wednesday, July 28, at 4:30 PM.

"The Summit at Stanford has developed into one of the most meaningful conferences in the technology industry," said Perkins. "Between identifying the top 250 (privately held) companies in tech worldwide,  the top women moving the industry forward, and the unparalleled list of stimulating panels and keynotes, plus the networking and business development potential, it's no surprise to have such a robust list of attendees at this conference."

Summit at Stanford attracts a wide variety of professionals from across the technology industry—including CEOs, private investors, venture capitalists, economists and journalists—to discuss and debate important trends in their respective industries. Panel highlights include "How the Established Players are Competing in Cloud 2.0" and "The Open Media Revolution Is Over: Are We Better Off?" in addition to a seed round—a special CEO Showcase Session featuring the AlwaysOn Seed Council's Top Seed Stage Companies to Watch.

To track the conference on Twitter, please use #SAS10 or #AO250.

The full line up for Summit at Stanford can be found at:

http://www.aonetwork.com/AOEvents/2010/Summit-Stanford-2010-0

To see a full list of the AlwaysOn Global 250 please visit:

http://www.aonetwork.com/AOStory/Announcing-2010-AlwaysOn-Global-250

To obtain a media pass for Summit at Stanford, please visit:

http://www.formstack.com/forms/?883274-Lib5naUzvs

For tickets to Summit at Stanford, please contact Jeannene Glass ([email protected])

For sponsorship opportunities at future AlwaysOn events, please contact Marc Sternberg ([email protected])

About Summit at Stanford

The 8th AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford is a two-and-a-half-day executive gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. The AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases. The AlwaysOn & STVP Summit at Stanford's goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.

About AlwaysOn

AlwaysOn is the leading business media brand networking the Global Silicon Valley. AlwaysOn helped ignite the social media revolution in early 2003 when it launched the AlwaysOn network. In 2004, it became the first media brand to socially network its online readers and event attendees. AlwaysOn's preeminent executive event series includes the Summit at Stanford, OnMedia, OnHollywood, OnDC, OnDemand, Venture Summit Silicon Valley, Venture Summit East, GoingGreen, GoingGreen East, and GoingGreen Europe. The AlwaysOn network and live event series continue to lead the industry by empowering its readers, event participants, sponsors, and advertisers like no other media brand.

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