AGENDA
     

TUESDAY MAY 8, 2012

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm  

Registration & Welcome Reception
Hosted by McGladrey

 

WEDNESDAY MAY 9, 2012

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast

 

7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Registration & Information

 

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

One-on-One Meetings

 

8:00 am - 8:10 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks


Anthony Scaramucci
Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital

 

8:15 am – 8:40 am

Morning Market Call

 

David M. Darst
Managing Director & Chief Investment Strategist, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

 

8:45 am – 9:30 am

The Shape of Things to Come: A Global Macro Economic Forecast

 

Laurence H. Meyer (Moderator)
Senior Managing Director & Co-Founder, Macroeconomic Advisers

 

Chris Hyzy
Chief Investment Officer, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

 

Paul Kasriel
Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, Northern Trust Company

 

Nouriel Roubini
Co-Founder & Chairman, Roubini Global Economics and Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business

 

Jeremy Siegel
Professor of Finance, The Wharton School

 

9:35 am – 10:15 am

A Balancing Act: Current Trends in Alternative Asset Allocation

 

Mark Okada
Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Highland Capital Management L.P.

 

Ingrid Pierce
Partner, Walkers, Head of Cayman Investment Funds Group

 

Paul Zummo
Co-Head & Chief Investment Officer, JP Morgan Alternative Asset Management

 

10:15 am – 10:45 am Networking & Coffee Break

 

10:45 am – 11:25 am

Risk On, Risk Off: How to Generate Profits in a Macro Driven World

 

Stuart Hendel (Moderator)
Head of Global Prime Brokerage, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

 

Elena Ambrosiadou
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, IKOS

 

Philip Falcone
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer Harbinger Capital Partners

 

Rick Rieder
Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer of Fundamental Fixed Income Portfolios, BlackRock

 

Eric Sprott
Chief Investment Officer & Senior Portfolio Manager, Sprott Asset Management

 

11:30 am – 12:10 pm

Fund of Funds Thematics: Portfolio Construction in the New Normal

 

Jane Buchan
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO)

 

Ray Nolte
Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital

 

Ted Seides
Co-Founder, Co-CIO & President, Protégé Partners, LLC

 

12:15 pm – 1:40 pm

Lunch & Guest Speaker – Great By Choice Hosted by Grant Thornton LLP

 

Jim Collins
Best-Selling Author, "Built to Last, Good to Great, Great by Choice, and How the Mighty Fall"

 

1:45 pm – 2:30 pm

Titans of Wall Street: Insight & Strategies for Capitalizing on Today's Markets

 

Maneet Ahuja (Moderator)
CNBC Hedge Fund Specialist, Author of "The Alpha Masters" & Producer on "Squawk Box"

 

Pierre Lagrange
Managing Director & Chairman Asia, Man GLG

 

Daniel S. Loeb
Founder, Third Point

 

2:35 pm – 3:15 pm

New Rules of Finance: The Effect of Regulation and Financial Reform on the Industry

 

Donald MacNeal
Senior Partner Financial Services, Ernst & Young (Moderator)

 

Samuel Hocking, Jr.
Global Head of Prime Brokerage Sales, BNP Paribas

 

Mitchell Nichter
Partner: Corporate Department, Paul Hastings LLP

 

Brian Ruane
Chief Executive Officer, Alternative and Broker Dealer Services, BNY Mellon

 

3:20 pm - 4:00 pm

CIO Insight: Balancing Long-Term Goals with Volatile Markets

 

Amanda Cantrell (Moderator)
Managing Editor, AR Magazine

 

Joseph A. Dear
Chief Investment Officer, California Public Employees' Retirement System

 

Bruce Zimmerman
CEO and Chief Investment Officer of The University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO)

 

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Networking & Coffee Break

 

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm

One-on-One with Hedge Fund Icon Paul Singer

 

Paul Singer
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Elliott Management Corporation

 

Anthony Scaramucci
Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital (Interviewer)

 

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Keynote Address: Leadership in a Changing World - Remarks by Vice President Al Gore

 

Vice President Al Gore
45th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Laureate, Chairman - The Climate Reality Project, Chairman - Generation Investment Management, Chairman - Current TV, Bestselling Author

 

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Break

 

8:00 pm

Under the Stars: Poolside Cocktails & BBQ
Hosted by KPMG

 

THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012

7:00am – 8:00am Breakfast

 

7:00am - 5:00pm Registration & Information

 

8:00am - 6:00pm One-on-One Meetings

 

8:00am – 8:05am

Opening Remarks

 

Anthony Scaramucci
Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital

 

8:05am – 8:45am

Election 2012: A White House Insiders' Perspectives

 

Robert Gibbs
Longtime Advisor to President Barack Obama, White House Press Secretary - 2009-2011

 

Karl Rove
Former Deputy Chief of Staff & Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush, Author - "Courage and Consequence"

 

8:50am – 9:30am

Building Institutional Creditability…What Does it Mean?

