The Deutsche unquote" Private Equity Congress programme

8:30 Registration

08:55 Welcome address: Kimberly Romaine, Editor-in-chief, UNQUOTE

09:00 Chairman’s opening remarks: Richard Burton,Partner and Private Equity Leader, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS

09:10 Keynote address: Insight into the macroeconomic outlook for 2010

Dr. Jörg Krämer, Chief Economist, COMMERZBANK AG

09:40 Panel discussion: How it has changed and where the new opportunities are’
• Map out the post credit-cruch private equity landscape
• Evaluate how the D-A-CH private equity market has performed in comparison with other regions in Europe
• Identify strategic investors i.e. Insurance companies and local saving groups in D-A-CH
• Gain insight into the success stories of 2009: Who was able to make deals?
• Gauge investor appetite for PE funds in 2010
• Beyond political discourse: What will stricter regulation and tax will mean to the industry
• 2010: What will it look like?
Moderator: Louis Elson, Managing Partner, PALAMON CAPITAL PARTNERS
Hanspeter Bader, Managing Director, Head of Private Equity, UNIGESTION
Dr. Ingo Krocke, Partner, AUCTUS
Juergen von Wendorff, Board Member, HANNOVER FINANZ
Katrin Brökelmann, Partner, PINOVA CAPITAL

10:30 Panel discussion: Lessons from the crisis: Renegotiating covenants and restructuring portfolio companies
• Identify the warning signs to reduce risks in portfolio companies
• Understand how best to deal with covenant breaches
• The correct negotiating strategy: Achieve the best deals when renegotiating loans
• What best practices will you apply in the future?
Moderator: Dr. Joachim Englert, Partner, Business Recovery Services, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
Rainer Effinger, Member of the Management Board, NORD HOLDING
Tomas Aubell, Partner, EQT PARTNERS
Dr. Anthony Bunker, Partner,Triginta Capital GmbH
Guy Semmens, Partner, ARGOS

11:00 Morning break and opportunity to network

11:30 Panel discussion: New ways to make profits: Risk vs. returns in secondaries
• Evaluating the impact of secondaries
• Pricing and valuation of secondaries
• Types of secondaries: Structuring and executing transactions
• Secondaries have boomed during the crisis, is this a long-lasting trend?
Moderator: Philippe Munch, Investment Director, GREENPARK CAPITAL LIMITED
André Aubert, Principal, LGT CAPITAL PARTNERS AG
Gunter Waldner, Principal, ALPINVEST PARTNERS N.V.
Bernhard Engelien, Managing Director, COGENT PARTNERS EUROPE, LLP
Pekka Maki, Managing Partner, 3TS

12:20 Joint Presentation: Legal, tax and regulatory framework in Germany: Important issues to spot and consider
Christian Schatz, Partner, SJBERWIN
Sonya Pauls, Partner, SJBERWIN

12.50 Lunch and opportunity to network

13.50 Panel discussion: Managing investor relations: Effectively dealing with reshuffling of the LP base
• Understand how to ensure investors contribute to the success of the fund
• Succesfully mange intvestors' liquidity needs
• What we want from the investment: Are GPs and LPs on the same page?
• Building and keeping investor relations
Moderator: Sonya Pauls, Partner, SJBERWIN
Dr. Christian Böhler, Investment Director, LODH Private Equity AG
Axel Kuehn, Head of Private Equity Funds Group Zurich, AIG INVESTMENTS
Jeremy P. Golding, Managing Partner, GOLDING CAPITAL PARTNERS GMBH
Martin Prohazka, Partner, Executive Director, GAIN CAPITAL

14:40 Panel discussion: Evaluating the Central and Eastern European private equity landscape
Moderator: Kimberly Romaine, Editor-in-chief, UNQUOTE
Hannes Ambacher, Managing Director Private Equity, BANK GUTMANN GROUP
Pekka Maki, Managing Partner, 3TS

15:10 Afternoon break and opportunity to network

15:40 LP Panel: What is dominating the current agenda?
Moderator: Martin Anthonsen, Managing Director, MONUMENT GROUP (UK) LTD.
Hannes Ambacher, Managing Director Private Equity, BANK GUTMANN GROUP
Dr. Bernd Kreuter, Head of Alternative Investments, FERI INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORS GMBH
Michael Lindauer, Managing Director, Head of European Investments, ALLIANZ PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS
Peter Schwanitz, Senior Vice President, PORTFOLIO ADVISORS

16:30 Panel Discussion: Operational improvement to boost profits in portfolio companies
• Identify which main operational levers are available to improve performance
• Accelerate cash flow to preserve liquidity
• Track success of operational measures in practice
Moderator: Christian Knechtel, Partner, Operational and Post Deal Services, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
Tomas Aubell Partner, EQT PARTNERS
Jörg Ulrich,Head of Business Development and M&A, KION
Volker Bonsels, Senior Vice President, DEUTSCHE BETEILIGUNGS AG

17:00 Chairman’s closing remarks

17:10 Cocktail reception