SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- July 31, 2006 -- ThinkEquity Partners LLC, a research-centric investment bank, announces its 4th Annual Growth Conference, a four-day event that will focus on a wide array of sectors and growth markets. The conference will be held on September 11-14, 2006 at The Ritz Carlton in downtown San Francisco.
"The time is ripe to bring thought leaders together and talk about the next wave of innovation and growth in the economy," said Michael Moe, founder and CEO of ThinkEquity Partners LLC. "The conference will be about sharing ideas, discussing the future and debating what lies ahead in the coming months and years. In our view, growth is inevitable -- the economy has reached a critical turning point and is gearing up for an exciting wave of progress."
In addition to company presentations, the conference will feature a ThinkWealth Management Day, with presentations by industry experts on topical wealth management issues, and an array of "Think Big" presentations by management teams of companies with market caps of less than $200 million, focused on their growth potential. The conference will also showcase a "Video on the Web" panel, as well as healthcare and greentech panels.
The preliminary list of presenters includes CEOs from more than 200 of the most innovative growth companies in the world:
24/7 Real Media, Inc. TFSM Acacia Research-Acacia Technologies ACTG Adknowledge Private Advanced Magnetics, Inc. AVM ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ANX Agile Software Corporation AGIL Airspan Networks, Inc. AIRN Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ALNY Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. ALTI Altiris, Inc. ATRS Alvarion Ltd. (USA) ALVR ANADIGICS, Inc. ANAD Apollo Group, Inc. APOL Aptimus, Inc. APTM aQuantive, Inc. AQNT Archer Daniels Midland Company ADM Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ARIA Arrowhead Research Corporation ARWR ARTISTdirect, Inc. ARTD Asta Funding, Inc. ASFI Atheros Communications, Inc. ATHR AtriCure Inc. ATRC AudioCodes Ltd. AUDC Autodesk, Inc. ADSK AVANIR Pharmaceuticals AVNR Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) BLDP Bankrate, Inc. RATE Barrier Therapeutics, Inc. BTRX BenefitStreet Private BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. BCRX BladeLogic Private Blue Coat Systems, Inc. BCSI Blue Nile, Inc. NILE Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. BFAM Buffalo Wild Wings BWLD Cabot Microelectronics Corporation CCMP Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. CBOU Cash Systems, Inc. CKNN Castle Brands Inc. ROX Cbeyond Communications Inc. CBEY Centillium Communications, Inc. CTLM Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. CETV Ceragon Networks Ltd. CRNT CheckFree Corporation CKFR Click Commerce, Inc. CKCM Color Kinetics Incorporated CLRK Concurrent Computer Corporation CCUR Convera Corporation CNVR Costco Wholesale Corp. COST CryptoLogic, Inc. ( USA ) CRYP CyberSource Corporation CYBS DayStar Technologies Inc. DSTI DepoMed, Inc. DEPO Devry Inc. DV Digital Insight Corp. DGIN Digitas Inc. DTAS Distributed Energy Systems Corp DESC eBags Private eCollege.com ECLG Educate, Inc. EEEE Electro-Optical Sciences, Inc. MELA eLoyalty Corporation ELOY Emisphere Technologies Inc. EMIS Encysive Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ENCY Epocrates Private E-Z-EM, Inc. EZEM First Cash Financial Services, Inc. FCFS Fuel-Tech N.V. FTEK Genomic Health, Inc. GHDX Gentium S.p.A. (ADR) GENT Gigabeam Corporation GGBM GigaMedia Limited GIGM Good Technologies Private Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. GMCR GSI Commerce, Inc. GSIC Hana Biosciences, Inc. HNAB Hansen Medical Private Harris & Harris Group, Inc. TINY Highbury Financial, Inc. HBRF Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. HITK Hologic, Inc. HOLX HouseValues, Inc. SOLD