| 7:00 – 11:30 am | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 8:40 am | Welcome – Announcements
| Conference Chairman: | Franz von Bradsky, President
Green Tree Capital – Napa, CA | |
| 8:40 – 10:00 am 
| Tales From The Trenches – Financing Rapidly Growing Companies
| Chairman: | Emory Thomas, Jr., Publisher
Puget Sound Business Journal – Seattle, WA | | Publisher Emory Thomas interviews three CEO's from the Puget Sound Business Journal's 2008 list of the 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies to reveal the secrets of financing rapidly growing companies. | | Douglas Brown, CEO
All Star Directories – Seattle, WA Carla Corkern, CEO
Talyst – Bellevue, WA Peter Norman, CEO
Bellevue Healthcare - Bellevue, WA | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 am | Refreshment Break |
| 10:30 – 11:50 am 
| Cash Is King – The Frozen Credit Markets
| Chairman: | Stephen Lozano, Senior Vice President
Union Bank of California – Seattle, WA | | The meltdown of the nation's credit markets during the past twelve months has left many "middle market" companies searching for answers on how to finance their growth as well as day to day operations. Panelist will discuss the latest trends and developments in the senior debt market and their impact on the availability of credit. | | Glenn Burroughs, Senior Vice President
PNC Business Credit – Seattle, WA Thomas E. Cleveland, Managing Partner
Access Business Finance – Bellevue, WA Curt B. Fraser, President of Middle Market Banking, Washington
JPMorgan Chase Bank – Seattle, WA | |
| 11:50 am – 1:30 pm | Luncheon and Keynote Speaker
Gary Wright, Senior Vice President
Seattle Sounders – Seattle, WA |
| 1:30 – 2:50 pm 
| Mezzanine/Subordinated Debt – Perhaps the Only Game In Town
| Chairman: | Jeffrey J. Holland, Managing Director
Seacoast Capital – San Francisco, CA | | The unprecedented collapse of the nation's credit markets and the crisis of confidence gripping financial markets has made mezzanine/subordinated debt financing one of the few viable options available to finance the growth of "middle market" companies. Panelist will discuss the latest deal structures, pricing and other pertinent terms. | | Stephen W. Etter, Partner
Greyrock Capital Group – San Francisco, CA Michael Kane, Managing Director
Caltius Mezzanine – Los Angeles, CA Steve R. Wilkins, Managing Director
Endeavour Structured Equity and Mezzanine Fund – Portland, OR | |
| 2:50 – 3:20 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 3:20 – 4:50 pm 
| The Private Equity Landscape has Shifted
| Chairman: | Ed Drosdick, Business Assurance Partner
Moss Adams – Seattle, WA | | Market conditions have changed significantly at every level of the private equity marketplace. But with change comes opportunity, and this is particularly true for private equity investors. Our panelists represent some of the most active private equity investors in the Pacific Northwest marketplace. They will share their perspective on market activity, as well as the deal terms, structure, and valuations they are encountering in today's market. | | Chris Britt, Managing Partner
Marwit Capital – Newport Beach, CA Mark E. Morris, Partner
Blue Point Capital Partners – Seattle, WA Bradaigh O. F. Wagner, Principal
Endeavour Capital – Seattle, WA Robert A. Zielinski, General Partner
Riordan, Lewis & Haden – Los Angeles, CA | |
| 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Middle Market Financing Roundup and Northwest Wine Tasting Reception Go one on one with executives from 40 of the nation's leading private equity funds, mezzanine/subordinated debt funds, hedge funds, business development companies and venture capital funds with over $50 billion of capital under management during the conference's signature event. This unique opportunity to connect with members of these firms is not to be missed. |
| 7:00 pm | Program Concludes |
