It is very simple. This is a virtual conference. Presenting companies will have 30-minute time-slots. During these sessions presenting companies can either make roadshow/investor presentations or they can be interviewed about their companies. Attendees will listen to the presentations and, time permitting, will engage with the attendees in question-and-answer sessions.

Davos in the Desert’s Wellness Conference webpage is now live. Significant marketing efforts are being expended to capture a high caliber audience. Investors and other interested parties will be able to read your company’s brief (750 character) profile on the conference page. Investors and potential business partners from around the world will be able listen to your live presentation on February 11, 2025. They will also be able to listen to the archived version of your presentation after the live, February 11, program concludes.

Each presenting company will have a 30-minute time-slot. The purpose of the conference is for senior executives to communicate their companies’ stories to the investment community and transactions professionals in the wellness industry. The session begins with the host introducing the speaker and the company.

From that point, the session can either be interactive/conversational (with the interviewer asking questions and the guest answering them) or a roadshow-like presentation.

Please do not disclose anything that is proprietary, under NDA or that could be considered insider information.

The logistics are very simple. A Webex or Zoom link is sent to the presenter a few business days before the conference takes place. At the appointed time, the presenter logs onto the session.

Please conduct your session in one place—that is, not while walking or driving. Please make sure that you have a strong Internet connection as well as good camera and microphone. While most of our outlets are audio only, our podcasts (video included) are usually posted on YouTube. The recommended dress code is business casual.

Below is a headset that delivers good quality sound:

Logitech H540 USB Computer Headset:

https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/headsets/h540-usb-computer-noise-cancelling.981-000510.html

To make a good impression on the listeners, we recommend that you find a private location, where interruptions are unlikely.

Yes. The host opens up the link at least thirty minutes before the conference commences. You can test your connection at that time.

We can record your presentation at another time and post that presentation, together with your company’s description, on the Wellness Conference webpage. Thus, your presentation will appear like all of the other presentations after the conference concludes. Arrangements to record company presentations must be made before the live conference commences.

[Note: In the event that you deliver a company/roadshow presentation, far fewer questions will be posed to you. Thus, the responses below are less relevant.]

Our interviewers typically spend two to three hours researching your company and industry. As each interview is unique, the questions are tailored to each company. However, the following are typical discussion points.

• Products offered (legacy products, anticipated product launches)
• Unique value proposition vis-à-vis competition
• Target customer segments
• Go-to-market strategy
• Industry growth drivers (technology, demographics, regulation, legislation)
• Industry challenges (technology, demographics, regulation, legislation)
• Management (profiles, depth, incentives)
• Research efforts
• Intellectual property portfolio
• Balance sheet (structure, capital needs, cash burn)
• Financial performance and projections (revenues, profits, margins, cash flows)

You can chat with our interviewers about the nature of the interview for a few minutes right before recording begins.

We regularly conduct podcasts with CEOs of established companies as well as with CEOs of emerging companies. You may want to listen to this podcast as well as this one.

Yes. You can read testimonials from past speakers here and here. You can listen to testimonials from past speakers here and here.

Davos in the Desert’s Wellness Conference will be limited to 15 presenting companies.

[Note: For those companies who deliver company presentations, the issue of interviews will be less relevant.]

The interviewers each have over 25 years of conducting interviews. David Wanetick has interviewed over 1,000 CEOs and CFOs. Brief profiles of the two lead interviews follow.

David Wanetick

David Wanetick is a world-renowned authority on valuing companies and intangible assets, particularly patents. He developed the Certified Patent Valuation Analyst and Certified Emerging Company Analyst designations. David prepares Company and Patent Valuation Reports are used to facilitate transactions such as capital raises, sales of companies, sales of patent portfolios and licensing agreements. His reports are instrumental in pricing transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars. David’s clients include Fortune 500 companies, emerging companies, private equity and venture capital funds, universities and government agencies.

David is Managing Director at JD Merit, a boutique investment bank with an expertise in selling middle market companies in a wide array of industries to operating companies and to private equity funds and their portfolio companies. JD Merit is also active in effecting capital raises at the B round and beyond.

David Liepman

We don’t know exactly who will listen to your session. However, our marketing is almost entirely directed to professional investors and high net worth investors as well as executives responsible for mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, joint-ventures, licensing and business development. Our email database–consisting of the targeted demographics below–stands at approximately 120,000.

A rough breakdown follows:

Venture Capitalists – 2,200
Private Equity / Family Offices – 5,300
Portfolio Managers – 3,100
HNW / Angels / Executives – 110,000

A sampling of attending organizations of our events is provided at this link.

Your presentation/interview will be distributed through some of the major podcast networks such as YouTube. We will market your session through social media channels. We will also send email blasts, highlighting the participating companies in our Davos in the Desert Wellness Conference.

You may post a link on your website, directing viewers to your presentation/interview on the Davos in the Desert website. You may also write press releases about your presentation/interview and market your interview through the (social media) channels of your choosing. Sometimes the quality of the listeners is more important than the quantity of the listeners. Thus, the greatest use of a video clip of your interview occurs when it falls into the right hands. So, you can send a link to the video clip to your most important investors and channel partners.

The cost of producing a presentation/interview for inclusion in the Davos in the Desert’s Wellness Conference is $2,000. However, significant discounts (of as much as 75%) are available for the first two Wellness companies that commit to present at our January 30 conference. The first two private companies that commit to present can pay as little as $500. After that, the production fee rises by $250 for each of the next two companies. (Production fees for public companies start at $1,250.)

Simply fill out the form to the right. Your application should take less than five minutes to complete.

Yes. In the event you are not happy with your presentation/interview and notify us accordingly, we will refrain from posting it. You can also send us a “take-down” notice and we will remove the presentation/interview within 72 hours. Usually much quicker than that.

We discourage editing the session. The session is meant to be a frank exchange between the company representatives and the audience. Consider the session as you would a live interview. Nevertheless, in the rare events when a company executive inadvertently discloses confidential information, we will try to edit out the few seconds that you believe could be damaging to your company. A $150 initial editing fee needs to be remitted for the editing process to begin.

Your session will be available to all listeners for at least 45 days after the launch of the conference (on February 11, 2025).

We can always run another podcast later. We can also prepare Company Valuation Reports and Patent Valuation Reports. Click here to receive sample Valuation Reports. David Wanetick is also an investment banker. As an investment banker, David is involved in selling companies and raising capital. Of course, separate agreements must be reached before any Valuation Reports can be prepared or before any investment banking activities commence.

Yes. All presenting companies will be included in the pool of applicants from which Davos in the Desert’s Top 10 Wellness Companies awards will be chosen. More information to follow.

You can contact Gustavo Yrepa of Davos in the Desert via email at Gustavo@davosinthedesert.us.