Opal Financial Group is proud to present the 2008 Green Innovation Venture Capital Summit, which will cover a variety of topics related to investing in the high growth areas of green technologies and environmentally-friendly enterprises.
The Summit will cater to venture capitalists, portfolio management executives and Global 1000 company executives who are looking for opportunities to invest in green innovation.
Venture capitalists will have the opportunity to gain valuable new insight into the emerging trends and challenges presented by green techonologies. They will also have the chance to showcase their own green portfolios and meet with other entrepreneurs and venture capitalists leading the way in new business opportunities.

Opal Financial Group's Private Equity Summit For Institutional Investors is an event designed for institutional investors to address current trends in private equity, venture capital and leveraged buyouts. Set to take place in September 2008, this event will investigate a variety of investment avenues and the most effective strategies for investing in each. We will discuss such issues as private equity portfolio theory, fund of funds as an investment vehicle, private equity buyouts in emerging markets, real estate opportunities and pitfalls, fixed income alternative investments, international investing, and more. In addition, we will investigate operation and taxation issues, as well as valuation guidelines in order to keep attendees ahead of the curve for 2008.

This conference aims to provide education and information on real estate and real assets to the key decision makers and other representatives of the nation's largest pension, endowment and foundation funds. Discussions will focus on reproducible assets such as farmland, buildings or machinery, and irreproducible assets such as land, a mine, or a work of art. The event will offer a chance for investors and managers to exchange ideas and to learn from other delegates and presenters within this niche investment community. Institutional investors will come from across the country not just to network but also simply to learn from the nation's leading industry professionals, government officials, professors, financial journalists and more.

Opal Financial Group's Eighth Annual CDO Summit is an educational forum designed for investors, issuers, underwriters, credit enhancers, rating agencies, lawyers and accountants. Set to take place December 2008, participants will learn the newest techniques to maximize returns and reduce risk exposure in this growing area of Asset-Backed Finance. An in-depth review of recent regulatory changes, in addition to rating agency methodology, legal, tax and structural considerations will provide attendees with the tools necessary to stay one step ahead of their competitors.

The label “alternative” describes a nebulous investment class to many investors, especially those in the institutional world who have strict ethical and fiduciary obligations to their organizations. However, pursuing alternative investment is essential to maximizing returns while maintaining proper asset allocation in plan portfolios of endowments, foundations, family offices, and public and corporate funds. The Alternative Investment Summit will bring together trustees and representatives of institutions as well as money managers and consultants to explore the roles of alternative opportunities and strategies in an educational environment. Participants and delegates will investigate a range of critical investment issues, including discussion of the risks and benefits involving private equity, investigating the risks and rewards involved with hedge funds, examining means of cutting costs associated with implementation of absolute returns strategies, reviewing the future of commodities, and surveying the landscape of emerging international markets.

DEMO is *the* launchpad event for emerging technology products, where the 70 best new ideas in technology get their start and rocket to national – and international – attention. Count on DEMO to introduce you to revolutionary innovations from all sectors of the technology landscape—consumer, enterprise, hardware, software, Web 2.0, infrastructure, etc. – It is your a complete view of not only where technology comes from, but exactly where it’s going.
DEMO is a product conference showcasing innovations from companies old and new with working technologies for measurable market spaces. It’s the un-tradeshow. Unlike other industry events, this conference provides attendees enough time to see every product on an even playing field with little marketing spin.

It’s the event that launched technologies such as VMware, the Palm Pilot, Java 1.0, TiVo, IronPort Systems, WebEx, Half.com, salesforce.com, Ugobe's Pleo, Six Apart's Moveable Type, eJamming, and many more.
DEMO takes a global view of the tech industry and features technologies from around the world. The crux of the conference is the six-minute demonstration -- NOT a six-minute PowerPoint, discussion or promise. No vaporware allowed. All products must be shown live on stage and all features must be working.
It's not a mixer or a meetup. DEMO is about business acceleration. It's less about the who's who and more about the what's what. Companies attend DEMO for the business advantages that will push them into the next phase of company growth, acquiring customers and partners as well as funding.

The Endowment & Foundation Forum is an event intended to provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas concerning portfolio planning and investment strategies. Rather than focusing on a particular investment style, this conference will tackle the issues that are most germane to the nation’s endowments and charitable foundations by examining critical investment topics, as well as the need to align fiscal strategy with the goals of a particular organization. Participants and delegates will speak on a range of issues, including the necessity for non-profit governance for endowments, means of capturing alpha in a portfolio, methods of choosing money managers, and problems of ethics and liability in fiduciary planning, as well as addressing the pros and cons of investing in equity, fixed income, alternative, and real estate products. By targeting the industry sector, guest speakers and participants can gain a greater understanding of how their organizations can utilize and dovetail with particular investment strategies.

Private Equity Summer PowWow features 75 STARS OF PRIVATE EQUITY. Besides 75 private equity leaders, this 2 Ѕ day event also offers 18 panels, 5 celebrity keynote speakers, 2 cocktail receptions and a private dinner. The most sweeping middle-market event ever!
Hear latest thinking on deal flow, due diligence, fundraising, exit strategies …and much, much more – plus, the latest on investing in many different industries.
This program is produced by The Capital Roundtable, the country’s leading provider of need-to-know information for the middle-market private equity community.

Opal Financial Group’s annual Public Funds Summit East will address issues that are most critical to the investment success of senior public pension fund officers and trustees. The Summit will cover how surplus returns should affect employee benefit plans, the processes for selection and evaluation of investment managers, legal concerns with fund investment and management policies as well as the benefits and pitfalls of a wide variety of investment strategies.
By focusing on an atmosphere of education and networking, the Public Funds Summit will provide a unique environment in which members of the public sector can exchange ideas and learn from other delegates, money managers, consultants and other attendees.

Opal Financial Group's annual Family Office/Private Wealth Management Forum will address specific investment challenges faced by high-net-worth individuals and family offices. Panel discussions will focus on a wide range of investment strategies and solutions designed to maximize returns. In addition, there will be ample opportunity to network with representatives from some of the leading family offices and asset management firms in the industry.

The GCC eBanking Forum will elaborate on how e-banking plays a significant role in the financial stability of an organization, region, or economy. As more and more people and organizations embrace e-banking, payment and settlement systems become more and more dependent on information systems such as computers and communication networks and bottlenecks in such systems, due to technical reasons — not economic or financial ones — could ignite unwanted chain reactions in the payment system and lead to serious financial disruptions.

Opal is proud to present our 7th Annual European CLO/CDO & Structured Products Summit. This event is designed to familiarize institutional investors with the world of collateral debt securities in the European markets while providing a forum where the broker/dealers, rating agencies, lawyers and accountants can learn new techniques to maximize profits in this lucrative area of Asset-Backed Finance. An in-depth review of recent regulatory changes, as well as rating agency methodology, legal, tax and structural considerations will provide attendees with the tools necessary to stay one step ahead of the curve. The conference will serve as a opportunity for meaningful dialogue to occur that addresses concerns regarding this dynamic segment of the market.

This conference will bring together institutional investment and private wealth management industry professionals from throughout North America and Europe for three days of engaging discussion on a wide range of common investment challenges and opportunities in both traditional and alternative investments. As we move forward, the ever-quickening pace of globalization compels investors and managers to continuously look beyond their own borders for innovative solutions to increasingly complex investment decisions. This event is a unique opportunity for meaningful exchange with colleagues from both sides of the Atlantic on a wide range of investing topics that are common to all who are charged with the management of institutional and sizable private assets.

Opal Financial Group's Investment Trends Summit will take place July 20-22, 2008 at the Fairmont Mayakoba in Riviera Maya, Mexico . The Summit will serve as an educational forum focused on analyzing trends for the future, as well as exploring ways to implement these strategies in particular investment plans. Speakers and attendees will discuss topics such as investor’s perspectives, investment management theories, emerging market trends, socially responsible investing, venture capital investing, commodities and more.

BOOM OR BUBBLE? – REALITY CHECK FOR THE CLEAN TECH INDUSTRY
- Trends, drivers and opportunities
- Market dynamics Europe & global perspective
- Current challenges and future outlook
CLEAN TECH MEETS ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- Costs and potentials of emissions reduction
- Energy efficiency certificates
CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES ON THE MOVE
- Which technologies are hot?
- Political, legal and economic framework
- Subsidy policies at German and European level
- Deals and developments
RISKS & RETURN: PROJECT FINANCE & INVESTMENT
- Exit strategies for clean tech investors
- Financing and investment know-how
- Project financing through carbon certificates
- Late stage investments
Pitching session for Clean Tech Innovations Award on October 7, 2008
Meet some of the most promising Clean Tech bussinesses!