Friday, February 9, 2007

7:00 –8:15 am

Breakfast

Sponsored by Greenberg Traurig LLP

8:18–8:30 am

Opening Remarks and Welcome

• Sonia Colon
  O'Neill & Borges; San Juan, P.R
• Patricia A. Redmond
  Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA; Miami

8:30–10:30 am

Concurrent Sessions

• Consumer Case Law and Practice Updates Including Continuation and Reimposition of Stay, New Confirmation Standards in Chapter 13 Cases, New Chapter 13 Discharge Requirements, Adequate Protection and Issues Regarding Equal Monthly Installments to Holders of Secured Claims Issues.
  • Moderator: Ricardo Kilpatrick
    Kilpatrick & Associates, PC; Auburn Hills, Mich.
  • Hon. Bruce Markell
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Las Vegas
  • Alejandro Oliveras
    Standing Chapter 13 Trustee; San Juan, P.R.

• Liquidating Cross-Border Assets and Recovering Cross-Border Claims
  • Moderator: James S. Feltman
    Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC; Miami, FL
  • Marcus A. Wide
    PricewaterhouseCoopers; Halifax, N.S.
  • Maggie Smith
    Glass Ratner Advisory & Captal Group, LLC; Atlanta
  • Harold D. Moorefield, Jr.
    Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA; Miami, FL
     

10:30–10:45 am

Coffee Break

Sponsored by Algon Group LLC

10:45 am–12:15pm

Concurrent Sessions

• Debtor, UST and Panel Trustee Perspectives on Hot Consumer Issues under BAPCPA
  • Moderator: Felicia S. Turner
    Office of the U.S. Trustee; Atlanta
  • Monsita Lecaroz-Arribas
    Office of the U.S. Trustee; San Juan, P.R.
  • Juan M. Suarez
    Cobo; San Juan, P.R.
  • Hon. Brian Tester
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court; San Juan, P.R.
  • Wigberto Lugo-Mender
    Lugo-Mender & Co.; Guaynabo, P.R.
• Hedge Fund Failure: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
  • Moderator: Francis C. Morrissey
    Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP; Boston
  • Alistaire Bambach (invited),
    Securities Exchange Commission; New York
  • Prof. Edward R. Morrison (invited)
    Columbia Law School; New York
  • Kenneth Krys
    RSM Cayman Islands; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
  • Scott M. Berman
    Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLP; New York

12:15–2:00 pm

Luncheon Program

Macroeconomic Trends in the Caribbean Region

• Desmond Thomas
  Inter-American Development Bank Country Economist/Coordinator for Barbados and Country Economist for the Caribbean Regional Matters

A country economist and coordinator for Barbados and the Caribbean Region at the Inter-American Development Bank, Desmond Thomas has published extensively in books, academic journals and the press on macroeconomic and development issues.  His professional experience also includes service as assistant economic advisor to the president of Guyana and statistician at the Caribbean Community Secretariat.

Sponsored by Markowitz, Davis, Ringel & Trusty, PA and Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA

2:15–3:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

• Cross-Border Consumer Issues: Citizenship, Residency and the Extra-Territorial Reach of a Bankruptcy Discharge and Cross-Border Recovery of a Fraudulent Transfer.
  • Moderator: Hon. Judith Fitzgerald
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court Pittsburgh
  • Jose R. Carrion
    Trujillo Alto, San Juan, P.R.
  • Robert C. Furr
    Furr & Cohen, PA, Boca Raton, FL
  • Professor Patrick D. O?Neill
    Puerto Rico University Law School;San Juan, P.R.
• Update on Chapter 15: Where in the World (Caribbean) is the COMI?
  • Moderator: Josefina McEvoy, Squire
    Sanders & Dempsey, LLP; Los Angeles
  • Michael J. Fay, Ogier
    Tortola, B.V.I.
  • Laura Hatfield
    Solomon Harris; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
  • Christopher A. Jarvinen
    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; New York

3:30–3:45 pm

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by Instituto Brasileiro de Gestão e Turnaround (IBGT)

3:45–4:45 pm

Concurrent Sessions

• Consumer Views from the Bench
  • Moderator: Sonia Colon
    O'Neill & Borges; San Juan, P.R.
  • Hon. Gerardo Carlo
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court; San Juan, P.R.
  • Hon. Judith Fitzgerald
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Pittsburgh
  • Hon. Enrique S. Lamoutte
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court; San Juan, P.R.
  • Hon. Robert A. Mark
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Miami
  • Hon. Brian Tester
    U.S. Bankruptcy Court; San Juan, P.R.

3:45–5:30pm

Lenders' Panel: Caribbean/South American Cross-Border Issues

• Moderator: Luis Salazar
  Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Miami
• Luis de Lucio
  Alvarez & Marsal; Brazil
• Rodolfo Pittaluga
  Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP; Miami

4:45–5:30pm

Bankruptcy Issues for Nonbankruptcy Lawyers

• Moderator: Sonia Colon
  O'Neill & Borges; San Juan, P.R.
• Hon. Robert A. Mark
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Miami
• Hon. Judith K. Fitzgerald
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court; Pittsburgh
• Hon. Gerardo Carlo
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court; San Juan, P.R.
• Hon. Enrique S. Lamoutte
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court; San Juan, P.R.
• Hon. Brian Tester
  U.S. Bankruptcy Court; San Juan, P.R.