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Agenda

Day One

8:15

Check in, Registration, Continental Breakfast

8:55

Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:00

Keynote Address: The Next Set of Challenges for Global Investors
Abby Joseph Cohen, Senior Investment Strategist, Goldman Sachs; President, Global Markets Institute 

9:45

Next Generation of Asset Allocation Strategies
Lowell Yura, Executive Director, Asset Allocation & Currency, UBS Global Asset Management

10:15

Networking Coffee Break

10:30

CleanTech Investing—The Time Has Come
Moderator: Michael Molnar, Partner, Greentech Capital Advisors
Charles Gassenheimer, Chairman and CEO, Ener1
Ted Sullivan, Senior Solar Analyst, Lux Research
Tucker Twitmyer, Managing Director, Enertech Capital

11:30

Keynote Address: Market Consequences of Current Economic Conditions
Robert Doll, Vice Chairman, Chief Investment Officer, Black Rock

12:15

Networking Lunch

1:30

Alternative Investments: Key Hedge Fund Strategies Going Forward
Ken Heinz, CEO, Hedge Fund Research

2:15

Alternative Investments: The Real Estate Revival?
Moderator: Brad Case, PhD, Vice President, Research & Industry Information, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts®
Steven Brown, Senior Portfolio Manager–Real Estate, American Century Investment Management
Dave Esrig, CFA, Managing Director, JP Morgan Asset Management–Global Real Assets

3:00

Networking Coffee Break

3:15

Private Equity & Non-Traditional Alternative Investments
Moderator: Laura Stuart, Samson I LLC
Todd Dagres, Founder & General Partner, Spark Capital
Garrett Moran, The Blackstone Group
Bret Pearlman, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Elevation Partners

4:15

Interactive Case Study—Managing Search & Selection: How Savvy Investors Are Changing
Richard Berner, Esq., CFA, Private Investor

Charlotte B. Beyer, Founder & CEO, Institute for Private Investors

5:00

Adjournment


Day Two

8:15

Check In and Networking Breakfast

8:55

Introduction to Day Two

9:00

Keynote Address: Formula Investing: An Update
Joel Greenblatt, Author, The Little Book That Beats the Market; Founder and Managing Partner, Gotham Capital

9:45

Credit Risk, Fixed Income, High Yield & Investor Expectations
Marty Fridson, CFA, CEO, Fridson Investment Advisors

10:30

Networking Coffee Break

10:45

Emerging Markets of Today and Tomorrow
George Iwanicki, Managing Director, Emerging Markets Equity, J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Alec Young, International Equity Strategist, Standard & Poor's

11:30

Keeping Pace With Current Tax Changes
Bill Zatorski, Director, PriceWaterhouse Coopers

12:00

Best Practices In Investor-Advisor Relationships
Dawn Bennett, CEO, Bennett Financial Group

12:45

Adjournment