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> Monday, October 23, 2006 |
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08:15 | > Welcome & Registration |
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08:45-09:00 | > Opening Address: |
| Gérard MESTRALLET, Chairman, Paris EUROPLACE, Chairman & CEO, Suez |
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09:00-09:45 |
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> Round Table 1
"Major Driving Forces in European Financial Markets: the French Expertise"
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| Moderator: Brian SULLIVAN, Anchor, Bloomberg Television |
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| Jean-Paul BETBEZE, Chief Economist, Crédit Agricole SA |
| Stefan M. GAVELL, Executive Vice President, Head of Regulatory and Industry Affairs, State Street |
| Sophie JAVARY, Managing Director, ABN AMRO Rothschild |
| Hervé SAINT-SAUVEUR, Senior Advisor to the Chairman, Société Générale |
| Patrick SAYER, Chief Executive Officer, EURAZEO, Chairman, AFIC (The French Private Equity Investors Association) |
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09:45-11:10 |
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> Round Table 2
"Reshaping Industrial Sectors & Promoting Cross-Border Alliances"
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| Moderator: Brian SULLIVAN, Anchor Bloomberg Television |
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| John THAIN, Chief Executive Officer, New York Stock Exchange |
| Jean-François THEODORE, Chairman of the Managing Board & CEO, Euronext NV |
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| Jean-Fraçois CIRELLI, Chairman & CEO, Gaz de France |
| Gilles de DUMAST, Deputy General Manager, Calyon |
| Jean-Bernard LEVY, Chairman & CEO, Vivendi |
| Gérard MESTRALLET, Chairman & CEO, Suez, Chairman, Paris EUROPLACE |
| Thierry MOULONGUET, Chief Financial Officer, Renault |
| Felix G. ROHATYN, Senior Advisor, Lehman Brothers |
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11:00-11:15 | > Coffee Break |
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11:15-12:30 |
> PARALLEL SESSIONS
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> Panel 1 Equity Markets: Special Focus on the Energy Sector (Organized by Morgan Stanley France)
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> Panel 2 New Trends in the European Real Estate Markets: French REITs Success Stories (Organized by Fédération des Sociétés Foncières et Immobilières and Greater Paris Investment Agency)
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> Panel 3 Project Finance: from Banking Solutions to Capital Market Solutions (Organized by Calyon Corporate & Investment Bank)
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Moderator: Emmanuel GOLDSTEIN, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley France
Yves-Louis DARRICARRERE, Executive Vice President, Member of the Executive Committee, TOTAL
Olivier MALLET, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Areva Inc
Alastair J.C. MAXWELL, Managing Director, co-Head of the Energy & Utilities Group, Morgan Stanley Europe
Gérard MESTRALLET, Chairman & CEO, Suez
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Sébastien BAZIN, CEO Europe, Colony Capital
Frédéric NOUEL, Partner, Gide Loyrette Nouel
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Moderator: Attila COACH, Head of Corporate Banking, Calyon US
Olivier DELAY, Director, US Global Fixed Income Department, Calyon Securities (USA Inc.)
Jim GUIDERA, Head of Project Finance Americas, Calyon Corporate & Investment Bank USA
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12:30-14:00 |
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| | Special Address by Thierry BRETON, French Minister of Economy, Finance & Industry |
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14:00-15:15 |
> PARALLEL SESSIONS
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> Panel 4 French Privatization Program (Organized by Calyon CIB & French Government Shareholding Agency)
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> Panel 5 The Recent Development of Hedge Funds Partnerships (Organised by Société Générale AM Alternative Investments)
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> Panel 6 Carbon Trading and other Environmental Issues (Organized by Caisse des Dépôts, Météo France & Powernext)
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Jean-Michel BERLING, Managing Director, Deputy Head of Equity Capital Markets, Calyon
Bruno BEZARD, Deputy General Manager, French Government Shareholding Agency
Jean-François CIRELLI, Chairman & CEO, Gaz de France
Pierre GRAFF, Chairman & CEO, Aéroports de Paris
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Moderators Arié ASSAYAG, Global Head of Hedge Funds, SGAM AI
Eric M. ATTIAS, Head of US Hedge Fund Platform, SGAM Inc
Glenn DUBIN, Co-Founder Highbridge Capital Management, Co-Chairman, Dubin & Swieca
Philippe KHUONG-HUU, Managing Partner & CIO, Alphadyne
Stephen ROBERT, Chairman & CEO, Renaissance Institutional Management LLC
Steve SOLOMON, Senior Managing Director, FIMAT
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Special address by Pierre-Etienne BISCH, Chairman & CEO, Météo France
Denny ELLERMAN, Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Senior Advisor, European Environmental Agency
