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Programme Wednesday 14 March 2007
Programme Thursday 15 March 2007
 
WEDNESDAY 14 March 2007

LPs' FORUM
 
09.30
 
LPs’ Registration and Welcome Coffee
 
10.30
   
Welcome Address by the EVCA Chairman

Javier Loizaga, EVCA Chairman 2006-2007, Mercapital S.L.
 
10.40
   
Welcome Address by the Chairman of the Conference

David Gamble, Former Chief Executive of British Airways Pension Investment Management Ltd

 
10.50
 

 
European Venture Capital: Facts and Figures Presentation (4.66mb, PDF)

Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Company, Inc.

 
11.45
   
Panel Discussion – Leveraged Finance and Debt Conditions in the Buyout World: Where Do We Stand?

Frits Prakke, Alchemy Special Opportunities Fund LLP
Matthew Collins, Hutton Collins & Company Limited
Veronica Eng, Permira
Jeremy Ghose, Mizuho Corporate Bank
 
12.30
 

 
LPs’ Lunch

 
14.00
   
Panel Discussion – Top of Mind LP Issues – Debate and Discussion

Due diligence against deadlines, access to top funds, alignment of interests, competition with other capital sources (including public markets)

Marc Boheim, Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group Europe
Charles Cecil, Helix Associates Limited, a Jefferies Company
Seth C. Hall, CalSTRS Alternative Investments
Stefan Marelid, SEB Asset Management
 
14.45
   
Panel Discussion – Pro-active Portfolio Management and Analytics

Best practices and trends in the LP community

Sarah Corr, CalPERS
Duke DeGrassi, Hamilton Lane Advisors UK Ltd.
Peter Dolan, Harvard Management Company
Stephen Vicinelli, The Investment Fund for Foundations
 
15.30
   
End of LPs’ Forum


LPs–GPs' FORUM
 
15.30
   
Registration and Welcome Coffee
 
16.30
 

 
Welcome and Opening Address of the LPs-GPs' Forum: State of the Industry

Javier Loizaga, EVCA Chairman 2006-2007, Mercapital S.L.

 
16.40
   
The Results of the LP Session

David Gamble will sum up the LPs' discussions from earlier in the day and give details on how their findings might affect GPs in the future.
 
16.50
 

 
Private Equity Performance Figures
Prepared by: Thomson Financial

2006 EVCA Annual Survey Headline Figures Presentation (7.74mb, PDF)
Prepared by: Thomson Financial and PricewaterhouseCoopers

Presented by: Gemma Postlethwaite, Thomson Financial

 
17.10
   
Panel Discussion – Performance Analysis and Evolving Practices in Fast Moving Fundraising Times Presentation (1.41mb, PDF)

Understanding the numbers better

How fundraising needs to move beyond current practices and
   conventional wisdom to keep pace with an evolving industry,
   improved technology and sometimes divergent GP-LP needs

   David Mosher, Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
   Nick Smirensky, New York State Common Retirement Fund
   Urs Wietlisbach, Partners Group
   Laurence Zage, Monument Group (UK) Ltd

 
18.00
   
Open Bar Sponsored by: TVM Capital GmbH
 
20.00
 

 
Rotating Networking Dinner Hosted by: Coller Capital Ltd

In order to maximise your networking opportunities, the dinner will enable every LP to meet a variety of GPs and fellow participants, and vice versa.
The rotating seating plan will allow dinner guests to mingle throughout the evening, and will leave ample time to network. This year, two rotations will occur: GPs will move between the first and second starter, and LPs between the second starter and the main course.

 
23.00
 

 
Night cap Hosted by: Coller Capital Ltd



THURSDAY 15 March 2007
 
09.00
 

 
Welcome by the Chairman of the Conference

David Gamble, Former Chief Executive of British Airways Pension Investment Management Ltd

 
09.05
   
Futurology Panel Discussion – Where Will it All End?

Wim Borgdorff, AlpInvest Partners N.V.
Seth C. Hall, CalSTRS Alternative Investments
Peter Dolan, Harvard Management Company
Roland Manger, Earlybird
 
09.55
   
Keynote Address: Allies or Rivals – Europe and America in a Dangerous World Introduced by: Credit Suisse

Sir Christopher Meyer, Former British Ambassador to the United States
 
10.45
   
Networking and Refreshment Break Sponsored by: Access Capital Partners
 
11.45
   
Panel Discussion - Emerging Economies: Identifying Real Market Opportunities from the Hype Presentation (28kb, PDF)

Andrew Cummins, CVC Asia Pacific (Australia) Ltd
Chihtsung Lam, Axiom Asia Private Capital
Gumersindo Oliveros, The World Bank
Xiang-Dong Yang, The Carlyle Group
 
12.30
 

 
Panel Discussion - Infrastructure and the Broadening of the Private Equity Asset Class

A natural sign of a maturing industry, or a timely re-branding of steadier, lower yielding investments?


Nigel Middleton, Barclays Private Equity
Jos van Gisbergen, Mn Services
Simon Gray, Babcock & Brown
Martin Lennon, Prudential M&G

 
13.15
   
Lunch Sponsored by: Natixis Private Equity


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