8:00am – 8:45am

Registration and Breakfast

8:45am – 9:00am

Conference Chairperson – FTI Consulting

David Remnitz
Senior Managing Director & Segment Leader, Technology
FTI Consulting

9:00am – 9:30am

Fireside Chat

Jeffrey Stevenson
Managing Partner
Veronis Suhler Stevenson

Interviewed By:
Brian Garrity
Business Reporter
New York Post

9:35am – 10:15am

Panel Discussion
Sponsored by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

"Use of Whole Company Securitization as an M&A Financing Option"

Moderator:
Louis Bevilacqua
Partner
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Panelists:
Gerry Keefe
Director
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Robert J. Krugel
Managing Director
Lehman Brothers

Leo Loughead
Managing Director
Merrill Lynch

Curtis Probst
Managing Director
Goldman Sachs & Co.

Ira Schacter
Partner
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

10:20am – 11:00am

Panel Discussion

"Effects of Globalization on Private Capital"

Moderator:
Diana Frazier
Managing Partner
FLAG Capital Management

Panelists:
Cate Ambrose
Executive Director
Latin American Venture Capital Association

Ernest Jacquet
Managing Partner
Parthenon Capital

James Loughlin
Principal & Managing Director
Loughlin Meghji + Company

11:00am – 11:30am

Coffee Break

11:30am – 12:00pm

Fireside Chat

Malon Wilkus
Founder, Chairman, CEO, and President        
American Capital Strategies

Interviewed By:
Dennis K. Berman
Global Deals Editor
Wall Street Journal

12:05pm – 12:45pm

Panel Discussion Sponsored by FTI Consulting  

"Risks, Rewards and Opportunities in Financial Structure Bankruptcies and Restructurings:  How Hedge Funds, CDOs, Mortgage Companies, Investment Trusts and Other Entities Deal with Insolvency”"

Co-Moderators:
Kevin Lavin
Senior Managing Director
FTI Consulting

Bill Nolan
Senior Managing Director
FTI Consulting

Panelists:
John Brecker
Managing Director
Longacre Fund Management, LLC

Matt Doheny
Managing Director
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc

Susheel Kirpalani
Partner
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP

12:45pm – 1:45pm
           
Lunch
Sponsored by Bowne Virtual Dataroom

1:45pm – 2:15pm

Speaker:
Scott Schoen
Co-President
Thomas H. Lee Partners

2:20pm – 3:00pm

Panel Discussion
Sponsored by K&L Gates

“Private Equity Fundraising – Current Trends and Best Practices”

Moderator:
Ricardo Hollingsworth
Partner
K&L Gates

Panelists:
Eli Combs
Managing Director, Investor Relations
Eos Partners, L.P.

Andrew Kwee
Head Of U.S. Private Equity Office
Lgt Capital Partners (Usa) Inc.

Paul Sanabria
Senior Managing Director
Bear Stearns Asset Management

Preston Tsao
Founder
Metcircle

3:05pm – 3:35pm

Speaker:
Glenn R. August
President        
Oak Hill Advisors, L.P.

3:35pm – 4:05pm

Coffee Break

4:05pm – 4:45pm

Panel Discussion
Sponsored by Spirit Finance Corporation

"Optimizing Real Estate Financing"
           
Moderator:
Jeffrey Fleischer
Senior Vice President of Acquisitions
Spirit Finance Corporation
           
Panelists:                                           
Russ Burns
Managing Director
Credit Suisse

Will Dixon
Managing Director
Citigroup

Michael Fieldstone
Principal
Sun Capital Partners

Scott Weiner
Managing Director
Barclay’s Capital

4:50pm – 5:20pm

Speaker:
Donald B. Marron           
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Lightyear Capital LLC

5:25pm – 5:55pm

Fireside Chat

Norman Alpert
Managing Director
Vestar Capital Partners

Interviewed By:
James Politi
Deals Reporter
Financial Times

5:55pm – 6:00pm

Closing Remarks

6:00pm – 7:00pm

Cocktail Reception