Monday, November 16 8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Welcome Opening Remarks Robert J. Keach, ABI President Bernstein Shur; Portland, Maine 8:45-9:45 a.m. The 1978 Code Reconsidered: Strengths, Weaknesses and the Impact of Amendments to the Original Vision of U.S. Restructuring William A. Brandt, Jr. Development Specialists Inc; Chicago Prof. David Epstein SMU School of Law; Dallas Robert E. Feidler Consultant and Former Congressional Staff Member; Arlington, Va. Richard B. Levin Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; New York 9:45-10:00 a.m. Break 10:00-11:00 a.m. Legislative Impediments-New Administrative Expenses, Shortened Time Periods and Other BAPCPA Changes: Should BAPCPA Be Rolled Back? Lawrence C. Gottlieb Cooley Godward Kronish LLP; New York Hon. Barbara J. Houser U.S. Bankruptcy Judge (N.D. Tex.); Dallas Bruce S. Nathan Lowenstein Sandler PC; New York Prof. Jack F. Williams Georgia State University College of Law; Atlanta 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Safe Harbor or Charybdis: Do the Provisions on Forward Contracts, Swaps, Repurchase Agreements and Other Derivatives Need Fixing? Prof. Stephen J. Lubben Seton Hall University Law School; Newark, N.J. Hon. Christopher S. Sontchi U.S. Bankruptcy Judge (D. Del.); Wilmington, Del. Shmuel Vasser Dechert LLP; New York Julia M. Whitehead Whitehead Miller Advisors, Inc.; New York 12:15-1:15 p.m. Luncheon (location: Washington Court Hotel) 1:30-2:00 p.m. Guest Speaker Harvey R. Miller Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP; New York 2:00-3:00 p.m. Labor Issues: Would Reform of Federal Law Employee and Benefits Claims Help or Hurt Reorganizations? Michael L. Bernstein Arnold & Porter LLP; Washington, D.C. Babette A. Ceccotti Cohen Weiss & Simon LLP; New York Dave Davis Perseus, LLC; Washington, D.C. Marcus C. Migliore Air Line Pilots Association; Washington, DC Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff U.S. Bankruptcy Judge (N.D. Ill.); Chicago 3:00-3:15 p.m. Break 3:15-4:15 p.m. DIP Financing and Cash Collateral: Too Much Control for the Lenders? Jonathan N. Helfat Otterbourg, Steindler Houston & Rosen PC; New York Richard E. Mikels Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC; Boston Harvey R. Miller Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP; New York Robin Phelan Haynes & Boone; Dallas Rebecca A. Roof AlixPartners LLP; New York Prof. David A. Skeel, Jr. University of Pennsylvania School of Law; Philadelphia 4:15-5:15 p.m. Who Should Run the Chapter 11? The Future of the DIP Model, CROs, Trustees, Monitors, Committees and Beyond John Wm. (Jack) Butler Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; Chicago Steven G. Golick Osler Hoskin & Harcourt, LLP; Toronto Prof. Charles J. Tabb University of Illinois College of Law; Champaign Clifford J. White Director, Executive Office for U.S. Trustees; Washington, D.C. Bettina M. Whyte Bridge Associates LLP; New York 5:15-6:30 p.m. Reception at Georgetown University Law Center Tuesday, November 17 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8:45-10:15a.m. The Present and Future of "One Size Fits All": Do We Need a Chapter for Those "Too Big to Fail"? Hon. Kevin J. Carey U.S. Bankruptcy Judge (D. Del.); Wilmington Prof. David Gray Carlson Benjamin Cardozo School of Law; New York Daniel M. Flores House Judiciary Committee; Washington, D.C. Prof. George W. Kuney University of Tennessee School of Law; Knoxville Prof. Adam J. Levitin Georgetown University Law Center; Washington, D.C. 10:15-10:30 a.m. Break 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. The Sale Model of Reorganization after Lehman, Chrysler and GM: What’s Next for the Evolution or Demise of Chapter 11? Prof. Barry E. Adler New York University School of Law; New York Prof. Douglas Baird University of Chicago Law School; Chicago Corinne Ball Jones Day; New York Hon. Robert E. Gerber U. S. Bankruptcy Judge (S.D.N.Y.); New York Hon. Arthur J. Gonzalez U.S. Bankruptcy Judge (S.D.N.Y.); New York Michael P. Richman Patton Boggs LLP; New York Prof. James J. White University of Michigan Law School; Ann Arbor 12:00 p.m. Concluding Remarks and Adjourn
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