Thursday, September 7

9:00 am–5:00 pm

ABC Exam

8:30 am

Golf Tournament at the Las Vegas Paiute Resort

Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase

2:00 pm

ABI Registration Desk Open

5:00–6:00 pm

New Member/Ambassador Reception

Sponsored by The Garden City Group, Inc.

6:30–8:30 pm

Opening Reception

Sponsored by Wells Fargo Foothill

Friday, September 8

7:30–8:30 am

Networking Breakfast

Sponsored by Development Specialists, Inc.

8:30–10:00 am

Keynote Presentation Featuring Hon. John Paul Stevens, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

10:00–10:15 am

Coffee Break

Sponsored by Steel City Capital Funding and Stutman, Treister & Glatt, PC

10:15 am–11:45 am

Concurrent Workshops

• Ethical Issues in Professional Compensation
• KERPs Comp. and Bonus Issues under the New Code, Including Pension Benefits and Union Contracts
• Changing Roles in Commercial Cases
• Small Business Chapter 11s: New Rules & Roles

12:00–1:30 pm

Luncheon Program: Where Will the Business Come From?

Sponsored by Morris Anderson & Associates Ltd.; SSG Capital Advisors LP; and Union Bank of California

1:30–3:00 pm

Concurrent Workshops

• Skills: How to Conduct a Valuation Hearing
• KERPs Comp. and Bonus Issues under the New Code, Including Pension Benefits and Union Contracts
• Consumer Bankruptcies: After the Flood

3:00–3:15 pm

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP and The Nassi Group LLC

3:15–4:45 pm

Concurrent Workshops

• Small Business Chapter 11s: New Rules and Roles
• Chapter 11 Committee & Creditor Issues: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
• Changing Roles in Commercial Case

4:45–6:00 pm

Friday Networking Reception/ABI Happy Hour

Sponsored by Bridge Associates LLC and Jenner & Block LLP

6:00–7:00 pm

Texas Bar Association Reception

Sponsored by LECG

7:00 pm

Optional Event: Twilight Helicopter Tour of the Strip

9:00 pm

Optional Event: Penn & Teller Live at the Rio