8:30am – 9:30am

Breakfast

9:30am – 9:35am

Opening Remarks

9:35am – 10:15am

Pamela Thomas-Graham
Managing Director
Angelo, Gordon & Co.

Interviewed by:
Gayle Turk
Managing Director
Evercore Partners

*This session is off the record

10:15am – 10:20am

Introducing Leaders' Roundtable:
Les Berglass
Chairman
Berglass+Associates

10:20am – 11:20am

Leaders’ Roundtable

"The Current State of the Deal Environment"

Moderator:
Jane D. Goldstein
Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP

Speakers:
Todd M. Abbrecht
Managing Director
Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.

Neil Cole
Chairman & CEO
Iconix Brand Group

Sandra Horbach
Managing Director and Head of Consumer and Retail Sector Group
Carlyle Group

*This session is off the record

11:20am – 11:50am

Coffee Break

11:50am – 12:30pm

Leaders’ Roundtable

"What Looks Good in Retail: perspectives on where opportunities will abound over the course of 2009"

Moderator:
Lee Helman
Managing Director
Financo, Inc.

Speakers:
Jeff Perlman
Partner
LNK Partners

Thomas Taylor
Managing Director
Sun Capital Partners, Inc.

John M. Warner
Principal 
CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC

*This session is off the record

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm – 1:35pm

Introducing Leaders' Roundtable:
David Ansel
Partner
Loeb & Loeb

1:35pm – 2:20pm

Leaders’ Roundtable

“Getting Deals Done In This Environment: what deal structures and strategies are most likely to be successfully executed in 2009"

Moderator:
Dana Telsey
CEO & Chief Research Officer
Telsey Advisory Group

Speakers:
Craig J. Hoffman
Managing Director
NexCen Brands, Inc.

David J. Oddi
Principal
Goode Partners LLC

George Peinado
Managing Director
Madison Dearborn Partners

Jonathan A. Seiffer
Partner
Leonard Green & Partners

*This session is off the record

2:25pm – 3:40pm

Leaders' Roundtable

"Leadership Speaks"

Moderator:
Jonathan Birchall
US Consumer Correspondent
Financial Times

Speakers:
Marty Albertson
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Guitar Center, Inc

Peter Boneparth
Former CEO, Jones Apparel Group
Current Member of the Board of Directors, Kohls Corporation
Current Member of the Board of Directors, Jet Blue Corporation

Michael Goldstein
Former Chairman & CEO
Toys “R” Us

*This session is off the record

3:40pm – 3:45pm

Closing Remarks

3:45pm – 4:45pm

Closing Reception

 

*Please note agenda is subject to change