This year, our conference will draw some 750 alumni, professionals, and students for informative discussions on emerging trends in the private equity and venture capital communities.  We are pleased to be offering two keynote discussions, one luncheon dialogue, and six panels featuring private equity and venture capital sponsors, their third party advisors, as well as academic professionals from Columbia Business School and other leading academic institutions. 

Date: Friday, January 29, 2010
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Location: Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University, 2920 Broadway, New York, NY
Cost: $70 PE/VC member student; $100 non-member student / professor; $150 alumni; $200 general public (includes breakfast and lunch)

Keynote speakers:
- Kevin J. Conway - Managing Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.
discussion led by David MacKinnon - Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
- Wesley R. Edens - Founder and Co-Chairman of Fortress Investment Group LLC

Private Equity Panels:
- New Capital Structures: Creative Approaches to Sustainability and Stability
- The New Internationalism: Regulatory Practices and Global Private Equity Opportunities
Venture Capital Panel:
- Finding the Gem: What Defines a “Breakthrough Company” Today?
Distressed Investment Panel:
- A Case Study: Milacron Businesses Exit Chapter 11
Limited Partner Panel:
- Balancing Act: Examining the New GP/LP Paradigm
Real Estate Panel:
- Picking Up the Pieces: Real Estate Investing in the 21st Century’s Second Decade

To register, please go to: http://www.cbspevcconference.com.

Our thanks to Eric Tiltmann and Eugene Kenny of the Private Equity Committee for helping to organize this event.