2023 Private Equity & Venture Capital Conference
Resilience by Design: Innovating for Success in Uncertain Markets
Wednesday, November 1st 2023
8:00am - 9:00am CT
Gies plaza & french quarter
check-in & welcome Breakfast
9:00am - 9:15am CT
White Auditorium
welcome by Francesca Cornelli (Dean, Kellogg School of Management)
9:15am - 10:00am CT
White Auditorium
Venture Capital keynote
keynote speaker
Rashmi Gopinath (Kellogg MBA ‘11), General Partner, B Capital GROUP
Moderator
Andy cohen (Kellogg MBA ‘90), VC INvesting Partner, World Innovation Lab (WiL)
10:15am - 11:00am CT
White Auditorium
ESG: Moving beyond performative to driving fund value
Panel
susan edwards (Kellogg MBA ‘10), operating director- DEI&IMPACT, Vistria group
wayne moore (Kellogg MBA ‘09), Investor, cleveland avenue
Jessica Patton, Co-founder & Principal, 5th century Partners
moderator
Professor Ravi Jagganathan, Kellogg School of management
Thank you to the following sponsor
Thoma bravo
11:15Am - 12:00pm CT
white auditorium
Machine Learning and AI Disruption, Valuation, and Speculation
Panel
sach chitnis (Kellogg MBA ‘04), co-founder & partner, jump capital
Chris Chynoweth, Associate, Cooley LLP
ryan milligan, Partner (Kellogg MBA ‘10), parkergale
moderator
DANIEL W LINNA JR., Senior Lecturer - Director of law and Technology initiatives, Northwestern university
Thank you to the following sponsor
Cooley LLP
Lunch (optional Networking)
details
Lunch will be provided for all attendees
There will be an additional OPtional opportunity for Students and alumni/professionals to be paired up for networking roundtables at lunch
NOTE: Attendees must select this add-on during ticket registration to be included in this networking opportunity
12:00pm - 1:00pm CT
White Auditorium
Private EQuity keynote
keynote speaker
Thomas morrison (Kellogg MBA ‘92), Sr. Managing director, blackstone
1:00pm - 1:45pm CT
white Auditorium
2:00pm - 2:45pm CT
white Auditorium & 1400 wing
Private EQuity: operations and fueling growth
Panel
Brad morehead (Kellogg MBA ‘05), partner, shore capital partners
meranee phing (Kellogg MBA ‘05), sr. partner, the riverside Company
michael watts (Kellogg MBA ‘10), partner, linden capital partners
MODERATOR
Professor Mitchell PetersEn, Professor of finance & Director of the Heizer center for private equity & Venture Capital, Kellogg School of Management
Thank you to the following sponsor
Linden Capital
Venture Capital: operations and fueling growth
Panel
DANielle tustin, Head of operations, Long journey ventures
kelsey willock, co-founder & CEO, Aura finance
MODERATOR
MARK ACHLER, MANAGING DIRECTOR, MATH VENTURES
Thank you to the following sponsor
Vistria group
3:00pm - 3:45pm CT
White Auditorium
Building firms to last: Founding Days, Human Capital, and Succession
Panel
jeffrey B. kaplan, partner, kirkland & Ellis
reeve waud (Kellogg MBA ‘89), managing partner, waud capital partners
MODERATOR
Pete McNerney, ADJUNCT Professor in Healthcare, Kellogg School of Management
Thank you to the following sponsor
Kirkland & Ellis