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Insight Partners
David Rubenstein
Keynote address: America post impeachment, Europe post Brexit
The Carlyle Group
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Main Conference Day 1

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07:30 - 08:0030 mins
Registration and welcome coffee
    08:00 - 08:1515 mins
    Day 1
    Chair’s welcome address
    • Ruulke Bagijn - Head of Investment Solutions, The Carlyle Group and Co-Head of Primaries, AlpInvest Partners, The Carlyle Group
    08:15 - 08:4530 mins
    Day 1
    The Global Economy: Productivity, Politics and Pestilence
    • Stephanie Flanders - Senior Executive Editor for Economics & Head of Bloomberg Economics, Bloomberg
    08:45 - 09:1025 mins
    Day 1
    Keynote interview: The challenge of delivering compelling risk-adjusted investment returns throughout market cycles
    • Michael Arougheti - Director, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President, Ares Management LLC
    • John O’Sullivan - Buttonwood columnist, The Economist
    09:00 - 09:4545 mins
    Engaged conversation
    Macroeconomics and politics
    • Stephanie Flanders - Senior Executive Editor for Economics & Head of Bloomberg Economics, Bloomberg
    09:10 - 09:4030 mins
    Day 1
    State of the union: What are the key gamechangers for private equity today?
    • Hartley Rogers - Chairman, Hamilton Lane
    • Matthew Kabaker - Senior Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Private Equity, Centerbridge Partners
    • Bill Ford - CEO, General Atlantic
    • Ming Lu - Head of Asia Pacific, KKR
    • Marcus Brennecke - Partner and Co-Head of EQT Private Equity advisory team, EQT
    09:40 - 10:0525 mins
    Day 1
    Keynote address: The future of software
    • Deven Parekh - Managing Director, Insight Partners
    09:50 - 10:3040 mins
    Engaged conversation
    The power of emotions in PE investing
    • Mark McDonald - Global Head, DWS Private Equity
    • Richard Taffler - Professor of Finance and Accounting, The University of Warwick
    • David Cooper - Managing Partner, Cooper Limon
    10:05 - 10:3025 mins
    Day 1
    Fireside chat: The global investment landscape for 2020 and beyond
    • Kewsong Lee - Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Carlyle Group
    • Matt Miller - Anchor, Bloomberg TV
    10:30 - 11:0030 mins
    Day 1
    Morning coffee and networking break
      10:30 - 11:3060 mins
      Engaged conversation
      Spotlight on regulation
      • Patricia Volhard - Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton
      • Lina Vatėnaitė - Legal Officer, European Commission
      • Nigel Williams - Chairman, Royalton Partners
      • Tim Hames - Director General , BVCA 2013-2019
      11:00 - 11:2525 mins
      Day 1
      Fireside chat: Private equity -- key drivers of growth across market cycles
      • Leon Black - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Apollo
      • Hartley Rogers - Chairman, Hamilton Lane
      11:25 - 11:5025 mins
      Day 1
      Operating in a culture of radical truth and radical transparency to build the best possible understanding of global economies and markets
      • Eileen Murray - Co-Chief Executive Officer, Bridgewater Associates
      • Jennifer Prosek - Founder & CEO, Prosek Partners
      11:50 - 12:2030 mins
      Day 1
      LP Perspectives: Putting capital to work
      • Philipp Patschkowski - Managing Director, Neuberger Berman
      • Mark Lyon - Head of Equities and Alternative Investments, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
      • Katja Salovaara - Senior Investment Officer - Private Equity, New York City Retirement Systems
      • Christina Pamberg - Managing Partner, Alcyon Holding
      • Eberhard Vetter - Managing Director, RAG Stiftung
      12:20 - 12:4525 mins
      Day 1
      Keynote Interview: Private equity is booming, private credit is soaring, how long will it last? what’s next?
      • Jeff Aronson - Co-Founder, Managing Principal, Centerbridge Partners
      • Henny Sender - Chief Correspondent, Financial Times
      12:45 - 13:1530 mins
      Day 1
      The rise of private markets: what are the implications?
