Topics that will be covered include the fundamentals of valuation methodologies, current valuation issues in real estate, valuation issues in downsizing a business, the capital markets 2012 -- for better or worse, the role of accounting rules, bank regulatory concerns and market values, how tried and true valuation methodologies lead us astray, and ethics in valuation matters. The opening keynote presentation on Wednesday evening with Edward Altman, New York University, Stern School of Business, will be his assessment of the major risks and return opportunities in credit markets, both corporate and sovereign. A panel discussion moderated by James M. Lukenda, Huron Consulting Group, with panelist Wit Derby of FTI Consulting and Allen Pfeiffer of Duff & Phelps, LLC, will provide insight into the rules that govern accounting and regulatory compliance in troubled debt restructurings and related valuation issues.