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TUESDAY MAY 8, 2012			Location
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Registration & Welcome Reception Pre-Conference Welcome Reception Hosted by McGladrey		Monet 3,4 Monet 1, 2 & Monet Patio

WEDNESDAY MAY 9, 2012			Location
7:00 am – 8:00 am	Breakfast		Tower Ballroom

7:00 am - 5:00 pm	Registration & Information		Registration Desk 1, 2, 3, 4

8:00 am - 6:00 pm	One-on-One Meetings		Monet 1, 2, 3, 4 & Monet Patio

8:00 am - 8:10 am	Welcome & Opening Remarks Anthony Scaramucci Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital Brian Sandoval Governor, State of Nevada		Grand Ballroom

8:15 am – 8:40 am	Morning Market Call David M. Darst Managing Director & Chief Investment Strategist, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney		Grand Ballroom

8:45 am – 9:25 am	The Shape of Things to Come: A Global Macro Economic Forecast Laurence H. Meyer (Moderator) Senior Managing Director & Co-Founder, Macroeconomic Advisers Christopher M. Hyzy Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, U.S. Trust Bob Browne Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer, Northern Trust Global Investments Nouriel Roubini Co-Founder & Chairman, Roubini Global Economics and Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business Jeremy Siegel Professor of Finance, The Wharton School		Grand Ballroom

9:30 am – 10:10 am	A Balancing Act: Current Trends in Alternative Asset Allocation Gregory Zuckerman (Moderator) Writer, The Wall Street Journal & Author of "The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History" Kenneth J. Heinz, CFA President of Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR) Ray Nolte Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital Mark Okada Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Highland Capital Management L.P. Ingrid Pierce Partner, Walkers, Head of Cayman Investment Funds Group Paul Zummo Co-Head & Chief Investment Officer, JP Morgan Alternative Asset Management		Grand Ballroom

10:10 am – 10:40 am	Networking & Coffee Break

10:40 am – 11:20 am	Risk On, Risk Off: How to Generate Profits in a Macro Driven World Stuart Hendel (Moderator) Head of Global Prime Brokerage, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Philip Falcone Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer Harbinger Capital Partners Daniel J. Ivascyn Managing Director, PIMCO Rick Rieder Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer of Fundamental Fixed Income Portfolios, BlackRock Eric Sprott Chief Investment Officer & Senior Portfolio Manager, Sprott Asset Management		Grand Ballroom

11:25 am – 12:05 pm	Fund of Funds Thematics: Portfolio Construction in the New Normal Adam I. Taback (Moderator) President Alternative Strategies Group, Inc., Wells Fargo Jane Buchan Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO) Troy Gayeski Managing Director & Senior Portfolio Manager, SkyBridge Capital Ed Robertiello Managing Director, Hedge Funds, Russell Investments Ted Seides Co-Founder & Co-Chief Investment Officer, Protégé Partners		Grand Ballroom

Special Presentation 11:25 pm – 12:05 pm	Generating Non-Correlated Returns Utilizing Canadian and U.S. Equities Michael Finkelstein President & Chief Investment Officer, Whalehaven Capital		Michelangelo

12:10 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch & Guest Speaker – Great By Choice Jim Collins Best-Selling Author, "Built to Last, Good to Great, Great by Choice, and How the Mighty Fall" Hosted by Grant Thornton LLP		Tower Ballroom

1:35 pm – 2:15 pm	Titans of Wall Street: Insight & Strategies for Capitalizing on Today's Markets Maneet Ahuja (Moderator) CNBC Hedge Fund Specialist, Author of "The Alpha Masters" & Producer on "Squawk Box" Pierre Lagrange Managing Director & Chairman Asia, Man GLG Daniel S. Loeb Founder, Third Point LLC Daniel H. Stern Chief Executive Officer, Reservoir Capital Group Barry Sternlicht Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Starwood Capital Group		Grand Ballroom

2:20 pm – 3:10 pm	The New Rules of Finance: With A Special Presentation on Enforcement and Regulation by the SEC's Asset Management Unit Bruce Karpati (Special Presentation) Co-Chief, Asset Management Unit, Division of Enforcement, SEC Donald MacNeal (Moderator) Senior Partner Financial Services, Ernst & Young Samuel Hocking, Jr. Global Head of Prime Brokerage Sales, BNP Paribas Mitchell Nichter Partner, Investment Management Practice, Paul Hastings LLP Brian Ruane Chief Executive Officer, Alternative and Broker Dealer Services, BNY Mellon		Grand Ballroom

