PartnerConnect Southwest 2017 | 4 December 2017 | Kimpton Hotel Van Zandt, 605 Davis Street Austin, Texas 78701 US

For the first time since its launch 10 years ago, PartnerConnect Southwest is moving from Dallas to Austin. This event will bring you the same great content and network you've grown to expect from PartnerConnect events, this time in the state capital.

PartnerConnect is an “events of events” which combines several branded conferences under one roof, all of it focused on private markets, where attendees constantly cross–pollinate, as they freely move from one event to the next. Whether your focus is on Private Equity, Venture & Growth Capital, Real Assets, or Growth Equity, you’ll find more insight and connections here than any conference you’ll attend all year.

If you are a fund manager, institutional investor or intermediary in the private equity, venture and growth capital, or real asset space, PartnerConnect presents networking and idea generation opportunities not found at other conferences.

With more than 2,500 attendees in 2017, over 700 LPs, and over 2,000 private 1:1 meetings in our meetings program, PartnerConnect Events are an experience like no other.

2017 Speakers:

Paul Ballard
CEO & CIO, Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company

David Corpus
Trustee of Texas Teachers Retirement System; Senior Vice President, CommunityBank of Texas

David Fann
President & CEO, TorreyCove Capital Partners

Dana Johns
Senior Portfolio Manager, Maryland State Retirement and Pension System

Austin Long III
Principal, Alignment Capital Group

Murphy Markham
Managing Partner, EnCap Investments

Christopher Schelling
Director of Private Equity, Texas Municipal Retirement System

Shamoil Shipchandler
Regional Director, Fort Worth Regional Office, Securities & Exchange Commission

Rick Spencer
Managing Director, Barings

Panelists:

Alex Abell
Managing Director, Head of Research, RCP Advisors

Lester Alexander III
Partner, Jefferson Capital Partners

Tom Ball
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Next Coast Ventures

Kenneth Binick
Managing Director, Portfolio Advisors

Heinz Blennemann
Principal, Blennemann Family Investments

Sara T. Brand
Founding General Partner, True Wealth Ventures

Christopher Brothers
Managing Partner, Solace Capital Partners, L.P.

Les Brown
Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer, HGGC

Christopher Calicott
Managing Director, Trammell Venture Partners

Liz Campbell
Senior Vice President, Portfolio Advisors

Mel Carter
Principal, GCM Grosvenor Private Markets

Clarey Castner
Co-Founder and Partner, Panorama Point Partners

C. Kenneth Clay
Founder, Executive Managing Director, Corinthian Capital Group, LLC

John Crocker
Managing Partner, Matinicus

Brian Crumley
Managing Partner, Vortus Investments

Duran Curis
Partner, Ocean Avenue Capital

Todd Dauphinais
Managing Partner, Clavis Capital Partners

Mike Dodd
General Partner, Silverton Partners

Michael Elio
Partner, StepStone Group

Stephen Ellis
Managing Director, Stratford-Cambridge Group

Dan Farrell
Chairman & CEO, Privos Capital

Andrew Farris
Vice President, Blackrock

Christopher Flynn
Co-Chief Executive Officer of THL Credit, Inc. & THL Credit’s Direct Lending platform, THL Credit

Aziz Gilani
Partner, Mercury Fund

Maurice Gordon
Managing Director and the Head of Private Equity, Guardian Life Insurance Company

Jeff Harbacjh
CEO, Kauffman Fellows

Trey Hart
Senior Vice President, 50 South Capita

Brett Hickey
Founder & CEO, Star Mountain Capital

Jud Hill
Partner, Ecological Service Partners

Marcia Hooper
Senior Advisor, Bowside Capital

Joel Hwang
Vice President, HarbourVest Partners

Ali Iz
Managing Partner, NewWorld Capital Group, LLC

Dana Johns
Senior Portfolio Manager, Maryland State Retirement and Pension System

Sharmila Kassam
Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Employees Retirement System of Texas

Chris Keller
Managing Director, Summit Strategies Group

John Kim
Co-founder and Managing Partner, HighBar Partners

Paul Kwon
Senior Vice President, Unigestion (US), Ltd

Robert Langley
Managing Partner, Align Capital Partners

Chris Lawrence
Managing Director, HQ Capital

Bob Levine
Managing Partner, L2 Capital

Upacala Mapatuna
Chief Investment Officer, Victory Park Capital

Joseph Marks
Managing Director, Capital Dynamics

Zac McCarroll
Partner, Private Advisors

Ryan McGovern
Managing Director, Star Mountain Capital

Danielle Morrill
Mattermark, Investment Partne

Bob Morse
Co-Founder & CEO, Strattam Capital

Mina Pacheco Nazemi
Founder & Managing Partner, Aldea Capital Partners

John Neuner IV
Managing Director & Co-head of the Consumer Group, Harris Williams & Co

Nickie Norris
General Partner, COO, CCO, New Heritage Capital

Michael OMalley
Senior Principal, COO & CFO, Pennybacker Capital, LLC

Dave Philipp, CFA, CAIA
Managing Director & Senior PM, Fund Liquidity Solutions Group

Charlie Plauche
Principal, S3 Ventures

Kee Tilghman Rabb
Partner, Private Advisors

Dilip Ratnam
Managing Director , Vista Ridge Capital Partners

Scott Reed
Head of U.S. Private Equity, Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.

Mark Regal
Director of Investments, Briar Hall LLC

Jean Reynolds
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley AIP

Kerry Rupp
General Partner, True Wealth Ventures

Kyle Ryland
Managing Partner, Sumeru Equity Partners

Amos Schwartzfarb
Managing Director, Techstars

Mike Scott
Founder & Managing Partner, Pelican Energy Partners

Rohit Seth
General Partner, Duchossois Group

Stefan Shaffer
Managing Partner, SPP Capital Partners

Ken Shoji, CFA
Chief Investment Officer, View Capital Advisors

Christopher Shonk
Partner, ATX Seed Ventures

Krishna Sirinivasan
General Partner, Live Oak Ventures

Brian Smiga
Partner, Alpha Venture Partners/ Pritzker Group

Tammi Smorynski
Director, Intel Capital

Joshua Sobeck
Partner, 747 Capital

Bart Stephens
Managing Partner, Blockchain Capital

Gijs Van Thiel
Partner, 747 Capital

Don Vollum
Managing Partner, Vista Ridge Capital Partners

Alan Weinfeld
Partner, Gatewood Capital Partners

Brian Zaumeyer
Managing Principal, Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC

2017 Sponsor:

GOLD:
• RSM
• NES Financial
• Evestment

SILVER:
• Moss Adams
• Gen II

GP PLATINUM:
• Castle Creek Capital
• Foundation Energy Management
• Hammond Kennedy Whitney
• Morse Energy Capital
• Presidio Investors
• Swan Legend