Over 100 Industry Leaders to Speak at Leading Alternative Investment Event

NEW YORK, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Strategic Research Institute presents the 9th Annual Alternative Investment Roundup - Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Institutional Real Estate and newly added Portable Alpha Plus Events at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess - Scottsdale, AZ - January 28 - 31, 2007.

Each January several hundred institutional investors, buyout funds, hedge funds, pension plan sponsors, VCs, fund-of-funds, investment managers, general partners, placement agents and other decision makers convene in Scottsdale, AZ at the Alternative Investment Roundup to take stock of the industry and discuss the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. The 9th Annual Alternative Investment Roundup is four concurrent conferences at the same location covering the most important alternative asset classes. In depth tracks will examine Private Equity, Hedge Fund, Institutional Real Estate and Portable Alpha Strategies. The programs share networking events, offering unmatched opportunities to meet a wide array of alternative investment professionals and investors. Over 500 senior decision makers attended last year's event!

Strategic Research Institute is pleased to announce that the speaking faculty for the 9th annual event, which will take place January 28-31, 2007 at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Resort, is complete.

  Among the 100+ confirmed speakers are noted industry leaders such as:

  - Paul S. Atkins, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
  - Tim Clark, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers
  - Urs Wietlisbach, Partner, Co-Founder & Executive Vice Chairman,
     Partners Group
  - Jay Love, Principal, Mercer Investment Consulting
  - Mark Heesen, President, National Venture Capital Association
  - Christopher Fawcett, CEO/CIO, Fauchier Partners
  - Laurence "Larry" C. Leeds Jr., Chairman, Buckingham Capital Management
  - Alan Andreini, Managing Director, Money Management Group
  - Uwe E. Eberle, Managing Director, RMF Investment Management (USA) Corp.
  - Ian Schnider, Managing Director, Fortress Investment Group
  - Jeffrey D. Cohen, Managing Director, Silverado Capital Management
  - Robert A. Walton, Vice President for Finance and Business,
     The College of Wooster
  - Dan Kapanak, Manager of Investment Strategy, Arizona State
     Retirement System
  - Jonathan Colby, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
  - Andrea Reed, Risk Manager, UTIMCO
  - A. Charles Baillie, Managing Director, Private Equity Group,
     Goldman Sachs & Co.
  - Shelley Ilene Smith, Chairman, Los Angeles City Employees'
     Retirement System
  - Brian Hehir, Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch Capital
  - Bryan Martin, Co-Head of Private Equity, DE Shaw & Co.
  - Thomas H. Weaver CFA, Director of Investments, Wisconsin Alumni
     Research Foundation
  - Augustus Oliver, Oliver Press Partners LLC
  - John M. Elliot, Partner, New England Pension Consultants
  - Mark Hauser, Managing Director, FdG Associates
  - Richard Griffin, Group Vice President, The Pritzker Group
  - Michael Beblo, Director of Alternative Investments, Alfred I.
     Dupont Testamentary Trust
  - Tim Kelly, Partner, Adams Street Partners
  - Craig Donaldson, Partner, HgCapital
  - Charlie Van Horne, Managing Director, Abbott Capital
  - Stephen Cordy, Managing Director, Arden Asset Management LLC
  - Barry Curtis, National Managing Partner, Private Equity, Deloitte LLC
  - Daniel Ahn, Managing Director, Woodside Fund
  - Lisa Edgar, Managing Director, Paul Capital Partners
  - Fred Goltz, Member, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
  - Steven Costabile, Head of Private Equity Funds, AIG Global
     Investment Group
  - Peter Martenson, Division Director, Macquarie Funds Management
  - Jerry Newman, Founder, Willowridge Incorporated
  - Timothy Barrett CFA, Executive Director, San Bernadino County E.R.S.
  - Wayne Hofmann, Managing Director, Verizon
  - Larry Swartz, Executive Director, Fairfax County Employees' Retirement
  - David Blumberg, Managing Partner, Blumberg Capital ...and many more!

For more information, please visit http://www.srinstitute.com/AIR. You may also register by phone at 1-800 599 4950, via fax at 212 967 7973, or by e-mail at info@srinstitute.com.

  Complimentary registration for qualified plan sponsors
  (subject to approval) contact:
  Kerry Cunniffe at kcunniffe@srinstitute.com or 212-967-0095 Ext. 271.

  For more information about sponsorship & exhibition opportunities contact:

  Private Equity and Hedge Fund
  Rita Karsadi at: rkarsadi@srinstitute.com or 480-634-8986.

  Real Estate
  Raj Kashyap at: rkashyap@srinstitute.com or 212-967-0095 ext. 215

  Portable Alpha
  Kimberly Antico at: kantico@srinstitute.com or 212-967-0095 ext. 282

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