November 12 – 13, 2008   -   The Hilton Hotel  -   New York City

AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC is an integrated advisory and consulting firm serving US and international clients who seek the preparation and implementation of APOs, acquisitions or marketing strategies–executed concurrently with the organization and structuring of capital procurement. AFH delivers objective thinking, proven practices and best-of-breed partners to help clients achieve their specific development and financial goals.

Anslow + Jaclin serves diverse clients worldwide on unique and sophisticated corporate and securities matters, reverse mergers, PIPEs, corporate finance and M+A. Anslow + Jaclin's global clients include publicly and privately held corporations, emerging and development stage companies, entrepreneurial start up enterprises and other business entities across a broad range of industries. In 2006, Anslow + Jaclin was one of only two issuer's legal counsel ranked in the top 10 overall in the nation by Deal Flow Media, Inc.'s The PIPEs Report for the number of PIPE transactions advised (5th for 2006), and by SEC New Registrations Report for the number of pre-effective IPO registrations advised (9th for 2006).

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP represents investors and investment banks on PIPE transactions and related products, including SPACs, equity lines, registered direct and Rule 144A offerings. Year after year, SRZ is the leading investor counsel in PIPE activity, both in number of deals and total dollars advised. With 450 lawyers and offices in New York and London, SRZ practice areas include corporate, litigation, real estate, IP, employment, tax, environmental and individual client services.

Richardson & Patel, LLP (R&P) serves a diverse base of clients focusing on corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and business, securities and employment litigation. R&P's clients include public and private companies across a broad range of industries. R&P's expertise in the legal and business world enables us to provide cost-effective and progressively creative and sophisticated solutions to the challenges confronted by modern corporations. R&P's clients range from private emerging businesses to large public companies, to multi-national corporations engaged in various industries. R&P targets clients that are primarily in growth industries and are focused on increasing revenues and market share. While R&P's client base is vastly diverse, they all essentially seek the same thing: to retain lawyers that can do more than just offer excellent legal advice and who can truly be an integral part of a client’s team of advisors and consultants.

Vintage Filings, LLC is a registered SEC EDGAR Filing Agent and the 4th most active SEC Filer. They provide EDGAR filing solutions for public companies, investment management firms, mutual funds, law firms and individuals that need to file periodically with the SEC in the required EDGAR format. Vintage Filings, LLC also offers full print & typeset services for IPO’s Prospectus filings, Proxy Statements, Annual Reports and much more.

SecondMarket (formerly Restricted Stock Partners) is the world’s largest marketplace for buying and selling illiquid assets, including auction-rate securities, bankruptcy claims, restricted securities in public companies and other illiquid assets. SecondMarket is comprised of over 1,500 members representing well in excess of $250 billion in investable assets. Since its inception in 2004, SecondMarket has completed over 1,500 transactions. SecondMarket is a wholly-owned division of Green Drake, Inc. (Member FINRA/SIPC).

Pluris Valuation Advisors LLC is a full-service valuation firm specializing in valuing restricted securities and other illiquid assets. To comply with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the IRS and other regulatory agencies, you need an experienced, independent valuation firm. Pluris Valuation Advisors was founded to help investment advisors, hedge funds, public and private companies, and high-net-worth individuals comply with valuation requirements.

At Loeb & Loeb LLP, we value every client, every deal and every relationship. Loeb & Loeb provides our clients unique and sophisticated services because of our substantial experience in counseling issuers and underwriters, taking companies public through the initial public offering or reverse merger process and advising on the legal, business and accounting issues which arise in connection with going public. Loeb & Loeb is nationally recognized as a leader in several industries, particularly the financial-services industry where we work with commercial banks, investment banks, insurers, finance companies and private equity funds. Loeb & Loeb is multiservice national law firm with 225 attorneys and offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Nashville and an affiliation in Asia.

With more than 3400 lawyers in 25 countries and 63 offices throughout the U.S., U.K., Continental Europe, Middle East and Asia, DLA Piper helps companies around the world succeed by meeting their legal needs wherever they do business. DLA Piper practices in commercial, corporate, finance, human resources, litigation, real estate, regulatory and legislative, and technology, media and communications law. DLA Piper's clients range from multinational, Global 1000 and Fortune 50 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry leading technologies.

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP is a premier, full-service law firm with offices in New York and Paris. Their strong focus on client service and our single-minded commitment to excellence have enabled us to build long-term relationships with major domestic and international corporations, institutions and individuals that look to us for innovative and practical solutions for both everyday and complex matters. Indeed, Issuers, Investors and Financial Institutions repeatedly engage Kramer Levin for all of their capital market transactions. In the last few years alone, they have structured more than 60 diverse PIPES transactions.

