Investment and M&A Opportunities in HEALTHCARE Conference - CICAGO

SPEAKING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES:
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 opportuni ties 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

GOLD SPONSOR:
	PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Transaction Services group advises corporations and private equity firms on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, initial public offerings and other capital markets transactions. Our practice consists of dedicated, experienced deal professionals and industry specialists providing financial, tax and other due diligence services, integration and post-deal support. With the in-depth transaction experience gleaned from serving corporate and private equity clients globally, we can help you do the right deals, negotiate with power and control, and help increase your chances of generating greater returns from transactions. For more information about our M&A capabilities, please visit www.pwc.com/ustransactionservices

SILVER SPONSORS:
	Avalere Health LLC (http://www.avalerehealth.net/) provides strategic consulting, analytic due diligence, and policy guidance for clients in industry, government, and the not-for-profit sector. Based in Washington D.C., the firm focuses on the intersection between public policy and business strategy. Avalere Health also completes objective, analytic policy research funded by major medical foundations. The firm employs a wealth of talented consultants with backgrounds in government and industry.

	Healthcare Finance Group (HFG) is a specialty lender dedicated to providing senior debt financing solutions to the healthcare industry. HFG primarily provides secured revolving lines of credit and term debt financing with terms custom-tailored to meet our client’s needs. Established as a stand-alone, private firm in 2000, HFG works with providers and other healthcare entities throughout the U.S. HFG is headquartered in New York, and has offices in California, Florida, New Jersey and Connecticut. For more, see: www.hfgusa.com

	Ungaretti & Harris LLP was founded in 1974 and has over 100 attorneys who practice in three basic areas. These groups are business (corporate/private equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance, real estate, financial services, tax and benefits), healthcare/regulatory and litigation (commercial litigation, labor, insolvency and anti-trust). Ungaretti & Harris LLP has offices in Chicago and Springfield, Illinois and in Washington, D.C. For more information visit: www.uhlaw.com

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
	Abingworth is an international investment group dedicated exclusively to the life sciences and healthcare sectors. We invest across all stages of company development including early and late-stage venture financing, growth equity and public companies. Founded in 1973, Abingworth has a lengthy track record of building market leading companies. Our specialist team of over 20 professionals has a broad range of skills, including scientific and business expertise as well as investment banking, recruitment and legal knowledge. These resources are made available to portfolio companies. Abingworth has funds under management of over $1.25 billion and offices in London, Menlo Park (California) and Boston.

	Bass, Berry & Sims PLC provides an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to promote the success of our clients in the healthcare industry. Our firm has participated in the evolution of the healthcare industry in Nashville, the capital of entrepreneurial healthcare. We represent many of the largest providers of acute care, ambulatory surgery, diagnostic imaging, disease management and long-term care services in the United States. We have structured our healthcare practice as an integrated group of more than 100 attorneys in virtually all practice areas of the firm who blend their substantive expertise to meet the unique demands of the healthcare industry. We not only consider ourselves legal counsel to our clients, but business partners as well. For more information, visit www.bassberry.com.

	In this age of increasing competition and government involvement and oversight; healthcare companies are turning to Dresnick Healthcare Advisors to address operational, financial and strategic business issues. Our hands-on experience and industry knowledge in a wide range of healthcare entities give us a distinct advantage in helping clients to formulate and implement profitable business strategies. Our clients include: Physician Practices, Hospitals and Health Systems, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Diagnostic Imaging Centers, Medical Device Companies, and Biotechnology Companies. Let us put our experience to work for you.

	Epsilon Securities, LLC is a strategic and financial advisory firm offering merger & acquisition, capital raising and strategic services to middle market and emerging healthcare companies in the healthcare services, healthcare IT, medical device and life science sectors.

	Founded in 1985, Kaufman, Hall & Associates, Inc. is among the country’s most respected independent strategic financial and capital consultants, working with healthcare organizations of all types and sizes. The firm provides strategic advisory services; financial advisory services to debt transactions; strategic, financial, and capital planning services; capital allocation design and implementation services; and merger, acquisition, joint venture, real estate, and divestiture advisory services. In addition, Kaufman Hall developed and markets the ENUFF® Software Suite of strategic and financial management products. Kaufman Hall serves its clients from offices in Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. For more information, visit kaufmanhall.com.

	KPMG’s Transaction Services Healthcare professionals offer merger, acquisition, and divestiture support to strategic and financial buyers and sellers across the healthcare industry in the U.S. and globally. Our professionals can guide clients from early deal planning through closing and integration. Our range of experience in merger and acquisition services, and our understanding of key client issues, enables us to help clients reduce risk and increase value of their business deals.

	SAK MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC – We are the Senior Housing Turnaround Specialists. With a unique combination of knowledge and expertise, and a commitment to preserving the assets of an organization during bankruptcy or workout, SAK specializes in operating and consulting to distressed healthcare facilities that require strategic re-direction and turnaround management services. We assess facilities and immediately provide the turnaround plan because our staff of licensed Nursing Home Administrators, Nurses, Social Workers and other healthcare professionals possess over 250 years collective experience in all phases of long-term care operations, having spent a large portion of their careers in turn-around situations, rescuing troubled facilities.