Wharton Alumnus Leading Govt's Troubled Asset Relief Program to
Help Lead Day-long Discussion of Global Industry Trends
PHILADELPHIA--(Business Wire)--
Neel Kashkari, the Treasury Dept. official recently announced as
heading up the Office of Financial Stability including the Troubled
Asset Relief Program, will join other policy and decision makers from
government, institutional and corporate levels at the ninth annual
Wharton Finance Conference on Nov. 7, 2008. The conference, organized
by students of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,
will be held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York
City.
The Wharton Finance Conference, whose theme is "Finance: Past,
Present and Future," will include panel discussions on such issues in
finance as corporate finance, commodity markets, investment banking
and career trends. Participants can look forward to a conglomeration
of the best minds in business and a myriad of intellectual and
practical debates.
Keynote speakers at the Wharton Finance Conference 2008 include:
-- Neel Kashkari (Wharton MBA alumnus), Interim Assistant
Secretary of the State for Financial Stability and Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury for International Economics and
Development, United States Department of the Treasury
-- Paul Calello, Chief Executive Officer Investment Banking,
Credit Suisse
Other scheduled conference participants include:
-- Stephen Munger, Co-Chairman of Mergers & Acquisitions, Morgan
Stanley
-- Michael Weinstock, Co-Portfolio Manager and Co-Founder,
Monarch Alternative Capital LP
-- Gary D. Howe, Managing Director and Co-Head of FIG Americas
and Head of North American Banks, UBS Investment Bank
-- Paul Pepe, Head, Americas Corporate Finance Group, Merrill
Lynch
-- Peter Norley, Managing Director, Credit Suisse
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania -- founded in
1881 as the first collegiate business school -- is recognized globally
for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major
discipline of business education. The most comprehensive source of
business knowledge in the world, Wharton bridges research and practice
through its broad engagement with the global business community. The
school has more than 4,700 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and
doctoral students; more than 10,000 annual participants in executive
education programs; and an alumni network of more than 84,000
graduates.
Further information on the conference can be found at:
www.whartonfinanceconference.com
Members of the media are invited to attend, but pre-registration
is required.
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Media inquiries:
Peter Winicov (Wharton Communications Office)
Telephone: 1-215-746-6471
Email: winicov@wharton.upenn.edu
or
General inquiries:
Jordan Pratzel (Finance Conference student team)
Telephone: 1-212-920-5053
Email: jpratzel@wharton.upenn.edu
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