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IFC’s
10th Annual Global Private Equity Conference in association
with EMPEA |
| May 15-16, 2008 – Washington,
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10th Global Private Equity Conference:
Creating Opportunities and Building Value
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC
May 15-16, 2008 |
| Click here to Download Agenda (*. doc) |
| AGENDA ***as of May 5, 2008 |
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| THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2008 |
| Amphitheatre Foyer |
7:00-9:00 AM |
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST RECEPTION |
| Amphitheatre |
9:00 AM |
MC REMARKS AND WELCOME:
Haydee Celaya, Director of Private Equity and Investment Funds, International Finance Corporation |
| Amphitheatre |
9:15 AM |
OPENING REMARKS
Robert Zoellick, President, World Bank |
| Amphitheatre |
9:30-10:00 AM |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER PRESENTATION:
Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International |
| Amphitheatre |
10:00 AM |
PANEL: EMERGING MARKETS PRIVATE EQUITY IN 2008 |
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What were the major developments over the past year? |
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What is the current state of the market? |
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Where are the current opportunities for great returns? |
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What predictions are there for the future? What developments will impact the asset |
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class most profoundly? |
| Moderator: Roger Leeds, Chairman, EMPEA |
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Steven Cowan, Managing Director, PCGI |
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Paul Fletcher, Senior Partner, Actis |
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Joseph Schull, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus International |
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David Wilton, Manager, International Finance Corporation |
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| Amphitheatre Foyer |
10:50 AM |
COFFEE BREAK |
| Amphitheatre Foyer |
11:00 AM |
PANEL: ASIA: DRIVING EMERGING MARKETS PRIVATE EQUITY |
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Can they sustain the growth of the last three years? |
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What opportunities are being developed regionally as a result of interest in India and China? |
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How has the Asian opportunity changed over the last decade? |
| Moderator: Prakash Mehta, Partner, Akin Gump |
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Nicholas Bloy, Director, Navis Capital |
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Rob Petty, Managing Partner, Clearwater Capital |
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John Zhao, CEO, Hony Capital |
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| Atrium Hall |
12:00PM |
LUNCH |
| Amphitheatre |
1:30 PM |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER PRESENTATION: |
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David Hale, Economist, David Hale Economics |
| Amphitheatre |
2:00 PM |
PANEL: WHERE IS THE FRONTIER IN EMERGING MARKETS PE? |
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Which markets represent the frontier emerging markets private equity? |
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What lessons are they learning from more developed private equity markets? |
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How is private equity in these regions different and what can more developed private equity |
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markets learn from them? |
| Moderator: Carlos Perry, Chief Operating Officer, EMPEA |
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Yvonne Bakkum, Director of Private Equity, FMO- Netherlands Development Finance Company |
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David Do, Managing Director, Vietnam Investments |
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Dale Lefebrve, Managing Director, AIC |
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Davinder Sikand, Regional Managing Partner, Aureos Africa |
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| Amphitheatre Foyer |
3:00 PM |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:30
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BREAKOUTS –REGIONAL |
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REGIONAL AFRICA |
| Moderator: Ralph Keitel, Senior Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation |
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Richard Akwei, Africa/Middle East Investment Manager, The Rohatyn Group |
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Thomas Gibian, CEO, Emerging Capital Partners |
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Claudia Koch, Partner, Ethos |
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Papa Ndiaye, CEO, AFIG Funds |
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CENTRAL EUROPE & RUSSIA |
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| Moderator: Jennifer Choi, Director of Research, EMPEA |
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Leslie Hawrylyshyn, Founder & Co-Managing Partner, EVU |
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Michael Katsnelson, Director & Head of Moscow Representative office, Quadriga Capital Russia |
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Bill Morrow, Managing Director & COO, MidEuropa |
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Richard Sobel, CEO, Alfa Capital |
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LATIN AMERICA |
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| Moderator: Jennifer Choi, Director of Research, EMPEA |
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Andre Burger, Partner, FAMA |
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Luc Gerard, President, Tribeca |
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Alex Rossi, Managing Director, Latin Idea |
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Jesus Zamora, Chief Executive Officer & Principal Managing Director, Enfoca |
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| Oceanic A&B |
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MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA |
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| Moderator: Hany Assaad, Head, Middle East & North Africa, Private Equity & Investment Funds, International Finance |
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Omar Chikhaoui, Capital North Africa |
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Hisham El-Khazindar, Co-Founder, Citadel |
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Nashat Masri, Partner, Foursan |
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Aziz Mebarek, Executive Partner, Tuninvest |
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| Hemisphere A |
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SOUTHERN EUROPE & TURKEY |
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| Moderator: Kanako Sekine, Director, EBRD |
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Leon Batagelj, Managing Director, Poteza |
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Mihalis Madianos, Partner, Global Finance |
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Evren Unver, Director, Turkven |
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| Amphitheatre |
4:30 PM |
PANEL: GLOBAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PRIVATE EQUITY |
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Why is measuring impact important? |
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What is the impact of private equity activity on the employment of existing firms and the |
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tendency to open new facilities? |
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What are the consequences of private equity investment for the governance of private firms? |
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A discussion of efforts across the globe to make the case for PE and VC benefits. |
| Moderator: Sarah Alexander, President, EMPEA |
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Thomas Franco, Chairman, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. |
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Mark Heesen, President, NVCA |
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Jeff Leonard, President & CEO, Global Environment Fund |
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David Wilton, Manager, Internacional Finance Corporation |
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| Atrium Hall |
5:30-7:00 PM |
COCKTAIL RECEPTION |
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| AGENDA |
| FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2008 |
| Meridian C |
7:00-8:15 AM |
LP BREAKFAST (By invitation only) |
| Amphitheatre Foyer |
7:30-8:30 AM |
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST/REFRESHMENTS |
| Amphitheatre |
8:30 AM |
MC OPENING REMARKS |
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Sarah Alexander, President, EMPEA |
| Amphitheatre |
8:45 AM |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER |
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Lars Thunell, Executive VP, International Finance Corporation |
| Amphitheatre |
9:15 AM |
PANEL: CLEANTECH: DRIVING NEW MODELS |
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Is
Cleantech driving new business and financing models?
