The 2017 Private Equity Symposium

Welcome and Introduction

• Professor Sir Andrew Likierman, Dean, London Business School and Professor Bilge Yilmaz, The Wharton School

Keynote Introduction

• Professor Francesca Cornelli, London Business School

Keynote I

• Speaker: Hanneke Smits, CEO, Newton Investment Management and co-founder of Level 20, a not-for-profit mentoring organisation for women in private equity

Panel I: Disrupting the GP/LP Relationship and Ecosystem

• Antoine Dréan, Founder and Chairman, Palico
• Joe Topley, Senior Principal (London, Ontario Teachers
• Mary Kuusisto, Partner in the Private Investment Funds Group, Proskauer
• Moderator: Professor Eli Talmor, London Business School

Panel II: CEO Perspective on Public versus Private Ownership

• Rob Templeman, Chairman of RAC, Non-Executive Director of Ladbrokes Coral 
• Dennis Gillings, Chairman and CEO, GF Management
• Moderator: Professor Bilge Yilmaz, The Wharton School

Keynote Introduction by Professor Florin Vasvari, London Business School 

Keynote II

• Speaker: Sanjay Patel, Senior Partner and Head of Europe, Apollo Management International LLP

Keynote Introduction by Professor Francesca Cornelli, London Business School 

Keynote III 

• Speaker: Marco De Benedetti, MD and Co-head of The Carlyle Group - Interview with Professor Francesca Cornelli 

Panel III: How to Adapt to Disruption? Technology, Strategy and Regulation 

• Tim Hanford, MD for Europe, JC Flowers & Co
• Kate Mitchell, founder and partner, Scale Venture Partners
• Cécile Mayer-Lévi, Private Debt, Tikehau Capital 
• Jeffrey Chi, MD, Vickers Venture Partners
• Moderator Professor Michael Jacobides, London Business School 

Closing Remarks

• Professor Francesca Cornelli, London Business School

Introduction

• Professor Bilge Yilmaz, The Wharton School

Discussion 1: Private Equity and Financial Fragility during the Crisis

• Presenter: Filippo Mezzanotti, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Discussant: Morten Sørensen, Copenhagen Business School

Discussion 2: Adverse Selection and the Performance of Private Equity Co-Investments 

• Presenter: Reiner Braun, Technical University of Munich 
• Discussant: Niklas Huether, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Discussion 3: Liquidity Provision on the Secondary Market for Private Equity Fund Stakes 

• Presenter: Enrique Schroth, Cass Business School, City University
• Discussant: Anya Kleymenova, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

>Discussion 4: The Persistent Effect of Initial Success - Evidence from Venture Capital 

• Presenter: Ramana Nanda, Harvard Business School
• Discussant: Ayako Yasuda, UC Davis Graduate School of Management

Discussion 5: Mutual Funds as Venture Capitalists? Evidence from Unicorns

• Presenter: Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School
• Discussant: Xiaoyun Yu, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Discussion 6: Can Access to Capital Explain the Entrepreneurship Gender Gap?

• Presenter: Richard R. Townsend, University of California, San Diego, Rady School of
• Business Discussant: Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe, London School of Economics

Discussion 7: European Crowdfunding Platforms

• Presenter: Gary Dushnitsky, London Business School
• Discussant: Thomas Hellmann, Saïd Business School

Closing remarks

• Professor Francesca Cornelli, London Business School

Adverse Selection and the Performance of Private Equity Co-Investments

• Presenter: Reiner Braun, Technical University of Munich
• Discussant: Niklas Huether, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
• Paper: Adverse Selection and the Performance of Private Equity Co-Investments

Can Access to Capital Explain the Entrepreneurship Gender Gap?

• Presenter: Richard R. Townsend, University of California, San Diego, Rady School of
• Business Discussant: Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe, London School of Economics
• Paper: Can Access to Capital Explain the Entrepreneurship Gender Gap

European Crowdfunding Platforms

• Presenter: Richard R. Townsend, University of California, San Diego, Rady School of
• Business Discussant: Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe, London School of Economics 
• Paper: European Crowdfunding Platforms

Liquidity Provision on the Secondary Market for Private Equity Fund Stakes

• Presenter: Enrique Schroth, Cass Business School, City University
• Discussant: Anya Kleymenova, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• Paper: Liquidity Provision on the Secondary Market for Private Equity Fund Stakes

Mutual Funds as Venture Capitalists Evidence from Unicorns

• Presenter: Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School 
• Discussant: Xiaoyun Yu, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University 
• Paper: Mutual Funds as Venture Capitalists Evidence from Unicorns

Private Equity and Financial Fragility during the Crisis

• Presenter: Filippo Mezzanotti, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Discussant: Morten Sørensen, Copenhagen Business School 
• Paper: Private Equity and Financial Fragility during the Crisis

The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital 

• Presenter: Ramana Nanda, Harvard Business School
• Discussant: Ayako Yasuda, UC Davis Graduate School of Management
• Paper: The Persistent Effect of Initial Success. Evidence from Venture Capital