AM&AA 2010 Winter Conference - ARIA Resort & Casino - Las Vegas

AM&AA's 2010 Winter Conference
January 12-14, 2010

The "NEW" ARIA Resort & Casino -
City Center - Las Vegas

CLICK HERE to view brochure & agenda!

Marketwire Press Release 12-15-2009
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Am-and-Aa-1090839.html

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Time	Event
8:00 am–1:30 pm	Advisory Board Meeting & Working Lunch
2:00 pm–4:00 pm	CM&AA Preview
4:00 pm–5:00 pm	Licensure Update Session Panelists: Shane Hansen, Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Bob Gurrola, SUMMA Financial Group, LLC Moderator: Mike Adhikari, Illinois Corporate Investment
3:00 pm	Registration Opens
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm	Committee Meetings
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm	Welcome Reception

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Time	General Session	Breakout Session
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Breakfast & Registration Opens
9:00 am – 9:10 am	Opening Remarks Matt Hawkins, Conference Chairman
9:10 am – 10:00 am	The New World—Outlook for 2010 and Beyond Speaker: Steve Kaplan
10:00 am – 10:20 am	Break
10:25 am – 11:20 am	What You Need to Know to Keep the Banks from Saying No  Panelists: Tom Jones, Concord Financial Advisors Paul Krantz, Concord Financial Advisors Gail Bernstein, PNC Business Credit Jan Hanssen, US Bank Lower Middle Market ABL Lending Douglas Rosenthal, Wells Fargo Business Credit Moderator: David Cohn, Mosaic Capital	Industry Intelligence - Middle Market Update:  Come hear about how deals are being priced and structured in the current market environment. Panelists:Andy Greenberg, GF Data Resources John Gabbert, PitchBook Rob Polenberg, Standard & Poor’s Dr. Perry Campbell, ACT Consultants; co-author of AMAA transaction data survey Moderator:Jim Hill, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP
11:25 am – 12:20 pm	Taking the Mystery Out of Mezzanine Debt  Panelists: Jeffrey Kabot, MezzCap Partners David Magdol, Main Street Bob D'Acquisto, Snowbird Capital, Inc. Stephen F. Szejner, Prudential Capital Partners Moderator: John Zayac, IBG Business Services, Inc.	Strategic M&A: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re GoingA review of 2009 and the outlook for 2010  Speaker: Steve Brady, National Managing Partners, Transaction Advisory Services, Grant Thornton LLP
12:30 pm – 1:45 pm	Lunch – Awards
1:50 pm – 2:45 pm	How to “SMAC” Your Client With Outside Minority Investors  Panelists: Steven Dresner, Dresner Investment Services, Inc. Pat Hamner, Valesco Industries Moderator: Chris Blees, BiggsKofford, P.C.	Becoming the "Trusted Advisor"   Speaker: Stewart A. Lee, Lee Training, LLC
2:50 pm – 3:45 pm	Keeping The Deal Alive ‘Til It Closes Speaker: Andrew Sherman, Jones Day	Pulling the Trigger: Getting the Clients to YES!  Panelists: Tim Rhine, PointeBreak Solutions, Inc.Dan Kipp, Winona Capital Management Moderator: Brent Rippe, Winton Associates, Inc.
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm	Break
4:20 pm – 5:30 pm	Legacy Leaders Panelists: Kevin Pottmeyer, Kleinfelder Tim Petersen Moderator: Jim Cornell, Praxiis Business Advisors
5:30pm–7:00 pm	Networking Cocktail Reception

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Time
8:00 am – 9:00 am	Breakfast
	Networking (Juniper Ballroom 1&2)	Best Practices(Juniper Ballroom 4)	Corporate M&A(Starvine 8)
9:00 am – 9:50 am	A gathering of hundreds of PE investors, managers, and bankers together to network and talk shop while hearing from the best & brightest professionals in Private Equity.                  Continued open networking with Private Equity & other Exhibitors		Corporate/SMB Matchmaking How do you connect SMB and corporate rate buyers and sellers? Panelists: Mark Burton, Shurgrowth Advisors, LLC Mark Devine, CM&AA Jerry Dentinger, Grant Thornton, LLP Moderator: Allen Burchett, ABB Inc.
10:00 am – 10:50 pm		Creative Deal Structures for Challenging Times  Panelists: Mike Oleshansky, Industrial Opportunity Partners Steve Kuhn, Fifth Third Bank Keith Shapiro, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Moderator: Brent Rippe, Winton Associates, Inc.	Mergers & Acquisitions InteGREATion  Speaker: Joe Huguelet, On Point Consulting
11:00 am – 11:50 am		Transitioning entrepreneurial businesses into professionally managed institutional companies  Panelists: Chris Sheeren, Huron Capital Partners, LLC Josh Hall, Calvert Street Capital Partners	M&A Tools Selection Speaker: Mark Devine, CM&AA
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm	Buffet Lunch
1:15 pm – 3:30 pm	DEAL BASH Making Connections with Investment Bankers & Intermediaries(Investment Bankers & Intermediaries present & share their deals & opportunities)