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Four
Seasons, Las Vegas
3960 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
Phone: 702.632.5000
Fax: 702.632.5195
Reservations:
702.632.5050
Special Valcon attendee room rates available
through Feb. 3, 2006.
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| How
to Register |
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Early
Registration: $595.00
After
02/22/06: $695.00
Optional Boot Camp:
$200 through 02/22/06; $250 afterward
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Co-chairs
of the conference are:
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Kaaran
Thomas Esq., Beckley Singleton, Reno Nevada |
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Grant
Newton, Executive Director of AIRA |
KEY DATES:
February 22, 2006, 5 p.m. last day for early registration
February 24, 2006, 5 p.m. last day for full refund
February 27, 2006, 5 p.m. last day for partial refunds
March 1, 2006, 9:00 a.m. BOOT CAMP begins
March 1, 2006, 7:00-8:30 p.m VALCON Opening Reception
March 2, 2006, 8:30 a.m. VALCON begins
Earn up to
18.75 Hours of MCLE Credit
CPE Credit for Accountants and Financial Advisors: 22 Hours
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Major Sponsorship Provided By:
Chiron
Financial Group, Inc
Deloitte
& Touche LLP
FTI
Consulting Inc
Huron
Consulting Group
Skadden
Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Weil
Gotshal & Manges LLP
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Conference Faculty :
"Association
of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors" is registered
with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy
(NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education
on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of
accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual
courses for CPE credit. For more information regarding administrative
policies such as complaint and refund, please contact our
offices at 541-858-1665. The National Registry of CPE Sponsors
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2006*
VALCON BOOT CAMP * - A one day tutorial and workshop
for attorneys and financial advisors. Earn up to 7 hours of MCLE
Credit. or 8 hours of CPE Credit. Separate $200 registration fee
applies. (See registration form)
Presiding
Officer:
Kaaran E. Thomas Beckley Singleton Chtd., Reno, NV
8:00 a.m. Registration Opens - Includes continental
breakfast.
9:00 a.m. Session I: Key Financial Statements and What They Tell
Us
10:30 a.m. Break
10:50 a.m. Session II: Financial Statement Analysis Case Study
12:20 p.m. Pick Up Box Lunch
12:30 p.m. Current Issues in Accounting Disclosure
1:30 p.m. Session III: Overview of Business Valuation Methods (Cost,
Market, & DCF Approaches)
3:00 p.m. Break
3:20 p.m. Session IV: Valuation Issues with Distressed Businesses
Commentators:
Ben Barnett, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services
LLP, Dallas, TX
Barry Ridings, Managing Director, Lazard Fréres
& Co. LLC, New York, NY
4:50 p.m. Adjourn
7:00-8:30 p.m. Join faculty and registrants at
the VALCON opening reception.
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 2006
SPECIAL BONUS - Participants will be emailed a
detailed case study from the automotive sector that will serve as
a common reference for many session, and will illustrate the impact
of alternative models and methodologies.
Presiding Officer:
Thomas E. Lumsden, FTI Consulting, Inc., San Francisco,
CA
7:30 a.m. Registration Opens - Includes continental
breakfast
8:20 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
Grant W. Newton, Pepperdine
University and AIRA, Medford, OR
Kaaran E. Thomas, Beckley Singleton Chtd. Reno,
NV
8:30 a.m. Case Study Overview
Thomas E. Lumsden, FTI Consulting,
Inc. San Francisco, CA
8:40 a.m. Emerging Valuation Theories and Analytical
Tools I
Thomas M. Blake, CRA International,
Boston, MA
Bradford Cornell, Professor, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, CA
9:40 a.m. Emerging Valuation Theories and Analytical
Tools II: Capital Cash Flows vs. Traditional Values
Thomas M. Blake, CRA International,
Boston, MA
Richard Ruback, Harvard University Graduate School
of Business, Boston, MA
10:40 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Valuing Distressed Debt—Theory, Application and
Strategy in Today’s Marketplace
Moderator:
Tracy Gopal Giuliani Capital Advisors LLC, Atlanta,
GA
Bill Peluchiwski, Houlihan Lokey Howard &
Zukin, Chicago, IL
Martin King, Standard and Poor’s Ratings
Services, New York, NY
Ranjit Ahluwalia, Silverpoint Capital
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Presiding Officer: Grant W. Newton,
Pepperdine University and AIRA, Medford, OR
12:10 p.m. Luncheon Buffet Opens
12:45 p.m. Lunch Presentation: The Emerging Economic Environment
for Bankruptcy
Dr. Carl E. Steidtmann, Deloitte
Research New York, NY
1:40 p.m. Effective Use of Demonstrative Evidence:
Examples and Pointers from an Attorney, Valuation Expert, and a
Judge
Moderator:
Evelyn H. Biery, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Houston,
TX
Donald S. Bernstein, Davis Polk & Wardwell,
New York, NY
Hon. Bruce A. Markell, United States Bankruptcy
Court, District of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Bernard Pump, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services
LLP, Chicago, IL
2:40 p.m. Risk Factors in Emerging from Bankruptcy
Moderator:
James Lukenda, Huron Consulting Group, New York, NY
Allen Arnett, Huron Consulting Group Chicago,
IL
Robert S. Hertzberg, Pepper Hamilton LLP Detroit,
MI
Grant W. Newton, Pepperdine University and AIRA,
Medford, OR
Jamie G. Pierson, FTI Capital Advisors, LLC,
Dallas, TX
3:55 p.m. Break
4:10 p.m. Valuation Issues in Junior Lien Restructurings —
How Big is Each Piece of the Pie?
Moderator:
Michael H. Goldstein, Stutman, Treister & Glatt,
P.C., Los Angeles, CA
Thane W. Carlston, Jefferies & Company, Inc.
New York, NY
Jay H. Krasoff, Chiron Financial Group, Inc.
Houston, TX
Shai Waisman, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
New York, NY
5:40 p.m. Adjourn
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2006
Presiding Officer: Kaaran E. Thomas
Beckley Singleton Chtd., Reno, NV
8:00 a.m. Conference Room Opens - Continental
breakfast provided.
8:50 a.m. Valuing Property Tax Liabilities in Reorganizations (.67
hr)
A discussion of real and personal property tax issues in bankruptcy.
Moderator:
Ben Barnett, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP
Dallas, TX
Mark S. Wallace, Stutman, Treister & Glatt,
P.C. Los Angeles, CA
Hon. Gregg W. Zive, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District
of Nevada, Reno, NV
9:30 a.m Preserving and Maximizing Value Through
Restructurings: Opportunities, Strategies and Pitfalls
Moderator:
Robert Parrino, Director, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst
Center for Private Equity Finance, The University of Texas, Austin,
TX
Robert K. Conklin, Bernstein, Conklin & Balcombe,
Dallas, TX
Ross Gatlin, Insight Equity, Southlake, TX
Marcia L. Goldstein, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
LLP, New York, NY
Jonathan Katz, JPMorgan Chase, New York, NY
Robert Tormey, Tatum Partners, Los Angeles, CA
10:45 a.m. PBGC Perspective on Pension Liabilities
and Proposals to Address Health of Plans
Brad Belt, Executive Director,
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Washington, DC
11:15 a.m. Morning Break and Full Breakfast Buffet
11:55 a.m. State of the Auto Industry
Moderator:
Thomas E. Lumsden, FTI Consulting,
Inc., San Francisco, CA
John Wm. “Jack” Butler, Jr., Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Chicago, IL
John Koskiewicz, FTI Consulting, Inc., Dallas,
TX
Andrew Yearley, Lazard Freres, New York, NY
1:25 p.m. Adjourn |