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15:15-15:30 | > Coffee Break |
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15:30-16:45 |
> PARALLEL SESSIONS
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> Panel 7 Equity Markets: Investing Conditions with Buoyant IPO Activity in Europe (Organized by ABN AMRO Rothschild, Euronext & Gide Loyrette Nouel)
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> Panel 8 Structured Products & Credit Derivatives: the added value of Research (Organized by Europlace Institute of Finance & Ixis CIB)
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> Panel 9 Innovation in Public Debt Management (Organized by Agence France Trésor & Royal Bank of Scotland)
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Martine CHARBONNIER, Executive Director, Listing & Issuers, EURONEXT NV
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Marco AVELLANEDA, Professor, New York University
Jean-François BOULIER, Member of the Professional Fellows Group, Europlace Institute of Finance, Head of Euro Fixed-Income & Credit, Crédit Agricole Asset Management
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David ADER, Head of Government Bond Strategy, RBS Greenwich Capital
Jill CETINA, Financial Economist in the Office of Debt Management, US Treasury
Brian TOMLINSON, Vice President, PIMCO
A senior representative of UK DMO*
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16:45-18:00 |
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> Round Table 3
"Next Steps in the US-European convergence over Regulatory Issues"
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| Moderator: Floyd NORRIS, Chief Financial Correspondent, The International Herald Tribune & The New York Times |
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| Walt LUKKEN, Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| Danièle NOUY, Chair of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors and Secretary General of the French Commission Bancaire |
| Ethiopis TAFARA, Director Office of International Affairs, Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) |
| Xavier TESSIER, Head of International Affairs Department, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) |
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PRIVATE EQUITY FOCUS
"HIGH TECH AND TELECOM COMPANIES: INVEST IN THE FRENCH EXPERTISE"
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Sponsored by AFIC (The French Private Equity Investors Association), Avise Partners, BusinessWire, CDC Entreprises Innovation, Paris Developpement, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP*, Paris Regional Development Agency, Spef Ventures, Tremplin Entreprises
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The Paris Region is home to more and more companies boasting a combination of strong management and creative technology that deserve serious attention from American investors and business partners. This year, a specific Private Equity focus will allow delegates to have a better knowledge of the current trends driving the IT, Software & Services, Defense and Security Infrastructures sectors in France and Europe.
Keynotes, panel discussions and exclusive presentations will be delivered by 12 private leading innovative companies. An experienced selection committee composed of high-profile tech investors, CEOs and top executive from AFIC (The French Private Equity Investors Association), Avise Partners, BusinessWire, CDC Entreprises Innovation, Paris Developpement, Paris Regional Development Agency, Spef Ventures, Tremplin Entreprises will select the presenting companies from a pool of nearly 100 applicants.
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14:00 |
Welcome & Registration
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14:30-15:00 |
Special Address & Round Table Introduction
Investment Opportunities : The Attractiveness of the French Private Equity Firms in ICT Companies
Moderator: Jean-Bernard GUERREE, Managing Director, Avisé Partners
Keynote speaker: Eddie MISRAHI, Vice-Chairman, AFIC, Partner, Apax Partners
Valérie GOMBART, Member of the Managing Board, Partner, SPEF Venture
Franck NOIRET, General Partner, CDC Entreprises Innovation
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15:00-16:00 |
Module A: "Company Presentations: Telecom & Multimedia"
Moderator: Valérie GOMBART, Member of the Managing Board, Partner, SPEF Venture
Thibaut BECHETOILLE, Chief Executive Officer , QOSMOS
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16:00-17:00 |
Module B: "Company Presentations: Software and Services"
Moderator: Philippe MANTEAU, Special Senior Advisor, Attorney at the Paris Bar, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Romain NOUZARETH, Founder & CEO, Boonty S.A.
François SILVAIN, Chief Technology Officer, Neocase Software Inc.
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Module C: "Company Presentations: Security and Enabling Technologies"
Moderator: Franck NOIRET, General Partner, CDC Entreprises Innovation
Lon ADAMS, Chairman of the Board & CEO, Citilog
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18:00-18:15 |
Conclusion
Eddie MISRAHI, Vice-Chairman, AFIC, Partner, Apax Partners
Frédéric LE ROUX, Director International Development, Paris Regional Development Agency
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18:15 |
Cocktail
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