The 25TH Annual Private Equity & Venture Capital Conference 2019 | Wharton Private Equity and Venture | 22 March 2019 | New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park S, New York, NY 10019, USA

After 25 years of success, this year’s conference theme is a tribute to our silver anniversary and is intended to spark discussions amongst attendees, keynote speakers, panelists, and moderators alike.

This year, the conversation will center around “finding the silver lining.” Given the growing feeling that the market is experiencing a calm before the storm, it’s important now, more than ever, for private equity professionals to find a way to see the silver lining. In an overvalued market and with the speculation of a potential downturn, the Conference is intended to bring together leading minds in the private equity and venture capital industries to discuss how to capitalize on opportunities as we move forward into this complex landscape.

2019 Speakers

Jeff Aronson
Centerbridge, Founder, Chairman, Managing Principal

Joseph P. Landy
Warburg Pincus, Co-Chief Executive Officer

Greg Mondre
Silver Lake Partners, Managing Partner and Managing Director

Kevin Kaiser
The Wharton SchoolProfessor (moderator for Jeff Aronson)

Eric Wedel
Kirkland & Ellis, Partner (moderator for Joseph Landy)

Sean Rodgers
Kirkland & Ellis, Partner (moderator for Greg Mondre)

Jennifer Perkins
Corporate Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP (moderator)

Ken Brotman
Founding Partner, ACON Investments

Sean Cunningham
Managing Director, GTCR

Wesley Bieligk
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group

Mortimer Singer
Chief Executive Officer, Marvin Traub Associates (moderator)

Avik Pramanik
Partner, Buyout Fund, L Catterton

Dan Galpern
Partner, TZP Group

David Roberts
Principal, Advent

Eric Schaefer
Managing Director, Eurazeo Capital

Sergio Urias
Co-chair of the Private Equity Practice Group, Covington & Burling (moderator)

Curtis Lane
Founding Partner, WindRose Health Investors

Daniel Pang
Principal, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Devin O'Reilly
Managing Director, Bain Capital Private Equity

Piyush Shukla
Principal, Linden

Christopher Geczy
Adjunct Professor of Finance; Academic Director, Wharton Wealth Management Initiative, The Wharton School (moderator)

Adam Heltzer
Head of ESG & Sustainability, Partners Group

Amie Patel
Director, Elevar Equity

Elizabeth Seeger
Director, Sustainable Investing and Global Impact, KKR

Jose Fernandez
Co-COO, StepStone Group

Robert Blaustein
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP (moderator)

Iyobosa Adeghe
Principal, Coller Capital

Jennifer Pereira
Principal, CPPIB

Joel Hwang
Principal, HarbourVest

Kathryn J. Stokel
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Abbott Capital

Thom Spoto
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Judson Oswald
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP (moderator)

David Geenberg
Managing Director and Co-Head of the North American Investment Team, Strategic Value Partners

Elizabeth Ko
Managing Director - Mezzanine, Crescent Capital

Karen De Castro
Managing Director - Credit, Ares Credit Group

Kevin Johns
Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets, Lone Star | Hudson Advisors

Spyro G. Alexopoulos
Managing Director, Golub Capital

Jonathan Schechter
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP (moderator)

Brian Kim
Head of Acquisitions and Capital Markets, Blackstone

Chris Lee
Head of Real Estate Americas, KKR

Nicole Sermier
Senior Principal and Head of Residential Investments, OZ Real Estate

Ronald J. Kravit
Former Co-Head of North American Real Estate, Cerberus Capital Management

Ranesh Ramanathan
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP (moderator)

Harlan Cherniak
Managing Director, KKR

Matt Wilson
Managing Director and Co-Portfolio Manager of the Special Situations Group, Oaktree

Scott Graves
Partner and Co-Head of North American Private Equity and Head of Special Opportunities, Ares Private Equity Group

Sean Britain
Managing Director, Bayside Capital

Zander Farkas
Principal, Tribeca Venture Partners (moderator)

Alan Patricof
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Greycroft

Alex Crisses
Managing Director, Co-head of Emerging Growth Initiative, General Atlantic

David Pakman
Partner, Venrock

Lisa Wu
Partner, Norwest Venture Partners

Merritt Hummer
Principal, Bain Capital Ventures

2019 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• Kirkland & Ellis LLP

GOLD:
• Golub Capital
• Covington & Burling LLP

BRONZE:
• First Republic
• Getronics