Huron Consulting Group HURN Hydrogenics Corporation (USA) HYGS Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc. IDP Ikanos Communications, Inc. IKAN Illumina, Inc. ILMN Impax Laboratories Inc. IPXL Imperium Renewables Private Insite Vision Inc. ISV InterMune, Inc. ITMN Internet Gold Golden Lines Ltd IGLD iSold It LLC Private ITT Educational Services ESI Jamba Juice Private Jones Soda Co. ( USA ) JSDA KnowFat Private Kona Grill, Inc. KONA KongZhong Corporation (ADR) KONG Kuhlman Company, Inc. KUL Kyphon Inc. KYPH Linktone Ltd. (ADR) LTON Luna Innovations Incorporated LUNA Marchex, Inc. MCHX Maxwell Technologies Inc. MXWL McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Rest. MSSR MDC Partners Inc. (USA) MDCA Metalink Ltd. MTLK Miasole Private Microtune, Inc. TUNE Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. MNTA Move Inc. MOVE MRU Holdings, Inc. MHOI MRV Communications, Inc. MRVC NeoPharm, Inc. NEOL Netblue Private Netopia, Inc. NTPA Neustar, Inc NSR Novatel Wireless, Inc. NVTL NuVasive, Inc. NUVA Nuvelo, Inc. NUVO Omniture, Inc. OMTR On Track Innovations Ltd.(USA) OTIV Online Resources Corp. ORCC Opsware Inc. OPSW Optimal Group, Inc. OPMR PCTEL, Inc. PCTI Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. PEET Pentaho Corp. Private Peoples Liberation Inc. PPLB PlanetOut Private Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. PRAA Progressive Gaming International Corp. PGIC Questcor Pharmaceuticals QSC RADVISION LTD. (USA) RVSN Rentech, Inc. RTK Repros Therapeutics Inc. RPRX Restoration Hardware, Inc. RSTO Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. RIGL ROO Group, Inc. RGRP Rudolph Technologies, Inc. RTEC salesforce.com, inc. CRM Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd SLXP Santarus, Inc. SNTS Scopus Video Networks Ltd. SCOP Sirtris Private Skyworks Solutions, Inc. SWKS Smith Micro Software, Inc. SMSI Sohu.com Inc. SOHU Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SOMX Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SNUS Spark Networks plc (ADR) LOV SugarCRM Private SumTotal Systems, Inc. SUMT SunPower Corporation SPWR SuperGen, Inc. SUPG SurModics, Inc. SRDX Syniverse Holdings, Inc. SVR Taleo Corporation TLEO TEKELEC TKLC Terabeam, Inc. TRBM Terremark Worldwide, Inc. TWW The Cobalt Group Private The9 Limited (ADR) NCTY TicketsNow Private True Religion Apparel, Inc. TRLG Tumi Private Tut Systems, Inc. TUTS uBid.com UBHI Unigene Laboratories UGNE USA Technologies, Inc. USAT VA Software Corporation LNUX ValueClick, Inc. VCLK Varian Semiconductor VSEA VASCO Data Security International, Inc. VDSI Viewpoint Corporation VWPT Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. VION Vital Images, Inc. VTAL VitalStream Holdings, Inc. VSHI VIVUS, Inc. VVUS Volterra Semiconductor Corp. VLTR Vyyo Inc. VYYO Websense Inc. WBSN WebSideStory, Inc. WSSI Website Pros, Inc. WSPI Westell Technologies Inc. WSTL WiderThan Co., Ltd. (ADR) WTHN Wind River Systems, Inc. WIND Witness Systems, Inc. WITS WPT Enterprises, Inc. WPTE XenoPort, Inc. XNPT Youbet.com, Inc. UBET Zhone Technologies, Inc. ZHNE ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. ZIOP Zoltek Companies, Inc. ZOLT
For more information about the ThinkEquity Partners 4th Annual Growth Conference, please contact: Katie Soffey: 415-249-2927 or visit www.thinkequity.com
About ThinkEquity Partners LLC
ThinkEquity Partners LLC is a research-centric institutional investment firm focused on the growth economy. ThinkEquity Partners is dedicated to providing focused insight, advisory services, and capital to institutional investors and corporate constituents in the knowledge economy's key growth verticals, including technology, healthcare, media and consumer business services. For more information about ThinkEquity Partners, please visit www.thinkequity.com. Member NASD and SIPC.
Katie Soffey 415-249-2927 www.thinkequity.com