 

Matthew Strube (Moderator)
Director, The Teacher Retirement System of Texas

 

Howard Altman
Co-Chief Executive Officer & Principal in Charge of Financial Services, Rothstein Kass

 

Andrew Dougherty
Managing Director & Head of Alternative and Institutional Solutions, BNP Paribas

 

Henry Smith
Global Managing Partner, Maples and Calder Worldwide

 

Aaron Steinberg
Vice President, Pershing, a BNY Mellon Company

 

9:35am – 10:15am

A Global Shift: Identifying Opportunities within Emerging Markets

 

John Burbank
Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Passport Capital, LLC

 

Robert S. Koenigsberger
Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Gramercy Partners


Karthik Sankaran
Portfolio Manager & Managing Principal, Covepoint Capital Advisors LLC


Carlos Massaru Takahashi
Chief Executive Officer, Banco do Brasil Asset Management

 

10:15am – 10:45am Networking & Coffee Break

 

10:45am – 11:25am

From Crisis to Renewal: Uncovering Opportunities


John M. Bader
Co-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer. Halcyon Asset Management


Dmitry Balyasny
Partner, Balyasny Asset Management

 

Kyle Bass
Managing Partner, Hayman Capital Management L.P.


Steven Tananbaum
Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, GoldenTree Asset Management

 

11:30am – 12:00pm 

The "X" Factor: The Secrets to Identifying Money-Making Traders and Investment Talent

 

Panelists to be Announced

 

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Lunch & Guest Speakers

 

Panelists to be Announced

 

1:40pm – 3:40pm FOCUS SESSIONS
 

Track A - Building a Legacy: Private Wealth Management Forum

Track B - Endowments, Foundations, & Pensions: Finding the Right Formula for Institutional Investors Track C - Hedge Fund Roundtable: Best Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities Track D - Strategy Spotlight: Hedge Fund Investment Strategies for 2012 & Beyond Track E – Preparation for the Future
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1:45pm - 2:10pm          
2:15pm - 2:55pm          
3:00pm - 3:40pm          

 

3:40pm – 4:00pm Networking & Coffee Break

 

4:00pm - 4:40pm

The Economics of Energy: A Global Perspective from T. Boone Pickens

 

T. Boone Pickens
Founder & Chief Executive Office, BP Capital

 

4:45pm – 5:25pm

Restoration of the American Dream

 

Joe Plumeri
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Willis Group Holdings

 

5:30pm – 6:15pm

Leadership, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution: A Conversation with Roberts Gates

 

Dr. Robert M. Gates
Secretary of Defense (2006 - 2011)

 

6:00pm – 9:00pm Break

 

9:00 pm SkyBridge Capital Presents…Aspire Giving: A Night of Philanthropy and Entertainment
Sponsored by Northern Trust
 
FRIDAY MAY 11, 2012
7:00am – 8:00am Breakfast

 

7:00am - 12:00pm Registration & Information

 

8:00am - 12:00pm One-on-One Meetings

 

8:00am – 8:10am

Opening Remarks

 

Congressman Kevin McCarthy
Congressman of California & Majority Whip

 

8:10am – 8:35am

Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception



Pamela Meyer
Bestselling Author, "Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception"

 

8:40am – 9:15am

Emergence of Alternative Marketplaces for Private Companies

 

Arie Abecassis
Senior Vice President: Private Company Market, SecondMarket

 

9:20am – 9:50am

A Modern Portfolio: Hedge Fund Replication Strategies

 

David J. Abner
Director, Head of Capital Markets

 

Troy Gayeski
Managing Director & Senior Portfolio Manager, SkyBridge Capital

 

9:50am - 10:10am

Networking & Coffee Break

 

10:10am - 10:55am

Taking Stock: Perspectives from Value Investing Legends

 

Whitney Tilson (Moderator)
Founder & Managing Partner, T2 Partners

 

Leon G. Cooperman
Chairman, Omega Advisors Inc.

 

Joel Greenblatt
Managing Principal & Co-Chief Investment Officer, Gotham Asset Management and Managing Partner, Gotham Capital

 

11:00am – 11:30am

A Call to Service: On the Front Lines with the U.S. Military (Hosted by Warrior Gateway)

 

General Jack Keane
Retired Four-Star General & Former Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army

 

Jack H. Jacobs (Interviewer)
Retired Colonel & Military and Political Analyst for NBC (Interviewer)

 

11:30am – 12:15pm

Remarks by Sarah Palin

 

Sarah Palin
Former Governor, Alaska

 

12:15pm

Conference Concludes