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Agenda

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Day One
8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Keynote Address

  • Christine Raguso, Chicago Development Fund
9:15 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

  • Owen Gray, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Greg Doran, Nixon Peabody LLP
  • Jim Howard, TransCapital
  • Marc Hirshman, US Bancorp CDC
  • Randy Kahn, Capmark
  • Scott Lindquist, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
  • Erik Rickard, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP
  • Karen Williams, Lane Powell
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.

Beltway Reflections

  • Michael Novogradac, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Alison Feighan, Rapoza Associates
  • John Leith-Tetrault, NTCIC
11:00 a.m. - 11:50 p.m. Rules, Regulations and Awards
  • Owen Gray, Novogradac & Company LLP
  • Jonathan Kaden, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
12:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker Luncheon
2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

State of the NMTC Capital Markets

  • Randy Kahn, Capmark (moderator)
  • Jim Howard, TransCapital
  • Michael Sanders, Blank Rome LLP
  • Chris Sears, SunTrust
CONCURRENT SESSION I  
3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Uncovering New Sources of Funds

  • Brad Elphick, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Kristin DeKuiper, Holland & Knight LLP
  • Kevin Goldsmith, JPMorgan Chase  
  • Kandi Jackson, NTCIC
4:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. Foreclosures
  • Diana Letsinger, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Scott Lindquist, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
  • Stephanie Franklin-Suber, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP
  • Erik Rickard, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP
CONCURRENT SESSION II  
3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

Combining NMTCs with PTCs and ITCs

  • Thomas Stephens, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP (moderator)
  • Herb Stevens, Nixon Peabody LLP
  • Darren Van’t Hof, US Bancorp CDC
  • Karen Williams, Lane Powell
4:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.

Leveraged Loans and Uncle Sam

  • John Sciarretti, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Doug Banghart, Holland & Knight LLP
  • Darryl Jacobs, Ginsberg Jacobs LLC
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Networking Reception
9:30 p.m.

Night Cap Reception
Sofitel Lobby Bar at Swissotel

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Friday, October 23, 2009

Day Two
8:00 a.m. Networking Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Leveraged Loans and Amortization
  • Thomas Boccia, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Stephanie Greene Duffy, Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP
  • Neil Faden, Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • En Jung Kim, JPMorgan Chase
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.

Financing Transactions with Multiple CDEs

  • Kermit Billups, Capmark (moderator)
  • Maria Bustria-Glickman, US Bancorp CDC
  • Wanda Clark, Wells Fargo
  • Greg Doran, Nixon Peabody LLP
11:00 a.m. Conference Concludes