The Churchill Club is Silicon Valley's premier business and technology forum. The 6,500-member, nonprofit organization has built a reputation for dynamic, in-the-news programs featuring Silicon Valley CEOs, up-and-coming executives and national business leaders. The events regularly draw more than 400 attendees and give members the opportunity to network with the best of Silicon Valley.
The Club is known for its smart, provocative and often irreverent programs. In addition to a stellar line-up of senior executives, the Club features panel discussions with invaluable information on technology, entrepreneurship, life sciences, business leadership and innovation. Annual programs include Top Ten Tech Trends Debate, Venture Capital: What's Hot? What's Not?, M&A Review, High Tech Stock Outlook, and How to Create a Successful Startup. To see the complete list of the past twelve months of programs, click here.
Throughout the years, the Club has hosted industry luminaries Mark Andreesen, Steve Ballmer, Craig Barrett, Michael Capellas, John Chambers, Jim Clark, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates, Rudy Giuliani, Andy Grove, William Hewlett, Bill Joy, Dean Kamen, Rich McGinn, Scott McNealy, Lew Platt, Eric Schmidt, and Meg Whitman. Club events also offer opportunities to network and develop critical business relationships with influential individual and corporate members representing a diverse range of industries, companies, and expertise.
The Churchill Club provides an independent forum where business leaders who are driving change exchange ideas, opinions, and viewpoints. Collaborators and competitors often meet on the Churchill Club stage with authoritative moderators who go beyond the hype to get the real story. Attendees have the opportunity to ask questions directly to panelists, uncensored by the moderator.
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