Private Equity Summit - West Coast 2018

Date - To be confirmed
The Beverly Hills Hotel
Los Angeles
About

According to research firm Preqin, private equity firms are currently holding a record $818 billion in dry powder. As pressure builds to deploy this capital, GPs and LPs alike face a litany of challenges which only serves to underscore the highly complex and competitive nature of the PE industry as it stands today.

Beyond identifying and gaining access to the best investment opportunities, often within increasingly compressed timeframes, a significant shift of negotiating power from the LPs to the GPs has become clearly evident. Given this dynamic how can the various players best leverage and align interests for the optimal outcomes to be realized?

Institutional Investor’s 2018 Private Equity Summit - West Coast will explore the interaction and interdependency of the various constituents of the private equity community. Utilizing a private, closed-door format the Summit will provide qualified LPs and GPs with the opportunity to engage and interact with industry peers in order to share their idea regarding opportunities, concerns and trends in order to build out a network of like-minded thought leaders.

Advisory Board

The 2018 preliminary agenda is now available and will regularly be updated with the guidance of the Advisory Board to ensure the latest trends and most relevant topics will be conferred.

Please find the latest agenda below.

2018 Agenda

  • Tom Cawkwell, Head of Private Markets Research, Albourne Partners
  • Andrew Kelsen, Portfolio Manager, Chicago Public School Teacher's Pension
  • Ryan Bailey, Head of Investments, Children’s Health of Texas
  • Kathleen Barchick, Senior Managing Director, Cliffwater LLC
  • Sharmila Kassam, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, ERS Texas
  • Claud Cloete, Investment Officer-Private Equity, Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado
  • Andrew Christensen, Director of Private Equity, GHR Foundation
  • Tara Blackburn, Managing Director, Hamilton Lane Advisors
  • Steven Hartt, Principal, Meketa Investment Group
  • Michael J. Forestner, Global Co-CIO, Private Markets, Mercer
  • Tom Shanklin, Managing Director, Private Debt & Equity Group, Nationwide
  • Joaquin Lujan, Director of Rate & Credit, New Mexico Educational Retirement Board
  • LeAnne Larranaga-Ruffy, Director of Equity, New Mexico PERA
  • Reggie Tucker, Senior Investment Officer, Opportunistic Investments & Absolute Return Strategies, NYS Common Retirement Fund
  • Charles D. Leedy, Director of Public Markets, Novant Health
  • Judy Chambers, Managing Director, Pension Consulting Alliance, LLC
  • Michael Elio, Partner, StepStone
  • Brad Thawley, Senior Investment Manager, Private Equity, Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
  • Chris Schelling, Director – Private Equity, Texas Municipal Retirement System
  • Thomas James Martin, Managing Director, TorreyCove Capital Partners
  • Richard Chau, Managing Director, Tulane University
  • Patrick Pace, Director – Healthcare and Lower/Middle Markets, UTIMCO
  • Shane McAndrew, Chief Investment Officer, Villanova University
  • Steve Price, Senior Investment Officer, Global Private Equity, Ohio School Employees Retirement System
Contact

Questions?

For more on the Summit contact:

Katarina Storfer

(212) 224-3073
kstorfer@institutionalinvestor.com