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19th Strategic Growth Conference & Capital Forum with DealSource

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

OnSite Register is available for Members, Sponsors & Guests Registration

$395.00

HOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS: Please click on the link, Hilton McLean Tysons Corner or call 703 847-5000 to make a hotel reservation.

2013 Conference Program Schedule

MONDAY, February 25

12:30 pm

Registration Opens

1:00- 5:00 pm

Twelve 20-minute meeting between IBs and PEGs (Registration is closed)

2:30-4:30
pm

Sponsored by:

Panel I - Applying and Leveraging Commercial Technologies for Government Use (and vice versa): Opportunities and Challenges for "Dual-Use"

Dr. Lee Buchanan, Venture Partner, Paladin Capital Group
He is also a Director of Tektronix, Lucent-Alcatel Government Solutions, TestMart, Corp., Advantage Federal, Corp, and the Robotics Technology Consortium. Prior to Paladin Dr. Buchanan was Vice President, Advanced Concepts, EDO Corporation, a $1B producer of Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, sonar, and weapons systems for the U.S. military.

Samir Nanavati, Partner, ibg, a Novetta Solutions company
Known as one of the industry's foremost experts on the deployment of large-scale identity systems. He is frequently cited by leading news sources, has authored or contributed to four books, and has co-developed testing protocols for IBG's Comparative Biometric Testing and Spoof Evaluation Trials.

Mark Seward, Director of Security and Compliance, Splunk, Inc
Mark Seward CISA has over 12 years of experience in the IT security management profession as a security practitioner and security product manager. Mark’s specialties include using big data and statistical analysis for security, security-as-a-service, and vulnerability management.

Douglas Smith, President and CEO, Oceus Networks
For more than 20 years, he has led teams focused on the advancement of broadband communications, and was recognized by Tech America with the 2011 Innovator Award for Government Services. Prior to his current role, Smith served as president and CEO of Ericsson Federal Inc. where he established the company as a leader in delivering broadband communications to the civilian and defense government communities.

Dr. Prescott Winter, Managing Director, The Chertoff Group
Dr. Winter brings an in-depth understanding of the technology needs of the intelligence community and commercial industry. He was most recently Chief Technology Officer for Public Sector Security within the Enterprise Security Unit at Hewlett Packard. Dr. Winter also spent more than 27 years at the National Security Agency, including service as the Associate Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Information Integration.

Moderator: Michael Lustbader, Partner, Arlington Capital Partner
Michael joined Arlington upon the fund’s formation in 1999. At Arlington he is responsible for investing in government contracting, outsourced business services and software, IT services, and aerospace/defense. Michael has been involved in many of Arlington’s successful investments, including Apogen Technologies, a Federal IT contractor, SECOR International, an environmental consulting firm, and SignalTree Solutions, an offshore IT provider.

5:00-6:00 pm

Opening Conference Speaker - Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States

Appointed to the Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, he is the longest-serving justice currently on the Court as well as the Senior Associate Justice.

6:00-8:00 pm

Networking Reception - Conference attendees are invited to network with their colleagues during a hosted reception. Entertainment includes full scale simulated golf and basketball video games.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

8:00 am

Breakfast

9:00 am

Welcome

9:10 am

Morning Speaker
Sheila C. Johnson, Founder, CEO Salamander Hotels & Resorts
Entrepreneur and philanthropist.

10:10 am

Networking

11:00 -
Noon

Sponsored by:

Panel 11 - Update on the Fundraising Market
In an extremely complicated and challenging investment environment, private equity has continued to generate superior returns. Despite that, it has become far more difficult to raise new private equity funds over the last several years. Will those conditions continue in 2013 and beyond? Join experienced leaders from some of the region's premier institutional investors for a candid discussion about what asset classes are attractive to LPs, where they are investing today, best practices in marketing to LPs, and how best to position your equity fund for fundraising success.

Roger Allenbaugh, Managing Director, Tangent Capital Partners, LLC

Christine Kelleher, Senior Investment Officer, Georgetown University Endowment
She is primarily responsible for non-U.S. and private equity investments. She joined the Investment Office at its founding in July 2004. Previously, Christine worked in the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies in Georgetown's School of Foreign Service. From 1995 to 1999, she served as a member of the management team and as an officer to the Board of Trustees of the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary.

Alona Ponomareva, Principal Portfolio Manager, The World Bank Pension Plan.
Alona is a member of the Private Equity team of the World Bank’s Pension and Endowments Department which she joined in 2001. In addition to her focus on private equity, Ms. Ponomareva has spent almost nine years as Investment Officer for International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank and the largest private investor in emerging markets worldwide. While at IFC, Ms. Ponomareva focused on manufacturing investments in Latin America and infrastructure investments in Eastern Europe, including a 5-year overseas posting in Ukraine.

Jonathan Wilson, Senior Investment Analyst, Kemper Corporate Services, Inc.

Moderator: Neal J. Wilson, Chief Operating Office, EJF Capital LLC.
Mr. Wilson co-founded EJF Capital LLC ("EJF") in 2005. EJF manages a diverse group of alternative investment strategies for individuals, institutions, foundations and endowments. It is comprised of 17 investment professionals and 36 total employees, and manages approximately $3.1 billion in hedge fund assets in various strategies (as of December 1, 2012).

Prior to forming EJF Capital, Mr. Wilson served as Senior Managing Director for both the Alternative Asset Investments and Private Wealth Management groups at Friedman Billings Ramsey Group (NYSE: FBR), which had in aggregate more than $1.5 billion in assets under management.

Noon

Networking Lunch

1:00-2:00 pm

Closing Speaker Lanny Davis, Fox News Contributor and Crisis Management Specialist
He is the principal in the Washington law firm of Lanny J. Davis & Associates, which also specializes in legal crisis management, served as President Clinton’s special counsel from 1996-98 and as a member of President George W. Bush’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (2006-07). He currently serves as Special Counsel to Dilworth Paxson and is a partner with Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele in Purple Nation Solutions, a public affairs-strategic communications company. He is the author of the forthcoming book, "Crisis Tales – Five Rules for Handling Scandal in Business, Politics and Life" .