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Welcome to the 21st Annual
AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum in Hong Kong

Asian Private Equity & Buyouts
Decoupling Asia: Private equity's role in building Asia's growth economy
Asian Venture Capital & Tech
Silicon dragon: Asia rocks the venture world
AVCJ PE Leaders' Summit
Global operational best practices: The route to higher returns

Since its first gathering more than 20 years ago, the AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum has grown to become the meeting place for Asia's—and now the world's—private equity and venture investors, fund managers, corporate executives and financial professionals. With enthusiastic participation from the record 1,200 delegates last year, the region's premier industry event is set to be even bigger and better in 2008.

The 21st annual forum will continue the rich tradition of bringing together the industry's most renowned global and regional leaders to discuss the current issues, trends and practices impacting private equity and venture capital. Representing the ultimate in networking opportunities, the AVCJ Forum is the absolute must-attend event of the year.

Confirmed speakers (partial list)
Global Titans (keynotes)
DAVID BONDERMAN
Founding Partner
TPG Capital LP
GEORGE R. ROBERTS
Founding Partner
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
DAVID RUBENSTEIN
Co-Founder & Managing Director
The Carlyle Group
PAUL EDGERLEY
Managing Director
Bain Capital
HOWARD MARKS
Chairman
Oaktree
DICK KRAMLICH
General Partner & Co-Founder
New Enterprise Associates

Institutional Investors
KHALED AL-MUHAIRY
CEO
Evolvence Capital
GARY BRIDGE
Managing Director
Horsley Bridge Partners
STEVE BYROM
Investment Director, Private Markets
Future Fund
JEREMY COLLER
CIO
Coller Capital
MARTIN DAY
Managing Director
OMERS Capital Partners
CHARLES G. FROLAND
CEO
Performance Equity Management, LLC
MARLEEN GROEN
CEO
Greenpark Capital
VERONICA JOHN
CEO
IDFC Capital
DAVID LIN
Head of Asia & Fund Investing
Teachers' Private Capital
ADNAN SOUFI
Managing Director
SEDCO
GEORGES SUDARSKIS
Sr. Investment Controller, Private Equity
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
DARREN WONG
Managing Director & Head of Global Ventures and Asian Private Equity
HRJ Capital

Asian Private Equity & Buyouts
PETER AMOUR
CEO
AIF Capital
JOSEPH Y. BAE
Partner
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
NICHOLAS BLOY
Founder Partner & Director
Navis Capital Partners
DANIEL CARROLL
Managing Partner - Asia
TPG Capital
RACHEL CHIANG
Founding Partner
Pacific Alliance Equity Partners
MARK CHIBA
Group Chairman & Partner
The Longreach Group
NATHANIEL CHILDRES
Managing Director
CHAMP Private Equity
ASHISH DHAWAN
Sr. Managing Director
ChrysCapital
RICHARD DOBBS
Sr. Partner
McKinsey & Company
GEORGE M. DRYSADALE
Chairman & CEO
The Marsman-Drysdale Group
HOBART L. EPSTEIN
President & CEO
KTB Network
JOSEPH W. FERRIGNO III
Managing Partner
Asia Mezzanine Capital Group
JEREMY GHOSE
Head of International Leveraged Finance
Mizuho Corporate Bank
ALAN JONES
Managing Director & Global Co-Head
Morgan Stanley Private Equity
GRANT KELLEY
Principal & CEO
Colony Capital Asia Pacific
TALGAT KUKENOV
Managing Partner
Aureos Central Asia Fund
CHRISTOPHER A. LASKOWSKI
Managing Director
Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd
JAE WOO LEE
Founding Partner
Vogo Fund
ANDREW LIU
Managing Partner & CEO
CCMP Capital Asia
TUNG KIM NGUYEN
Partner, Deputy CEO
Indochina Capital
RALPH PARKS
Chairman
Oaktree Capital (Hong Kong) Limited
ROBERT PETTY
Managing Partner
Clearwater Capital Partners
JEAN ERIC SALATA
Founder & CEO
Baring Private Equity Asia
DEREK SULGER
Partner
Lunar Capital Management
K.Y. TANG
Chairman & Managing Partner
Affinity Equity Partners
HUBERTUS VAN DER VAART
Chairman
Small Enterprise Assistance Funds
KATHY XU
Managing Partner
Capital Today
PAUL YANG
Executive VP & CIO
China Development Financial Holding
FAN BAO
Founder & CEO
China Renaissance
DAVID NOTT
Regional Leader, Asia Pacific
KPMG Private Equity Group
ANDREW WHAN
Partner, Private Equity
Clifford Chance
JULIE G. RICHARDSON
Managing Director
Providence Equity Partners

Asian Venture Capital & Tech
JAWAD ANSARI
Managing Director
GCube Ventures
JAMES H. BOETTCHER
General Partner
Focus Ventures
SUMIR CHADHA
Managing Director
Sequoia Capital India
KA KEUNG CHAN
Managing Director, Head of Investments, Greater China
Climate Change Capital
JOE CHEN
CEO
Oak Pacific Interactive
GAEL DE BARMON
President
Natixis Private Equity Asia
KAMRAN ELAHIAN
Chairman & Co-Founder
Global Catalyst Partners
KEVIN FONG
Managing Director
GSR Ventures
RICHARD FRANKLIN
CEO
Sindicatum Carbon Technology Limited
YOSHITO HORI
Managing Partner
Globis Capital Partners
BENJAMIN JOFFE
Managing Director
Plus Eight Star Ltd
TINA JU
Founding & Managing Partner
KPCB China
H. JEFFREY LEONARD
President & CEO
Global Environment Fund
JAMES MI
Managing Director, China
Lightspeed Venture Partners
CLAUDIA FAN MUNCE
Managing Director
IBM Venture Capital Group
MICHAEL A. QUINN
Managing Partner
Innovation Capital
SAFI QURESHEY
Chairman & CEO
Quartics Inc.
NICHOLAS PARKER
Chairman & Co-Founder
Cleantech Group LLC
SUNG-BIN PARK
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Translink Capital
STEFAN RUST
Founder & CEO
Catalist Group
BO SHAO
General Partner
Matrix Partners
LIP-BU TAN
Chairman
Walden International
SONNY WU
Managing Director
GSR Ventures
CALVIN Q. XU
Sr. Industrial Specialist, Energy & Climate Change
International Finance Corporation
JOE ZHOU
Founder & Managing Partner
Keytone Ventures
JANE ZHU
Head of Asia Pacific
London Stock Exchange

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