The Public Policy Forum (“PPF”) is the result of a partnership between the North American Venture Capital Summit (“NAVCS”) and the Government of Canada. It was developed for leading government officials, LPs and GPs from North America, Europe and Asia to share their views, experience and concerns regarding public policies in support of a buoyant venture capital ecosystem to finance emerging technology companies. It is an invitation-only event building upon the international audience already developed by NAVCS. It attracts keynote speakers with significant prior experience in designing and implementing policies related to venture capital and innovation and also renowned academics.
The 2008 Public Policy Forum will be held at the Price Building, a 3 minutes walk from the Historic Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City, on Monday, October 27, beginning at 8:00 am and ending at 5:00 pm.
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The Public Policy Forum's purpose is to bring together global leaders experienced in the creation of a buoyant venture capital ecosystem to develop relationships, share experience and exchange ideas.
The President of the Public Policy Forum is Mr. Gilles Duruflé, an internationally recognized Canadian expert and the Chairman is Mr. Yigal Erlich, the founding father of the Israeli venture capital industry.
All guests of the Public Policy Forum are invited to NAVCS's “Main Conference”, which follows immediately thereafter (5:00 pm on Monday, October 27).
The Public Policy Forum is operated by NAVCS, a not-for-profit corporation and supported by leading Sponsors (see list at http://www.navcs.com/eng/sponsors.php) including Platinum Sponsors Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, OMERS and AXA Private Equity and by the Governments of Canada and Quebec.
The Public Policy Forum began in 2007 with the support of the Canadian government as an experiment for the benefit of Canadian and select international public policy officials to meet in order to share international experience on policies supporting development of venture capital around the world. This experiment proved a success and participants agreed to enlarge the activity in 2008 by inviting international experts and policy makers as well as industry leaders.