3:15 pm - 3:50 pm	CIO Insight: Balancing Long-Term Goals with Volatile Markets Amanda Cantrell (Moderator) Managing Editor, AR Magazine Joseph A. Dear Chief Investment Officer, California Public Employees' Retirement System James J. Dunn Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Wake Forest University Timothy Walsh New Jersey Division of Investments, Chief Investment Officer Bruce Zimmerman CEO and Chief Investment Officer of The University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO)		Grand Ballroom

3:50 pm – 4:15 pm	Networking & Coffee Break

4:15 pm – 4:25 pm	Building Community through Philanthropy Antonio R. Villaraigosa 41st Mayor of Los Angeles		Grand Ballroom

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm	One-on-One with Hedge Fund Icon Paul Singer Paul Singer Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Elliott Management Corporation Anthony Scaramucci (Interviewer) Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital		Grand Ballroom

5:05 pm – 5:25 pm	The Three Foot Giant: A World Without Insecurity Sean C. Stephenson Doctor of Clinical Hypnosis		Grand Ballroom

5:30 pm – 6:15 pm	Keynote Address: Leadership in a Changing World - Remarks by Vice President Al Gore Vice President Al Gore 45th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Laureate, Chairman - The Climate Reality Project, Chairman - Generation Investment Management, Chairman - Current TV, Bestselling Author Scott Wapner (Interviewer) CNBC Reporter & Host of "Fast Money Halftime Report"		Grand Ballroom

6:15 pm – 9:00 pm	Break

9:00 pm	SkyBridge Capital Presents…Aspire Giving: A Night of Philanthropy and Entertainment Sponsored by Northern Trust		Bellagio Ballroom

THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012			Location
7:00am – 8:00am	Breakfast		Tower Ballroom

7:00am - 5:00pm	Registration & Information		Registration Desk 1, 2, 3, 4

8:00am - 6:00pm	One-on-One Meetings		Monet 1, 2, 3, 4 & Monet Patio

8:00am – 8:40am	Election 2012: A White House Insiders' Perspectives Robert Gibbs Longtime Advisor to President Barack Obama, White House Press Secretary - 2009-2011 Karl Rove Former Deputy Chief of Staff & Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush, Author - "Courage and Consequence"		Grand Ballroom

8:45am – 9:25am	Building Institutional Credibility…What Does it Mean? Christine Williamson (Moderator) Hedge Fund Senior Reporter, Pensions & Investments Howard Altman Co-Chief Executive Officer & Principal in Charge of Financial Services, Rothstein Kass Andrew Dougherty Managing Director & Head of Alternative and Institutional Solutions, BNP Paribas Henry Smith Global Managing Partner, Maples and Calder Worldwide Aaron Steinberg Director, Pershing, a BNY Mellon Company		Grand Ballroom

9:30am – 10:00am	Gaining Access: A Discussion on the Mutualization of Hedge Funds George T. Cook (Moderator) Institutional Consulting Director, Graystone Consulting David J. Abner Director, Head of Capital Markets, WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc William M. Marr President & Chief Executive Officer, Ramius Trading Strategies Troy Gayeski Managing Director & Senior Portfolio Manager, SkyBridge Capital		Grand Ballroom

10:00am – 10:30am	Networking & Coffee Break

10:30am – 11:10am	A Global Shift: Identifying Opportunities within Emerging Markets Tim Seymour (Moderator) Managing Partner, Triogem Asset Management & Host, CNBC’s “Trading the Globe”; Trader, “Fast Money” Christian Angermayer Partner and Co-CEO of the Angermayer, Brumm & Lange Group John Burbank Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Passport Capital, LLC Robert S. Koenigsberger Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Gramercy Karthik Sankaran Portfolio Manager & Managing Principal, Covepoint Capital Advisors LLC		Grand Ballroom

11:15am – 11:55am	From Crisis to Renewal: Uncovering Opportunities Gary Kaminsky (Moderator) CNBC Capital Markets Editor, CNBC John M. Bader Chairman & Chief Investment Officer, Halcyon Asset Management, LLC Dmitry Balyasny Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Balyasny Asset Management Kyle Bass Managing Partner, Hayman Capital Management L.P. Steven Tananbaum Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, GoldenTree Asset Management		Grand Ballroom

12:00pm – 1:15pm	Lunch & Guest Speakers - From Casinos, To Social Networks Ben Mezrich Bestselling Author of 11 books including "The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook" & "Bringing Down the House" Hosted by Concept Capital		Tower Ballroom

1:25pm – 3:40pm	FOCUS SESSIONS
	Track A: Family Office Forum		Da Vinci 1

	1:25pm – 1:30pm	Opening Remarks

	1:30pm – 2:10pm	A Lasting Legacy: Charitable Planning Strategies & Trends Jacqueline Valouch (Moderator) Vice President & Charitable Planning Consultant, Fidelity Charitable Steve Braverman Co-Founder & Managing Director, Pathstone Family Office Mark Gerson Executive Chairman, Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) Karla Valas Managing Director of the Complex Asset Group, Fidelity Charitable

