2021 Agenda – Coming Soon
2020 Agenda Below:
| Time | Event | Topic/Speaker |
| 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 10:00 – 10:10 a.m. | Welcome Remarks | Madhav Rajan – Dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting, Chicago Booth
Ken O’Keefe, MBA ’93 – Founder, Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company |
| 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. | Opening Keynote | Stu Porter, MBA ’94 – Founder and CEO, Denham Capital
Moderated by Kim Vender Moffat – Cofounder, First Women’s Bank; Managing Partner, Rosa Partners; Investor-in-Residence, Polsky Center |
| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. | Break | |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Concurrent Panels | Rise of Alternative Investing Sponsored by Chicago BoothFinding and Creating Value in a Highly Competitive Deal Market Sponsored by Ropes & Gray |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 12:45 – 1:45 p.m. | Lunch Keynote | Nikhil Thukral, MBA ’98 – Managing Partner, L Catterton
Moderated by Chris McGowan – Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, Chicago Booth; General Partner, CJM Ventures; Investor-in-Residence, Polsky Center |
| 1:45 – 2:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. | Concurrent Panels | Family Office Investing Sponsored by McDermott Will & Emery Forging Your Own Path: Establishing a Private Equity Fund Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis |
| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Closing Keynote | Paul Finnegan – Cofounder, Madison Dearborn Partners
Moderated by Steven Kaplan – Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, Chicago Booth; Kessenich E.P Faculty Director, Polsky Center |
| 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Reception |