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09.00 |
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Registration for 'Spanish Workshop' (optional) |
09.30 |
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'Spanish Workshop' (for Spanish speakers, optional) running until 13.00
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'Institutional Investor Focus' (afternoon sessions) |
11.00 |
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Registration |
12.00 |
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Lunch Buffet Sponsored by: Aon Mergers & Acquisitions Group |
12.00 |
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International Limited Partners Association (ILPA) Roundtable Luncheon - private lunch co-hosted by ILPA and EVCA (access to registered LPs only)
Speaker: To be announced |
14.00 |
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Welcome Address
Helmut Schühsler, EVCA Chairman 2007–2008
Neil Cross, EVCA Chairman 1986-1987
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14.15 |
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Keynote Address
To be announced |
14.40 |
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Institutional Investor Panel - 25 Years of Private Equity Investing by European LPs: What is Next?
• the effects of globalisation on investment strategies:
US, Europe, Emerging Markets
• the evolution of the buyout model: the increasing bifurcation
in global buyouts
• venture capital: US or global?
• passive versus active strategies: LP perspectives on gaining
additional alpha
• 2033: predictions for the next 25 years
Moderator: Sasha van de Water, Managing Director, Keyhaven Capital Partners Ltd.
Panelists:
Douglas Miller, Managing Director, International Private Equity Ltd
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15.20 |
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Institutional Investor Panel - Governance Models for LPs and GPs
Moderator: John Barber, Partner, Bridgepoint Capital Ltd.
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16.00 |
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Networking and Refreshment Break |
16.30 |
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Keynote Speech |
16.50 |
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Panel - LP Investing through Cycles: Threats and Opportunities of the Economic Downturn
Moderator: Philippe Poggioli, Managing Partner, Access Capital Partners S.A.
Panelists:
Paul Bekx, Partner, Gilde Buy Out Partners SAS
Christopher Masek, Partner, Industri Kapital Ltd
Jorge Mataix, Vice Chairman, N+1 Group
Roberto Pilotto, Director, PPM Managers
Niklas Sloutski, Senior Partner, Accent Equity Partners AB
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17.30 |
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End of the 'Institutional Investor Focus Day' |
20.00 |
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Cocktail reception Hosted by: ASCRI
Held at the private club 'Casino de Madrid'. |
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09.00 |
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Welcome Address
Conference Chairman |
09.15 |
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Keynote Questions & Answers
Financial Stability, Analysing Recent Events
Perspective: Present and future (not past), macro/political or finance/regulations.
Topics to include: economic balances and uncertainties, cycles analysis, credit crunch, US and European economies, public markets, sovereign funds. |
10.00 |
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World Economic Forum Panel: Financial Stability – How Does It Affect Us?
Follow up of previous session, with a venture capital and private equity orientation.
Keynote speaker shares the stage with other panellists. |
10.45 |
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Networking and Refreshment Break |
11.15 |
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Keynote Panel
Moderator: Walter Butler, Managing Partner, Butler Capital Partners |
11.45 |
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New Money Flows, Sovereign Wealth Funds and Private Equity |
12.30 |
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Duet Keynote Speech: Corporate Social Responsibility and Value Creation: The best of both worlds
Topics to include: Clean Tech, socially responsible investments as a whole, possibly including employment rights and industrial relations, ISO 26000. |
13.15 |
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Lunch Sponsored by: Aon Mergers & Acquisitions Group |
14.45 |
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Afternoon 'Breakout' Focus I
This afternoon features 3 stream breakout sessions for venture, buyout and associate members respectively. They will focus on core issues influencing the venture capital and private equity market today.
Parallel Session 1 - Credit crunch and liquidity : buying and selling in a changing environment
• Fundraising, valuation and exits
• How and how much has the credit crunch affected mid market buy out?
• Data, indicators, price levels, offer/demand
• The new/additional role of mezzanine in mid market since the crunch
• Impact on distressed capital
• Changing terms in light of changing market conditions
• How to satisfy all stakeholders: lenders, borrowers, and equity holders?
• Impact of changing CLO market on funding
Speakers:
Barbara Ridpath, Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer, Standard & Poor's
Parallel Session 2 - CleanTech
• Cleantech: the next dotcom? Too much investing, too quickly?
Examples include biofuels - a dead end, as we go back to producing
crops for food? Have any of the issues cleantech is meant to address
actually come under control – eg climate change, water shortage,
energy saving and efficiency, etc?
• From upstart to the single largest investment category in
4 or 5 years – why?
• Assessing exit opportunities and returns?
