8:30 Registration and refreshments

9:00 Opening address: Emanuel Eftimu, Head of Research and Acting Editor-in-Chief, unquote”

9:10 Keynote address:
Dr Werner Lanthaler, Chief Executive Officer, EVOTEC

9:40 Panel discussion: Current PE landscape in Germany – where are we with the market?

• Recent market improvements analysis: does this mean a recovery to the pre-crisis conditions?
• State of PE on the German market, do we make enough deals?
• New risks for PE
• Due diligence for existing portfolios

Ingo Krocke, Managing Partner, AUCTUS
Michael Lindauer, Managing Director, Head of European Investments, ALLIANZ PRIVATE EQUITY PARTNERS
Ralf Flore, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner, HELIAD EQUITY PARTNERS
Uwe Kolb, Partner, BRIDGEPOINT

10:30 Morning refreshments

11:00 Presentation: LP/GP relationships in a fragile market

• Has the model changed?
• Terms and ILPA
• Crisis talks: do contracts matter?

Sonya Pauls, Partner, SJBERWIN

11:30 Secondaries panel: Opportunities in the secondaries market in 2010

• Has the market finally opened up since last year?
• Bid ask spread in 2010
• Impact of regulation changes on dealflow and valuations
• Current trends in structuring transactions

Moderator: Philippe Munch, Investment Director, GREENPARK CAPITAL LIMITED
Gunter Waldner, Principal, ALPINVEST PARTNERS N.V.
Umberto Magnetti, Vice President and Program Head Adveq Secondaries, ADVEQ MANAGEMENT AG
Carlo Pirzio Biroli, Managing Director, Co-Head of Global Secondaries
DEUTSCHE BANK PRIVATE EQUITY

12:20 Lunch

13:20 Panel discussion: Mid-market opportunities

• Market conditions
  o Deal flow
  o Availability of debt financing
  o Pricing
• Minority Growth Equity investments
  o Sustainable opportunity?
  o Challenges around exit and influence

Moderator: Martin Anthonsen, Managing Director, MONUMENT GROUP
Paul De Ridder, Founder and Partner, HALDER BETEILIGUNGSBERATUNG
Axel Eichmeyer, Managing Partner, ECM EQUITY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Edin Hadzic, Co-founder and Partner, PARAGON PARTNERS
Yvonne Stillhart, Co-founder and Senior Partner, AKINA f.k.a. LOMBARD PRIVATE EQUITY

14:00 LP Panel: LP’s lessons learned from the crisis

• Team stability, succession issues, carry programs
• Changes in regulatory and tax issues
• Dealing with conflicts of interest, governance
• Impact of SRI on new investments

Bernd Kreuter, CFA, Partner, FERI INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORS GmbH
Günther P. Skrzypek, Managing Partner, AUGUR CAPITAL
Matthias Unser, Managing Director, DEUTSCHE BANK PRIVATE EQUITY
Jeremy P. Golding, Managing Partner, GOLDING CAPITAL PARTNERS GmbH

14:40 Panel discussion: Is there appetite for fundraising?

• Latest market developments and their impact on fundraising decisions
• What helps with fundraising and what doesn’t
• Doubled the number of visits to maintain close contact with investors

Moderator: Sonya Pauls, Partner, SJBERWIN
Daniel Schmidt, Managing Director, CENTER OF PRIVATE EQUITY RESEARCH
Stephan Grillmaier, Partner, MVISION
Mark Drugan, Director, CAPITAL DYNAMICS
Nicholas Money-Kyrle, Managing Partner, STEADFAST CAPITAL

15:20 Afternoon refreshments

15:50 Presentation: New features of the regulated PE funds by AIFM

• The implication on the market
• How to ‘actually’ implement them?
• New minimum capital requirements nightmare
• How crippling will the new EU directive be for German PE funds?

Frank Dornseifer, Director legal and policy affairs, BUNDESVERBAND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS E.V.

16:20 VC Panel: What does the future hold for Venture Capitalists

• Experiences and lessons learnt during the crisis
• Regulatory disclosure – is there a way out?
• How will the VC and start ups function under the new directive?
• The level of investor withdrawals and reduce investments in the already conservative market

Rainer Strohmenger, General Partner, WELLINGTON PARTNERS
Heiko Von Dewitz, Investment Director, INTEL CAPITAL
Alexandra Goll, General Partner, TVM CAPITAL
Marion Jung, Principal, EARLYBIRD VENTURE CAPITAL

17:00 Chairman’s closing remarks

17:10 Awards & cocktail reception

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