      • Michael Halford - Partner and Head of Private Investment Funds for Europe and Asia, Goodwin
      • Michael Siefke - Managing Director and Co-Head of Europe Private Equity, Bain Capital
      • Robert Lucas - Managing Partner, CVC Capital Partners
      • J.Christopher Kojima - Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
      • Nikos Stathopoulos - Partner, Member of the Executive Committee, BC Partners
      12:45 - 13:1530 mins
      LP only
      Engaged conversation: Co-investing: alpha or risk generator?
      • Oliver Schumann - Managing Director, Capital Dynamics
      13:15 - 13:4025 mins
      Day 1
      Fireside chat: How an owner/operator approach is effective in the current PE environment
      • Cyrus Madon - Managing Partner, CEO Private Equity, Brookfield
      • Sarah Syed - European Private Equity Correspondent, Bloomberg News
      13:30 - 14:0030 mins
      Quickfire showcase
      Delegate quickfire showcase emerging/specialist managers
      • Gordon Hargraves - Partner, Private Advisors
      • Mark Boyle, Independent Senior Private Equity Advisor
      • Oliver Fadly - Research Consultant, Private Markets, NEPC
      13:40 - 14:1535 mins
      Day 1
      Networking lunch break
        14:15 - 14:205 mins
        Day 1
        Afternoon Chair
        • Pamela Hendrickson - Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman Strategic Initiatives, The Riverside Company
        14:20 - 14:4525 mins
        Day 1
        Fireside Chat: Growth equity reimagined
        • Jon Korngold - Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Blackstone’s Growth Equity, Blackstone
        • Miriam Gottfried - Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
        14:45 - 15:1025 mins
        Day 1
        Keynote interview : Developing differentiated angles in a competitive market
        • Todd Sisitsky - Managing Partner, TPG Capital
        • Sarah Syed - European Private Equity Correspondent, Bloomberg News
        15:10 - 15:4030 mins
        Day 1
        Value creation and realisation: seeking new approaches to generate sustainable returns. What will be important 10 years from now?
        • Atul Kapur - Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Everstone Capital
        • Mahadeva Matt Mani - Partner, Strategy&, part of the PwC Network
        • Lorne Somerville - Managing Partner, CVC Capital Partners
        • Simon Marc - Managing Director and Head of Private Equity, PSP Investments
        15:40 - 16:0525 mins
        Day 1
        Keynote address: America post impeachment, Europe post Brexit
        • David Rubenstein - Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chairman, The Carlyle Group
        16:05 - 16:3530 mins
        Afternoon refreshments and networking break
          16:35 - 16:405 mins
          Stream A: Mid market focus
          Chair’s opening remarks
          • Gordon Hargraves - Partner, Private Advisors
          16:35 - 16:405 mins
          Stream B: Infrastructure investments
          Chair’s opening remarks
          • Terrence Tehranian - Partner , Pioneer Point Partners
          16:35 - 16:405 mins
          Stream C: Update on secondaries
          Chair’s opening remarks
          • Philip Tsai - Global Head of Secondary Market Advisory, Managing Director, UBS Investment Bank
          16:35 - 16:405 mins
          Stream D: Value-added volatility & the PE cycle
          Chair’s opening remarks
          • Javier Espinoza - Private Capital Correspondent, Financial Times
          16:35 - 16:405 mins
          Stream E: Investor outlook
          Chair’s opening remarks
          • Mark Boyle, Independent Senior Private Equity Advisor
          16:40 - 17:1030 mins
          Stream A: Mid market focus
          Latest developments and innovations in the mid market
          • Gordon Hargraves - Partner, Private Advisors
          • Lindsey McMurray - Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Pollen Street Capital
          • Jan Johan Kühl - Managing Partner, Polaris Equity
          • Íñigo Sánchez-Asiain - Founding Partner, Portobello Capital
          • D.T. Ignacio Jayanti - Managing Partner, Corsair Capital
          16:40 - 17:1030 mins
          Stream B: Infrastructure investments
          Gamechangers for infrastructure investments
          • Dmitriy Antropov - Co-Head Private Infrastructure Integrated Investments, Partners Group
          • Josh Raffaelli - Managing Director, Brookfield
          • Cate Ambrose - CEO & Board Member, EMPEA
          • Lennert Spek - Partner, Bain & Company
          16:40 - 17:1030 mins
          Stream C: Update on secondaries
          Update on secondaries
          • Bernhard Engelien - Managing Director, Greenhill & Co. International LLP
          16:40 - 17:1030 mins
          Stream D: Value-added volatility & the PE cycle
          GP stakes from all angles
          • Michael Rees - Managing Director and Head, Dyal Capital Partners
          • Daniel Lavon-Krein - Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
          • Saul Goodman - Senior Managing Director, Evercore
          • David Breach - Chief Operating Officer & Chief Legal Officer, Vista Equity Partners
          16:40 - 17:1030 mins
          Stream E: Investor outlook
          The expansion of LP appetite
          • Björn Waltmans - Managing Director, Wilshire Private Markets
          • Miriam Schmitter - Managing Director, Commonfund Capital
          • Sunaina Sinha - Managing Partner, Cebile Capital
          • Andrew Brown - Head of Private Equity Research, Willis Towers Watson
          • Warren Hibbert - Managing Partner, Asante Capital Group
          17:10 - 17:4030 mins
          Stream A: Mid market focus
          Mid market: weathering the storm?
