Private Equity Conference

25th ANNUAL CHICAGO BOOTH PRIVATE EQUITY CONFERENCE

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM: Networking Breakfast | Grand Ballroom Foyer

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM: Opening Remarks | Salon III

8:45 AM – 9:30 AM: Keynote Speaker | Salon III

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 | Salon I
Panel #2: First Institutional Capital in Founder-Owned Businesses // Sponsored by McDermott Will & Schulte | Salon II

10:40 AM – 11:00 AM: Break

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

Panel #3: Optimizing Asset Ownership – Value Creation within a Portfolio | Salon I
Panel #4: Talent Management in Portfolio Companies | Salon II

11:50 AM – 12:30 PM: Networking Lunch

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM: Keynote Speaker | Salon III

Boris Rapoport, Senior Partner & Co-Head of Financial Services, The Vistria Group
Moderated by: Michael Minnis, Deputy Dean for Faculty and Fuji Bank and Heller Professor of Accounting, Chicago Booth

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 | Salon I
Panel #6: First Time Funds – Strategies & Challenges | Salon II

2:20 PM – 2:30 PM: Break

2:30 PM – 3:20 PM: Keynote Speaker | Salon III

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 | Salon III

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 – 5:00 PM: Networking Cocktail Reception | Grand Ballroom Foyer