Dear Economics community,
You’re invited and the investing conference is fast approaching! Details on committed speakers and overview below. Further details and registration www.darden.virginia.edu/mayo-center/events-programs/uvic/">http://www.darden.virginia.edu/mayo-center/events-programs/uvic/">HERE
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Join us 10–11 November, just after the U.S. presidential election, for this premier investing conference at Darden. The event is open to the public; registration fees apply (significantly discounted for the University community). Please visit www.darden.virginia.edu/UVIC/">http://www.darden.virginia.edu/UVIC/">www.darden.virginia.edu/UVIC/ for more details.
In addition to Darden faculty members Yiorgos Allayannis, Bob Bruner, Michael Schill, Pedro Matos, Alan Beckenstein and Rich Evans, confirmed guest speakers include:
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Barry Sternlicht — Chairman & CEO of Starwood Capital Group (founder of Starwood Hotels)
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Steven Rattner — Chairman of Willett Advisors (former treasury official, chairman of Michael Bloomberg’s family office)
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Lawrence Kochard — CEO and Chief Investment Officer of UVIMCO
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Jerome Booth — Founder of New Sparta Holdings
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Jason DeSena Trennert — Managing Partner of Strategas Research Partners
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William Antholis — Director & CEO of the UVA Miller Center
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Michelle Bernard — Political Analyst for MSNBC & CEO of the Bernard Center for Women, Politics & Public Policy
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David Dollar — Senior Fellow at the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution
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Stephen Goddard — Managing Director & Founder of The London Company
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Gibboney Huske — Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer of Skipjack Global Capital Management
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Dick Mayo — CEO and Founder of Mayo Capital
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Don Wilkinson III — Vice Chairman of Fiera Capital
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Melanie Davis — Managing Director of UVIMCO
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Thomas Finke — Chairman and CEO of Babson Capital Management
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Gabriel Sod Hoffs — Managing Director of TPG Capital
The conference will kick off Thursday, 10 November 2016, with the final rounds of the fifth annual Darden @ Virginia Investing Challenge, hosted by the www.darden.virginia.edu/mba/community/student-clubs/darden-capital-manag...">http://www.darden.virginia.edu/mba/community/student-clubs/darden-capita...">Darden Capital Management club. The challenge will bring together 15 teams of students from top MBA programs to compete in a stock pitch competition.
Corporate sponsors of the UVA Investing Conference include: Discovery Capital Management, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc., Sands Capital Management, Panning Capital Management LP, Fiera Capital, T. Rowe Price, EisnerAmper and Hirschler Fleischer.