The Calendar of Private Equity and Venture Capital Events

This conference addresses issues that are critical to the investment success of senior public pension fund officers and trustees in the new millennium. Although attendance is not limited to those in the public sector, the conference takes aim at topics that are of particular relevance to public pension funds. We will discuss how surplus returns should affect employee benefit plans, closely examine the processes for selection and evaluation of investment managers, investigate legal concerns with fund investment and management policies, as well as explore the benefits and pitfalls of a wide variety of investment strategies. By focusing on an atmosphere of education rather than sales or marketing, the Public Funds Summit provides a unique environment in which members of the public sector can exchange ideas and learn from other delegates, money managers and consultants.

World Research Group's 3rd Annual Performance Focused Emerging Managers Conference targets core issues that were cited by over 150 leading professionals from public funds, pension consulting firms and emerging manager firms. Our goal is to provide a one stop shop to acquire the tools to search for, select and incorporate emerging managers into your fund.

Capturing innovation, market share and revenue streams through corporate venture capital, M&A, and corporate development partnerships.

Topics to be discussed:

• Understanding today’s corporate venturing activities and strategies
• Spinning out the corporate venturing arm into an independent fund
• Deal partnerships: co-investing and syndication with venture capitalists
• Corporate perspectives on IP monetization strategies
• And much, much more ...

IVCJ now bring you the Private Equity Community to your Doorsteps! Across 10 cities in 10 Days!

If you are connected with Real Estate , Healthcare, IT/ITeS and Technology Infrastructure build-up, then you can't afford to miss the upcoming forums organized by IVCJ, India's foremost source for Private Equity intelligence. Connect with us and register yourself in a city near you!

LDI Europe 2009 - De-risk your fund without sacrificing returns, by taking home the latest, most efficient techniques the industry has to offer

Finance IQ's 4th annual Liability Driven Investment will bring leading European pension funds and investors together for a two-day information and learning exchange that is unique to the industry.

Conference Highlights:

Private Equity Firms can showcase their company exclusively to the lower middle market.

Hear from deal makers about active buy/sell engagements.

• First Private Equity Forum to be held on Thursday, January 22, 2009.
• Deal Expo
• Deal Origination Research Participant

PE Firms that are exhibitors will have the opportunity to participate in a research initiative led by David Teten, a Managing Director of Evalueserve, the world's largest knowledge process outsourcing company. He is writing a definitive white paper on Best Practices in Private Equity Deal Origination. Responses will be kept strictly confidential and will be reported in the aggregate without your name or your company's name attached to them. The results will be announced at the conference on Thursday, January 22 and we will share a copy of the final white paper with you.

Last year at our annual restaurant conference we told you it was going to get uglier for the restaurant industry.  

We're sorry to say we were wrong.  Actually, 2008 was beyond ugly -- it was nuclear.  And things are getting even worse -- labor costs are rising, and consumer confidence and spending power are shrinking to all time historic lows.  

Solutions You Can Immediately Put to Good Use.

With so many problems facing the restaurant industry, no single expert has all the answers. So you'll welcome the chance to meet with industry experts and fellow PE professionals to share experiences, hear what's working and what isn't, and discover new recipes for success.

In fact, it's well worth your time to come just for the networking alone.

Financial Data Management - January 27-28, 2009 in NYC is the industry event on better decision-making in managing financial data addressing cost, vendor spend, latency, governance, data quality and storage. Bringing together 30+ industry leaders in data management, FDM 2009 provides excellent content, a dynamic conference experience and numerous networking opportunities to maximize your time away from the office. For more information, please visit us at: www.worldrg.com or call customer service at 1-800-647-7600.

Financial Research Associates proudly presents our 3rd annual event on capitalizing on investment opportunities in the water market. The 3rd Annual Water Finance and Investment Summit provides a comprehensive overview of the water market as well as specific strategies for maximizing profit by investing in the right sectors. The conference addresses topics such as building successful public/ private partnerships, current issues in the trading of water rights, and regulatory issues and legislative initiatives. Don't miss out on this exciting conference, addressing current issues that matter now, including:

• A breakdown of the 700 billion dollar water industry
• Strategies for raising capital for water-specific investments
• Water infrastructure needs and developments
• A case study of the Carlsbad Desalination Project
• The performance of water-specific ETF's, mutual funds, and hedge funds

FRA's Microfinance: The Investment Opportunity is delighted to return to New York to bring to you the ONLY microfinance conference in the industry. This year we've teamed up the world's leading MFIs with eager investors to lay out the roadmap for new and season veterans for investing in institutions that provide banking services to the world's poor. Microfinance is no longer the exclusive domain of philanthropists and non-profits. Institutional investors and individual investors alike are alleviating poverty while enjoying impressive returns.

Tailored for both social and commercial investors, this conference is designed to help you to recognize the potential of these funds to generate profits while ending poverty. Whether you are brand new to the microfinance industry or have been involved in this world phenomenon, you'll walk away with the tools you need to be successful in microfinance.