The Fifth Annual Technology and Wall Street Seminar features individual presentations and extensive Q&A with four prominent Wall Street veterans from a range of disciplines including portfolio management, sell-side research, investment banking and venture capital.

The focus is on the outlook for technology industries. The speakers explore a variety of subjects, including identifying where we are in the technology business cycle, technology shifts, fundamentals affecting sales growth and margins, merger and acquisition trends, and valuation of the groups and individual stocks.

Biographies:

Barry Newman
Mr. Newman joined Bear Stearns in November 2001 as a Senior Managing Director and Vice Chairman of the Technology Group. Prior to joining Bear, Barry was the Group Head of Global Corporate and Investment Banking for Banc of America Securities and from 1996 to 1999, was head of Global Technology Corporate Finance for Solomon Brothers and Solomon Smith Barney. Mr. Newman has extensive experience in capital raising and M&A, having advised hundreds of companies over his eighteen year career including two of the largest M&A transactions in history as well as cross border joint venture transactions across four continents. Barry holds Bachelor of Science degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Life Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Master of Business Administration and Juris Doctor degrees from Stanford University and a Master of Laws (Taxation) from New York University.

Vadim Zlotnikov
Mr. Zlotnikov is Chief Equity Strategist at Sanford Bernstein and has responsibility for developing portfolio recommendations for the US market. Additionally he is responsible for separate Quantitative Analysis and Technology Sector Strategy products. Before undertaking his current position, Mr. Zlotnikov was an analyst covering PC and semiconductor industries, and launched the Technology Strategy product in 1996. Prior to joining the firm in 1992, he spent six years as a management consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton, conducting a broad range of strategic and operational studies for technology companies. Mr. Zlotnikov also worked for Amoco Technology Company as a director of electronic ventures, and spent two years as a research engineer with AT&T Bell Laboratories. He was first named to the Institutional Investor All-America Research Team in 1996. Mr. Zlotnikov earned a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984 and an MBA from Stanford University in 1988.

Steven Resnick,
Mr. Resnick has been on Wall Street for thirty years in a variety of positions. Currently Mr. Resnick manages his own investment management partnership, Navigator Capital Partners L.P. His previous positions include Director of Research, Strategist and Risk Manager at Circle-T Partners; Director of Equity Research at Willowbridge Associates / Union Spring Asset Management; Senior Portfolio Manager at Sanford Bernstein; Managing Director at Credit Lyonnais Securities; Chief Investment Strategist at Shearson American Express. Mr. Resnick earned an SM in Management degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973 and BA, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from CCNY in 1969.