Conference Agenda
Capital Creation 2008 provides you with a unique opportunity to forge new professional acquaintances and strengthen existing relationships whilst debating the challenges and turbulence that current market conditions present. Play an integral role in shaping the direction of the industry over the coming year whilst also benefiting from learning how to maintain or improve rates of returns during increasing market uncertainty.
Day One
Tuesday 16th September 2008
| 08:15 | Registration and morning coffee |
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| 09:15 |
Matthew Hudson, Managing Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP |
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| 09:30 | How the Mid-Market Needs to Adapt in Order to Cope with the Shock in the Credit Market Chairman: Michael Hoffman, Co-founder Palamon Capital Partners Ross Marshall, Chief Executive, Dunedin Vince O’Brien, Director, Montagu Private Equity Roberto Pilotto, Director, PPM Managers Tuomo Raasio, Head of Buyouts & Senior Partner, CapMan |
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| 10:00 | The Future Prospects for Global Venture Capital Simon Cook, Chief Executive Officer, DFJ Esprit LLP |
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| 10:30 | Maintaining Fund Performance: What Can Go Wrong and How to Avoid the Mistakes Chairman: Richard Green, Managing Partner, August Equity. Michael Diehl, General Partner, Activa Capital John Barber, Partner, Bridgepoint Capital Rod Selkirk, Chief Executive, Hermes Private Equity |
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| 11:00 | Coffee Break and Networking |
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| 11:30 |
Session Chair: Carol Kennedy, Senior Partner, Pantheon Ventures Christina Pamberg, European Head of Investor Relations, KKR Chris Davison, Head of Corporate Communications, Permira John Barber, Partner, Bridgepoint |
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| 12:00 | Short to Medium Term Expectations: Taking Stock of the International Debt Market Situation Chairman: Simon Walker, Chief Executive, British Venture Capital Association Paul Bail, Senior Director, Financial Sponsors Group- Leveraged Finance, Barclays David Blitzer, Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group* |
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| 12:30 | Alfresco Lunch on the Terrace |
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| Track A | Track B |
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| 14:00 |
Chairman: Mark Maclean, Managing Director, Matrix Private Funds Group Gary Le Seur, Partner, Scottish Equity Partners Harold Kaiser, Managing Partner, Litorina Kapital Mario Visioni, Partner, Alto Partners |
How to Add Value to Portfolio Companies in the Lead to Exit Session Chair: Jane Kirby, Director, Equity Dynamics Neil MacDougall, Managing Partner, Silverfleet Capital Christian Marriott, Director, Barclays Private Equity |
| 14:30 | The Prospects for Making Substantial Returns by Investing in Emerging and Mature Asian Economies Andrew Beaton, Managing Director, Capital Dynamics Willie W.L Kung, Chairman, Cathay Asia Seiko Okuyama, Director, Antfactory International |
Chairman: Klaus Matzka, Managing Partner, GCP Gamma Capital Partners Kurt Müller, Partner, Target Partners Pekka Mäki, Managing Director, 3TS Capital Partners Maurizio Caio, Managing Partner, TLcom Capital Richard Anton, Partner, Amadeus Capital |
| 15:00 |
Clemens von Berger, Managing Partner and CEO, AVIDA Group |
Re-evaluating the Relevance of Mezzanine During a Global Down-Turn Lorenzo Lorenzotti, Managing Director, Altium Capital Adrian Lurie, Investment Director, Indigo Capital |
| 15:30 |
Reto Börlin, Head of Natural Resources, Partners Group |
Sekou Kaalund, Managing Director and Head of Business Development, JP Morgan |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break and Networking |
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| 16:30 | What State is the Industry in Now and How to Maximise Our Chances of Survival Plenary Speech and Discussion led by Jon Moulton, Managing Partner, Alchemy Partners Panellists: Janusz Guy, Managing Director, Carlyle Group* Jonny Maxwell, Global Head Private Equity Fund of Funds, Allianz* David Blitzer, Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group* |
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| 17:00 |
David Strahan, Critically Acclaimed Author and Producer, BBC Money Programme & Horizon |
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| 18:00 - 18:15 | Chairman’s Closing Comments
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| 20:00 | Capital Creation 2008 GALA DINNER AND COCKTAILS. Until late. You’ve been focussed and hard working all day, so now its time to relax and enjoy yourself! All attendees are invited to attend The Capital Creation Gala Dinner and Cocktail Evening. |
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Day Two
Wednesday 17th September 2008
| 08:30 | Registration and morning coffee |
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| 09:00 | Chairman’s Welcome Address
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| 09:15 | Achieving Team Stability Over the Long Term and Managing Generational Changes in the Business Chairman: Eric Warner, Head of M&A and Private Equity Europe, Mercer Giuseppe Campanella, CEO of Fund of Fund, State Street Global Investments Richard Green, Managing Partner, August Equity Roberto Pilotto, Partner, PPM Managers |
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| 09:45 |
Chairman: Elly Livingstone, Partner and Head of Global Secondaries, Pantheon Ventures Christiaan de Lint, Partner, Headway Capital Partners Marleen Groen, Principal Founder & CEO, Greenpark Capital Brenlen Jinkens, Managing Director, Cogent Partners |
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| 10:15 | Coffee Break and Opportunity to Network |
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| 10:45 |
Karsten Langer, Partner & Head European Origination, The Riverside Company |
How to Optimise Returns as a Private Equity Institutional Investor Andrew Claerhout, Managing Director, Teachers' Private Capital Neil Harper, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Helen Steers, Partner, Pantheon Ventures |
| 11:15 | Listed Private Equity: Alternative or Complement to Limited Partnership Funds Session Chair: Andrea Lowe, Principal, iPEIT Wilken von Hodenberg, Spokesman of the Board of Management, Deutsche Beteiligungs AG Neil Sneddon, Director, Private Equity Louisa Symington-Mills, Analyst- Alternative Investments, ABN AMRO Bank |
What Real Assets Can Bring to Your Portfolio Chairman: Pete Flynn, Director, Candela Capital Richard Bowley, Co-founder, Stafford Timberland Simon Oddie, Co-founder, Gemini Oil & Gas Thomas Rottner, Partner, Platina Finance Richard Noble, Partner, SkyTech AIC |
| 11:45 | Coffee Break and Opportunity to Network |
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| 12:05 |
Chairman: Pete Flynn, Director, Candela Capital David Seligman, Managing Director, Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity Select, LLP Martin Dreher, Director, ABN AMRO David Jeffries, Partner, Parish Capital |
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| 12:35 |
Chairman: Vince O’Brien, Director, Montagu Private Equity |
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| 13:15 | End of Conference |
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