Since its inception in 1987, the Susquehanna International Group of Companies (SIG) has grown from a trading firm on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange to one of the largest privately held financial institutions in the world. With more than 1,500 employees worldwide, SIG sits at the helm of the latest trends and developments in trading and market making, institutional sales, research, private equity, venture capital, and investment banking. SIG has offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP provides experienced, professional representation in all matters involving the securities industry, as well as in all general corporate and litigation matters. SRFF's clients range from start-ups to established, listed companies. They include private and public corporations, partnerships, broker-dealers, bank-affiliated broker-dealers, investment advisors, registered personnel, public and corporate customers and investors, partnerships and other entities. SRFF also advises institutional investors on transactions involving complex securities law considerations. The firm's practice includes the representation of clients located in the United States and throughout the world, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Lowenstein Sandler PC is a nationally recognized law firm with more than 270 attorneys. The firm’s Specialty Finance practice handles mergers and acquisitions, acquisition financing, PIPEs, SPACs and other corporate finance matters for a wide array of investment funds, leading national investment banks, and issuers, in deals worldwide. In 2007, the group assisted in more than $1.9 billion in transactions and ranked first in the nation (by dollars raised) and second in the nation (by number of transactions) for representing placement agents in PIPE transactions, and third in the nation (by number of transactions) for representing investors in PIPEs, according to The PIPES Report and PrivateRaise.com.

AGORACOM Investor Relations is North America's leading online investor relations firm for small-cap companies. In addition to managing and executing IR programs for more than 60 public companies, AGORACOM is also the exclusive provider of Small-Cap Centers to Yahoo Finance, AOL Finance and every Blackberry device on the planet. AGORACOM power the world’s best web sites, so that we can power your Investor Relations.

Haynes and Boone's full-service corporate, securities and M&A practice provides the right combination of results-oriented representation that companies need. The New York office has been widely recognized for its substantial success in completing many PIPE/Alternative Public Offering transactions and follow-on registered offerings for private company clients seeking capital or desiring to go public.

Proskauer Rose LLP is one of the nation's largest law firms, providing a wide variety of legal services to major corporations and other clients throughout the United States and around the world. Founded in 1875 in New York City, the firm employs attorneys in seven domestic offices (New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Boston, Boca Raton, Newark and New Orleans) Paris and São Paulo. The Firm has wide experience in all areas of practice important to businesses, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, taxation, litigation, trusts and estates, intellectual property, and labor and employment law.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is a full-service law firm with offices in the nation’s largest centers of business, government, finance and technology and an associated entity in London, England. Katten Muchin Rosenman’s 600 attorneys in more than 40 practice areas provide timely and cost-effective counsel to clients in numerous industries. Katten Muchin Rosenman is a business advisor and advocate for a wide range of public and private companies - from entrepreneurial, emerging-growth, and middle market firms to global Fortune 100 corporations - as well as government entities and major universities, museums and other charitable and cultural organizations.

ROTH Capital Partners is a full service investment banking firm dedicated to the small and micro-cap market. Headquartered in Newport Beach, with offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York City, and Shanghai, China, ROTH offers a wide array of services to both corporate and institutional clients, including: initial public offerings, follow-ons, PIPEs, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, investment research, and institutional sales and trading. The firm is best known for finding, funding and fostering the growth of emerging companies. ROTH has raised over $10 billion for small and micro cap public companies and completed over 135 merger, acquisition and advisory assignments. Since year 2000, ROTH has been a leading placement agent for the number of PIPE transactions; raising over $2 billion for its clients. ROTH received top 20 IPO aftermarket performance rankings for six consecutive years from 1994 to 1999. It is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"), and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC).

Goodwin Procter LLP, with 850 attorneys and offices in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C., provides corporate law, litigation and real estate services, with a focus on matters involving private equity, technology companies, REITs and real estate capital markets, financial services, intellectual property and products liability.

Hodgson Russ attorneys facilitate transactions around the world and in every substantive area of law, generally structuring multidisciplinary work teams to serve the specific, often complex, needs of our clients. We serve publicly traded and privately held businesses, ranging from multinational Fortune 500 companies and mature service and industrial companies to emerging start-ups and small family businesses; governmental entities; nonprofit institutions; and individuals. Established in 1817, Hodgson Russ is among the oldest law firms in the United States. Our offices are in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, and Johnstown, New York; Boca Raton and Palm Beach, Florida; and Toronto, Canada.

