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Agenda

Friday, January 21

Conference Location: Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue

7:30 - 8:30

Registration and Networking Breakfast

   

8:30 - 9:00

Opening Address

 
  • Andreas Beroutsos, Founder and Director, PE Practice, McKinsey
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    9:15 - 10:00

    Morning Keynote

     
  • Glenn Hutchins, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Silver Lake Partners
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    10:00 - 10:30

    Networking Coffee Break

       

    10:30 - 11:45

    Panel - Market Outlook

     
  • Moderator: Marilyn Sobel, Head of PE Practice, Paul Weiss LLP

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  • Bill Baumgart, Managing Director, UBS Financial Sponsors

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  • Michael Bingle, Managing Director, Silver Lake Partners

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  • Peter Bollier, Director, 3i

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  • Erik R. Hirsch, Chief Investment Officer, Hamilton Lane

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  • Donald B. Marron, Chairman, CEO and Founder, Lightyear Capital

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  • Salem Shuchman, Partner, Apax Partners

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    Panel - Limited Partners

     
  • Moderator: Cory Pulfrey, Founder and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley AIP

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  • Chris Douvos,  Senior Investment Professional, The Investment Fund
                         for Foundations (TIFF)

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  • Barry J. Gonder, General Partner, Grove Street Advisors

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  • James Hahn, Managing Director, Alpine Alternative Investments
                         and CEO, Global Venture Network

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  • Andrew Kwee, Senior VP, Government of Singapore Special Investments

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    12:00 - 2:00

    Luncheon - Afternoon Address (1:15 - 1:45)

     
  • Howard S. Marks, Co-Founder and Chairman, Oaktree Capital Management
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    2:00 - 3:15

    Panel - Venture Capital: Managing Successful Exits

     
  • Moderator: Dan Primack, Editor, Thomson Venture Economics

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  • Paul Deninger, Chairman, Broadview, a division of Jefferies

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  • Sasha Grutman, Principal, TH Lee Putnam Ventures
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  • Mark Menell, Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners
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  • Deven Parekh, Partner, Insight Venture Partners
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  • Doug Petillo, VP, Edison Ventures
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  • Louis M. Rappaport, Partner, Blank Rome LLP
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    Panel - Sourcing and Bidding

     
  • Moderator: Justin Abelow, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey
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  • John Buck, Partner, Cerberus Capital Management
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  • Oliver Frey, Partner, Cinven
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  • Paul Levy, Founder, JLL Partners
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  • Derek A. McDowell, Partner, Trivest Partners
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  • Richard P. Schifter, Managing Director, Texas Pacific Group
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    Panel - Distressed Investing: Private Equity vs. Hedge Funds

     
  • Moderator: David Ying, Partner, Miller Buckfire Lewis Ying LLC
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  • Jeff Aronson, Angelo Gordon
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  • David Matlin, Founder and CEO, Matlin Patterson
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  • Eric Rosen, Managing Director, Onex Investment Corp.
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  • Rick Schnall, Partner, Clayton Dubilier & Rice
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    3:15 - 3:45

    Networking Coffee Break

       

    3:45 - 5:00

    Panel - Venture Capital: Into the Next Cycle

     
  • Moderator: Ed Paisley, Managing Editor, The Deal
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  • Jon Bayless Ph.D., General Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds
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  • F. Javier Fernandez Ph.D., Managing Director, TL Ventures
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  • Philip Gianos, General Partner, Interwest Partners
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  • Ross Goldstein, Managing Director and Co-Founder,
                       Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures
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  • Brian Hayhurst, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
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  • Sanjay Subhedar, General Partner, Storm Ventures
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    Panel - Buyouts: Operational Value Add

     
  • Moderator: Jeffrey C. Hammes, Partner, Kirkland Ellis
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  • Paul D. Carbery, Managing Director, Frontenac Company

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  • George Corrigan, Senior Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International
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  • Chris Hadley, Principal, Berkshire Partners
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  • Ramanan Raghavendran, Managing Director, TH Lee
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  • David Simon, Vice President, Littlejohn & Co.
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    Panel - Emerging Market Opportunities

     
  • Moderator: Thomas C. Barry, Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
                         Zephyr Management, L.P.
  • Thomas C. Barry, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zephyr Management, L.P.
  • Thomas R. Gibian, Managing Director, Emerging Markets Partnership
  • Eyal Kaplan, General Partner, Walden Israel
  • Istvan Szoke, Principal, Advent International
  • Stephanie Von Friedburg, Division Manager, International Finance Corporation
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  • Chris Wells, Head of PE Practice, Coudert Brothers LLP
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    5:00

    Cocktail Reception & Sponsor Marketplace

       
     

    Panel - Managing a Private Equity Career

     
  • Moderator: Denise Palmieri, Director, The Pinnacle Group
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  • Nirav Desai, Paladin Capital Group
  • Brian Modesitt, Vestar Capital
  • Eugene Krichevsky, American Capital
  • Howard Steyn, Bain Capital Ventures
  • Alexandra Zhang, Apax Partners
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    6:30

    Closing Remarks and Parting Gifts

       

    ARRIVE EARLY / STAY FOR THE CLOSING COCKTAIL

    As a promotion, the Conference will present 64MB Sandisk USB flash drives to the first 200 attendees. Arrive early to receive your complementary flash drive.

    The Conference will also raffle off over $10,000 in prizes during the Closing Cocktail. Prizes include a 42” Plasma TV, Apple iPod, Tiffany’s Jewelry, Dom Perignon Champagne, a Complete Business Library from Wharton School Publishing and other items.

     


     

     




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