What are they? How are they different? |
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some areas of Cleantech investment (water, solar, etc.)
work better than others for private equity? |
| Moderator: Nicholas Parker, Chairman & Managing Partner, Cleantech Group LLC |
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Wayne Keast, Chief Executive, Consensus |
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Shin Kim, Investment Specialist, Asian Development Bank |
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Jeff Leonard, President & CEO, Global Environmental Fund |
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Vivek Tandon, Co-Founder & General Partner, Aloe Private Equity |
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| Amphitheatre Foyer |
10:15
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COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:30 AM |
BREAKOUTS – TOPICAL |
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| Hemisphere A |
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SECONDARIES |
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| Moderator: David de Weese, General Partner, Paul Capital |
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Craig Marmer, Partner, Probitas |
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Chris Perriello, Principal, AlpInves |
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Rudy Scarpa, Partner, Pantheon |
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Philip Tsai, Executive Director, Secondary Market Advisory, UBS |
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| Hemisphere B |
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HEALTHCARE, BIOTECH & LIFE SCIENCE |
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| Moderator: Stephen M. Sammut, Wharton Health Care Systems; Venture Partner, Burrill & Company |
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Ngozi Edozien, EVHA |
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Raja Parthasarathy, Principal, IDFC |
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Marcus Regueira, FIR Capital |
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Heather Sherwin, Fund Manager, Bioventures Healthcare Fund |
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Zhi Yang, Bioveda China |
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| Meridian D&E |
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THE SMALL IN PE: MICRO-EQUITY AND SMALL ENTERPRISE |
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| Moderator: Allen Hammond, Vice President for Innovation and Special Projects, World Resources Institute |
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Lauren Burnhill, Chief Investment Office of Global Investments, Accion |
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Sonal Shah, Head of Global Development Initiatives, Google.org |
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Chris West, Deputy Director, Shell Foundation |
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Jurie Willemse, Founder & CEO, GroFin |
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| Oceanic A&B |
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DEAL STRUCTURING |
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| Moderator: Peter O’Driscoll, Partner, Orrick Herrington Sutcliffe LLP |
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Mike Calvey, CEO, Baring Vostok Private Equity |
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Peter Nolan, Senior Vice President, Control Risks |
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Gavin Heron, Vice-President - Latin America Structured Finance, Standard Bank |
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Vishal Kapur, Vice President, Avigo |
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MARKETING YOUR FUND TO LPs |
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| Moderator: Stephen Moseley, President, Stepstone Group LLC |
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Amitava Ghosal, Global Investment House |
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Cengiz Selman, Founding Partner, Acacia Advisors, LLC |
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Søren Thinggaard Hansen, Head of Private Equity, INDUSTRIENS PENSIONSFORSIKRING A/S |
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| Amphitheatre |
11:30
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PANEL: INFRASTRUCTURE—BUILDING THE DEVELOPING WORLD |
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What is the state of infrastructure investing in emerging markets? |
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Where is the smart money going—asset-specific investors or geographic specialists—and why? |
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How did the credit crunch affect infrastructure investments? What are the long-term ramifications of a US recession? |
| Moderator: Rashad Kaldany, Director Infrastructure, International Finance Corporation |
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Rauf Diwan, Senior Partner & CEO, EMP |
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Jim Farley, Babcock & Brown |
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Michael Till, Partner, Actis |
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| Atrium Hall |
12:30 PM |
LUNCHEON RECEPTION |
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2:00 PM |
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS |
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See confirmed speakers to date – with link to 2008 speakers page. |
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click here to download the Provisional Agenda_IFC 10th Global PE Conference |
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