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http://www.omaha.com/article/20110417/MONEY/704179945/1009

Omaha World Herald
April 17, 2011

Investor conference

David Sokol had been a headliner for the Value Investor Conference on April 28-29 in Omaha, but his resignation from Berkshire last month led him to withdraw from the conference, too.

Author and Berkshire-watcher Robert Miles, who organizes the $1,095-a-seat conference, added Robert Cialdini to the speakers' lineup. Cialdini is author of “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion” and will talk about influence during times of uncertainty.

Other speakers include Bill Child, chairman of the R.C. Willey Home Furnishings division of Berkshire. So far 160 people have signed up, with 30 more seats available.

The conference, to be held at the University of Nebraska at Omaha's College of Business Administration, is not affiliated with Berkshire, which will hold its annual shareholders meeting April 30 at the Qwest Center Omaha.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                     April 18, 2011

Books and free ice cream: what’s not to like?

OMAHA – Like Warren Buffett himself, Berkshire Hathaway shareholders tend to be voracious readers with a weakness for ice cream.  On the night before the company’s annual meeting, they’ll be able to indulge both passions at a reception featuring free Dairy Queen Dilly Bars and more than 20 authors of books related to Berkshire, Buffett and/or investing.

The reception will be held from 6 to 8 pm on Friday, April 29 in Mammel Hall, at the corner of Pine and 67^th Street on the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus.  This is a new location for the popular event, which has outgrown its traditional home at a local Dairy Queen store. No reservations are necessary but annual meeting credentials will be required for the free ice cream. 

Among the authors who will be signing books available for sale at the event:

• Glen Arnold: The Financial Times Guide to Value Investing
• Peter Bevelin: Seeking Wisdom, From Darwin to Munger
• Bill Buffett: Foods You Will Enjoy: The Story of Buffett’s Store
• Peter Buffett: Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment
• Randy Cepuch: A Weekend With Warren Buffett and Other Shareholder Meeting Adventures
• Bill Child: How to Build A Business Warren Buffett Would Buy
• Lawrence Cunningham: The Essays of Warren Buffett
• Patrick Dorsey: The Little Book That Builds Wealth
• Sham Gad: The Business of Value Investing
• Prem Jain: Buffett Beyond Value
• Vitaliy Katsenelson: The Little Book of Sideways Markets
• Andy Kilpatrick: Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett
• Bud Labitan: The Four Filters Invention of Buffett and Munger; Valuations: 30 Intrinsic Value Estimations 
• Louann Lofton: Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl
• Janet Lowe: The Triumph of Value Investing
• Roger Lowenstein: The End of Wall Street
• Frank K. Martin: Decade of Delusions
• Jeff Matthews: Pilgrimage to Warren Buffett's Omaha
• Robert P. Miles: 101 Reasons to Own the World's Greatest Investment; The Warren Buffett CEO; Warren Buffett Wealth
• Scott Phillips: Buying at the Maximum Point of Pessimism
• John Price: The Conscious Investor
• L.J. Rittenhouse: Buffett's Bites: Warren Buffett's Shareholder Letters
• Lauren Templeton: Investing the Templeton Way

The event will be sponsored by John Wiley and Sons, University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Business, Omaha Airport Hudson Booksellers and The Reader. 

For more information and directions:
http://robertpmiles.com/events.html#odqr

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2011.03.17 > For Immediate Release
contact: Charley Reed - University Relations
phone: 402.554.2129 - email: cdreed@unomaha.edu

Mammel Hall to host Value Investor Conference on April 28-29

Omaha - The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s (UNO) College of Business Administration (CBA) will be hosting the 8th Annual Value Investor Conference at Mammel Hall, 6708 Pine St., on April 28 and 29.

The Value Investor Conference, organized by Warren Buffet expert Robert P. Miles, provides a chance for value-minded investors to meet with the CEOs of many of Berkshire Hathaway’s subsidiaries just days before the company’s annual shareholders meeting.

There will be eight presenters at the conference, including David Sokol, chairman of NetJets, Charles Brandes, founder and chairman of Brandes Investment, and Bill Child, chairman of RC Willey.

Other events include a networking lunch and reception for distinguishes authors who have written books related to Warren Buffett. Those who attend the conference can expect to learn tips, tricks and cautionary advice from those who work closely with Buffett and can provide insight into his investment strategies.

Miles, a biographer of Warren Buffet and long-term shareholder of Berkshire stock, will also be speaking at the conference; a preview for the semester-long course he will be teaching for CBA in the fall of 2011

Space for the conference is limited to 100 participants and the cost is $1095.

Registration can be found at http://valueinvestorconference.com/register.html

For more information on CBA, Mammel Hall or the Value Investor Conference, please contact Amy Rodie at arodie@unomaha.edu or by phone at (402) 554.3982.