8:00 - 9:00am

Breakfast

9:00 - 9:15am

Opening Remarks

9:15 - 9:45am

R. David Andrews          
President and Managing General Partner
Gryphon Investors

9:50 - 10:30am

Panel 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 - 11:00am

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:30am

Fred Malek      
Chairman        
Thayer Lodging Group

Interviewed by:

Jesse Eisinger
Senior Writer
Condé Nast Portfolio

11:35 - 12:05pm

Jeffrey Stevenson      
Managing Partner and Co-Chief Executive Officer 
Veronis Suhler Stevenson

12:05 - 1:05pm

Lunch
Sponsored by Bowne Virtual Dataroom

1:05 - 1:45pm

Panel 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 - 2:20pm

Joshua Friedman         
Co-Chairman & Co-CEO          
Canyon Partners, LLC

2:20 - 2:45pm

Coffee 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 - 3:55pm

Brett 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 - 4:00pm

Closing Remarks

4:00 - 5:00pm

Cocktail Reception