Welcome to the 16th Annual MIT Sloan Investment Conference, to be held virtually February 26th, 2021. The theme of this year’s conference is “Investing in a New World.” Speakers will explore the post-COVID-19 investment environment in addition to a number of other topics ranging from lessons learned to career advice to general market thoughts.

By Conference Organizer, Zach Wainwright, and Head of the Finance Track at MIT Sloan, Telis Bertsekas

8:30-8:45am
Opening Remarks

Dr. Ben Bernanke - Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Former | Visiting Fellow at MIT Sloan’s Golub Center
Moderated by Debbie Lucas

8:50-9:30am
Keynote

9:35-10:15am
Keynote*

Sam Zell - Founder & Chairman of Equity Group Investments
Moderated by Daniel Adamson

Panel 1: Private Equity
Panel 2: Emerging Markets

10:20-11:10am
Panels

Panel 1: Venture Capital
Panel 2: Real Estate

11:15-12:05pm
Panels*

Peter Lynch - Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Investments, Former | Vice Chairman of Fidelity
Moderated by Barry Ritholtz

12:20-1:10pm
Keynote

1:15-2:05pm
Panels

Panel 1: Public Equity

Greg Jensen - Co-CIO at Bridgewater Associates
Moderated by Ted Keith

2:15-2:55pm
Keynote*

3:00-3:50pm
Panels

3:55-4:45pm
Panels

Dina Powell - Head of Sustainability and Inclusive Growth at Goldman Sachs
Moderated by Barry Ritholtz

4:50-5:30pm
Keynote

5:30-5:35pm
Closing Remarks

By Conference Organizers, Andrea Sandorova & Zach Wainwright

** There is limited press availability for this conference. Sessions denoted with a * are on the record, everything else is off the record. **