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Draft Agenda 
 
Chairman
Viktor Manev, Managing Partner, MM Consult
 
9:30 – 10:00 – Refreshment, hosted by Onda
 
10:00 – 10:10 OPENING
Galya Prokopieva, Editor-in-Chief, Capital Weekly
Anna Rizova – Clegg, Managing Partner, DLA Piper Bulgaria
 
10:10 – 10:40 Keynote Speech:
Key changes to the PE landscape
What has changed in the times of market instability and what will change over the next one to two years?
Kamila Vykydalova, Mergermarket
Malcolm MacDougall, Partner, DLA Piper, London
 
10:40 – 11:30 Firstdiscussion panel:
What will be the driving forces for PE in 2010 and beyond?
 
Panelists:
Valeri Petrov, Partner, Bancroft
Thomas Higgins, Managing Partner, Balkan Accession Fund
Orbán Krisztián, Oriens IM
Angel Gyaurov, Managing Director, Arco Capital Management
Moderator: Malcolm MacDougall, Partner, DLA Piper, London
 
11:30 – 12:00 – Coffee break, hosted by Onda
 
12:00 – 12:15
How important is the role of the state in ensuring sufficient capital supply to jump start venture capital markets? What would be the role of JEREMIE?
Evgeni Angelov, Deputy Minister, MEET
 
12:15 – 12:30
The EIF’s view on the opportunities and challenges ahead in PE investment arena
Jean-Philippe Burcklen, European Investment Fund
 
12:30 – 13:30 Seconddiscussion panel:
Recent trends in financing PE deals
 
Panelists:
Chavdar Rissin, Head of Banking, Citibank, Bulgaria
Henry Owainati, Managing Director Private Equity at Bank Gutmann Group
Niklas Pichler,Investment Director,Mezzanine Management
Dimitris Hatzis, Senior Banker, Head of Leverage Finance, EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A.
Moderator: Ivaylo Simov, Director, Global Finance
 
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch break
 
14:30 – 15:00Keynote Speech
Which sectors present the best opportunities for PE?
Which sectors are currently hot? How does the attractiveness of the sector compare in various markets of the region? Outlook for the sectors in 2010
Brian Wardrop, Managing Partner, ARX
 
15:00 – 16:15 Third discussion panel:  
Exits: How are they possible? Deal Participants’ View
Ivailo Gospodinov, Managing Director, Raiffeisen Investment Bulgaria
Iliyan Grigorov, City Hospitals & Clinics
Kalin Mitrev, Manager, Vector AS
Stuart Till, Executive Director, Investor.bg
Moderator: Bojidar Neitchev, Partner, PWC
 
16:15 – 16:30 Keynote Speaker
Is the traditional PE model viable?
MartinZaimov, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Société Générale Expressbank
 
16:30 Closing remarks
Viktor Manev, Managing Partner, MMC