AI's Impact on Valuing Companies, Valuation in LMEs, Music Performance Rights in Valuation and More to be Discussed at the VALCON 2026 Conference

Alexandria, Va. - Leading bankruptcy professionals and dealmakers will converge at the VALCON 2026 conference, taking place May 4-6 at The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans in New Orleans. Co-sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors, the conference will provide attendees with advanced discussions and fresh perspectives on timely business valuation topics to help them navigate the shifting landscape of valuation in bankruptcy. Expert-led sessions will examine liability-management exercises, AI's impact on valuing companies, music and performance rights in valuation, leasebacks and more. A special breakfast on the last day of the conference will feature a panel discussion with the judges in attendance. The co-chairs of VALCON 2026 are Pauline Chow of Birch Lake Holdings, LP (Chicago), David M. Hillman of Proskauer (New York) and Adam B. Keil of Moelis & Company (New York).

Sessions include:

• Music and Performance Rights and Valuation
• Getting Deals Done Out of Court: The Evolving Role of the Market Test
• The Dark Side of Sale Leasebacks: Overly Rosy and Sparring for a Fight
• A Brief Overview of Real Option Valuations
• Valuation in LMEs
• Priming DIPs on a Going-Concern Theory: Trendsetting, or Troublemaking?
• Risks and Benefits of AI/Impact on Valuing Companies
• Why Valuation Experts Get Excluded, and How to Avoid It
• Hot Topics

For a program schedule and full list of speakers, please click here.

Members of the press looking to attend the VALCON 2026 conference should contact ABI Public Affairs Officer John Hartgen at 703-894-5935 or [email protected] .

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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events .