8:00am – 9:00am

Breakfast


9:00am – 9:05am

Opening Remarks


9:05am – 9:10am

Introducing Dave Johnson:
Mike Piispanen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Services
Thomson Reuters


9:10am – 9:40am

Dave Johnson
Vice President Corporate Development
IBM

*This session is off the record


9:45am – 10:25am

Panel Discussion

“A Discussion on the Current Deal Environment"

Moderator:

James P. Gerkis, Esq.

Partner

Proskauer Rose LLP

Panelists:

Habib Kairouz

Managing Partner

Rho Capital Partners

Linda Maxwell

Chief Strategist

Jefferies Quarterdeck

Andrew Stern

Director of Corporate Development

F5 Networks

*This session is off the record


10:30am – 11:00am

Scott Mozarsky
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Global Development Officer
PR Newswire


11:00am – 11:30am

Coffee Break


11:30am – 12:10pm

Panel Discussion

“Mitigating Risk and Managing Reputation During Acquisitions"

Moderator:

Eric Simonson
Partner
K&L Gates

Panelists:

Hyman Buchwald

Director, Corporate Development

ITT Corporation

William E. Mills
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Forbes.com

Michael Price

Senior Managing Director

Evercore Partners

*This session is off the record


12:15pm – 12:45pm

Roger Marinzoli
Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation

*This session is off the record


12:45pm – 1:45pm

Lunch


1:45pm – 2:25pm

Panel Discussion

"Techniques for Structuring M&A Transactions in the Current Market"

Moderator:

J. Neely

Vice President

Booz & Company

Panelists:

Brian Cook

VP, Corporate Development

Honeywell International

Jeffrey D. Marell

Partner

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Tom Waleski

Sr. Director of M&A and Business Development

The Hershey Company

*This session is off the record


2:30pm – 3:00pm

Adena T. Friedman
Executive Vice President Corporate Strategy & Global Data Products
NASDAQ OMX Group

Interviewed by:

Michael Maiello

Editor of Intelligent Investing

Forbes

*This session is off the record


3:00pm – 3:30pm

Coffee Break


3:30pm – 4:00pm

“Fair Value: A Conversation on M&A Accounting and Reporting”

John Merino

Corporate Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

FedEx Corporation

Interviewed by:

Robert D. Henning

Corporate Vice President of Corporate Development

FedEx Corporation


4:05pm – 4:35pm

Micah Green
Senior Vice President of AOL Business Development
AOL

*This session is off the record


4:35pm – 4:40pm

Closing Remarks


4:40pm – 5:40pm

Closing Reception

 

*Please note agenda is subject to change

January 27, 2009
8:00am – 5:40pm

New York, NY

Event Price: $975

Event location will be disclosed to attendees upon completion of the registration process.

 

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