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| 7:00 AM — Registration Opens and Badge Pick-Up Guided Tour of Conference and Theatres and Room Locations |
| NETWORKING LOUNGE
7:00-8:00AM – Virtual Coffee Drop In World’s Most Unusual Coffee Mug — Good Morning! Grab your favorite cup of Joe and drop in for CSuite’s WMUM (World’s Most Unusual Mug) challenge. Sponsored By: CSUITE FINANCIAL PARTNERS |
| LOBBY
WELCOME VIDEO: 2020 VIRTUAL ACG LA BUSINESS CONFERENCE HOST CO-CHAIRS: Scott Kolbrenner, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey |
| EXHIBIT HALL
7:00 AM Tradeshow Floor Opens Conference Sponsors / Capital Connection Tradeshow Floor |
| SHORT FILM: Tribute to Kobe Bryant
On Demand |
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| DEAL SOURCE / PRIVATE MEETINGS BALLROOM
7:00-10:00 AM – 1-on-1 Meetings – Pre-scheduled Meetings Private meetings are open to all Conference attendees and coordinated by sectors. All meetings will be requested through our scheduling software and will be open to all registered Conference attendees. Email and instructions to follow, post-registration and prior to Conference dates. Up to 60 meetings spread over 3 days |
One-on-One Meetings
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| BEVERLY HILLS BALLROOM
FIRESIDE CHAT POLITICS IN AMERICA: The Winners, The Losers and The Next 4 Years Rahm Emanuel Karl Rove Moderator: Scott Kolbrenner, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey |
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| NETWORKING LOUNGE
11:30-12:30 PM – Networking Lunch (Pre-registration required) Network over lunch with other conference attendees |
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| SANTA MONICA ROOM
1:00-2:00 PM |
| Dealmaking in the Time of COVID: With a global pandemic bringing the economy to a halt, Q2 activity was nearly nonexistent. But dealmakers are already adapting to uncertain projections, constrained lending markets, and new approaches to diligence. Our panel of PEGs will discuss what to expect from the bounce back, what pipelines look like for 2021, what the election results mean for the deal space, and some crystal ball predictions. |
| PANEL RJ David, Principal, Carlyle Nick Fries, Principal, Platinum Equity James Pade, Partner and Managing Director, Clearlak |
| MODERATOR: Stephen Rossi, Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets, Palm Tree |
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| INTERNATIONAL ROOM
1:00-2:00PM DISTRESSED TRANSACTIONS PRESENTED BY: GREENBERG GLUSKER |
| PANEL: Brian Davidoff, Chair, Bankruptcy, Reorganization & Capital Recovery, Greenberg Glusker Paul L. Kessler, Principal, Bristol Capital Advisors Cynthia Nelson, Senior Managing Director, Corp Finance, FTI Consulting |
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| SANTA MONICA ROOM
2:30-3:30PM 10 YEARS OF RECALIBRATION IN 8 MONTHS PRESENTED BY SINGERLEWAK |
| During the most tumultuous time for business and capital markets in our history, a series of events forced every business to re-imagine and re-think business as usual. Every business has had to pivot in one way or another to adjust for current market demands. Our panel will discuss current state of capital markets, normalizing results for COVID performance, the role between buyers and sellers, state of exits and valuations, future earnings and the re-alignment of growth and consolidation.