	2:15pm – 2:55pm	Evolution of the Wealth Management Industry: Managing Challenges in a Volatile Economy Maria Elena Lagomasino (Moderator) Chief Executive Officer, GenSpring Family Offices Keith Cardoza Chief Investment Officer, Brownson, Rehmus, & Foxworth Mark Green Chief Investment Officer, Oxford Financial Mike Jackson Tax Partner, Private Wealth Service, Grant Thornton

	3:00pm – 3:40pm	The Compensation Conundrum: A Discussion on Attracting and Retaining Family Office Personnel Tami Kautzman (Moderator) Director, Rothstein Kass Hannah Grove Author, "The Family Office: Advising the Financial Elite" Linda Mack Founder & President, Mack International Scott Svenson Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Freestone Capital Management

	Track B: Institutional Investor Symposium		Raphael 3

	1:25pm – 1:30pm	Opening Remarks Peter Carey Managing Director, SkyBridge Capital

	1:30pm – 2:10pm	Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility David Walker Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Comeback America Initiative

	2:15pm – 2:55pm	Finding the Right Mix: Asset Allocation for Instiutional Investors Jim Mnookin (Moderator) Managing Director, Cambridge Associates Cheryl Alston Executive Director, Employees' Retirement Fund of the City of Dallas William Bassin Managing Director: Alternative Investments, UBP Asset Management Howard Berner Chief Investment Officer, The Principia Corporation Mike Edleson Chief Risk Officer, The University of Chicago

	3:00pm – 3:40pm	In Search of Alpha: Identifying Opportunity Sets for Public Pension Plans Peter Carey (Moderator) Managing Director, SkyBridge Capital Chris Brockmeyer Director of Employee Benefit Funds, The Broadway League Patrick McKenna Director, PerTrac Ray Iwanowski Managing Principal, SECOR Asset Management, LP Philip Larrieu Investment Officer, California State Teachers’ Retirement System

	Track C: Hedge Fund Roundtable		Raphael 1

	1:25pm – 1:30pm	Opening Remarks

	1:30pm – 2:10pm	Pension Plans' Growing Influence in the Hedge Fund Industry - Transparency & Accountability Jim Vos (Moderator) Chief Executive Officer, Aksia Charles H. Dufresne, Jr. Chairman of the Board of Advisors and Executive Committee Member of the National Association of State Treasurers(NAST), Sadis and Goldberg Ken Goodreau Chief Investment Officer, State of Rhode Island, Office of the General Treasurer Curtis Loftus South Carolina State Treasurer Ted Wheeler Oregon’s 28th State Treasurer

	2:15pm – 2:55pm	Raising the Bar: Navigating the Due Diligence Process Gina Sanchez (Moderator) Director of Equity & Asset Allocation Strategy, Roubini Ken McDonald Managing Director, SkyBridge Capital Meghan Losk Director - Alternative Investments, Freestone Capital Management Peter Sanchez Chief Operating Officer, Hedge Fund Services Northern Trust Helen Webb Thompson Managing Director, Wilshire Funds Management

	3:00pm – 3:40pm	The Right Stuff: Building a Strategy to Secure Capital Emma A. Sugarman (Moderator) Managing Director, BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage Patrick Ghali Managing Partner, Sussex Partners Limited Jerry Pascucci UBS James F. Walker Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Lance Zinman Partner & Chair of Chicago Financial Services Practice, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

	Track D: Hedge Fund Strategy Spotlight		Raphael 2

	1:25pm – 1:30pm	Opening Remarks

	1:30pm – 2:10pm	Let's Make a Deal: Hedge Fund Opportunities in Fixed Income, MBS and Corporate Credit Noel Kimmel (Moderator) Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Prime Services, Cantor Fitzgerald Clayton Degiacinto Chief Investment Officer, Axonic Capital Steve Kuhn Partner, Pine River Capital Management Mike Levitt Chief Executive Officer, Stone Tower Capital Deepak Narula Founder & Principal, Metacapital Management

	2:15pm – 2:55pm	Man vs. Machine: A Comparison between Discretionary and Systematic Alpha Creation David S. Richter (Moderator) Managing Director, Investments & Chair of Investment Committee, Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P. Ray Iwanowski Managing Principal, SECOR Asset Management, LP Christopher Stanton Director of Portfolio Strategy, Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC Steven Mathews Chief Investment Officer & Portfolio Manager, Flintlock Capital Asset Management Jerry Parker Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Chesapeake Capital Corporation

