11:00am - 11:30am Registration and Networking

11:30am-12:45pm Session 1 : Restructuring and Bankruptcy 2006

• Review of developments in bankruptcy, restructurings and creditor
• Debtor law over the last year.
• Leadings cases from the 2nd and 3rd circuits for calendar year 2006.
• Ramifications and implications of the 2006 developments and decisions as well as practical suggestions.

Moderator:
Andrew Silfen, Arent Fox PLLC

Panelists:
Hon. Melanie I. Cyganowski, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Eastern District of New York
John Lemanski, Margolin,Winer & Evens LLP
Jeffery Wurst, Esq., Ruskin, Moscou Faltischek, P.C

12:45pm 1:15pm Lunch

1:15 pm-2:30 pm Session 2 : "What can be expected in the world of Restructuring and Bankruptcy for the year 2007"

• Is filing for bankruptcy dead?
• Where is the Real Estate industry going?
• Retail continues to consolidate, what next?
• Financing trends
• Other Legal and Financial issues on the horizon
• real estate - has the Bubble burst and how will that effect real estate transactions?

Moderator:
Bill Lenhart, CIRA, BDO Seidman LLP

Panelists:
Hon. James Peck, Southern District of New York
Mark Indelicato, Esq., Hahn & Hessen LLP
Matthew Katz, Alix Partners LLP
Natalie Wilensky, CIT