2023 Speakers
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Keynote Speakers
David rubenstein
Co-Founder & Co-Chairman
Carlyle
gary cohn
Vice Chairman of IBM & former Director of the National Economic Council
john connaughton
Co-Managing Partner
Bain Capital
David C. Schmittlein
John C Head III Dean
MIT Sloan School of Management
Bilal Hafeez
CEO
Macro Hive
fahmi quadir
Founder & CIO
Safkhet Capital
Private Equity Panel
John Toomey
CEO
HarbourVest
William Hughes
Managing Director
Providence Equity Partners
Charles Tillen
Partner
Bain & Company
Mike Ascione Managing Director Berkshire Partners
Hugh MacArthur
Chairman of Global Private Equity practice
Bain & Company
(Moderator)
Impact Investing Panel
Justin Kulla
Partner
TZP Group
Ladell Robbins
Managing Director
BlackRock
Kyle Adkins
Partner
FullCycle Climate Partners
Claude Grunitzky
CEO & Managing Partner
Equity Alliance
(Moderator)
Emerging Managers Panel
Julia Adam
Partner & Co-Founder
Exeter Capital
Kevin Kamer
Co-Founder
Breyta Capital Partners
Nikhil Daftary
Partner & Co-Founder
NK Capital
Sean Mooney
Founder & CEO
BluWave
Emma Somers-Roy
Global Investment Staff
MITIMCo
(Moderator)
Public Markets Panel
Derek Drummond
Portfolio Manager
State of Wisconsin Investment Board
Matthew V. Spiegel
Principal, Equity Research Analyst
GW&K
(Moderator)
John Donnelly
Managing Director, Global Equity Portfolio Manager
Jennison Associates
Jennifer DeSisto
Chief Investment Officer
Anchor Capital
Jeff Korzenik
Chief Economist
Fifth Third Bank
Technology Panel
Seamon Chan
Founding Partner
Palm Drive Capital
David Lipman
Partner
Bain & Company
(Moderator)
Lucy Wang
Co-Founder & General Partner
Divergent Capital
Jon Nuger
Managing Director
Berkshire Partners
Colin Motley Managing Director, PE Bain Capital
Latam Panel
Eric Acher
Founder & Managing General Partner
Monashees
Jenny Larios Berlin
Entrepreneur in Residence, Lecturer
Martin Trust, MIT
(Moderator)
Mariana Donangelo
Partner
Kaszek
Mike Packer
Partner
QED Investors
Michael Nicklas
Managing Partner
Valor
Quantitative Investing Panel
Artemiza Woodgate
Founding Partner & CIO
Integrated Quantitative Investments
Akshay Padmanabha
Head of Quantamental Investing
Tower Research Capital
Sanjay Rajpal
Head of Quantitative Strategies Central Research
Millennium
Kathryn M. Kaminski
Chief Research Strategist, Portfolio Manager
AlphaSimplex
(Moderator)
Real Estate Panel
Maureen Joyce
Managing Director
Barings
Avik Mukhopadhyay
Managing Director
Kildare Partners
Yane Hsu
Founder and Principal Laurea LLC
Dan Jacobson
General Partner
Alpaca VC
(Moderator)
Crypto/WEB3 Panel
Carl Hua
Investment Partner
Shima Capital
Marco Di Maggio
Director
Fintech, Crypto and Web3 lab at Harvard
(Moderator)
Tess Hau
Founder & CEO
Tess Ventures
Joseph Armao
Partner, Fintech Sector Head
Senator Investment Group
Rabia Iqbal
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Nural Capital
Venture Capital Panel
Christina Chang
Partner
Lowercarbon Capital
Richard Dulude
Co-Founder & Partner
Underscore VC
(Moderator)
Michael Kearney
Partner
The Engine
Jamie Goldstein
Partner & Co-Founder
Pillar VC
Adam Valkin
Managing Director
General Catalyst