Chet Gougis, President and CEO of Duff & Phelps, and Steve Burt, Head of the firm's Investment Banking Department, are scheduled to speak at this annual private equity conference held in Scottsdale, AZ in early 2004. Duff & Phelps is middle market investment banking firm and financial advisory firm with extensive experience in structuring private equity transactions, including placing mezzanine debt and private equity securities, structuring internal recapitalizations, fund formation, rendering financial fairness opinions, LP financial reporting requirements, measuring private equity returns and mark-to-market portfolio appraisals.