The Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company Private Equity Conference, hosted by the Chicago Booth Private Equity Group and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, is an annual event that brings together investors, students, and entrepreneurs to network and share insights into the dynamics of investing in a constantly changing economy. The conference, focused on The Current Alternative Investing Climate: From Venture to Mega Funds, builds on Booth’s tradition of bold and thoughtful conversation to provide private equity practitioners with knowledge, from both industry and academia, that would be hard to find in any other setting.

The 2021 Private Equity Conference will feature keynote speakers Johannes Huth, MBA ’86, Partner and Head of KKR EMEA; Tony Davis, MBA ’98, President, Managing Partner, Cofounder, Linden Capital Partners; and Chelsea Stoner, MBA ’03, General Partner, Battery Ventures. This year’s conference will be hosted through the Hopin platform. Access to this platform will be provided to paid attendees following their registration.

// Agenda (All times are CST)

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. – Introductory Remarks

• Starr Marcello, MA ’04, MBA ’17, Deputy Dean for MBA Programs, Chicago Booth
• Private Equity Group Student Co-Chairs: Najib Jai, MD/MBA ’21 and Matt Matosian, MBA ’21

9:15 – 10:15 a.m. – Opening Keynote

• Johannes Huth, MBA ’86, Partner and Head of KKR EMEA
• Moderated by: Steve Kaplan, Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, Chicago Booth; Kessenich E.P. Faculty Director, Polsky Center

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. – Networking Break

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. – Concurrent Panels

• Panel 1 – Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis
• Panel 2 – Sponsored by Ropes & Gray
• Panel 3 – Sponsored by McDermott Will & Emery

11:30 – 12:00 p.m. – Networking Break

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch Keynote

• Tony Davis, MBA ’98, President, Managing Partner, Cofounder, Linden Capital Partners
• Moderated by: Chris McGowan, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, Chicago Booth; Managing Director, CJM Ventures; Investor-in-Residence, Polsky Center

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Networking Break

1:30 – 2:15 pm. – Research Presentation – Private Equity and COVID-19

• Steve Kaplan, Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, Chicago Booth; Kessenich E.P. Faculty Director, Polsky Center

2:15 – 2:45 p.m. – Networking Break

2:45 – 3:45 p.m. – Closing Keynote

• Chelsea Stoner, MBA ’03, General Partner, Battery Ventures
• Moderated by: Kim Vender Moffat, Managing Partner, Rosa Partners; Cofounder, First Women’s Bank; Investor-in-Residence, Polsky Center

3:45 – 4:00 p.m. – Closing Remarks

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. – A virtual networking hour will be facilitated through the conference platform, Hopin.