NIRI Silicone Valley
Past Highlights

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2006

2/22/06 — Regulatory Update-Why Fewer Public Companies are Being Sued!

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1/06/06 — Exploring the Impact of Stock Option Expensing

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2005

11/16/05 — Media Training Pictures. Like it or not, the media is here! Learn how to deal with them on both a day-to-day basis and in pressure-cooking crisis situations from someone who has lived and breathed it. Lee Zeidman, a founding member of the team that launched CNN and a former producer with "60 Minutes" will discuss the ins and outs of working with the media on a day-to-day basis.

10/07/05 — Analyst Day Dos and Dont's Click here to see pictures from this event.
Analyst Day Truths (and Solutions) (PDF, 87KB)    Transcript (PDF, 62KB)

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9/15/05 — Lobster Feed Kicks off the 2005-2006 year. Sell-side perspective on IR best practices with our guest speaker Anton Wahlam of Needham & Company. We will have lobster, drinks and provide an excellent opportunity to network. Click here to see pictures from this event.

3/18/2005 — Annual Spring Conference

2/17/2005 — Buyside and Sellside Panel. Members heard from their target audiences on what they are doing right, doing wrong and what your management team could do better.

1/7/2005 — European Investor Relations Programs. An interactive discussion on developing an international IR program & European institutional targeting program.

2004

12/8/2004 — Networking Holiday Party Mixer. NIRI SV members joined members of PRSA, IABC, BMA and other communication associations at a Holiday Party Mixer that included a special IMAX screening of "Polar Express", chocolate tasting, a great bar selection and tons of networking.

11/19/2004 — Selling IR Internally. Click here to see pictures from the event.
Gaston Kent, VP IR at Northrop Grumman Corporation discussed how Investor Relations Professionals can successfully 'sell' the value of IR to the various constituencies within their organizations including senior management.

11/12/2004 — Investor Relations & Public Relations: We Have Ways of Making You Talk to Each Other. Click here to see pictures from the event.
Held in conjunction with PRSA. Presenters Randi Feigin, VP Investor Relations, and Paula Reinman, Sr. Director of Corporate Communications, both of Juniper Networks shared experiences and discussed techniques for IR and PR practitioners to foster integration,streamline internal and external communications, and speak with a single corporate voice.

10/22/2004 — Reg FD - What Has Changed?
An interactive discussion with a panel of IRO's as well as an SEC legal expert discussed Reg FD, best practices and their experiences.

09/23/2004 — Lobster Feed Kick-off Event
We kicked off the calendar year in style with lobster, wine and beer, great networking opportunities, and of course some education.

06/18/2004 — NIRI SV Year-End Meeting
June Meeting — Rountable discussions were held with Senior IRO's; Reports from the NIRI National Meeting in Phoenix; Information on our New Committee Initiative and the Annual Meeting with the Silicon Valley Board were conducted

03/25/2004 — The Proxy Game
Fun, Educational, Interactive Proxy Game!

02/20/2004 — 2004 Annual Spring Conference
The Award Winning NIRI Silicon Valley Chapter presented the 2004 Annual Spring Conference!

01/09/2004 — IR Burn Out?
Learn How to Handle Stress and Create Greater Work/Life Balance

2003

11/20/2003 — Biotech and the Current Financing and Investing Environment
10/24/2003 — Panel Discussion on Guidance
09/18/2003 — Author of Authentic Leadership, Speaker: Bill George
06/19/2003 — Annual Meeting/End of Year Social
05/09/2003 — Mondavi Event
04/25/2003 — HP-Compaq merger process from an IR perspective Steve Pavlovich, Vice President, Investor Relations, Hewlett Packard
03/28/2003 — Annual Spring Seminar
02/21/2003 — The Mystery of Valuation? John Lewis, Valuation Technologies, LLP
01/09/2003 — A Different View of Wall Street — Investor/Sell-Side Panel Discussion

2002

12/13/2002 — Holiday Networking Luncheon
11/21/2002 — Corporate Governance Hot Spots
10/25/2002 — Is The Annual Report Dead?
09/20/2002 — IRO's Speak Out: An IR Panel Discussion
05/15/2002 — When You Speak Do You Deliver?
04/17/2002 — Lunch with Lou Thompson
03/20/2002 — Annual Silicon Valley Spring Conference, Selected Presentations

2001

10/10/2001 — The Annual Meeting Process - Step by Step

2000

06/12/2000 — National Annual Conference
03/28/2000 — Annual Silicon Valley Spring Conference, Selected Presentations

01/28/2000 — NIRI Silicon Valley Goes to the Races!

1999

12/08/1999 — Reporting Results/The Quiet Period, Close & the Conference Call
11/10/1999 — The Annual Process of the Annual Report
10/13/1999 — Chapter Meeting
06/16/1999 — Chapter Meeting
03/31/1999 — Silicon Valley Chapter Spring Conference

1998

11/17/1998 — Communicating During Tough Times