FIS Stanford 2023 | Top1000funds.com | 19 September 2023 | Stanford University, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

This event will celebrate the fast-moving change taking place in economies and communities, and will examine the impact of innovation on our lives and workplaces. Drawing on the esteemed Stanford University faculty, and taking advantage of the Silicon Valley location, it will look at the incredible disruption and opportunities presented by AI and technological advancement; as well as the core investment challenges of risk management, operational excellence and efficiency, and future-looking capital allocation and portfolio construction techniques. This event is for asset owners from all over the globe and is typically attended by chief executives, investment committee members, chief investment officers, heads of investment portfolios and their direct reports.

As a collective force, institutional investors have enormous power to shape markets, inform policy and empower beneficiaries to have a better, more financially stable future.

The Fiduciary Investors Symposium acts as an advocate for fiduciary capitalism and the power of asset owners to change the nature of the investment industry, including addressing principal/agent and fee problems, stabilising financial markets, focusing on long-term investing and directing capital for the betterment of society and the environment. It enables asset owners from around the world to come together and explore investment themes, risks and opportunities with their global peers.

Held over three days, the event enables institutional investors to engage with industry thought leaders in academia and practice in a collegiate environment that promotes shared discussion. The on-campus venues facilitate a unique space for innovative thought and conversation, and the event includes tours of various university faculties.

2023 Speakers

Benoit Anne
Managing director, fixed income investment solutions, MFS

George Barnard
Sustainable Credit Specialist, MetLife Investment Management

Chris Battaglia
Senior advisor, Conexus Financial

Daniel Booth
Deputy chief investment officer, head of private markets, CalPERS

Stefano Cavaglia
Senior portfolio manager, State of Wisconsin Investment Board

James Davis
Chief investment officer, OPTrust

Luciano Diana
Senior investment manager, thematic equities, Pictet Asset Management

David Eagleman
Adjunct Professor Pysch/Public Mental Health and Life Sciences, Stanford University

Drew Endy
Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Stanford University School of Engineering

David Geenberg
Co-head North American investment team, Strategic Value Partners

Jennifer Hartviksen
Managing director, global credit, IMCO

Simon Hoyle
Group publisher, Conexus Financial

Owen Hyde
Managing director, Jennison

Frank Ieraci
Global head of active equities, CPP Investments

Greg Jackson
Chief executive, Octopus Energy

Greg Jensen
Co-chief investment officer, Bridgewater

Geraldine Jimenez
Senior investment director, CalSTRS

Sandy Kaul
SVP, head of digital asset and industry advisory services, Franklin Templeton Advisory & Thought Leadership

Stephen Kotkin
Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University; and Birkelund Professor Emeritus at Princeton University

Ross Levine
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Fei Fei Li
Sequoia Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, and Co-Director of Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute

Arun Majumdar
Inaugural Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability; Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor at Stanford University; faculty member of the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Science and Engineering; Senior Fellow and former Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, and Senior Fellow (courtesy) of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Ashby Monk
Executive and research director, Stanford Research Initiative on Long-Term Investing

Ian Patrick
Chief investment officer, Australian Retirement Trust

Hans Peter Portner
Head of thematic equities, Pictet Asset Management

Grace Qiu
Senior vice president, total portfolio policy and allocation, GIC

Condoleezza Rice
Tad and Dianne Taube director of the Hoover Institution, senior fellow on public policy; Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Alison Romano
Chief executive and chief investment officer, San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System

Myron Scholes
The Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance, Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Nobel Prize Winner

Amit Seru
The Steven and Roberta Denning Professor of Finance; Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Peter Strikwerda
Global head of digitalisation and innovation, APG

Colin Tate
Managing director, Conexus Financial
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Samir Ben Tekaya
Vice president and head of investment risk, BCI

Mario Therrien
Head of investment funds and external management, CDPQ

Eduard van Gelderen
Chief investment officer, PSP Investments

Aleks Vickovich
Editor in chief, Conexus Financial

Mark Walker
Chief investment officer, Coal Pension Fund

Derek Walker
Managing director, head of portfolio design and construction, CPP Investments

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• PICTET
• Bridgewater
• Octupus Investments

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Franklin Templeton
• Metlife
• MFS
• PGIM
• SVP GLobal

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Axioma