Friday, June 6 - Annual Conference
7:30-8:30am Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Bederson & Company LLP
8:40-10:00am Best practice issues in operation
“Recipes for a Restructuring - It’s Not Martha Stewart’s Cookbook” Creative financial engineering would be nothing more than numbers on a page without an actual business that can generate a profit. Learn from the Masters how to turn the bottom of the barrel into a river of gold.

Moderator:
George Blanco, CIRA (BDO Seidman LLP)

Speakers:
Dan Scouler (Scouler & Associates)
Van Conway, CIRA (Conway MacKenzie & Dunleavy)
Al Smith (Perkins Coie LLP)
10:00–10:15am Morning Break Sponsored by BDO Seidman LLP
10:00–10:15am
Cocurrent Session 		Keynote: Buy side - Steve Mayer
Steve Mayer, Managing Director at Cerberus Capital Management, explains the opportunities and limits of distressed investing, the competitive landscape and how deals are won and lost, the capital markets and their influence in global m&a activity, and industries to drill down on and industries to avoid.
10:00-11:45am
Cocurrent Session 		SB–MM Track:
Fun with Forensics
Learn the methodology and tools needed for forensic accounting in the bankruptcy arena.  The session will discuss the 7 stages of the forensic investigation, tasks to be performed within those stages, potential issues and deliverables.  The session will include practical tools, process mapping and deposition matrix, along with many other insights to an effective forensic investigation.  The session will NOT include internal controls, SOX, risk assessment or PCAOB.

Moderators:
Elizabeth Berry, CIRA (Elizabeth C. Berry, CPA, PLLC)
Robert M. Caster, CIRA (Herbein & Company, Inc.)

Speaker:
Darrell Dorrell (Financialforensics)

11:00-11:45am
Cocurrent Session 		Keynote: Capital Markets - Richard Gibbs
Richard Gibbs, Division Director at Macquaire Group Ltd., will provide an insider’s view on where is the money, where is it coming from, where is it going, and risk/reward scenarios being created in today’s market.
12:00–1:30pm Lunch with Keynote Speaker David Wyss - Economist - Co-Sponsored by Greenberg Traurig LLP, Weiser LLP and Young Conway Stargatt & Taylor LLP
David Wyss, Chief Economist at Standard & Poor’s, will provide his forecast for the global economy, capital markets, industries on the rise, industries on the brink of disaster, and the current macro and micro socio-economic factors that drive the world stage.
1:30–2:15pm Keynote: Professor Jack Williams, CIRA/CDBV
Dr. Jack Williams, Professor at Georgia State University College of Law, has extensively investigated, researched, and published on the world of bankruptcy and insolvency. Based on his experience and knowledge, get his perspective of the business landscape ahead.
2:15–2:30pm Afternoon Break Sponsored by BDO Seidman LLP
2:30–3:15pm
Cocurrent Session 		Keynote: Turnaround Professional - John DiDonato
John DiDonato, Managing Director at Huron Consulting Group, will navigate through the current operational and financial challenges facing domestic companies, identifying the perils of the odyssey and the techiques for avoiding mishap en route.
2:30–3:15pm
Cocurrent Session 		SB–MM Track:
Fiduciary Appointments Speakers:
Session will address issues related to serving as a Chapter 11 trustee, Chapter 7 trustee, Liquidating trustee, Receiver and as an Assignee pursuant to an Assignment for Benefit of Creditors.

Speakers:
Gregory Hays, CIRA (Hays Financial Consulting, LLC)
Theodore Phelps, CIRA/CDBV (Phelps Consulting Group)

3:15-3:30pm Margarita Break Sponsored by Dawson & Gerbic, LLP
3:30–5:30pm Roundtable Panel
Enlightened by the wit and wisdom of our keynote speakers, our panel of financial, operational, legal and judicial restructuring gurus will challenge and debate the assumptions, presumptions, and logic of the forecasts presented, and will unveil their individual crystal balls to illuminate the controversies, debates, strategies, and issues that will mark the emerging next round of corporate restructurings.

Moderator:
Keith Shapiro (Greenberg Traurig, LLP)

Speakers:
Hon. Randolph Haines (US Bankruptcy Court District of Arizona)
Bob Dangremond (AlixPartners, LLP)
Mitchell Drucker (Garison Investment Group LLP)
Peter Kaufman (Gordian Group, LLC)
Steve Zelin (Blackstone Group)
Bill Kosturas (Alvarez & Marsal)

5:45pm Cocktail Reception followed by Cirque du Soleil “LOVE” performance Sponsored by Phelps Consulting Group (Ticketed Event)