DETAILED AGENDA
We are actively seeking senior healthcare corporate development executives, government policy-makers; investors and others to join our executive speaking faculty. In addition, the conference provides many business development opportunities for deal-flow and transaction service providers to increase their visibility in this market by joining as conference co-sponsors.

For more information on all of these opportunities, contact:

Don Buford, CEO, iiBIG at 212-300-2521 or info@iibig.com.

Monday, February 1, 2010
8:00 - 8:45 Networking & Registration

8:45 - 9:00

Welcome to Nashville – Opening Remarks

Caroline Young, President,
Nashville Health Care Council (NHCC)
Nashville, TN

9:00 - 9:45

Keynote Address: Global Outlook for Cross-Border Healthcare M&A in 2010

Marvelle Sullivan, Head of Corporate Legal M&A,
Novartis International, AG
Basel, Switzerland

9:45 - 10:30

State of the Health Care Industry:
Where is the Healthcare Sector Today and What Does the Future Hold?

Moderator:
Steven Elek, III, Partner-in-Charge, Healthcare Transaction Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Philadelphia, PA
Panelists:
Rami Armon, Vice President,
Avalere Health LLC
Washington, DC
Perry Ballard, Principal,
Flexpoint Ford
Chicago, IL
Bo Bartholomew, Founder & CEO,
PharmMD Solutions
Nashville, TN
Gregg A. Gerken, Vice President Development,
HCA
Nashville, TN

10:30 - 11:00 Refreshments & Networking

11:05 - 11:50

The Healthcare Investment Transaction Life-Cycle

  • Analyzing & Structuring the Deal
  • Integration & Transition Management
  • Pre- & Post-Close Dos & Don’ts
  • Closing the Deal
  • Exiting the Deal
Moderator:
Christopher Kersey, M.D., Managing Member & Partner,
Camden Partners
Baltimore, MD
Panelists:
Michael S. Cole, Managing Director,
Alvarez & Marsal
Nashville, TN
Mark A. Kromkowski, Partner,
McGuire Woods LLP
Chicago, IL
Chris McFadden, Managing Director,
Health Evolution Partners
New York, NY

Jeffrey C. Nahley, Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking,
Signal Hill Capital Group LLC
Baltimore, MD


11:55 - 12:45

Financing the Deal: Creative Options in the Capital Markets

Moderator:
Russ Herakovich, Managing Director,
GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services
Atlanta, GA
Panelists:
Gregory M. Browne, Managing Director, Healthcare Leveraged Finance,
CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC
Chicago, IL
Dan Davidson, Healthcare Investment Banking,
Morgan Joseph & Co., Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Jon Santemma, Managing Director, Global Healthcare Group,
Jefferies & Company, Inc.

New York, NY

12:45 - 1:55 NETWORKING LUNCHEON

2:00 - 2:45

Healthcare Private Equity Investing in the Midst of Healthcare Reform

  • Impact of the dislocation in the financial markets:
    • What is the status of available debt capital and the implications on deal pricing?
    • How have the deal types changed?
    • What is the outlook for PE fund-raising & what are the implications for Healthcare PE investing?
  • Implications of healthcare reform on investment themes and investment activity:
    • What sectors will be winners? Losers?
    • What are the implications of HC reform on investment themes?
    • What effect will HC reform have on deal activity?
Moderator:
Harris Hyman, Senior Principal,
Flexpoint Ford
Chicago, IL
Panelists:
Burk Lindsey, Managing Director, Health Care Investment Banking,
Raymond James & Associates

Nashville, TN
C. Taylor Cole, Jr., Partner,
Charterhouse Group, Inc.
New York, NY
Craig Frances, M.D., Managing Partner,
Summit Partners
Palo Alto, CA

2:50 - 3:30 Refreshments & Networking

3:35 - 4:25

Strategic Buyers: Energizing the Healthcare M&A Market

Moderator:
Leigh Walton, Partner,
Bass Berry & Sims, PLC
Nashville, TN
Panelists:
Donald A. Adam, SVP & Chief Development Officer,
RehabCare Group, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
John Deane, CEO,
Southwind Health Partners
Nashville, TN
Joné L. Koford, President, Strategic Growth and Development,
LifePoint Hospitals®
Nashville, TN
Ryan Stewart, Senior Principal,
Triple Tree, LLC
Minneapolis, MN

4:30 - 5:20

Medicare Reimbursement, Due Diligence & Other Issues in Assessing (and valuing) Acquisition Targets

Moderator:
Richard Zall, Member,
Proskauer Rose LLP
New York, NY
Panelists:
Brian Kerby, Partner, Transaction Services,
Crowe Horwath LLP
Chicago, IL
Kevin McCarty, Managing Director,
West Monroe Partners
Chicago, IL
Mohamad H. Makhzoumi, Principal,
New Enterprise Associates
Menlo Park, CA
Bonnie Washington, Vice President,
Avalere Health LLC
Washington, DC

5:30 – 7:00 WELCOME TO NASHVILLE!
Evening Networking Reception HOSTED BY OUR NASHVILLE HOME TOWN SPONSORS
   
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
8:30 – 9:15 Networking & Registration

9:15 – 9:25 Recap of Day One Proceedings

9:30 – 10:15

Sector Focus: What’s Hot & What’s Not in the Healthcare Space?

  • Health Care IT & Other HC Technologies
  • Medical Devices
  • Biotech
  • Hospitals: For-Profit & Non-Profit
  • Rural & Under-served Sector Services
  • Others?
Panelists:
Trey Crabb, Managing Principal,
Stroudwater Associates
Nashville, TN
Samuel E. Lynch, D.M.D., D.M.Sc., President & CEO,
BioMimetic Theraputics, Inc.
Nashville, TN
J. Carter McNabb, Managing Director,
River Cities Capital Funds
Cincinnati, OH
Brian Miller, Partner,
LINDEN LLC
Chicago, IL

10:15 – 10:45 Refreshments & Networking

10:50 – 11:40

Case Study: Ambient Healthcare’s Acquisition of Nutritional Parenteral Home Care, Inc.

  • History of NPHC
  • The acquisition that set up the Deal
  • Post Acquisition Takeaways
Panelists:
Greg Crabtree, CEO,
Crabtree, Rowe & Berger, P.C.
Huntsville, AL
George A. Smith II, Partner,
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P. C.
Huntsville, AL
Mike Zuga, COO,
Ambient Healthcare, Inc.
Coral Springs, FL

11:45 Conference Concludes
Thanks for “Thinking iiBIG!”
     
     
     

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