Private Equity Conference

25th ANNUAL CHICAGO BOOTH PRIVATE EQUITY CONFERENCE

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM: Networking Breakfast

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM: Opening Remarks

8:45 AM – 9:30 AM: Keynote Speaker

Konstantin Sokolov, MBA ’05, Founder & Chairman, IJS Investments
Moderated by: Madhav Rajan, Dean and George Shultz Professor of Accounting, Chicago Booth; Chief Global Strategist, University of Chicago

9:30 AM – 9:50 AM: Break

9:50 AM – 10:40 AM: Concurrent Panels

Panel #1: Large-Cap Buyouts // Sponsored by Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Panel #2: First Institutional Capital in Founder-Owned Businesses // Sponsored by McDermott Will & Emery

10:40 AM – 11:00 AM: Break

11:00 AM – 11:50 AM: Concurrent Panels

11:50 AM – 12:30 PM: Networking Lunch

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM: Keynote Speaker

Marty Nesbitt, MBA ’89, Founding Partner & Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Vistria Group

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM: Break

1:30 PM – 2:20 PM: Concurrent Panels

Panel #5: Integrating AI into Portfolio Value Creation / Internal Fund Operations // Sponsored by Ropes & Gray
Panel #6: First Time Funds – Strategies & Challenges

2:20 PM – 2:30 PM: Break

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM: Keynote Speaker

Bryan Cressey, Cofounder & Managing Partner, Cressey & Company
Moderated by: Duane Jackson, Founder, Author Capital Partners; Investor-in-Residence, Polsky Center

3:20 PM – 3:30 PM: Break

3:30 PM – 4:15 PM: Keynote Speaker

Blair Jacobson, MBA ’99, Partner & Co-President, Ares Management Corporation
Moderated by: Steve Kaplan, Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, Chicago Booth; Kessenich E.P. Faculty Director, Polsky Center

4:15 PM – 5:30 PM: Networking Cocktail Reception