2024 Private Equity & Venture Capital Conference
Navigating the new market normal: exploring how industry strategies, operations and investment landscapes have recently evolved and what adjustments are required to continue to build and realize value
Wednesday, October 30th, 2024
8:00am - 9:15am CT
Gies plaza & french quarter
check-in & welcome Breakfast
9:15am - 9:30Am CT
White Auditorium
welcome by Francesca Cornelli (Dean, Kellogg School of Management)
9:30am - 10:15am CT
White Auditorium
private equity keynote
keynote speaker
gary Parr (Kellogg MBA ‘80), senior managing director, apollo global management
Moderator
Francesca cornelli, Dean, kellogg school of management
10:30am - 11:30am CT
white Auditorium & 1400 wing
Panel breakouts
venture capital: corporate ventures in the startup ecosystem
VC Panel
David Allred (Kellogg MBA ‘95), Managing Director & Senior partner, BCG-x
Jon Guerster (Kellogg mba ‘92), Partner, Activate Capital
Michelle Snyder (Kellogg mba ‘96), Partner, McKesson Ventures
MODERATOR
MARK FLEMING (Kellogg mba ‘16), Partner, PASSBOOK VENTURES
private equity: Evolving Private Equity Participation Strategies & Opportunities
Pe Panel
Elizabeth Browne (Kellogg mba ‘13), Managing Director, Sponsor Solutions and Co-Head of Elevate, GCM Grosvenor
Miguel Gonzalo (Kellogg Mba ‘01), Partner, Adams Street Partners
Anthony Shontz (Kellogg mba ‘07), Partner, Partners Group
MODERATOR
SAM SCARCELLO, PARTNER, KIRKLAND & ELLIS
SPECIAL THANKS TO SPONSOR ADAMS STREET PARTNERS
PEVC PITCH COMPETITION / lunch
Northwestern affiliated startups compete for non-dilutive funding in the inaugural PEVC startup pitch competition
details
Lunch will be provided for all attendees
11:30Am - 1:00pm CT
Room 1130
Broadcast in room 1420/1430
Venture capital keynote
keynote speaker
Priti Youssef Choksi (kellogg mba ‘03), Partner, Norwest venture partners
Moderator
jeffrey eschbach (KELLOGG MBA ‘13), clinical assistant professor, kellogg school of management
1:00pm - 1:45pm CT
white Auditorium
2:00pm - 3:00pm CT
white Auditorium & 1400 wing
Panel breakouts
Private EQuity: Value Creation: Avenues & Methods for Delivering Differentiated Impact
Panel
Darpan kapadia (kellogg mba ‘00), chief operating Officer, ls power
John Lin, operations director, tpg capital
Sara Woolbright (Kellogg mba ‘17), Principal, portfolio resources, Vistria Group
Moderator
brad martin (kellogg mba ‘08), partner, bain & company
SPECIAL THANKS TO SPONSOR THE VISTRIA GROUP
Venture Capital: what’s next for ai?
Panel
JOE DWYER (kellogg jdmba ‘08), FOUNDING PARTNER, MANIFOLD GROUP
Ashish Kakran (kellogg mba ‘18), Principal, Thomvest Ventures
Kleida Martiro (kellogg mba ‘19), Partner, Glasswing Ventures
Moderator
LIZ PAISNER, ASSOCIATE, cooley - moderator
3:15pm - 4:15pm CT
White Auditorium
Panel: Private Capital's Role in Pushing Defense Sector Innovation
Panel
DARREN FARBER, MANAGING PARTNER, ALBION RIVER
Guy Filippelli, Managing partner, Squadra Ventures
Brian maccarthy, MANAGING PARTNER, booz allen ventures
Gen. (retired) Jim McConville, Operating partner, AE Industrial Partners
MODERATOR
TOM MCDONOUGH, MANAGING PARTNER, TJM CAPITAL pARTNERS