	3:00pm – 3:40pm	Growth Opportunities in a Low Growth Environment Robert Duggan (Moderator) Portfolio Manager, SkyBridge Capital Russel S. Bernard Managing Principal, Westport Capital Partners, LLC Chow Yik Cheung Eric Senior Fund Manager, Value Partners Group Limited Shirish Saraf Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Samena Capital Davide Serra Founding Partner, Algebris Investments

	Track E: The Inside Track		Da Vinci 3 & 4

	1:25pm – 1:30pm	Opening Remarks

	1:30pm – 2:10pm	Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired--and Secretive--Company Really Works Adam Lashinsky Author, "Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired--and Secretive--Company Really Works" Dr. Mark Skousen (Interviewer) Editor, Forecasts & Strategies

	2:15pm – 2:55pm	Inside the Cultural Divide – Coming Apart: The Fracturing of America’s Civic Culture Charles Murray W.H. Brady Scholar & New York Times Best-Selling Author

	3:00pm – 3:40pm	Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception Pamela Meyer Bestselling Author, Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception

	Track F: Current Affairs		Da Vinci 2

	1:25pm – 1:55pm	Are You Being Hacked? Strategies to Prevent Anti Money Laundering (AML) & Help You Know Your Customer (KYC) Richard “Bo” Dietl Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Beau Dietl and Associates

	2:00pm – 2:30pm	Start Small, Finish Big: The Evolution and Profitability of Small Cap Investing Michael Finkelstein President & Chief Investment Officer, Whalehaven Capital

	2:35pm – 3:05pm	The Coming China Crisis Bert Dohmen Founder & President, Dohmen Capital Research Gary Kaminsky (Interviewer) CNBC Capital Markets Editor, CNBC

	3:10pm – 3:40pm	A Broader Reach: How the JOBS Act Impacts Hedge Funds Jennifer Prosek (Moderator) Managing Parner, CJP Communications Hillel M. Bennett Partner Private Funds Group, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP Tarik Sedky Founder, MN&P, formerly Chief Digital Officer at Young & Rubicam Victor Park Director, Alternative Assets

3:40pm – 4:00pm	Networking & Coffee Break

4:00pm - 4:30pm	The Economics of Energy: A Global Perspective from T. Boone Pickens T. Boone Pickens Founder & Chief Executive Office, BP Capital Kate Kelly (Interviewer) Reporter, CNBC		Grand Ballroom

4:35pm – 5:15pm	Restoration of the American Dream Joe Plumeri Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Willis Group Holdings		Grand Ballroom

5:15pm – 6:00pm	Leadership, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution: A Conversation with Roberts Gates Dr. Robert M. Gates Secretary of Defense (2006 - 2011)		Grand Ballroom

6:00pm – 8:00pm	Break

8:00 pm	Under the Stars: Poolside Cocktails & BBQ Hosted by KPMG		Bellagio Pool

FRIDAY MAY 11, 2012			Location
7:00am – 8:00am	Breakfast		Tower Ballroom

7:00am - 12:00pm	Registration & Information		Registration Desk 1 & 2

8:00am - 12:00pm	One-on-One Meetings		Monet 1, 2, 3, 4 & Monet Patio

8:00am – 8:10am	Opening Remarks Congressman Kevin McCarthy Congressman of California & Majority Whip		Grand Ballroom

8:10am – 8:35pm	A Call to Service: On the Front Lines with the U.S. Military (Hosted by Warrior Gateway) General Jack Keane Retired Four-Star General & Former Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army		Grand Ballroom

8:40am – 9:00am	Emergence of Alternative Marketplaces for Private Companies Boyd Steinhoff Vice President: Private Company Market, SecondMarket		Grand Ballroom

9:05am – 9:30am	Investing in IP: Evaluating Opportunities and Managing Investments Ian G. DiBernardo Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Lior Ohayon Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP		Grand Ballroom

9:30am - 10:00am	Networking & Coffee Break

10:00am – 10:40am	Taking Stock: Perspectives from Value Investing Legends Whitney Tilson (Moderator) Founder & Managing Partner, T2 Partners Leon G. Cooperman Chairman, Omega Advisors Inc. Joel Greenblatt Managing Principal & Co-Chief Investment Officer, Gotham Asset Management and Managing Partner, Gotham Capital Barry Rosenstein Founder & Managing Partner, JANA Partners LLC		Grand Ballroom

10:45am – 11:15am	HOW, Not ‘How Much’: Inspirational Leadership in the Era of Behavior Dov Seidman Author, "HOW: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything."		Grand Ballroom

11:15am – 12:00pm	Remarks by Sarah Palin Sarah Palin Former Governor, Alaska Anthony Scaramucci (Moderator) Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital		Grand Ballroom

12:00pm	Conference Concludes