Monday, March 1, 2010: Main Conference Day One

12:00

Registration for Main Conference

12:15

Chairpersons’ Opening Remarks 

Peter Leyton, President/Shareholder, Ritzert & Leyton

Christoper L. Curran, Managing Director, Berkery Noyes

12:30 

Regulator Keynote: Government, Business, and Community Considerations in the Move to Broaden Education in the United States into Top Global Performer Status 

Dan Madzelan, Acting Assistant Secretary for Post Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education

1:00

Networking Break

1:30

Investor Keynote: Establishing the Growth of National Education through Private and Public Partnerships, Solution-Building and Innovation in Capital Deployment 

Tom Vander Ark, former Head of Grant-making, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Partner, Revolution Learning

2:00

Keynote: Defining the Relationship Between Foundations, Investors and Operators to Advance American Education 

Josh Jarrett, Senior Program Officer-Special Initiatives, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

2:30

Networking Break

3:00 

Examining M & A, Capitalizations and Innovations in Business Performance that will Have a Measurable Impact on Funding 

Moderated by:  Vivek C. Kamath, Managing Director, Berkery Noyes 

John Bates, Managing Director, Arlington Capital Partners

Stephen Tave, CEO, American Education Development Corporation

Paul Freedman, Chief Executive Officer, Altius Education 

4:00

Economic Disparity and its Impact on Operations Strategy and Investor Strategy: Funding, Operations, Regulatory and Legal Challenges in For-Profit Education in 2010 

Moderated by:  Peter Leyton, President /Shareholder, Ritzert & Leyton 

Chris Masto, Senior Managing Director, Friedman Fleischer & Lowe

Joe Merrill, Senior Director – Business Planning, Apollo Group, Inc

Laura Palmer-Noone, Chief Executive Officer, Saras Education, Inc.

John Schnabel, Partner, Falcon Investment Advisors

5:00

Changes in the Federal Guidelines on Student Financing and Their Impact on the For-Profit Education Industry

· Pending Implementation of the HEOA Statute and Regulations

· Status and Discussion of Pending SAFRA Legislation

· Understanding Program Integrity and Negotiated Rulemaking 

Featured Speakers:

Peter Leyton, President /Shareholder, Ritzert & Leyton

Tom E. Netting, Consultant, Akerman Senterfitt Attorneys at Law

 6:00 

Main Conference-1st Day Ends