Monday, May 8, 2006

7:30 am

Registration Desk Open

8:00 noon–8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30–8:45 am

Conference Chairs’ Welcome

8:45–10:00 am

Plenary Session: Judges’ Panel

Bankruptcy Reform One Year Later: What’s New in New York Courts under BAPCPA and Other Developments?

10:00–10:15 am

Break

10:15–11:30 am

Concurrent Sessions

• Substantive Consolidation Update: Is the Doctrine Alive and Well after Owens Corning?
• Pension and Retiree Claims in U.S. Insolvencies
• Ethics: Conflicts and Conflicts Counsel; Debtor’s Counsel and Management Duties in Multiple Company Cases
• Litigating Valuation Disputes
• Financing: Are the Goals of Lenders Really Changing?

11:30 am–12:45 pm

Repeat Concurrent Sessions

12:45–1:30 pm

Buffet Lunch

1:30–2:30 pm

Plenary Session: Constitutional Aspects of the New Bankruptcy Law: Means Testing, Attorney Regulation, Chapter 11 as Involuntary Servitu

2:30–3:45 pm

Concurrent Sessions

3:45–4:00 pm

Refreshment Break

4:00–5:15 pm

Repeat Concurrent Sessions

5:15 p.m.

Adjourn

6:00–8:00 pm

VIP Reception for Speakers and Sponsors