          • Leith Moghli - Partner, Proskauer
          • Eric Bismuth - CEO, Montefiore
          • Pawel Gieryński - Managing Partner, Abris Capital
          • Morten Welo - COO & Head of Investor Relations, FSN Capital
          • Thorsten Dippel - Managing Director, Carlyle Europe Technology Partners, The Carlyle Group
          17:10 - 17:4030 mins
          Stream B: Infrastructure investments
          The renewables revolution – only just beginning or running out of steam?
          • Lucy Heintz - Partner, Actis
          • Pooja Goyal - Partner and Head of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Team, The Carlyle Group
          • Yorick Groen - Senior Portfolio Manager, Private Equity and Infrastructure, PGB
          17:10 - 17:4030 mins
          Stream C: Update on secondaries
          Thinking outside the box – alternatives to a traditional secondary sale
          • Philip Tsai - Global Head of Secondary Market Advisory, Managing Director, UBS Investment Bank
          • Augustin Duhamel - Managing Partner, 17Capital
          • Chris Baxter - Americas Head of Fund Financing and Investments, UBS Global Markets
          • Greg Fayvilevich - Head of US Funds & Asset Management Group, Fitch Ratings
          17:10 - 17:4030 mins
          Stream D: Value-added volatility & the PE cycle
          PE deal volume in 2018 finally surpassed 2007 highs. Will we look back at 2018 as a repeat of 2007’s peak?
          • Javier Espinoza - Private Capital Correspondent, Financial Times
          • Johanna Barr - Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Limited Partner Services, Advent International
          • J.David Enriquez - Head of Private Equity, New York City Retirement Systems
          • Neil Harper - Chairman, Turkven Private Equity
          • Dev Kapadia - Senior Managing Director, Co-Chief Investment Officer of Private Equity, Cerberus
          17:10 - 17:4030 mins
          Stream E: Investor outlook
          LPs on asset allocation
          • Oliver Fadly - Research Consultant, Private Markets, NEPC
          • Rainer Ender - Head of Investment Management, Schroder Adveq
          • Joshua Fenton - Director of Investments, The Helmsley Charitable Trust
          • Giovanni Orsi - Managing Director, Private Equity, Funds, PSP Investments
          17:40 - 18:1030 mins
          Stream A: Mid market focus
          Specialisation in the lower mid market: Small is beautiful – but is specialisation required?
