7:45am – 8:45am

Breakfast

8:45am – 8:50am

Opening Remarks

8:50am – 8:55am

Opening Remarks by HBS Club of Connecticut

Gautam Ramchandani

President

Harvard Business School Club of Connecticut

8:55am – 9:35am

Leaders Roundtable

"Industry Outlook"

Moderator:
Jesse Eisinger
Former Senior Writer
Condé Nast Portfolio

Speakers:
Mitchell Blutt
Chief Executive Officer
Consonance Capital

William Browder
Chief Executive Officer
Hermitage Capital Management

Michael Karsch
Founder
Karsch Capital Management

9:40am – 10:10am

Fireside Chat

"Thoughts on Distressed Opportunities, Bankruptcies and Turnarounds"

Speakers:
Harvey R. Miller
Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Douglas Teitelbaum
Managing Principal
Bay Harbour Management

10:10am – 10:40am

Coffee Break

10:40am – 11:25am

Leaders Roundtable

"Strategic Outlook for 2009"

Moderator:
Jenny Strasburg
Staff Writer
The Wall Street Journal

Speakers:
John H. Burbank III
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer
Passport Capital

Paul Glazer
President
Glazer Capital, LLC

Jeff Marwil
Partner
Proskauer Rose LLP

Richard Peterson
Managing Director
MarketPsy Capital LLC

*This session is off the record

11:30am – 12:15pm

Leaders Roundtable

"Investing in Hedge Funds - What the Future Holds"

Moderator:
Mary Pilon
Reporter
The Wall Street Journal – Dow Jones

Speakers:
Kevin Ferro
Chief Executive Officer
Ferro Capital LLC

Donald Lindsey
Chief Investment Officer
The George Washington University Investment Office

John Trammell
President
Cadogan Management, LLC

Victoria Vysotina
Associate Director
The Rockefeller Foundation

*This session is off the record

12:15pm – 12:20pm

Closing Remarks

12:20pm – 1:20pm

Closing Lunch Reception

*Please note agenda is subject to change