Students in the Yale SOM Private Equity Club next week will host its ninth annual private equity conference, one of the largest student-run private equity conferences in the country. This year’s conference theme, “Expanding Horizons,” will include a focus on the ways in which the market conditions of the past year have created new trends and opportunities for private capital.
The conference, which will take place on November 6th in Greenwich, CT, will include keynote addresses by Yale SOM alumni who have gone on to lead successful private equity firms. Speakers include David Jackson ’93, CEO of Istithmar World Capital; John Howard ’80, CEO of Irving Place Capital; and Dan O’Connell ’80, founder and CEO of Vestar Capital Partners.
There will also be a range of panels addressing topics such as regulation in finance and private equity, opportunities in the renewable energy and infrastructure space, and the current climate for venture capital, among others. Panelists will include industry leaders from a range of firms including the Carlyle Group, Alvarez & Marsal, AEA Investors, Aetna, Blockbuster Inc., Ernst & Young Paul and several more.
To view the full conference agenda or to register, click here.