Moderator: Ali Erfan, Senior Advisor, Ithmar Capital
Panelists:
Gina Domanig, Managing Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures AG
Nicholas Parker, Chairman & Co-Founder, CleanTech Capital Group LLC
Joern Pelzer, Partner, Pinova Capital
Patrick Sheehan, Partner, Environmental Technologies Fund
Richard Youngman, Managing Director, Cleantech Group - Europe
Parallel Session 3 - MIFID
Moderator: Daniel Tunkel, Partner, SJ Berwin LLP
Panelists:
Fabio Brunelli, Partner, Di Tanno e Associati
Parallel Session 4 - When Returns Become Social
• Many private equity firms actively contribute to venture
philanthropy/social entrepreneurship programmes. They use
PE-like techniques and focus with the sole aim to help others
• Find out why and how
• Will you be the next to join the club?
Moderator: Serge Raicher, Partner Pantheon Ventures, Chairman-Elect EVPA
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15.30
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Afternoon 'Breakout' Focus II
Parallel Session 1 - New Geographical Frontiers: Sourcing Deals or Sourcing LPs?
• Investing, fundraising and exiting in emerging countries
• Global vs. local: what pays more
Moderator:
Simone Cimino, Chairman, Cape Natixis SGR S.P.A.
Panelists:
George Osorio, Managing Partner, Conduit Capital Partners
Witold Radwanski, Partner & CEO, Krokus PE
Alexia Tye, Partner, AddVenture
Eagle Asia Partners (speaker to be announced)
Parallel Session 2
Moderator: Julie Meyer, CEO, Ariadne Capital
Parallel Session 3 - Valuation Guidelines
Parallel Session 4 - Central Eastern European Regional Update
Moderator: Laszlo Olah, President, HVCA (Hungarian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association)
Panelists:
Patricia Cloherty, Chairman and CEO, Delta Private Equity Partners
Parallel Session 5 - Statistics Workshop
Speaker: Mirela Ene, Head of Research, EVCA
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16.15 |
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Networking and Refreshment Break
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16.45 |
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Afternoon 'Breakout' Focus III
Parallel Session 1 - Distressed Funds
Parallel Session 2 - Fundraising for VC Funds – a Tale of Two Worlds?
• In current market conditions, which funds can raise money and why?
• Where are we in the cycle?
• Family offices : ahead of the curve?
• What is most important: stage or geography or industry sector?
• Which are the developing trends?
Moderator: Christian Schneider, Managing Partner, FiveLakes Venture Partners
Panelists:
André Jaeggi, Managing Director, Adveq Management AG
Dominique Peninon, Managing Partner, Access Capital Partners S.A.
Dr. Bernhard Schirmers, General Manager, SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement mbH
Angela Willets, Director, Capital Dynamics Ltd
Parallel Session 3 - Global Dynamics - Global Scenarios for Private Equity and Venture Capital
Moderator: Joerg Kreisel, CEO, Joerg Kreisel International Consultant
Panelists:
Juan Garin, Deputy Director of Consulting, Oxford Analytica Ltd
Frank Salzgeber, Head of Technology Transfer Programme Office, European Space Agency
Jens Tholstrup, Director of Consulting, Oxford Analytica Ltd
Frank Wickenkamp, Founder and Executive Partner, CAM Private Equity Consulting & Verwaltungs-GmbH
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17.30 |
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Change of Rooms
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17.45 |
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Closing Address
Javier Echarri, EVCA Secretary-General
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18.00 |
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General Assembly |
20.00 |
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Cocktail and Gala Dinner
Held at the 'Las Ventas' Madrid Bullring. |
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09.30 |
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Networking Coffee |
10.00 |
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Welcome Address by the New Chairman
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10.10 |
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Keynote Panel - Making Use of Strategic Thinking in Business
Garry Kasparov, World Chess Master |
10.40 |
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Keynote Q&A
Garry Kasparov, World Chess Master
Jon Moulton, Managing Partner, Alchemy Partners LLP
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11.10 |
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Coffee Break
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12.00 |
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Keynote Address
To be announced |
12.40 |
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Panel - Current Worldwide Public Affairs Challenges - Global Coordination
Panelists:
Sarah Alexander,
President,
Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
Javier Echarri,
Secretary General,
EVCA, European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
Doug Lowenstein, President, Private Equity Council
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13.15 |
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Lunch |
15.00 |
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Departure - Social Event and Dinner (optional)
Sponsored by: Mercapital S.L.
Private horse racing and dinner at the Zarzuela Hippodrome in Madrid.
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EVCA reserves the right to amend the programme and speakers may change due to circumstances beyond EVCA's control.
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