Thursday 30th October 2008

08:30 Registration and coffee

08:55 Welcome address

Kimberly Romaine, Editor-in-Chief, UNQUOTE” Performance update (return and risk) from Daniel Schmidt, CEPRES

09:00 Chairman’s opening remarks

Richard Burton, Partner, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS

09:10 Keynote address

Thomas Dorbert, Managing Director and Head of Leveraged Finance, MEDIOBANCA

09:30 Panel: Assessing market conditions in the midst of the credit crunch: Does Germany’s economy offer any kind of resilience?

 Opportunities and challenges around performance
 Pricing: How is the market seen at the moment?
 Returns and fundraising
 Sell side: Effects on exits. Secondary/Tertiary: Can we leverage these business models?

Moderator: Gerd Bieding, Partner, CLOSE BROTHERS
Henrik Fastrich, Managing Partner, ORLANDO MANAGEMENT
Robert von Finckenstein, Managing Director, Germany, EUROPEAN CAPITAL
Peter Hammermann, Co-head of Private Equity & Managing Director, BARCLAYS PRIVATE EQUITY
Nick Money Kyrle, Managing Partner, STEADFAST CAPITAL

10:15 Panel: Adding value through integrity

 Ensuring integrity as an important part of the investment process
 Pre-transaction due diligence is only part of the truth, compliance becomes a focus
 How compliance can be ensured in portfolio companies
 How compliance can add value
 Lessons learned from past experiences

Moderator: Ulrich Buechsenschuetz, Associate Director, Berlin, CONTROL RISKS
Hans Jürgen Stephan, Managing Director, Berlin, CONTROL RISKS
Sebastian Biedenkopf, General Counsel, CONERGY AG
Christoph Hauschka, Director, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS

11:00 Morning break and an opportunity to network

11:30
Presentation: Acting in concert - Impact of recent German legislation and court precedents on investments

 Scope of tender offer obligations
 Information requirements
 Sanctions

Axel Goetz, Attorney & Equity Partner, BEITEN BURKHARDT

12:00 Panel: How has the German secondary market been influenced by the cre dit crunch?

 Are institutions selling more than usual (liquidity need) or waiting for a market uplift?
 Have sellers’ price expectations come down to better match buyers expectations?
 Intermediaries role?
 Are / have German GPs made use of stapled secondaries deals? How is this seen by LPs / secondary players? Conflict of interest?

Moderator: Philippe Munch, Investment Director, GREENPARK CAPITAL
Bernhard Engelien, Director, COGENT PARTNERS

Clemens von Berger, CEO and Managing Partner, AVIDA GROUP
Jeremy Golding, Partner, GOLDING CAPITAL PARTNERS

12:45 Lunch and an opportunity to network

14:00 Panel: Eastern expansion: Germanic speaking countries looking into Eastern Europe

 Is the Austrian “close to home advantage” enough to make successful private equity deals?
 If Austria is a good place to do private equity business in CEE, is this true for all CEE countries in the same way?
 What are the prerequisites to be potentially successful with PE in CEE?
 Opening up of even newer markets: Turkey & Ukraine

Thomas Jud, Partner, INVEST EQUITY
Pekka Maki, Managing Director, 3TS CAPITAL
Hannes Ambacher, Member of the executive board of Global Private Equity IV Holding AG, GUTMANN BANK

Franz Horhager, Founding Partner and Executive Director, MEZZANINE MANAGEMENT
Olivier Weddrien, Chief Executive Officer, DZ EQUITY PARTNER

14:45 Panel: Is Germany still afraid of Foreign Investors - an overview of recent legislative proposals and landmark cases

 Act for the Limitation of Risks Associated with Financial Investments (Ri sk Limitation Act) (Deutsche Börse AG / TCI)
 Act for the Modernization of the Conditions for Capital Investments (MoRaGK)
 Act for the Promotion of Venture Capital (Venture Capital Act)
 Interest Barrier after the 2008 Corporate Tax Reform
 Private Equity as Financing Source for Small and Medium Enterprises (Pfleiderer AG / AXA Private Equity)

Moderator: Uwe Steininger, Attorney & Equity Partner, BEITEN BURKHARDT
Alexander Vogel, Partner, MEYER LUSTENBERGER
Florian Cvak, Lawyer, SCHÖNHERR

15:30 Afternoon break and an opportunity to network

16:00 Panel: The rise of distressed debt, turnarounds and special situation funds

 State of the current financing market
 Trends and new alternatives for midcap financings
 Financing strategies in special situations
 Buying debt vs. buying equity
 Differences between the different markets in Europe

Moderator: Dr. Joachim Englert, Partner, PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS FRANKFURT
Dirk Markus, Chief Executive Officer, AURELIUS
Arno Fuchs, Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer, FCF
Hans Albrecht, Managing Director, NORDWIND CAPITAL
Ernst Ludes, Partner, EQT PARTNERS

16:30 Panel: Risk limitation: In the current climate should LPs be further diversifying their portfolio?

 Benefits of a diversified portfolio
 Consequences of the current competitive environment

Moderator: Peter Schwanitz, Managing Director, VCM Capital Management
Georg Mueller-Glunz, Portfolio Manager, VersAM Versicherungs-Assetmanagement GmbH

Daniel Schmidt, Managing Director, CEPRES
Klaus-Peter Marek, Managing Director, Sal. Oppenheim Alternative Investments GmbH

17:15 Chairman’s closing remarks

Richard Burton, Partner, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS

17:30 Cocktail reception

18:00 Deutsche unquote” awards

19:30 End of awards