8:00 - 9:00amBreakfast

 

9:00 - 9:15amOpening Remarks

 

9:15 - 9:45amR. David Andrews          
President and Managing General Partner
Gryphon Investors

 

9:50 - 10:30amPanel Discussion

 

"Leadership Views: A Roundtable Discussion on SPACS"

Moderator:
Bruce Mendelsohn
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Panelists:
Marc Blazer
President
Overture Acquisition Corporation

Jonathan W. Fitzgerald
Managing Director
Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc.

Ted Roth
Managing Director, Business Development
ROTH Capital Partners

Jason Weiss
Managing Partner
Terrapin Partners, LLC

10:30 - 11:00amCoffee Break

 

11:00 - 11:30amFred Malek      
Chairman        
Thayer Lodging Group

 

Interviewed by:
Jesse Eisinger
Senior Writer
Condé Nast Portfolio

11:35 - 12:05pmJeffrey Stevenson      
Managing Partner and Co-Chief Executive Officer 
Veronis Suhler Stevenson

 

12:05 - 1:05pmLunch
Sponsored by Bowne Virtual Dataroom

 

1:05 - 1:45pmPanel Discussion

 

"Fundraising in 2008 - Trends, Goals and Challenges"

Moderator:
Jennifer Bellah Maguire
Partner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher

Panelists:
Charles Froeb
Managing Director
Credit Suisse Securities

Scott Honour
Senior Managing Director
The Gores Group

Tom Keck
Chief Investment Officer
StepStone

1:50 - 2:20pmJoshua Friedman         
Co-Chairman & Co-CEO          
Canyon Partners, LLC

 

2:20 - 2:45pmCoffee Break

 

2:45 - 2:50pm

Introducing Peter J. Nolan:
Kevin W. Shultz
Senior Managing Director
FTI Capital Advisors, LLC

2:50 - 3:20pm

Peter J. Nolan 
Managing Partner
Leonard Green & Partners, L.P.

3:25 - 3:55pmBrett Wyard     
Managing Director and the Co-Head of Carlyle Strategic Partners          
The Carlyle Group

 

Interviewed by:
Jesse Eisinger
Senior Writer
Condé Nast Portfolio

3:55 - 4:00pmClosing Remarks

 

4:00 - 5:00pmCocktail Reception