Tuesday, October 8

7:30 am Registration & Breakfast

8:50 am Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:10 am Panel 1 - Around the World: Word on the Street

 

10:10 am Coffee Break

 

 

10:40 am Panel 2 - Hedge Funds

Zarqaa Shaikh

Director, Multi-Strategy Investments, Capital Markets Group, OPTrust

Gayan Wijesinha

Head of Systematic & Absolute Return Strategies, Investcorp-Tages

 

11:20 am Fireside Chat 1 - Credit Market Debate: Public vs. Private

 

11:50 am Lunch

1:20 pm Keynote Interview 2 - Building world-class capital markets at pension

1:50 om Panel 3 - Liquidity Management across Private & Public Portfolios

 

Mark van der Zwan

Chief Investment Officer, Hedge Fund Solutions, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Derek Walker

Managing Director, Head of Portfolio Design & Construction, Total Fund Management, CPP Investments

 

 

2:30 pm Panel 4 - Private Credit

 

3:10 pm Coffee break

 

 

3:40 pm Panel 5 - Private Equity

 

4:20 pm Panel 6 - External Manager Program Excellence

Sandy Poiré

Portfolio Manager, Absolute Return, CN Investment Division

 

5:00 pm Networking Reception

7:00 pm Close

 

Wednesday, October 9

7:15 am Registration & Breakfast

 

 

 

7:55 am Allocator Roundtables

9:00 am Welcome & Opening Remarks

9:10 am Keynote Interview 3 - Innovation in portfolio construction

Mark Steed

Chief Investment Officer, Arizona PSPRS Trust

 

9:40 am Panel 7 - Megatrends

Joe Dowling

Global Head, Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing (BXMA)

Eduard van Gelderen

Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments)

 

10:20 am Coffee break

10:50 am Panel 8 - Emerging Managers

Kirk Sims

Managing Director of Emerging Managers Program, Texas Retirement System

Odrée Ducharme

Managing Director, Invesment funds and external management, CDPQ

 

11:30 am Guest Speaker - Delivering Michelin Hospitality to Financial Services

12:00 pm Lunch

1:20 pm Keynote Interview 4 - Leadership for the next generation

Derek Drummond

Head of Strategy - Funds Alpha, State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB)

 

1:50 pm Panel 9 - Digital Assets

Frank Mihail

Chief Investment Officer, North Dakota Department of Trust Lands

 

2:30 pm Coffee break

3:00 pm Panel 10 - Maple Model

3:40 pm Panel 11 - Closing Session

4:20 pm Close