PANEL: Suzie Doran, Partner, SingerLewak MODERATOR: Dylan Cox, Lead Private Equity Analyst, Pitchbook |
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| INTERNATIONAL ROOM
2:30-3:30PM – GLOBAL ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE PRESENTED BY BANK OF AMERICA Aditya Bhave, Senior Global Economist, Bank of America The election, the US-China trade war, COVID, global supply chain disruption and a closed consumer economy for months. Aditya will give us an economic global perspective on these issues and what it means for business. |
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VIRTUAL HAPPY HOUR (literally) Comedy Hour with Alonzo Bodden A regular panel member on NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me,” Alonzo Bodden has been making audiences around the country laugh for more than 20 years. In August 2019, Alonzo starred in his fourth stand-up special, “Heavy Lightweight,” which premiered exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. In the special, he touched on a range of topics from slavery, cell phones, and the #MeToo movement to millennials, Kanye West and Taco Bell. Sponsored by FocalPoint Partners DAY 1. |
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| 7:00 AM – Registration Opens and “Badge Pick Up”
Guided Tour of Conference and Theatres and Room Locations |
| NETWORKING LOUNGE
7:00-8:00 AM – Virtual Coffee Networking Drop-in World’s Most Unusual Coffee Mug — SPONSORED BY: CSUITE FINANCIAL PARTNERS |
| LOBBY
WELCOME VIDEO: 2020 VIRTUAL ACG LA BUSINESS CONFERENCE |
| HOST CO-CHAIRS: Scott Kolbrenner, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey Margaret Shanley, Principal, CohnReznick |
| EXHIBIT HALL
7:00 AM – TRADESHOW FLOOR OPENS Conference Sponsors / Capital Connection Tradeshow Floor |
| SHORT FILM: One Breath Around the World
On Demand |
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| DEAL SOURCE / PRIVATE MEETINGS BALLROOM 7:00-10:00AM – 1:1 Meetings –Prescheduled MeetingsPrivate meetings are open to all Conference attendees and coordinated by sectors. All meetings will be arranged via our scheduling software. Conference and Capital Connection registered attendees will receive meeting instructions post registration and prior to Conference dates.Up to 60 meetings spread over 3 days |
One-on-One Meetings
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| BEVERLY HILLS BALLROOM
GROWTH, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE VALUE OF BEING READY Kevin O’Leary (Mr. Wonderful) Investor, Author, Star of Shark Tank In Conversation with Jim Freedman, Chairman, Intrepid Investment Bankers Kevin O’Leary was born to a middle-class family in 1954. The combination of Kevin’s mother’s family heritage as merchants and his father’s Irish charisma truly meant that O’Leary was born for business. Kevin learned most of his business intuition from his mother. She taught him key business and financial insights from an early age. These became Kevin’s core philosophies and the pillars upon which he would one day build his empire. After years of ups, downs, sacrifices, challenges, and lessons learned — not to mention a critical phone call that nearly cost him everything — the opportunity that Kevin saw eventually turned into a computer software giant that was acquired for more than $4 billion. |
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| NETWORKING LOUNGE 11:30-12:30 PM – Networking Lunch (Pre-registration required)SPONSORED BY: SHERWOOD PARTNERSZoom over lunch with other conference attendees GrubHub e-card will be sent to pre-registered attendees |
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| INTERNATIONAL ROOM 1:00-2:00 PMHEALTHCARE’S BIGGEST MOMENTPRESENTED BY INTREPID INVESTMENT BANKERS |
| Healthcare has always been one of the nation’s most important sectors, but COVID-19 has thrown it into the flashing lights. What are the opportunities and next big challenges in this dynamic sector? |
| PANEL: Pete Zippelius, Partner, Leonard Green & Partners Rich Whitney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Radiology Partners Robbert Vorhoff, Global Head of Healthcare, General Atlantic |
| CO-MODERATORS: Adam Abramowitz, Managing Director and Co-Head of Healthcare Jonathan Bluth, Director and Co-Head of Healthcare |
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1:00-2:00 PM Independent Sponsor Panel |
| Independent sponsors are increasingly emerging as uniquely positioned participants and a go-to source of deal flow, in the lower end of the middle market. Not only are they helping dry powder find a home, independent sponsors also diffuse the risk of having to find equity for transactions, by establishing relationships with capital providers.
