The third annual SkyBridge Alternatives (SALT) Conference, taking place from May 11-13, 2011 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, promises to provide an unmatched opportunity to connect with global leaders and network with your industry peers. Over the course of 3 days, speakers and attendees from around the world will discuss current global issues as well as investment ideas and strategies within the context of a changing economic environment. 

Keynote Speakers:

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George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States
Founder of the George W. Bush Foundation

General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret)
U.S. Secretary of State (2001-2005)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-1993)

The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, MP
Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2007-2010)
Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997-2007)

Michael Milken
Chairman
The Milken Institute

 

Featured Speakers:

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Lee S. Ainslie III
Managing Partner
Maverick Capital Management, LLC

Ken Akoundi
Director, Head of Pension Strategies
Deutsche Bank Securities

Cheryl D. Alston
Executive Director
Employees' Retirement Fund of the City of Dallas

Howard Altman
Co-CEO and Managing Principal of Financial Services
Rothstein Kass

Elena Ambrosiadou
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
IKOS

David Ascher
Principal & Managing Director
Transom Family Services

Tim Atkinson
Chair of the City of Austin Deferred Compensation Plan
& Trustee of the City of Austin Police Retirement Plan

David Axelrod
Senior Adviser to President Barack Obama (2009-2011)

William Basin
Managing Director
UBP Asset Management

Kyle Bass
Portfolio Manager
Hayman Capital Management L.P.

Timothy Bello
Head of Global Platforms
SkyBridge Capital

Eric W. Bennett
Chairman and CEO, Private Wealth Management
Tolleson Wealth Management

Hillel Bennett
Partner
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

Remi Bouteille
Deputy Chief Investment Officer
J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management

Steve Braverman
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Pathstone Family Office

Scott Brown
U.S. Senator
Massachusetts

Jane Buchan
CEO
Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO)

John H. Burbank III
Founder & Chief Investment Officer
Passport Capital LLC

Michael Burns
Vice Chairman
Lionsgate

Sylvan Chackman
Co-head of Global Markets Financing & Futures
Bank Of America Merrill Lynch

James Costabile
Head of Distribution for Alternative Investments
Merrill Lynch

David Darst
Managing Director & Chief Investment Strategist
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

James G. Dinan
Founder, Chariman & Chief Executive Officer
York Capital Management

Chris Dodd
U.S. Senator (1981-2011) and Chairman
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (2007-2011)

William H. Donaldson
27th Chairman, SEC; Former Chairman & Chief Executive, NYSE; Founder, DLJ; Member & Appointee, President Obama's Economy Recovery Advisory Board

Andrew Dougherty
Managing Director and Head of Alternative and Institutional Soulstions
BNP Paribas

Stephen J. Dubner
Co-author
Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics

Terrence A. Duffy
Executive Chairman
CME Group

Israel Englander
Managing Member
Millennium Management LLC

Niall Ferguson
Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History
Harvard University

Francis X. Frecentese
Managing Director, Global Head of Hedge Fund Investments
Citi Private Bank

Troy Gayeski
Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager
SkyBridge Capital

James A. Greenberg
Founder & Managing Member
Sandton Partners LLC

Kenneth C. Griffin
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Citadel

Scott Harrison
Founder and President
Charity Water

Velma R. Hart
Executive Director of Giving Initiatives and Alternatives Incorporated and
Chief Financial Officer of B-Security Systems LLC

Renee Haugerud
Managing Principal / CIO
Galtere Ltd.

Samuel M. Hocking, Jr.
Global Head of Prime Brokerage Sales
BNP Paribas

Christopher M. Hyzy
Chief Investment Officer, U.S. Trust
Bank of America Private Wealth Management

Mustafa Jama
Managing Director - Investment Management
Morgan Stanley

Gary Kaminsky
Contributing Editor
CNBC

Paul Kasriel
Senior Vice President & Chief Economist
Northern Trust

John Keane
Executive Director-Administrator
City of Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund

Greg Kulka
Director of Alternative Investments
New Mexico State Investment Board

Gregory P. Kushner
President & Founder
Lido Consulting, Inc.

Marc Lasry
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Avenue Capital Group

Steven D. Levitt
Co-author;
Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics

Daniel S. Loeb
Founder
Third Point LLC

Linda L. MacDonald
Vice President of Treasury Services
Catholic Health Initiatives

Donald MacNeal
Partner - Financial Services
Ernst & Young

Steve Mariotti
Founder
Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

Michael McGrath
Head of Alternative Investment Group
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Bethany McLean
Contributing editor, Vanity Fair
co-author of "All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis"

Jacque Millard
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Intermountain Healthcare

Meridee A. Moore
Founder, Senior Managing Member, and Chief Investment Officer
Watershed Asset Management, L.L.C.

Mark E. Nadolny
Chief Financial Officer
Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Mitchell E. Nichter
Partner
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Ingrid Pierce
Partner
Walkers

Scott Prince
Managing Partner
SkyBridge Capital

Russ Rausch
EVP Global Buyside Sales
Trading Technologies

Lawrence J. Restieri, Jr.
Co-head of the Alternative Capital Markets Group
Goldman Sachs

David S. Richter
Managing Director of Investments
Grosvenor Capital Management Partners

Nouriel Roubini
Co-Founder & Chairman
Roubini Global Economics

Rex Ryan
Head Coach
New York Jets

Brian Sandoval
Governor
State of Nevada

Karthik Sankaran
Director of Investment Allocation
Covepoint Commodity Currency Fund

Anthony Scaramucci
Managing Partner
SkyBridge Capital

Diane Schrader
Northern California Chair
100 Women in Hedge Funds

Phil C. Shaffer
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Founder
Institutional Consulting Director, Graystone Consulting

Daniel Shakhani
Member of the Reichmann family operating business and
co-founder of the Glendevon Reichmann (Real Estate Partnership)

Jeremy Siegel
Professor of Finance
The Wharton School

Robert Sinnott
Chief Executive Officer
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors

Eric Sprott
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer & Senior Portfolio Manager,
Sprott Asset Management

Aaron Steinberg
Vice President
Pershing, a BNY Mellon company

Barry Sternlicht
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Starwood Capital Group

Matthew Strube
Director
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas

Ron Suber
Senior Partner and Head of Global Sales & Marketing
Merlin Securities

Adam I. Taback
President, Alternative Strategies Group, Inc.
Wells Fargo & Company

Steve Tananbaum
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer
GoldenTree Asset Management

Greg Tournant
Managing Director and Head of Structured Products Team
Allianz Global Investors Capital

David C. Turner
Managing Director, Head of Private Equity
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

Steve Vogt, Ph.D.
Chief Investment Officer
Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc

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