Agenda (tentative)

Time Track1: Track2: Track3:
7:30-8:45am Registration and Breakfast
8:45-9:40am

Opening Keynote
Dan D’Aniello
Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Carlyle Group

9:40-10:00am
Networking Break
10:00-11:00am

Opportunities in the
Middle Market

Moderator:
Kevin M. Tormey
Choate, Hall & Stewart

Panelists:
David J. Ament
Parthenon Capital Partners

John Black
HIG Capital

Greg Bondick
Windjammer Capital

Travis Metz
Monitor Clipper Partners


Real Estate

Moderator:
Chris Gordon

MIT / Harvard

Panelists:
Keith B. Gelb
Rockpoint Group

John P. McCarthy
Starwood Capital

Brad Takala
The Davis Companies

Rohit Wanchoo
Grove International

Wistar Wood
AEW Capital Management


Creating Value through
Operational Improvements

Moderator:
John W. Vester
Ernst & Young LLP

Panelists:
David Belluck

Riverside Partners

Brian Chu
Bain Capital

Tim O’Connor
Bain & Co.

Troy Stanfield
Castanea Partners

Stephen Vicinelli
TIFF


11:00-11:15am Networking Break
11:15-12:15pm

Emerging Markets Outlook

Moderator:
Jennifer Choi
EMPEA

Panelists:
Hurley Doddy
Emerging Capital Partners

Christian Giannini
Chinavest Ltd

Julio F. Lastres
Darby Overseas

Sarayu Srinivasan
BRIC Investor, ex-Intel Capital


The Boundaries of the
Private Equity Industry

Moderator:
Jeff Williams
Tudor Ventures

Panelists:
Michael Pugatch

HarbourVest Partners

Alexander Loucopoulos
Sciens Capital Management


Energy

Moderator:
John Parsons
MIT Sloan

Panelists:
Paul Edwards

STAX

Thomas Flaherty
Booz & Co.

Madison Grose
Starwood Energy

Richard Dowd
Boston Partner

Carter Ward
ArcLicght Capital Partners

 
12:15-12:45pm Networking Break
12:45-1:10pm Lunch
1:10-2:00pm

Fireside Keynote Chat:
Moderator: Howard Anderson, Senior Lecturer, MIT
Keynote: Paul J. Salem
Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners

2:00-2:30pm Networking Break
2:30-3:30pm

Growth Equity

Moderator:
Kimberly K. Reinert
Ernst & Young

Panelists:
Roy Burns
TA Associates

Brian Shortsleeve
General Catalyst

Scott Stevens
William Blair & Co

Charlie Yie
Ampersand Ventures

Jim Wilder
Housatonic Partners


Technology, Media
& Telecommunications

Moderator:
Rory Altman
Altman Vilandrie

Panelists:
Hythem El-Nazer
TA Associates

John P. Ward, Jr.
Key Venture Partners

Eliot P. S. Merrill
Carlyle Group


Distressed Investing
and Turnarounds

Moderator:
Roy Messing
FTI Consulting

Panelists:
Miles Arnone

American Capital

David Coles
Alvarez & Marsal

Peter M. Palladino
Choate, Hall & Stewart

Trevor Houston
Citi


3:30-3:45pm Networking Break
3:45-4:30pm

Closing Keynote
Carl Ferenbach
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Berkshire Partners LLC

4:30-6:00pm Cocktail Reception