Gottbetter Capital Management, LP is a management company founded in 2006 which makes structured investments in public companies and to private companies as part of a committed going public transaction. They rely on a variety of structures including convertible securities, equity line financings, and at-the-market offerings for opportunistic, event-driven companies to meet their working capital and acquisition financing needs. Although Gottbetter Capital is one of few new managers to emerge in recent months, the team has 26 years experience in sourcing, structuring, documenting and financing PIPE transactions. Gottbetter Capital provides the investment banking and legal services necessary to efficiently and effectively close financings.

Feldman Weinstein & Smith LLP is a boutique law firm based in Manhattan. Its 23 attorneys specialize in corporate and securities law, including reverse mergers, alternative public offerings and PIPEs, litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property, tax, trusts and estates, and employee benefits and executive compensation. The firm's Managing Partner published the only text on reverse mergers. The firm has been one of the top two leading law firms in PIPE financings since 2003, according to The PIPEs Report.

With more than 100 successful transactions completed, Halter Financial Group is the leading consulting firm specializing in taking companies public through the APO and reverse merger process. Through the first seven months of 2007, HFG has completed eight APO transactions, raising a combined $213,450,000 for our clients. HFG maintains a large inventory of principally owned public shells that we make available to our clients as part of our turn-key APO and reverse merger service.

At Guzov Ofsink, LLC ("GO"), our foundation rests on responsiveness, efficiency and innovation and our philosophy centers on clients. Coupled with our reverence for long-term relationships, we have grown to meet a wide range of needs. Whether in the U.S., Europe, Asia or South America, GO and our extensive network can assist you.

The N.I.R. Group, LLC is an alternative investment firm focusing on strategies that are structured to mitigate risk and produce returns in all market environments. Founded in 1998, NIR initially focused its investment strategy on direct investments in small/micro-cap public companies that are emerging growth, distressed, and developmental stage businesses. NIR has emerged as one of the most active investment fund managers in this financing sector. While utilizing a stringent system of due diligence, NIR allows for a thorough yet expeditious funding process that is geared to deliver maximum financial return, while greatly limiting risk to our investors. NIR has since expanded its investment strategies to include investments in commodities, real estate and structured finance instruments. Preservation of capital is of paramount importance and we utilize extensive risk management to achieve our results.

BarclayHedge is a leading source for proprietary research in the field of alternative investments. For the past 22 years Barclay has provided services as a publisher, database and software provider, and industry consultant. Barclay’s 18 hedge fund indices and 10 managed futures indices are utilized worldwide as performance benchmarks for hedge funds and managed futures.

Capital IQ provides high-impact information and workflow solutions to over 2,000 leading financial institutions, advisory firms and corporations. Completely web-based, Capital IQ uniquely combines deep fundamental and market data on companies you care about with a broad range of easy-to-use tools for financial modeling, screening, charting, and sourcing industry contacts. Capital IQ helps financial professionals minimize the time and effort required to make sound investment decisions.

Every week, Hedge Fund Alert delivers the early intelligence you need to anticipate new risks and opportunities facing fund-management firms, their investors and service providers. Be first to identify new capital-raising tactics, investor strategies and competition among industry vendors.

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Hedgeweek is the hedge fund industry’s leading portal on news and topical features = including updates on new fund launches, investment trends, regulatory news and distribution strategies, and a regular series of market surveys and fund manager interviews. Hedgeweek produces a free weekly and a daily newsletter covering essential news and features within the Hedge Fund industry.

Alternative Asset Adviser (a3), is the first online publication that addresses the need amongst UK and European financial advisers for alternative asset product news, analysis and education. Brought to you by the experienced editorial team at London-based Hedgemedia, a3 is delivered as a PDF ten times a year to over 18,000 financial advisers who have requested regular information on alternative assets and specialist funds.

mergermarket is an independent Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) intelligence service. Unlike any other service of its kind, mergermarket specializes in providing forward-looking origination and deal flow opportunities integrated with a comprehensive deals database – resulting in real revenues for clients.

dealReporter offers proprietary intelligence and analysis on live deals, expected deals, special situations, and convertible bonds across the European, pan-American, Asia-Pacific and now EEMEA (Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa) markets. dealReporter is tailored to hedge funds, proprietary equity and credit trading desks, security lending and institutional fund managers.

Hedge Connection is the only web-based platform that offers hedge funds direct access to pre-qualified, opt-in investors that are actively allocating to hedge funds. Investor members join for free and can review videos and presentation material from our hedge fund members. All members receive invitations to member's only events and partner discounts.

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