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The Irish Software Association's annual national software conference will be held in the Mansion House, Dublin 2 on Thursday May 18th, 2006 from 8.00am - 2.00pm.

The key theme of the conference is " New models- New approaches for tomorrow's successes" and the conference will present and debate the models and approaches to building successful companies of scale.

- Do you want to know what it takes to build a company of scale?
- Do you want to understand what Venture Capitalists are looking for in winning companies?
- Do you want to know the shape of the technology business of the future will look like?
- Do you want to learn from other companies who have successfully grown their companies and the journey they went through in the process?
- Is software as a service part of your strategic plan?

If you have answered yes to any of the above, you cannot afford to miss the Irish Software Association's Annual National Software Conference whose international line-up of speakers include:

Andy Malik, Lehman Brothers and Eric Hjerpe, Atlas Venture who willgive their views on creating globally successful software companies,what investors are looking for in winning companies and the business models of the future.

IDC’s analyst Melinda Ballou will share the global trends and emerging business models in the software industry. She will provide thought leadership and her expert opinion on application life-cycle management (ALM).

Microsoft's Sean Foley will give an insight into the impact that the changing revenue models in the industry are having on Microsoft’s proprietary model

Fergus Gloster, from Salesforce.com will give an insight into how to build a $4bn company in 7 years which is a one of the industry's most renowned industry global success stories.

Some of the Irish industry’s top players will share their approaches to building companies of scale, whether organically or M & A and the business models and markets that have worked for their companies. This line up includes Pat Brazel, serial entrepreneur, Peter Conlon, Xsil, Sean Melly, eTel & Garry Moroney , Informatica ( formerly Similarity Systems)

The conference, through a combination of these industry leaders with market experience and knowledge, will explore what the future of the technology sector will look like, help businesses identify what investors are really looking for in winning companies. It will also look at what the recipes and models that have successfully worked for international and Irish software companies who have grown to international scale.