Detailed Agenda with Speaker Assignments

Agenda

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Day One
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Networking Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Attendee Introductions
  • Susan Wilson, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Scott Schmid, JPMorgan Chase
  • Jana Cohen Barbe, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Washington Wire
  • Mike Novogradac, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • David Gasson, Boston Capital
  • Richard Goldstein, Nixon Peabody LLP
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The State of the Equity Market
  • George Littlejohn, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Jana Cohen Barbe, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
  • Greg Judge, Boston Financial Investment Management
  • Bob Moss, Boston Capital
  • Mike Riechman, RBC Capital Mar
  • Jay Segel, Stratford Capital
12:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Keynote Speaker Luncheon
2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Investors Seek to Protect Assets: Strategies for Complex Times
  • Tony Grappone, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Brad Bullock, Guardian Real Estate Services
  • Sonya Prear, John Hancock Realty Advisors
  • Steve Spall, Tax Credit Asset Management
  • Catherine Talbot, Boston Financial Investment Management
3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Resurrecting Stalled Projects
  • Rob Thesman, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Caryn Chalmers, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
  • Debra Koehler, Sage Partners LLC
  • Ellen Rogers, Bank of America
  • Peter Siegel, Landex Corporation
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Partnering with HUD
  • Jim McGowan, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Margaret Allen, AGM Financial Services
  • Taylor Caswell, Caswell Strategies LLC
  • Mark Eidson, Prudential
  • Monica Hilton-Sussman, Nixon Peabody LLP
  • Shel Schreiberg, Pepper Hamilton LLP
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Poolside Networking Reception
7:00 p.m. Day One Concludes

 

Friday, January 15, 2010

Day Two
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Developers Round Table: Tales From the Trenches
  • Charlie Rhuda, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Jennifer Chester, National CORE
  • Gonzalo DeRamon, Biscayne Housing Group
  • Alfred Sanchez, YMCA of Greater Miami
  • Bob Wilder, Wilder Balter Partners LLC
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Debt Matters: A Word from the Lenders
  • Jim Gillespie, Red Stone (moderator)
  • Margaret Allen, AGM Financial Services
  • Tammy Haylock-Moore, JPMorgan Chase
  • Tammy Ofek, CAPM Funding
  • Phil Melton, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC
10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. In the Drivers Seat: The New Role of the State Agencies
  • Brad Elphick, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Brenda Evans, Louisiana Housing Finance Agency
  • Laurel Hart, Georgia Department of Community Affairs
  • Tim Kenny, Nebraska Investment Finance Authority
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Going Solar: ITCs and LIHTCs
  • Tony Grappone, Novogradac & Company LLP (moderator)
  • Taylor Caswell, Caswell Strategies LLC
  • James Duffy, Nixon Peabody LLP
  • Jonathan Goldstein, Sunwheel Energy Partners
  • Wayne Michael, Novogradac & Company LLP
12:00 p.m. Conference Concludes