The Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and its Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business will hold its eight annual Michigan Private Equity Conference this Friday, October 17.
The conference will cover key issues impacting today’s private equity climate. Panel discussions will address emerging trends in limited partners’ investment strategies and the current regulatory environment. The conference will also provide great networking and learning opportunities for companies and investors alike. To visit the conference’s website click HERE.
In attendance will be more than 200 private equity, investment banking and business professionals from across the greater Midwest and from the University of Michigan alumni community. The conference’s keynote speakers include:
Kevyn Orr, Detroit’s emergency manager, and Ken Buckfire, president, managing director and co-founder of Miller Buckfire – From their unique, insiders’ position within Detroit’s restructuring efforts following its historic Chapter 9 bankruptcy, Messrs. Orr and Buckfire will speak to where the city stands with it and the outlook for investment potential in post-bankruptcy Detroit.
T. Bondurant (Bon) French, CEO, Adams Street Partners – Head of one of the largest managers of private equity for institutional investors, which manages more than $22 billion of committed capital, Mr. French will discuss the issues, pressures and changes in the global private equity market.
The conference will be held at the Michigan Union on the U-M Campus in Ann Arbor and will take place Friday, October 17 from 7:30 am to 2:00 pm. Pre-conference events start on Thursday, October 16 and include a golf outing at the U-M Radrick Farms golf course as well as a tour of the U-M Stadium and a dinner reception at the Campus Inn for all conference registrants.
Online registration for the conference is open through Tuesday, October 14. For more information or to register after Tuesday, visit www.zli.bus.umich.edu/mpec/ or contact Mary Nickson at mnickson@umich.edu.
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