Tuesday, February 12, 2008
7:00 AM — 8:00 AM	2.5K Fun Run
8:00 AM — 4:30 PM	Registration Open
8:00 AM — 4:30 PM	Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 AM — 9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall Sponsor: Navigant Consulting, Inc.
9:15 AM — 9:25 AM	Conference Welcome Remarks
9:30 AM — 10:30 AM	General Session - Panel *+ State of the Industry - A Legal and Regulatory Update Moderator: John G. Gaine, MFA President Panelists: David Franasiak, Williams & Jensen, PLLC David Matteson, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Anthony Perricone, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP Paul Roth, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Sponsor: O'Connor Davies Financial Services, LLC
10:30 AM — 11:00 AM	Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall Sponsor: Morgan Stanley
10:30 AM — 11:00 AM	Press Briefing (only open to members of the media)
11:00 AM — 11:20 AM	General Session Keynote Principles and Practices for Hedge Fund Investors: Highlights of Recommendations Presenter: Russell Read, CalPers
11:20 AM — 12:30 PM	General Session - Panel Beyond Returns: What Allocators Want to Know Moderator: Jay Gould, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Panelists: Von Hughes, PAAMCO Todd E. Petzel, Offit Capital Advisors Jim Tomeo, SSARIS Advisors, LLC Sponsor: Aviva Capital Management
12:30 PM — 1:45 PM	Keynote Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Craig Donohue, CEO, CME Group Sponsor: CME Group
2:00 PM — 4:00 PM	Beyond Returns Workshops: Ready, Set, Disclose 1. Due Diligence Questionnaire - How to Fill One Out Marilyn Selby Okoshi, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Charlie Cassidy, Cambridge Associates LLC 2. Operational Due Diligence Cary Klivan, Amber Partners (USA), Inc. Michael Garvey, J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Mgt., Inc. 3. Personal Background Checks on Investors Kate Dressel, Strategic Compliance Solutions, LLC Kenneth S. Springer, Corporate Resolutions Inc. 4. Communications with the Institutional Investor - Knowing your Audience Tracy Wills-Zapata, Campbell & Company, Inc. Karan Sampson, Greenwich Associates
2:00 PM — 5:00 PM	Tennis Tournament & Clinic Sponsors: Campbell & Company, Inc. and Sunrise Capital Partners, LLC
4:30 PM — 5:30 PM	MFA Board, Sustaining & Capital Member Cocktail Reception Sponsor: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
6:00 PM — 8:00 PM	Off-site Cocktail Reception SET, South Beach Sponsor: Newedge
* CPE credit will be available for NY accountants. + For NY attorneys, MFA has applied to the New York State CLE Board for CLE Credit. Application is pending. Delegates wanting CLE credit must sign in and sign out.