          • Marc der Kinderen - Managing Partner, 747 Capital
          • David Barbour - Managing Partner & Co-Founder, FPE Capital
          • Eric Larson - Co-CEO, Tilia Holdings
          • Kathryn Mayne - Managing Director, Horsley Bridge Partners
          • Jean-Marc Jabre - Co-Founder, Capital D
          17:40 - 18:1030 mins
          Stream B: Infrastructure investments
          “Horses for Courses”: Direct vs indirect and co-investment access to infrastructure investment opportunities
          • Uwe Fleischhauer - Founding Partner and Managing Director, YIELCO Investments
          • Yves Meyer Buelow - Managing Director, Allianz Capital Partners
          • Dominik von Scheven - Senior Investment Manager, HSBC Alternative Investments
          • Kelly Marshall - Executive Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, OMERS
          17:40 - 18:1030 mins
          Stream C: Update on secondaries
          Secondaries: the next generation
          • Oliver Gardey - Head of Private Equity Fund Investments, ICG Enterprise Trust
          • Christian Diller - Partner & Co-Founder, Montana Capital Partners
          • Gabriel Möllerberg - Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
          • Tristram Perkins - Global Co-Head of Secondary Private Equity, Neuberger Berman
          17:40 - 18:1030 mins
          Stream D: Value-added volatility & the PE cycle
          Distressed investing: are the right conditions finally around the corner?
          • Yup Kim - Senior Portfolio Manager, Private Equity & Special Opportunities, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation
          • Chris Boehringer - Managing Director and Co-Head of Distressed Debt Europe, Oaktree Capital Management
          • Shary Moalemzadeh - Managing Director & Co-Head, Carlyle Strategic Partners
          • Todd Lemkin - Chief Investment Officer, Canyon Partners
          • Ivelina Green - Global Head of Special Situations, Partner, CQS
          • Skardon Baker - Senior Partner, Head of European Principal Finance, Apollo
          17:40 - 18:1030 mins
          Stream E: Investor outlook
          New liquidity horizons - the silent revolution
          • Richard Clarke-Jervoise - Head of Private Equity and Private Debt, BNP Paribas Wealth Management
          • Paul Verbesey - Partner & Co-Chair of Private Investment Funds, Goodwin
          • Paola Tarazi - Founder & Managing Partner, 16Capital Advisors
          • Spencer Miller - Managing Director, Five Arrows Managers
          • Jim Strang - Managing Director and Chairman, EMEA, Hamilton Lane
          18:10 - 18:4030 mins
          Stream A: Mid market focus
          Exit activity in the mid market
          • Vittorio Pignatti-Morano - Founding Partner, Chairman, Trilantic Europe
          • Gilles Collombin - Partner & Head of Investor Relations, Charterhouse
          • Ted Kramer - President & CEO, HKW
          • Paul Newsome - Partner,Head of Investment Solutions, Unigestion
          18:10 - 18:4030 mins
          Stream B: Infrastructure investments
          Analysing the pros and cons of different infrastructure models: Who wants to own core infrastructure anymore? Is core plus the new core?
          • Justin Bower - Founding Partner, FirstPoint Equity
          • Terrence Tehranian - Partner , Pioneer Point Partners
          • Alexander Krater - Partner, Palladio Partners
          • Ferdinand Dalhuisen - Managing Director, ODDO BHF Private Equity
          18:10 - 18:4030 mins
          Stream C: Update on secondaries
          GP-led deals Version 2.0
          • John Daghlian - Partner, Akin Gump LLP
          • Matt Jones - Partner, Pantheon
          • Valérie Handal - Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners
          • Nik Morandi - Senior Principal, Funds, Secondaries & Co-Investments (London office), CPP Investments
          • John Leone - Partner, Fairview Capital Group
          18:10 - 18:4030 mins
          Stream D: Value-added volatility & the PE cycle
          Special situations and turnarounds
          • Peter Laib - Chairman, YIELCO Investments
          • Timothy Meyer - Co-founder and Managing Partner, Angeles Equity Partners
          • Stefan Lehotkay - Partner, Clearsight Investments
          • Dominic Slade - Managing Partner , Alchemy Partners
          • Ralf Rank - Managing Partner, Head of Europe, Brookfield
          18:10 - 18:4030 mins
          Stream E: Investor outlook
          LP/GP Debate: Lies, damned lies and private equity performance
          • Merrick McKay - Head of Europe – Private Equity, Aberdeen Standard Investments
          • Sweta Chattopadhyay - Director, bfinance
          • J.David Enriquez - Head of Private Equity, New York City Retirement Systems
          • Cyril Demaria - Head of Private Markets, Wellershoff & Partners
          • Ralph Büchel - Principal, Unigestion
          18:40 - 18:455 mins
          End of Main Conference Day 1
            18:45 - 20:30105 mins
            Evening networking drinks reception
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