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Finding Alpha, Navigating Investment Headwinds in Private Equity

The Annual NYU Stern Private Equity Conference provides current students, alumni, and industry professionals with networking opportunities and panel discussions focusing on trends and issues facing the private equity and venture capital industries. The popular conference attracts nearly 400 attendees each year.

This year, the Conference will take place at NYU on February 28, 2014. Tony James (COO and President of Blackstone) and Mo Koyfman (General Partner of Spark Capital), will give featured keynote speeches.

In addition to the speakers, the conference includes panels on: Leveraged Buyouts, Real Estate, Energy, Distressed, Venture Capital & Growth, HealthCare, Emerging Markets, and Limited Partners and Secondaries.

Speakers for the conference include:

• Daniel Posner, Head of Opportunistic Credit Strategy – Golub Capital
• John Leone, Managing Director at Emerging Markets Private Equity – PineBridge Investments
• Rahul Culas, Managing Director and Co-Head of Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Group – The Carlyle Group
• Rory Riggs, Investment Chair – Royalty Pharma
• Christopher Hojlo, Managing Director – CVC Capital Partners
• Chris Perriello, Managing Director and Partner – AlpInvest Partners
• Coburn Packard, Partner – Apollo Global Management
• David Wachter, Managing Director – W Capital Partners
• Susan Garret, Managing Director and Head of Private Equity – Prudential

Please visit the conference website for more details and to register.

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On February 28, Columbia Business School will hold its 20th Annual Private Equity & Venture Capital conference entitled “Driving Entrepreneurial Thinking in the World of Investing” at the Sheraton Times Square New York.

For twenty years, Columbia Business School has brought together thousands of private equity and venture capital professionals to its annual conference to engage with some of the most respected names in the industry.

This year’s conference will feature the following keynote speakers:

• Leon Black, Chairman and CEO, Apollo Global Management
• David Blitzer, Senior Managing Director & Head of Tactical Opportunities, Blackstone
• Mark Dzialga, Managing Director & Chairman of Investment Committee, General Atlantic

Alongside the keynote addresses, attendees to the conference can also engage with representatives from over 30 leading private equity and venture capital firms who will be featured on the following panels:

Private Equity

• Creating Value through the LBO
• Hard Assets and the Economy: Real Estate and Infrastructure Investing
• Middle Market PE: Finding Gems in a Crowded & Competitive Environment
• Uncertainty and Opportunity in Distressed & Restructuring

Venture Capital

• Entrepreneurship as an Investor
• Growth Equity: Filling the Liquidity Gap
• Investing in Technology: Is it Better to be Sexy or Saasy?
• Silicon Alley: New York Venture Capital

There will also be an additional panel on the flight of private equity and venture capital to emerging markets.

The Details

The conference will be held at the Sheraton New York on Friday, February 28, 2014. You can register at www.cbspevcconference.com

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