PE Networking Chicago
Ticket Price: ONLY $495
9:00am Midwest Mid-Year Market Outlook
Backed by global data provider Thomson Reuters, Buyouts Magazine gives a snapshot of Midwest deal flow to date, and projections for the year ahead.
Matt Toole, Director, Deals Intelligence, Thomson Reuters
9:15am Keynote Interview
Shawn Wischmeier, Chief Investment Officer, Indiana Public Employees'
Retirement Fund
Interviewed by Dan Primack, Founder, PEHub
Mr. Wischmeier joined the $17 billion Indiana Public Employees'
Retirement Fund in 2006 as Chief Investment Officer with a plan to
diversify through alternatives. Here, he'll tell our delegates about
the steps he's made to ratchet up the pension's commitments to private
equity, his stance on fees, his preference on fund size and strategy,
and where he'll be placing bets over the next year.
9:45am Panel 1: How LPs are Responding to the New Market
A panel of LPs give a wide ranging and in-depth view of the limited partner perspective. Where are they allocating their alternative investment dollars? What about for the remainder of the year? These LPs will also answer that all important question: how can you best raise money from them?
Moderator:
David Toll, Editor, Buyouts Magazine
Speakers:
Gregory Jania, Partner, WP Global Partners
Ross Posner, Director, Allstate Investments
Marc Sacks, Senior Managing Director, Mesirow Financial
David Turner, Head of Private Equity, Guardian Life Insurance Co. Of America
Kathy Wanner, Partner, Adams Street
10:30am Coffee Break
10:50am Panel 2: Surviving and Thriving In The Credit Crunch
2007 traced the arc from boom to doom in the capital markets, as cheap, covenant-free debt went missing. With debt-fueled returns and purchase multiples both on the wane, equity components of deals are climbing. A panel of experts describe deal financing in this new market.
Moderator:
Jeremy Harrell, Managing Editor, Buyouts Magazine
Speakers:
William Glastris, Principal, Prospect Partners
Jonathan Leiman, Principal, American Capital Strategies
Ronald Kahn, Managing Director, Lincoln International
Devon Russell, Senior Managing Director, Madison Capital Funding
Carl Thoma, Co-Founder, Thoma Bravo
11:30am Panel 3: Getting Your Fund Raised in the Post-Mega- Fund Age
GPs set fundraising records in each of the last three years. Midway through 2008, the going may be a lot rougher. Fundraising experts here talk about what your pitch to LPs ought to be, where to find the money, and how to push your fund to the finish line. Tips on shaping your PPM.
Moderator:
Olga Loy, Partner, Mayer Brown
Speakers:
William Franklin, Managing Director, Conversus Asset Management
George Gaines, Partner, BerchWood Partners
Brian Gallagher, Partner, Twin Bridge Capital Partners
Bruce Ingram, Senior Vice President, GE Equity
Irwin Loud, Managing Director, Muller & Monroe Asset Management
12:15pm Networking Lunch sponsored by: 
1:20pm Keynote Address
Paul Finnegan, who co-heads Chicago's largest private equity shop, expounds on the state of the market. Plenty of war stories and deal anecdotes, as well as market analysis.
Paul Finnegan, Co-CEO, Madison Dearborn Partners
Interviewed by Jeremy Harrell, Managing Editor, Buyouts Magazine
1:50pm Coffee Break
2:10pm Panel 4: Outlook For Midwest Growth Equity, Turnaround Investing
After years of smoothly eclipsing deal and fundraising records without a shadow of a default, the LBO industry now faces a slowing economy, and portfolio companies that potentially will be struggling to hit benchmarks. How do GPs best manage an embattled portfolio? How can they capitalize on a down turning market?
Moderator:
Erin Griffith, Associate Editor, Buyouts Magazine
Speakers:
Thomas J. Danis, Managing Principal, RCP Advisors LLC
Scott Gilbertson, Principal, The Riverside Co.
Terry Theodore, Partner, Wynnchurch Capital
Rob Healy, Managing Partner, Chicago Growth Partners
Shoshana Vernick, Principal, Sterling Partners
3:00pm Networking Opportunity: Buyouts Deal Flow Circuit
In this structured networking event, meet the best and the brightest from the region. Hop from table to table. Collect business cards. Do a deal.
Participating Firms:
Alumni Capital Network
American Capital Strategies
Baird Private Equity
Chicago Growth Partners
Edgewater Funds
Frontenac Co.
Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc.
Harbour Group
Huron Capital Partners
Key Principal Partners
Lake Capital
Linden LLC
Linsalata Capital
Long Point Capital
Mason Wells
MCM Capital Partners
Merit Capital Partners
Pfingsten Partners, LLC
Prairie Capital
Prospect Partners
Riverside Co.
RoundTable Healthcare Partners
Smith Whiley & Co.
Sterling Partners
Superior Capital Partners
Svoboda Capital Partners
Thoma Bravo
Wind Point Partners
Wynnchurch Capital
5:00pm Cocktails
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