8:00am – 8:55am

Breakfast
Sponsored by Lehman Brothers

 

8:55am - 9:00am

Opening Remarks


9:00am – 9:05am

Opening Remarks by

Gautam Ramchandani
President
Harvard Business School Club of Connecticut

 

9:05am 9:10am

Conference Chairperson Remarks by
Brian Ong
Senior Managing Director, Forensic and Litigation Consulting
FTI Consulting


9:10am – 9:40am

Trey Beck
Managing Director and Member of Executive Committee
D. E. Shaw Investment Management

*This session is closed to the press


9:45am – 10:25am

Panel Discussion Presented by FTI Consulting

"Where to Invest Today Given Market Disruption"

Moderator:

Keith Cooper

Senior Managing Director, Corporate Finance

FTI Consulting

Panelists:

Gustavo Dominguez

Managing Director

Gottex Fund Management

Joshua W. Easterly

AmSSG Speciality Lending Group

Goldman Sachs

Joel Holsinger

Managing Director

Atalaya Capital Management


10:25am – 10:55am

Coffee Break

Sponsored by Capital IQ


10:55am – 11:35am

Panel Discussion

“Leadership Views: A Discussion on the State of the Hedge Fund Industry"

Moderator:

Brian Ong
Senior Managing Director, Forensic and Litigation Consulting
FTI Consulting

Panelists:

Patrick Blott

Founder

Blott Asset Management, L.L.C.

John Doscas

President

Hudson Bay Capital Management LP

Theodore Katramados
Director
TAG Associates LLC

Douglas W. Squasoni
Director, Alternative Investment Strategies
BNY Mellon | Asset Management

Doug Wurth

Managing Director

JPMorgan Private Bank

*This session is closed to the press


11:40am – 12:10pm

Douglas Teitelbaum
Managing Partner
Bay Harbour Management


12:15pm – 12:45pm

"In the year 2525..."

Jaeson Dubrovay
Senior Consultant - Hedge Funds
NEPC


12:45pm – 1:45pm

Lunch
Sponsored by Fidelity Prime Services


1:45pm – 2:15pm

Robert Discolo
Managing Director, Head of Hedge Funds Strategies Group
AIG Investments

Interviewed by:

Alissa Grad

VP & Director of Marketing & Investor Relations

D.B. Zwirn & Co.

*This session is closed to the press


2:20pm – 2:50pm

Steven Galbraith
Principal
Maverick Capital


2:50pm – 3:20pm

Coffee Break


3:20pm – 3:50pm

Ben Appen
Senior Investment Officer and Founding Partner
Magnitude Capital, LLC


3:55pm – 4:25pm

Phillip Goldstein
Principal and Co-Founder
Bulldog Investors


4:30pm – 5:00pm

Daniel Zwirn
Managing Partner
D.B. Zwirn & Co.

Interviewed by:

Kevin B. Dunleavy

Vice Chairman, Head of Global Hedge Fund Strategy and Client Relationships

Merrill Lynch

*This session is closed to the press


5:00pm – 5:05pm

Closing Remarks

 

5:05pm - 5:10pm

Conference Chairperson Remarks by
Robert Brunner
Senior Managing Director - Technology
FTI Consulting


5:10pm – 6:10pm

Cocktail Reception

 

*Please note agenda is subject to change

 

 

May 7, 2008
8:00am – 6:10pm

New York, NY

Event Price: $875

Event location will be disclosed to attendees upon completion of the registration process.

 

Event Overview

The Harvard Business
School Club of Connecticut

Keynote Speakers

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