7:30am - 8:25am

Breakfast

8:25am - 8:30am

Opening Remarks

8:30am - 8:40am

Conference Chairperson Opening Remarks

Basil Imburgia
Senior Managing Director
FTI Consulting

8:40am - 8:45am

Introducing Kevin J. Conway:

Simon J. Lincoln
Partner
Lincoln Berger LLP

8:45am - 9:15am

Kevin J. Conway
Managing Partner
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

Interviewed by:

David Snow
Executive Editor & Director
PEI Media

*This session is off the record

9:20am - 9:50am

Stewart Gross
Managing Director and Member of Investment Committee
Lightyear Capital

9:55am - 10:35am

“M&A Pulse: Due Diligence Update in the Distressed and Turnaround Markets”

Panel Discussion
Presented by FTI Consulting

Moderator:

Jason S. Frankl
Senior Managing Director
FTI Consulting

Panelists:
Jeffrey Houle
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Bruce J. Prager
Partner
Latham & Watkins

10:35am - 11:00am

Coffee Break

11:00am - 11:05am

Introducing Steven Klinsky:

Alexander T. Leventhal
President & Chief Executive Officer
Broadgate Consultants, LLC

11:05am - 11:35am

Steven Klinsky
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
New Mountain Capital

Interviewed by:

Francesco Guerrera
US Finance and Business Editor
Financial Times

*This session is off the record

11:40am - 12:20pm

“Current Developments in Private Equity Fund Formation”

Panel Discussion
Presented by K&L Gates

Moderator:
Ricardo J. Hollingsworth
Partner
K&L Gates

Panelists:

Douglas Jarrett
Partner
BerchWood Partners

Todd Kesselman
Managing Director
Precision Capital

Robert B. Nolan, Jr.
Managing Partner
Halyard Capital

Ravi Vish
Chief Executive Officer
WestLB Mellon Private Equity Group

*This session is off the record

12:20pm - 1:20pm

Lunch

1:20pm - 2:00pm

"Valuations: FASB 157 and Other Considerations in the Financial Markets"

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Scott E. Linch
Partner - Transaction Advisory Services
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P.

Panelists:
Tom Angell
Principal-in-Charge
Rothstein Kass

Joseph Killackey
Principal
NewSpring Capital

John Malfettone
Partner, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
Oak Hill Capital Partners

Kevin Reymond
CFO
Palladium Equity Partners

Michael I. Wirth
Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
Kohlberg Capital Corp.

2:05pm - 2:35pm

"Venture Capital After Armageddon"

Lawrence D. Lenihan
CEO & Managing Director
FirstMark Capital

2:40pm - 3:20pm

“Cross-border Transactions: Opportunities, Challenges, and Outlook”

Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Matt Levin
Staff Writer
Private Equity International

Panelists:

Brandon Farley
Managing Director
Bowne Virtual Dataroom

Kevin F. Griffin
Director and Head of Private Investing
Octavian Funds

Charles R. Spector
Managing Partner
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

Scott Troeller
Partner
Veronis Suhler Stevenson

3:20pm - 3:50pm

Coffee Break

3:50pm - 4:20pm

Ernest Jacquet
Managing Partner, Member of Executive Committee, and Member of Investment Committee
Parthenon Capital

4:25pm - 4:55pm

Marcos A. Rodriguez
Founder and Managing Partner
Palladium Equity Partners

*This session is off the record

4:55 - 5:00pm

Closing Remarks

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Closing Reception

*Please note agenda is subject to change