2013

8TH ANNUAL FINANCE CONFERENCE

The Carroll School finance faculty welcomed Dr. Charles I. Plosser, President and chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Professor Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Professor of EconomicsThe Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and other industry experts for a dynamic conversation on opportunities across financial markets, from equity to energy to real estate.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5

Location BC Club, 100 Federal Street, 36th Floor, Boston  
5:30pm
Cocktail Reception 
6:15pm   
Dinner


THURSDAY, JUNE 6

Location 
Boston College, Chestnut Hill Campus, Fulton Hall, Room 511
7:45am
Continental Breakfast
8:30am   
WELCOMING REMARKS
8:45am

MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Professor Franklin Allen
Nippon Life Professor of Finance and Professor of Economics
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Professor Franklin Allen's Presentation Slides (pdf)
9:30am

SESSION 1: EMERGING MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Kathryn A. KochManaging Director, Investment Management Division, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Jun “QJ” Qian, Associate Professor of Finance, Haub Family Fellow, Boston College
D. Ellen Shuman, Former Chief Investment Officer, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Moderator:
Roch Hillenbrand '72 P'98, Managing Director, Stony Brook Investments, LLC
 
10:30am

Coffee Break
 
10:45am   

SESSION 2: EQUITY MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
Steven M. Barry '85, P'14'17, Chief Investment Officer of Fundamental Equity,Goldman Sachs Asset Management
James S. Chanos, President and Founder, Kynikos Associates, LP 
Farhad A. Nanji, Partner, Highfields Capital Management, LP
Howard F. Ward P'08'10'16, Director of Growth Products, GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Moderator: S. Joseph Wickwire II '86, Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Investments

 

12:00pm
THE DOROTHY MARGARET ROSE KNIGHT ECONOMIC LECTURE
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Dr. Charles I. Plosser
, President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Dr. Charles I. Plosser's Remarks (pdf)
12:45pm
Lunch, Gasson Hall, Room 100

1:45pm

SESSION 3: ENERGY MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Stu Porter
, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Denham Capital Management, LP
Daniel J. Rice III, Managing Director, GRT Capital Partners, LLC 
Mark W. Voccola '94, Partner, Energy Investors Funds

Moderator:
John C. O’Hara Jr., Managing Director and Senior Advisor, Rockefeller & Co., Inc.
 

2:45pm
SESSION 4: REAL ESTATE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Marc Cardillo
, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates
Richard Saltzman, President, Colony Capital, LLC
David M. Sherman, President, Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management, LLC

Moderator:
David P. O’Connor '86, P'16, Senior Managing Partner, High Rise Capital Management, LP
3:45pm

CLOSING REMARKS

  4:00pm
Cocktail Reception