AIRA 20th Annual Conference Schedule

AIRA 20th Annual
Bankruptcy & Restructuring Conference
June 23-26, 2004

Daily Conference Schedules

June 21-23: CIRA Part I
(Mon., Tue., Wed.)

June 23: Preconference Seminars
(Wed.)

June 24: AIRA Conference
(Thu.)

June 25: AIRA Conference
(Fri.)

June 26: AIRA Conference
(Sat.)

Conference Co-Chairs

John Tittle, Jr., Crossroads, LLC
William L. Wallander, Vinson & Elkins
Lan Haverfield, CIT Business Credit

Special Thanks

Special Thanks to the AIRA 20th Annual Conference Planning Committee members:

Walt Brown (Deloitte.)
Thomas Bibby (KPMG LLP)
Adam Dunayer (Houlkihan Lokey)
John Todd (Fleet Capital)
Valinda Barrett Wolfert (Winstead Sechrest & Minick PC)
Debra Wood (FTI Consulting Inc.)

June 26 : AIRA Conference Schedule
(Several Concurrent Sessions)

7:30 - 8:30am:

Continental Breakfast.
Sponsored By:Stutman, Treister & Glatt

8:30 - 9:45am:
Concurrent Sessions

Current Trends and Equity Investing

Moderator:

Francis Conrad, CIRA (Business Strategy Advisors)

Panel Members:

James Horgan, CIRA (Weiser LLP)

Steve Buxbaum (Buxbaum Group)

Sources of $5mm and Less Sr. Capital
Three principals discuss the current market for asset based loans, R/E loans, factoring and other Federal Loan programs available to middle market companies.

Moderator:
	Robert Hill (The CIT Group/Business Credit Inc.)
Panel Members:
	John Hart (Greater East Texas Certified Development Corp.)
	Frank Goldberg(Briar Capital LP)
	Roger Ruttenberg (Atlas Partners)

9:45 - 10:00am:

Morning Break
Sponsored By: Winstead Sechrist & Minick PC

10:00 - 11:00am:
Concurrent Sessions

Real Estate Outlook
What to expect in the year ahead in the real estate markets including CMBS, multifamily, office development, industrial and the like, from a panel of distinguished and experienced speakers.

Co-Moderators:
	John Nolan, Winstead Sechrest & Minick PC)
	Ed Peterson (Winstead Sechrest & Minick PC)
Panel Members:
	To be announced.

IT Restructuring
CIOs and advisors discuss the restructuring of the IT function in the context of an overall workout - where costs can be eliminated and efficiencies created.

Moderator:
	Michael Scott (AlixPartners LLC)
Panel Members:
	Joe Szmadzinski (AlixPartners LLC)
	Jim Vick (Deloitte.)
	Tom Flanagan (Worldcom)
	Brian O’Laughlin (Hayes Lemmerz)

11:00am - 12:30pm:

Distressed Debt Market Strategies
Panel will compare various distressed debt investment strategies (i.e. trading oriented vs. control/”back door acquisition”), discuss how various distressed debt players asses and evaluate economics and considerations related to valuation and pricing of risks (i.e. required returns), and describe the motivations of key constituencies in distressed situations.

Chairperson:
	Phil Arra (Hunt Special Situations Group, LP)
Panel Members:
	Patrick H. Daugherty, Esq. (Highland Capital Management, LP)
	Adam Dunayer (Houlihan Lokey), Stephen Gray (TRG)
	Nicholas W. Tell, Jr. (TCW Group)
	Donald R. Kendall, Jr. (Carlson Capital, LP)

12:30 pm:

Social Activities

Grapevine Wine Tour & After Tour Dinner
Find out why Grapevine, Texas has been dubbed “Little Napa Valley,” home of the largest wine festival in the southwest and seven of the state’s vineyards.