MAIN SPEAKERS

	Opening Keynote: Scott A. Schoen Co-President, THL
	Lunch Keynote: Ken Mehlman Managing Director, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co
	Closing Keynote: Glenn Creamer co-Founder and Senior Managing Director, Providence Equity
	VIP Dinner Keynote: CJ Brucato Partner, ABRY Partners

The 6th Annual MIT Sloan Private Equity Symposium will take place on Friday, April 3rd, 2009, at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This year’s symposium, “Finding Opportunity in Uncertainty: Investment Strategies for a New Private Equity Landscape”, will explore the evolution of investment strategies given the changing economic and financing environment.

Unique Forum to Address Cutting-Edge Trends and Recent Industry Developments
The MIT Sloan Private Equity Symposium is one of the leading student-run private equity conferences in the country, with approximately 300-400 industry professionals and students attending each year.  Past years’ keynote speakers have included prominent industry leaders such as Marty Mannion (Summit Partners), David Rubenstein (The Carlyle Group), and Bill Janeway (Warburg Pincus).

This year’s symposium will include nine panel discussions which will provide an engaging and interactive forum for senior industry professionals to share their views on highly relevant topics such as:

- The LP Perspective: Asset Allocation in Changing Times
- Creating Value through Operational Improvements
- Distressed Investing & Turnarounds
- Investing across the capital structure
- Opportunities in the Middle Market
- Energy and Infrastructure Markets
- Secondary Private Equity
- Technology, Media and Telecommunications
- Emerging Markets