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Main Conference Day 1

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Main Conference Day 1

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08:00 - 09:0060 mins
Day 1 - Morning plenary
Registration and welcome coffee
    09:00 - 09:055 mins
    Day 1 - Morning plenary
    Chair’s welcome address
      09:05 - 09:4035 mins
      Day 1 - Morning plenary
      Post-mortem review: the impact of COVID-19 on different credit markets: Defensive positioning & capitalizing on opportunities
      • Ashleigh Knight - Senior Associate, Mercer
      • Taylor Boswell - Chief Investment Officer, Carlyle
      • Richard Fitzgerald - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, CapitalSpring
      • Fred Pollock - CIO, Grovsenor
      • Manjot Rana - Senior Principal, Americas Leveraged Finance, CPPIB Credit Investments
      09:40 - 10:1535 mins
      Day 1 - Morning plenary
      Guest address: The global economy, economic downturn and investment trends
      • Nicholas Brooks - Head of investment research, Intermediate Capital Group
      10:15 - 10:3520 mins
      Day 1 - Morning plenary
      Is private credit still an attractive asset class?
      • Mary Bates - Senior Vice President, Meketa Investment Group
      10:15 - 10:3520 mins
      Engaged Conversations
      1-2-1: Macroeconomics and credit cycles
      • Nicholas Brooks - Head of investment research, Intermediate Capital Group
      10:35 - 11:1035 mins
      Day 1 - Morning plenary
      Sponsored vs non-sponsored: sourcing, execution and performance
      • Mary Bates - Senior Vice President, Meketa Investment Group
      • Eric Beckman - Managing Partner, Breakwater Management
      • James Kirby - President, Deerpath
      11:10 - 11:4030 mins
      Morning networking break
        11:40 - 12:1030 mins
        Day 1 - Morning plenary
        Portfolio construction & asset allocation in a period of economic correction
        • Robert O'Sullivan - Managing Partner and co-founder, Comvest Credit Partners
        • Scott Wisenbaker - Partner and CIO, Constellation Associates
        • Tingting Zhang - President, TerraCotta Group
        12:10 - 12:4030 mins
        Day 1 - Morning plenary
        Investor feedback: What characteristics are different about picking managers now from 9 months ago?
        • Rob Kneip - Managing Director, Hayfin
        • Jamie Athanasoulas - Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners
        • Jeff Behring - Director Private Debt & Equity, Northwestern Mutual Capital
        • Kenton Freitag - Senior Portfolio Manager, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation
        • Nayef Perry - Managing Director, Hamilton Lane
        12:40 - 13:1535 mins
        Day 1 - Morning plenary
        Specialty finance: searching for the undiscovered value
        • Heinz Blennemann - Principal, Blennemann Family Investments
        • Eva Shang - Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Legalist
        13:15 - 14:1055 mins
        Networking lunch
        Networking lunch
          13:15 - 14:1055 mins
          LP Only
          LP only networking lunch
            14:10 - 14:155 mins
            Day 1 - Afternoon plenary
            Afternoon chairman
              14:15 - 14:5035 mins
              Day 1 - Afternoon plenary
              How are private credit funds marking their books?
              • Mark Emrich - Managing Director, Murray Devine
              • Doug Cruikshank - Head of Fund Financing and Hark Capital, Aberdeen Standard Investments
              • Ron Kahn - Managing Director, Lincoln International
              14:50 - 15:1020 mins
              Day 1 - Afternoon plenary
              Benefits of being an asset based lender in a sector specific strategy
              • Jamie Brodsky - Partner, Riverstone
              15:10 - 15:3020 mins
              Day 1 - Afternoon plenary
              Fireside chat: Spotlight on: Venture debt and growth debt
              • Tom Raterman - Partner & CFO, Runway Growth Capital
              • Kevin Sheehan - Co-Founder and Managing General Partner, Multiplier Capital
              15:30 - 15:5020 mins
              Afternoon networking break
                15:50 - 15:555 mins
                Day 1 - Afternoon plenary
                Debunking the headlines
                • Dylan Cox - Senior Analyst, Private Equity, Pitchbook
                15:55 - 16:2530 mins
                Day 1 - Afternoon plenary
                Is the lower end of market more risky than large cap market?
                • Brett Hickey - Founder & CEO, Star Mountain Capital
                • Randy Schwimmer - Senior Managing Director, Head of Origination and Capital Markets, Churchill Asset Management
                16:25 - 16:4520 mins
                Day 1 - Afternoon plenary
                Spotlight on deal flow: the winners and losers & the bounce back
                • Christopher Godfrey - President, CEPRES GmbH
                16:45 - 17:0520 mins
                Day 1 - Afternoon plenary
                Examining the value of covenants going forward
                • Dylan Cox - Senior Analyst, Private Equity, Pitchbook
                • Robert Hetu - Head of US Private Debt, CDPQ
                • Michele Kovatchis - Senior Managing Director, Antares
                17:05 - 17:105 mins
                Day 1 - Afternoon plenary
                End of main conference day one
                  17:10 - 18:3585 mins
                  SuperReturn Private Credit Networking Drinks
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