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Moderator and Host John H. Martinson, Managing Partner, Edison Venture Fund will encourage audience participation and the sharing of best practices. Our aim is for every VC to leave with several ideas to improve their internal processes for follow-on investing and exit transactions. This industry related program is open to venture capitalists, investment bankers and angels ONLY (equity investors who provide capital) and is sponsored by Fox Rothschild LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers

The NJTC panel will discuss: Meeting organizational and cultural challenges in achieving Agile Enterprise objectives Identifying and reviewing the most prominent technology enablers available Exploring the promise of SOA and SOA alternatives Building and sustaining the business and technology synergy vital to a successful Agile Enterprise

Please join us for a meeting of the NJTC Education Committee on Thursday, April 10 at the offices of Princeton Financial Systems in Princeton, NJ, featuring two exciting speakers from the Education Community

NJTC Golf Outing, May 12, 2007 The Ridge at Back Brook Ringoes, NJ The 2008 Golf Outing is limited to just 72 golfers (18 foursomes). The outing will be a first-class, unforgettable event for all participants from the course, to the prizes, to the auction items. "Golfers will be shocked by the natural beauty and drama of The Ridge At Back Brook. The "wow" factor will be redundant here. Just when you think you've played the best nine holes you've ever played, you step up to Number 10 tee and it starts all over again." - Tom Fazio, golf course designer and holder of the coveted Old Tom Morris Award, the highest recognition given by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America for his lifetime commitment to the game of golf and its continued welfare.

Please join us for an executive dinner featuring a presentation by Edward C. Saltzman, President of Defined Health. Ed is founder and President of Defined Health, a leading consultant in business developmentand disease area strategy for the pharmaceutical industry. Since its founding in 1983 Defined Health has completed thousands of opportunity assessments and commercial forecasts of development stage projects for hundreds of corporate clients across the Big Pharma, Biotechnology and Specialty Pharma complex. Ed began his involvement with the pharma industry at the Ayerst Laboratories unit of American Home Products, where he had responsibility for evaluation and forecasting of compounds being considered for licensing. Prior to Ayerst, he managed the Healthcare Information Center at FIND/SVP.