7:45am – 8:30am

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30am – 8:45am

Opening Remarks

8:45am – 9:40am

Keynote Panel

"The Game: What Does The Future Hold For Public Companies? – Is there no more need for the public company – Is the public company model dead"

Concerns over quarterly earnings. Hedge funds demanding changes. Issues over SarbOx. Questions about the CEO’s compensation. Clearly being a public company is no easy endeavor these days. And with so many well-funded private equity firms offering a chance for companies to go private why do companies want to stay public or go public? Is going public a necessity only for those companies that need the markets to raise capital? Will the tide eventually turn, whether it’s through legislation or a backlash against private equity and hedge funds? Listen as our panel discusses the current landscape for public companies and why being private is or isn’t the best course of action…

Moderator:
Dennis Berman
Reporter
The Wall Street Journal

Panelists:
Richard C. Breeden
Chief Investment Officer & CEO
Breeden Capital Management

Timothy C. Collins
Senior Managing Director & CEO
Ripplewood Holdings

Catherine Kinney
President & Co-COO
NYSE Euronext

Mark Nunnelly
Managing Director
Bain Capital

9:40am – 10:25am

Keynote Interview

"The View From Wall Street"
Interview with Goldman Sachs’ CEO Lloyd Blankfein

Goldman Sachs is Wall Street’s biggest investment bank and at the forefront of finding opportunity, whether it be abroad, private equity or even subprime housing loans. In this special interview hear Mr. Blankfein’s views on the current state of the deal environment, how Goldman Sachs is continuing to evolve and where I-banks will find opportunity and challenges going forward…

Keynote Speaker:
Lloyd Blankfein
Chairman & CEO
Goldman Sachs & Co.

Moderator:
Alan Murray
Assistant Managing Editor & Columnist
The Wall Street Journal

10:25am – 10:45am

Networking Break

10:45am – 11:20am

Keynote Interview

"The Economic View"
Interview with Glenn Hubbard, former chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and Dean, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

What is the economy going to do? It’s the question everyone asks before doing a deal. Be right and your chance of success goes up. Mis-time things and you could be dealing with a troubled business down the road. In this session hear as Mr. Hubbard, one of the country’s foremost economic experts, gives his take on what dealmakers should be focused on in the coming months – both in the U.S. and abroad.

Keynote Speaker:
Glenn Hubbard, Dean, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University

Moderator:
David Wessel, Deputy Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal

11:20am – 12:15pm

Keynote Interview

"The View From The Boardroom"
Interviews with Hank Greenberg and Carly Fiorina

Mr. Greenberg and Ms. Fiorina were two of the most well known CEOs before external issues caused them to step aside. In separate interviews, Mr. Greenberg at 11:20 and Ms. Fiorina at 11:45, each will discuss issues facing the modern CEO and what that means for companies considering acquisitions, overseas expansion or perhaps even going private.

Keynote Speakers:
Carly Fiorina
Former Chairman & CEO
Hewlett-Packard

Maurice R. Greenberg
Chairman & CEO
C.V. Starr & Co.

Moderator:
Alan Murray
Assistant Managing Editor & Columnist
The Wall Street Journal

12:15pm – 12:55pm

Networking Break

12:55pm – 2:55pm

Lunch & Keynote Interview

"The View From Washington"
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson

Since taking over Treasury last year, Henry Paulson has been a busy man – spending time on leveling the playing field with China, managing the dollar and seeking to make the U.S. financial markets more competitive. Listen as the former Goldman Sachs CEO discusses these issues as well as the continued push toward a global economy.

Keynote Speaker:
Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
Secretary
United States Department of Treasury

Moderator:
David Wessel
Deputy Bureau Chief
The Wall Street Journal

2:55pm – 3:30pm

Keynote Interview

"The View From The Private Equity World"
Interview With Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder of the Blackstone Group

Private equity has been front and center for the past several years as firms have raised funds once thought unfathomable and bought companies once thought too large to be taken private. But where is the industry headed? How big is too big? Is just about every company a true target to be taken private? Steve Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of the Blackstone Group, will discuss how Blackstone, which raised the largest private equity fund ever, is looking at the market and what issues private equity firms need to be most concerned about as they navigate the current environment.

Keynote Speaker:
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Chairman & CEO
The Blackstone Group

Moderator:
Dennis Berman
Reporter
The Wall Street Journal

3:30pm – 4:20pm

Keynote Interview

"The View From The Hedge Fund"
Interview With Eric Mindich, Chief Executive Officer, Eton Park Capital Management

Keynote Speaker:
Eric Mindich
Chief Executive Officer
Eton Park Capital Management

Moderator:
Gregory Zuckerman
Special Writer
The Wall Street Journal

4:20pm – 4:40pm

Networking Break

4:40pm – 5:30pm

Panel Discussion

"New Strategies in the Deal World"

The worlds of private and public companies are starting to overlap. Shareholders are re-evaluating the merits of short-term performance versus long-term profit investment. And boards are trying, albeit slowly, to adapt to all these changes. How can we make sense of this confusing new world? We call on a panel of those in the trenches to help understand the future of the Street and the modern corporation, whatever that means.

Moderator:
Dennis Berman
Reporter
The Wall Street Journal

Panelists:
Erin Callan
Managing Director, Investment Banking
Lehman Brothers

Julie Spellman Sweet
Partner, Corporate
Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Scott Stuart
Founder
Sageview Capital

5:30pm – 6:00pm

Keynote Interview

"The View From The Activist"
Interview With Carl Icahn

It’s the last thing that any CEO wants to hear: Carl Icahn has bought shares in your company. What it likely means is that he thinks your company is lagging, needs to be turned around and he has a plan to do just that. Disagree with him on that premise and you and your company will soon find itself in a fight, gathering plenty of attention from the press, shareholders and hedge funds. Just take a look at his skirmishes with management from Blockbuster, TimeWarner and Motorola among others… Listen as Mr. Icahn discusses the types of companies that interest him, what he seeks to do with them and the end result that he is looking for.

Keynote Speaker:
Carl Icahn
Chairman & President
Icahn Associates

Moderator:
Alan Murray
Assistant Managing Editor & Columnist
The Wall Street Journal

6:00pm

Networking Cocktail Reception

Wine-Tasting and Cocktail Reception on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Hosted by The Wall Street Journal wine columnists Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher and drinks columnist Eric Felten.

Every Friday Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher introduce Wall Street Journal readers to new wines and new experiences in their Weekend Journal column. And on Saturdays, Eric Felten asks How’s Your Drink in his James Beard Award-winning column. At this year’s Wall Street Journal Deals and Deal Makers Conference, Dottie and John will be on hand to lead a tasting of several interesting wines they’ve picked especially for the conference and Eric will mix up a favorite deal-maker cocktail – all on the floor of the NYSE. You’ll have the chance to meet Dottie, John and Eric, mingle with your fellow conference attendees and seal a deal while you’re enjoying a taste of something new.