Panels

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Panel Group A Friday, 4:30pm – 5:30pm
1. Investing in the Education Sector
  Moderator
  Clayton M. Christensen (Harvard Business School)
  
  Panelists
  - Matthew Witheiler (Flybridge Capital Partners)
  - Matt Greenfield (Rethink Education)
  - Adam Enbar (Charles River Ventures)
  - Ariel Diaz (Boundless)
  - Troy Williams (Macmillan New Ventures)
2. The State of the Private Equity Industry
  Moderator
  Dr. Gitanjali Swamy (AARM Corporation)
  
  Panelists
  - Jennifer Green (Glocap)
  - John LeClaire (Goodwin Procter)
  - Glenn Youngkin (Carlyle)
  - Darren Abrahamson (Bain Capital)
3. Angel Investing
  Moderator
  Ramana Nanda (Harvard Business School)
  
  Panelists
  - Eric Paley (Founder Collective)
  - Adam Oliveri (Second Market)
  - Ryan Allis (iContact)
  - Hugo Van Vuuren (Harvard XFund)
  - Jeff Bussgang (Flybridge Capital Partners)
  - Murat Bicer (RTP Ventures)
Panel Group 1 Saturday, 10:00am – 10:50am
1. The Limited Partners Perspective Private Equity as an Asset Class
  Moderator
  Joseph Reilly (Family Office Association)
  
  Panelists
  - Derek Jones (Credit Suisse)
  - Jeffrey Horvitz (Moreland Management Company)
2. Investing in Asia
  Panelists
  - Amanda Outerbridge (Harbourvest)
  - Jishnu Bhattacharjee (Nexus Venture Partners)
  - Christoph Muller (Shaw Kwei & Partners)
3. Investing in the Energy Sector
  Moderator
  Jon McCarter (Ernst & Young)
  
  Panelists
  - John F. Bookout III (KKR)
  - Jeff K. Quake (First Reserve)
  - Sam Oh (Apollo)
  - Robert M. Tichio (Riverstone)
4. Managing a Private Equity Owned Company
  Panelists
  - Tom Shaffer (A&M Private Equity)
  - Kiran Reddy (3rd Rock Ventures)
  - Steve Shaheen (Guild Capital)
Panel Group 2 Saturday, 11:00am – 12:00pm
1. Creating, Operating and Investing in Search Funds
  Moderator
  Jim Sharpe (Harvard Business School)
  
  Panelists
  - Jim Southern (Pacific Lake)
  - Graham Weihmiller (Griswold Home Care)
  - A.J. Wasserstein (Oak Drive Capital)
  - Jon Herzog (Goodwin Procter)
2. Investing in Emerging Europe
  Moderator
  Vladimir Bosiljevac (Harvard University)
  
  Panelists
  - Krzysztof Krawczyk (Innova Capital)
  - Selcuk Yorgancioglu (The Abraaj Group)
  - Richard Seewald (Alpha Associates)
3. Large Cap Private Equity Investing
  Moderator
  David Snow (PrivCap)
  
  Panelists
  - Nadim El Gabbani (Blackstone)
  - Tricia Patrick (Bain Capital)
  - Kirk Radke (Kirkland & Ellis)
  - Ian Chiu (Warburg Pincus)
4. The State of the Venture Capital Industry
  Moderator
  Kristin Mugford (Bain Capital / Harvard Business School)
  
  Panelists
  - Paulina Hill (Polaris)
  - Daphne Zohar (PureTech)
  - Katie Rae (TechStars Boston)
Panel Group 3 Saturday, 2:00pm – 2:50pm
1. Mid-Cap Private Equity Investing
  Moderator
  Markus P. Bolsinger (Kirkland & Ellis)
  
  Panelists
  - Victor Vescovo (Insight Equity)
  - Joyce Demonteverde (Castle Harlan)
  - Greg Lau (FFL)
  - Andre Moura (New Mountain Capital)
2. Investing in Latin America
  Moderator
  Cate Ambrose (LAVCA)
  
  Panelists
  - Andres Small (Graycliff Partners)
  - McComma Grayson (Harbourvest)
  - Rod Walkey (Latin America Initiatives)
  - Enrique Castillo (Nexxus Capital)
  - Francisco Alvarez-Demalde (Riverwood Capital)
3. Venture Capital in New York
  Moderator
  Ilan Nissan (Goodwin Procter)
  
  Panelists
  - Stuart Ellman (RRE Ventures)
  - Debby Farrington (Starvest Partners)
  - Matt Gorin (Contour Ventures)
  - Jay Levy (Zelkova Ventures)
  - Adam Rothenberg (Box Group)
4. Investing in the Technology Sector
  Moderator
  Kristie Nova (Bespoke Partners)
  
  Panelists
  - Rafael Cofino (Great Hill Partners)
  - Jason Glass (Summit Partners)
  - Elizabeth de Saint-Aignan (TA Associates)
  - Abhishek Sud (Investcorp Technology Partners)
5. Real Estate Investing
  Moderator
  Nicolas Retsinas (Harvard Business School)
  
  Panelists
  - Starling Cousley (Hines)
  - Mark Deason (Starwood Capital)
  - Justin Ferira (The Baupost Group)
  - Stephen Tomlinson (Kirkland & Ellis)
Panel Group 4 Saturday, 3:00pm – 3:50pm
1. Operational Value Creation Managing Portfolio Companies
  Moderator
  Jim Sharpe (Harvard Business School)
  
  Panelists
  - Sandy Ogg (Blackstone)
  - A.J. Brohinsky (KKR Capstone)
  - Scott Wells (Bain Capital)
  - Cory Eaves (General Atlantic)
  - Tom Taylor (Ernst & Young)
2. Investing in the Healthcare Sector
  Panelists
  - Jeff Schwartz (Bain Capital)
  - Darren Black (SV Life Sciences)
  - Hilary Grove (Abry Partners)
  - Neil Exter (Third Rock Ventures)
3. Turnarounds, Distressed and Special Situations
  Moderator
  Anup Sathy (Kirkland & Ellis)
  
  Panelists
  - William D. Rahm (Centerbridge)
  - Brendan Carroll (Victory Park Capital)
  - Brian Ramsay (Littlejohn & Co., LLC)
  - Bruce Chesebrough (TPG)
  - Vikram Punwani (Sankaty Advisors)
4. Late Stage Venture Capital Investing
  Moderator
  Robbie Greenglass (Harvard Business School)
  
  Panelists
  - Stan Reiss (Matrix Partners)
  - David Henken (Goodwin Procter)
  - Jeremiah Daly (Highland Capital)
  - Geraldine Alias (North Bridge)

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