QUEBEC CITY, CANADA, Oct. 15, 2009 (Marketwire) -- The board of directors of The Quebec City Conference (formerly the North American Venture Capital Summit) is pleased to announce the final programme for this year's conference and a complete list of distinguished speakers.

The Quebec City Conference has attracted an exceptional group of world-leading investors in a small and intimate setting, offering a unique opportunity for networking at the highest levels of the international investment community. So far this year, over 350 participants from 21 countries have committed to joining the important dialogue at the Conference, with an expected 375 in attendance.

In an effort to reflect the continuing evolution of the dynamic ecosystem for investing in technology and innovation, the Conference is now organized under the Quebec City name, which illustrates the unique and intimate setting of the Conference.

This year's conference will include:

Speakers:

--  Henry Kravis, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis
Roberts & Co.
--  Glenn Hutchins, Co-founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Silver Lake
--  Terry McGuire, Chairman, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA);
and Managing General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
--  Dr. Josh Lerner, Professor at Harvard Business School and world
leading authority on venture capital and private equity who will present
the conclusions of his new book "Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public
Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed -- and
What to Do About It"
--  Matthew Bishop, Chief Business Writer and US Business Editor, The
Economist, who will present the conclusions of his new book "The Road from
Ruin: How to Redesign Capitalism to Get Us out of the Economic Mess"
--  Panel moderated by Dan Primack, Editor-At-Large, Thomson Reuters on
new models and next-generation best practices in investing and their likely
impact on PE and VC industries with:
--  Mr. Jacques Demers, President and CEO, OMERS Strategic Investments
(Toronto, Canada)
--  Mr. Vincent Gombault, Managing Director, Funds of Funds, AXA Private
Equity (Paris, France)
--  Mr. Tarek Saber, Head of Corporate Opportunities Strategies, APG
Investments (Schiphol, Netherlands)
--  Mr. John M.