Our panel of Independent Sponsors will talk about deal flow, valuations, models to partner with owner operators and their outlook for the balance of 2020 and beyond. |
| PANEL: Drew Brantley, Partner, Frisch Capital Ben Frazier, Founder and Managing Partner, Timoneer Strategic Partnership Andrew Thompson, Managing Director, Seaside Equity |
| MODERATOR: Margaret Shanley, Partner, CohnReznick |
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| BEVERLY HILLS BALLROOM
1:00-2:00 PM Human Capital & Portfolio Returns – How to Leverage Culture and Talent Alignment as Value Drivers |
| PANEL: Andrew Williamson, Managing Director, Calabasas Capital Dan Udoutch, CEO & Co-Founder, R Squared Daphne Dufresne, Managing Partner, GenNx360 Capital Partners |
| MODERATOR: Larry Shaffer, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Insperity |
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| DEAL SOURCE / PRIVATE MEETINGS BALLROOM
ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS – CONTINUED 2:00-3:45 PM – 1:1 Meetings –Pre-scheduled Meetings Private meetings are open to all Conference attendees and coordinated by sectors. All meetings will be arranged via our scheduling software. Conference and Capital Connection registered attendees will receive meeting instructions post registration and prior to Conference dates. One-on-One Meetings
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| BEVERLY HILLS BALLROOM
AROUND THE CORNER TO AROUND THE WORLD Robert Rosenberg, Former CEO of Dunkin’ Donuts A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running and Growing Dunkin’ Donuts In Conversation with Zac Turke, Partner, Sheppard Mullin Under Rosenberg’s leadership, the company grew from a regional family business to one of America’s best known and loved brands. Rosenberg received his MBA from Harvard Business School, and in just weeks after graduating at the age of 25, assumed the position of chief executive officer. Dunkin’ Donuts was a publicly owned company from 1968 until 1989 and earned a reputation for extraordinary stockholder returns. In that 21-year period, it earned its investors a 35 percent compound rate of return. After retiring from Dunkin, Rosenberg taught in the Graduate School at Babson College and served many years on the boards of directors of other leading food service companies, including Domino‘s Pizza and Sonic Restaurants. |
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BEVERLY HILLS BALLROOM 5:00-6:00 PM PROGRAM 5:00-5:30 PM – Live pre-show featuring executives from Please join ACG Los Angeles as we honor an impressive roster of Southern California businesses for achievements in areas such as Innovation, Social Responsibility, Business Transformation, Family Business, and more. And don’t miss the ACG Los Angeles 2020 Deal of the Year presented by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti! |
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| WELCOME VIDEO: 2020 VIRTUAL ACG LA BUSINESS CONFERENCE HOST CO-CHAIRS:Scott Kolbrenner, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey Margaret Shanley, Principal, CohnReznick |
| EXHIBIT HALL
7:00 AM – TRADESHOW FLOOR OPENS Conference Sponsors / Capital Connection Tradeshow Floor |
| DEAL SOURCE / PRIVATE MEETINGS BALLROOM
7:00-9:00 AM – 1-on-1 Meetings –Prescheduled Meetings Private meetings are open to all Conference attendees and coordinated by sectors. All meetings will be arranged via our scheduling software. Conference and Capital Connection registered attendees will receive meeting instructions post registration and prior to Conference dates. Up to 60 meetings spread over 3 days |
One-on-One Meetings
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| BEVERLY HILLS BALLROOM
LEADERSHIP, RESILIENCE AND MENTAL TOUGHNESS Admiral Eric Thor Olson In Conversation with Andrew Apfelberg, Partner, Greenberg Glusker Eric T. Olson is a retired United States Navy Admiral who last served as the eighth Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) from July 2, 2007 to August 8, 2011 which included the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden. He previously served as Deputy Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command from 2003 to July 2007. Olson was the first Navy SEAL ever to be appointed to three-star and four-star flag rank, as well as the first naval officer to be USSOCOM’s combatant commander. He has served operationally in an Underwater Demolition Team, SEAL Team, SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team, Special Boat Squadron, and at the Naval Special Warfare Development Group. Olson participated in the Battle of Mogadishu, he was later awarded the Silver Star for his actions. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of numerous public and private companies as well as charitable organizations. |
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| NETWORKING LOUNGE 11AM-12PMRECHARGE REFRESH REGROUP CHECK EMAILS CHECK ON THE DOG CHECK ON THE KIDS BREAK |
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| BEVERLY HILLS BALLROOM
THE STATE OF RETAIL & CONSUMER MARKETS KARA GOLDIN In Conversation with Sarah Grimstead, Regional VP Sales, Insperity Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., a healthy lifestyle company that produces the leading, award-winning, unsweetened flavored water. She has received numerous accolades, including being named EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 Northern California, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, WWD Beauty Inc.’s Feel Good Force and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs. |
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| DEAL SOURCE / PRIVATE MEETINGS BALLROOM
12:00-1:30 PM – 1-on-1 Meetings –Pre-scheduled Meetings Private meetings are open to all Conference attendees and coordinated by sectors. All meetings will be arranged via our scheduling software. Conference and Capital Connection registered attendees will receive meeting instructions post registration and prior to Conference dates. Up to 60 meetings spread over 3 days |
One-on-One Meetings
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CONCLUSION OF DAY 3 SEE YOU IN 2021! |
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THANK YOU! SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS, MEMBERS, ATTENDEES, SUPPORTERS AND FRIENDS WHO JOINED US FOR OUR 2020 VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE. WE COULDN’T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU. WE TRUST YOU ENJOYED OUR 3-DAY EVENT, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN 2021. IN DEEP GRATITUDE, |
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