BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Year of M&A DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:2005 Executive Roundtable - The Year of M&A. Software Council of Southern California. If the 90's were the era of IPO's, will this be the decade of the M&A? For start-ups and mid-market companies looking for a viable exit strategy, the buzz today is all about mergers and acquisitions. And prominent Southern California technology companies have been on both sides of the equation, with FoundStone, Linksys, LowerMyBills.com and Rent.com among the many acquisitions; and Sage, Epicor and Experian among those doing the acquiring. See http://www.scsc.org/events/occhapter/december0805.html DTSTART:20051208T173000 DTEND:20051208T183000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR