President's Letter
Alan D. Holtz, CIRA
Dear AIRA Members:
Are you ready to take a chance on AIRA’s 24th Annual Bankruptcy and Restructuring Conference in Las Vegas? I bet you are. Odds are you won’t be disappointed, because we have a truly exceptional program lined up at the J.W. Marriott on June 4-7.
Las Vegas provides the perfect setting to combine the excellent learning opportunities for which AIRA is known with lots of enjoyable social and networking activities for all participants. It’s fitting that our first conference in this unique destination would be unique in its own right – where else would you find a program with five keynote speakers? Or a “conference within a conference” offering a separate track of sessions geared to practitioners who work with small and middle market clients?
The conference officially kicks off with an opening reception on Wednesday, June 4 at 6:30 pm. The schedule of panel sessions runs Thursday and Saturday mornings and all day on Friday. Our Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony will be on Thursday night, with further opportunities to socialize with food and drink at pre- and post-dinner events. Mike Policano, a restructuring industry pioneer and leader is sure to provide an interesting perspective as our featured speaker during the dinner.
As in the past, there will also be a full day of concurrent sessions before the official start of the conference. Programs on bankruptcy taxation and commercial bankruptcy will be conducted on Wednesday, June 4. CIRA Part I is also being offered for three days pre-conference starting on Monday, June 2.
There is no shortage of social activities planned for attendees and their guests, ranging from golf on a magnificent course to Cirque de Soleil to a gourmet cooking class to sightseeing. And I hear that there might be just a few other things to do in this particular town …
Further information and registration materials can be found on our website at www.aira.org. Register soon, as this conference is already proving to be our most popular one ever. And then please rest up so you are ready for this content-rich and fun-filled “event of the year.” I look forward to seeing you there!
Warm regards,
Alan D. Holtz
President
Author bio:
Alan Holtz is a Managing Director with AlixPartners based in New York. He has spent close to 20 years as a corporate restructuring and reorganization specialist and has managed all aspects of the financial restructuring process. Alan has provided services to companies, management teams and boards of directors, as well as to financial institutions and creditors’ committees, across a wide variety of industries. A frequent speaker on the subject of bankruptcy and reorganization, Alan holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and is a CPA and a CIRA, for which he received the 1992 CIRA silver medal from AIRA.