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Contact Michelle Haigh, Conference Co-Chair
Tel: (215) 917-6601
Email: mhaigh@wharton.upenn.edu



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Panels

Market Outlook
Limited Partner Perspectives
Emerging Market Opportunities
Distressed Investing: Private Equity vs. Hedge Funds
VC: Managing Successful Exits
VC: Into the Next Cycle
Buyouts: Operational Value Add
Sourcing and Bidding Strategies
Managing a Private Equity Career

Market Outlook

Panelists include:
Bill Baumgart, Managing Director, UBS Financial Sponsors
Michael Bingle, Managing Director, Silver Lake Partners
Peter Bollier, Director, 3i
Donald B. Marron, Chairman, CEO and Founder, Lightyear Capital
Erik R. Hirsch, Chief Investment Officer, Hamilton Lane
Salem Shuchman, Partner, Apax Partners

MODERATOR:
Marilyn Sobel, Head of PE Practice, Paul Weiss LLP

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Limited Partner Perspectives

Panelists include:
Chris Douvos, Senior Investment Professional, The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF)
Barry J. Gonder, General Partner, Grove Street Advisors
James Hahn, Managing Director, Alpine Alternative Investments
                    and CEO, Global Venture Network
Andrew Kwee, Senior VP, Government of Singapore Special Investments

MODERATOR:
Cory Pulfrey, Founder and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners

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Emerging Market Opportunities

Panelists include:
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
Chris Wells, Head of PE Practice, Coudert Brothers LLP

MODERATOR:
Thomas C. Barry, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Zephyr Management, L.P.

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Distressed Investing: Private Equity vs. Hedge Funds

Panelists include:
Jeff Aronson, Angelo Gordon
David Matlin, Founder and CEO, Matlin Patterson
Eric Rosen, Managing Director, Onex Investment Corp.
Rick Schnall, Partner, Clayton Dubilier & Rice

MODERATOR:
David Ying, Partner, Miller Buckfire

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VC: Managing Successful Exits

Panelists include:
Paul Deninger, Chairman, Broadview
Sasha Grutman, Principal, TH Lee Putnam Ventures
Mark Menell, Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners
Deven Parekh, Partner, Insight Venture Partners
Doug Petillo, VP, Edison Ventures
Louis M. Rappaport, Partner, Blank Rome LLP

MODERATOR:
Dan Primack, Editor, Thomson Venture Economics

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VC: Into the Next Cycle

Panelists include:
Jon Bayless Ph.D., General Partner, Sevin Rosen Funds
F. Javier Fernandez Ph.D., Managing Director, TL Ventures
Philip Gianos, General Partner, Interwest Partners
Ross Goldstein, Managing Director and Co-Founder,
            Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures
Brian Hayhurst, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
Sanjay Subhedar, General Partner, Storm Ventures

MODERATOR:
Ed Paisley, Managing Editor, The Deal

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Buyouts: Operational Value Add

Panelists include:
Paul D. Carbery, Managing Director, Frontenac Company
George Corrigan, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry International
Chris Hadley, Principal, Berkshire Partners
Ramanan Raghavendran, Managing Director, TH Lee
David Simon, Vice President, Littlejohn & Co.

MODERATOR:
Jeffrey C. Hammes, Partner, Kirkland Ellis

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Sourcing and Bidding Strategies

Panelists include:
John Buck, Partner, Cerberus Capital Management
Oliver Frey, Partner, Cinven
Paul Levy, Founder, JLL Partners
Derek A. McDowell, Partner, Trivest Partners
Richard P. Schifter, Managing Director, Texas Pacific Group

MODERATOR:
Justin Abelow, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey

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Managing a Private Equity Career

Panelists include:
Nirav Desai, Paladin Capital Group
Eugene Krichevsky, American Capital
Brian Modesitt, Vestar Capital
Howard Steyn, Bain Capital Ventures
Alexandra Zhang, Apax Partners

MODERATOR:
Denise Palmieri, Director, The Pinnacle Group

 




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