Skybridge Alternatives Conference will return year, a prestigious presence in the industry in Las Vegas

Skybridge Alternatives Conference will return year, a prestigious presence in the industry in Las Vegas

class = “credits”> Sam Morris

class=”caption”> Mayor Oscar Goodman was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo of CNBC anchor spread over the site in the Skybridge alternative news conference on Thursday, 20 May 2010 at the Bellagio.

class = “caption”> Richard N. Velotta Former Mayor Oscar Goodman was in his element last week of the stage in a major conference of financial services industry, martini in hand and dancers in each arm.

Goodman as President of the Organizing Committee of Las Vegas, was the key to the city and managing partner Anthony Scaramucci of Skybridge Capital, which produced the Skybridge alternatives (salt) held in Las Vegas four years ago and returned again the following year.

Scaramucci was very surprised when pavoneaban Goodman is on stage, because the presentation was not the SALT program.

“We just wanted to welcome you and thank you for coming,” said Goodman before a crowd of over 1000, which began to gather waiting to hear the speech of the former vice president Al Gore.

For about three minutes, Goodman had been Santa Claus in a three-piece suit, spread joy and happy memories of Las Vegas for the industry group in the ci ty always wanted.

Skybridge, research-driven investment firm with U.S. $ 6.2 billion in assets, was founded in 2005, a conference of the Sun was born in the midst of a recession in 2009. The event includes an analysis of macroeconomic trends and geopolitical events, and other investment opportunities in the context of a dynamic global economy.

Over the years, the conference was presented at the Bellagio, I had some heavyweights are saying. The former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the Republican Party’s favorite president, Mitt Romney, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Colin Powell, as the stage of salt. This year, he joined Al Gore and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and 2008 vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, as speakers of the conference.

The first conference, in the presence of 500, the event this year were sold in February, the 2,000 tickets

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Las Vegas Convention and Visitors of Congress Sales Executive John Schreiber has worked with his partner Victor Oviedo Skybridge from the first event was scheduled in Las Vegas.

“We sit and talk about how he could surprise my boss with some light between the speaker,” said Schreiber.

hope is that fund managers attending this event not only remember the impressive speaker, but to have a good time.

“When the participants at home and someone asks:” Why did you do in Vegas? “We tell them: ‘For us, the price of Vegas,” said Schreiber.

Chris Meyer, vice president of sales LHCV, said the organization should pay special attention to the event, representing the business sector that the city wants more.

“The organizers of this event are great supporters face to face contacts and meetings business,” said Meyer. “And that’s exactly the message we try to present, we are all business during the d ay, but we have fun at night.”

Oviedo, the main organizer of Salt, a fan of Las Vegas.

“When you look objectively at Las Vegas, this is the ideal place for conferences or events,” said Oviedo. “We will have this conference and the facilities first class hotel in the world.”

Oviedo said that the common experience of Las Vegas is perfect for business.

“When you meet someone for the first time and wants to continue this relationship, if the field, are less likely to get the phone call,” said Oviedo. “But if you call back in New York and says,” Hey, do not forget the conference, when we sat down and we had this conversation? And you have a shared experience, is more likely to maintain this relationship and build an event. “

And if you think that these executives are looking for wild and crazy time, because what happens here stays here, think again. Skybridge made fun of the participants.

One night company hire Maroon 5 to perform a private concert to launch an initiative called philanthropic nonprofit foundation to Aspire.

Another night, was not in the pool for “under the stars at the party San Gennaro “tasting Italian food chefs offer Bellagio.

Oviedo, said the salt a great success and would recommend to go to bat for the industry conference in Las Vegas.

And if the former mayor and his chorus can also convince a bank to meet this case, the effort worth it