Private Equity, Venture Capital & Institutional Investment Summit

10 weeks until SuperInvestor 2008 - Register

Dates : 18th - 21st November 2008 Venue : Westin Hotel, Paris

Main Conference: 19 - 21 November 2008
Emerging Markets Summit: 18 November 2008

Europe's Foremost Private Equity, Venture Capital & Institutional Investment Conference

With unrecognisable global credit markets and emergent sovereign wealth funds, the private equity landscape post mega buy-out is a totally new one. There is no better time to benefit from the wisdom of the leaders who understand the past, and those who will shape the future. As the best-loved and most authoritative private equity LP conference in Europe, SuperInvestor 2008 is the perfect event – providing you with a timely response to the seismic shifts of now, with a bang-up-to-date agenda packed with powerful minds. And an assembly of the private equity industry in a superlative forum designed for networking - that’s unrivalled.

In addition to the opportunity to network with over 700 LPs and GPs, the content-rich programme will provide you with the opportunity to learn about the latest issues and challenges for private equity investment. SuperInvestor is undoubtedly the only European conference to provide you with the investors you need to meet as well as an LP focused agenda.

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Just some of the 190 private equity industry thought-leaders, including no fewer than 80 powerful LPs, confirmed so speak at the 2008 event:


George Anson, Managing Director, HARBOURVEST	Jon Moulton, Managing Partner, ALCHEMY PARTNERS	Peter Dolan, Director of Private Equity, HARVARD MANAGEMENT COMPANY	Jeremy Coller, CEO, COLLER CAPITAL

Guy Hands, CEO, TERRA FIRMA	Dominique Senequier, CEO, AXA PRIVATE EQUITY	Wim Borgdorff, Managing Partner & Head of Fund Investments, ALPINVEST	Chris Masterson, CEO, MONTAGU PRIVATE EQUITY

Josh Harris, Founding Partner, APOLLO MANAGEMENT	Jonny Maxwell, Global Head Private Equity Fund of Funds, ALLIANZ PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS	David Currie, Partner & Chief Executive, SL CAPITAL PARTNERS	Thomas Pütter, Chief Executive, ALLIANZ CAPITAL PARTNERS

Jeff Taylor, Founder & Former CEO, MONSTER.COM & EONS.COM	Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Leman Professor, HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL	Nick Ashmore, Head of Private Equity, NATIONAL TREASURY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Plus hear from these renowned Private Equity Academics and influential GPs and LPs:

Josh Lerner, Jacob H Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Ed Altman, Max L Heine Professor of Finance, NYU STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Eric Doppstadt, Director Private Equity Investments, THE FORD FOUNDATION
Ion Bogdaneris, Head of Alternatives Europe, AIG INVESTMENTS
Hans Albrecht, Senior Partner, NORWIND CAPITAL
Marc St John, Senior Managing Director, CVC
Philippe Costeletos, Partner & Head of Europe, TPG CAPITAL
Jane Welsh, Global Head Private Equity & Infrastructure Research, WATSON WYATT
John Singer, Chairman, ADVENT INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL
Javier Loizaga, Executive Partner, MERCAPITAL
Carol Kennedy, Senior Partner, PANTHEON VENTURES
Jos van Gisbergen, Director Alternative Investments, MN SERVICES
George Siguler, Managing Director & Founding Partner, SIGULER GUFF
Simon Palley, Former Managing Partner, BC PARTNERS
Stuart Schonberger, Managing Director, CDH INVESTMENTS
Pierre Fortier, Vice President Funds Private Equity, CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DE QUEBEC
Ivan Vercoutere, Partner, LGT CAPITAL
Erol Uzumeri, Senior Vice-President, TEACHERS PRIVATE CAPITAL
Maarten Vervoort, Partner Fund Investments Europe, ALPINVEST
Duke DeGrassi, Managing Director Europe, HAMILTON LANE
Gordon Hargraves, Partner, RHO FUND INVESTORS
James Sperans, Portfolio Manager, MORGAN STANLEY ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PARTNERS
Margot Wirth, Portfolio Manager, CALSTRS
Jim Orlando, Managing Director, OMERS CAPITAL PARTNERS
Paolo Simonato, Vice President Private Equity, GE ASSET MANAGEMENT
David Yeung, President &
CEO, AIG CAPITAL PARTNERS
Vicky Wilson, Head of Private Equity, BP INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Rod Selkirk, Chief Executive, HERMES PRIVATE EQUITY
R Michael Barth, Senior Managing Director, Global Investment, DARBY OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS
Yann Robard, Senior Principal Funds and Secondaries, Private Investments, CANDADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD

A Whole New Agenda For The Private Equity Industry - A Whole New Agenda For SuperInvestor:

How Will Investors Respond to Falling Returns?
What Is The Role Now Of Sovereign Wealth Funds – Partners Or Future Competition?
Emerging Markets: Designing Effective Strategies For Fundamentally Different And Hazardous Markets
How Will Volatility In Valuations Impact Overall Allocation To Private Equity?
Human Resources And Maintaining Talent In Private Equity In The Current Climate
When And How Will We See A Return To Leverage Loan Issuance In Volume?
What Happens In Default? Will Lenders Behave Like Distressed Players?
What Is The Future For Mega Buy Outs Post Credit Crunch?
Debt Buy-Back: What Are The Implications?
How Deep and How Long Will The Recession Be?
How Will The Industry Transform As A Result Of The Credit Crunch?
Asset Management Firms Or Private Equity Investors?
Are There Good Buying Opportunities In Distressed Given The Wave Of Capital Pursuing Them
To What Extent Are Big Buy-Out Firms Entering The Mid Market?
Listed Structures : Wave Of the Future Or A Continuing Niche?
And much much more… Download The Most Up To Date Private Equity Institutional Investment Conference Programme Here

So come along to Paris this November where thousands of new contacts will be forged, old friends and foes re-acquainted, tales told and details exchanged; where the Paris night sky will provide the perfect back drop for hundreds and hundreds of LPs and GPs to meet, greet, debate, learn and enjoy.

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