KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Steve Miller
Chairman, MidOcean Partners

James B. Lee, Jr.
Vice Chairman, JPMorgan Chase & Co. - Co-Chairman, JPMorgan
Scott M. Sperling
Co-President, Thomas H. Lee Partners
Richard H. Frank
Chief Executive Officer, Darby Private Equity

The 7th Annual MIT Sloan Private Equity Symposium will take place on Friday, April 16th, 2010, at The Boston Copley Marriott in Boston, Massachusetts. This year’s symposium, Exploring New Realities in Private Equity Investing, will explore the evolution of investment strategies given the changing economic and financing environment.

Unique Forum to Address Cutting-Edge Trends and Recent Industry Developments
The MIT Sloan Private Equity Symposium is one of the leading student-run private equity conferences in the country, with approximately 300-400 industry professionals and students attending each year.  Past years’ keynote speakers have included prominent industry leaders such as Marty Mannion (Summit Partners), David Rubenstein (The Carlyle Group), and Bill Janeway (Warburg Pincus).

This year’s symposium will include nine panel discussions which will provide an engaging and interactive forum for senior industry professionals to share their views on highly relevant topics such as:

  • Middle Markets
  • Esoteric funding options / financing across the capital structure
  • Growth Equity
  • Energy
  • Deal sourcing/ origination
  • Turnaround/ Distressed
  • Mega Funds
  • LPs
  • Emerging Markets
  • Adding value the portfolio (service providers)