Endowment & Foundation Forum 2019
The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
November 7, 2019 - November 8, 2019
The 21st Annual Endowment and Foundation Forum will provide a forum for fluid exchange of ideas concerning portfolio planning and investment strategies. Rather than focusing on a particular investment style, this conference examines a full range of critical investment topics germane to all Endowments and Foundations. The program will also highlight the need to align fiscal strategy with values and missions. Participants and delegates will speak on topics including necessity for non-profit governance for endowments, means of capturing alpha in a portfolio, methods of choosing managers, and problems of ethics and liability in fiduciary planning. With the ever-changing investment landscape, what can you do to ensure resilience and growth? Our program will address the pros and cons of investing in equity, fixed income, alternative, real estate products, and many more. By targeting industry sectors, guest speakers and participants can gain a greater understanding of how organizations can utilize and dovetail with trending investment strategies.
The conference format is designed to be educational with fireside chat style panels. Only a few educational standalone presentations will be permitted. No PowerPoint presentations will be allowed for any panel discussions.
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Current as of August 16, 2019
| Conference Chairman |
Howard Nochumson, Executive Director, Washington Square Health Foundation |
| Keynote Speaker |
Diana Ayton-Shenker, CEO & Founder, Global Momenta, Global Catalyst Senior Fellow, The New School |
| Speakers |
Warren Naphtal, Co-Founder and CIO, P/E Investments Heather Myers, Partner, Aon Hewitt Elmer Huh, Chief Investment Officer, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Gary Shugrue, Managing Director, Veritable L.P. Seema Dala, Director of Marketing, Orbis Investments (U.S.), LLC S. Michael Sury, Chairman, INDORUS Holdings LLP(SFO) / Lecturer in Finance, The University of Texas at Austin Kevin Nichols, CAIA, CIMA, Senior Investment Management Consultant & Vice President, The Forma Group – Morgan Stanley Consulting Group & Institutional Services Barry Weisblatt, Chief Strategist, Kingsmead Asset Management Joe McIntosh, Executive Director, Tarrant County College Foundation John Schaetzl, Supervisory Board Chair, Access to Medicine Foundation Michael Barber, Executive Director, Alaska Conservation Foundation Max Giolitti, Chief Risk Officer, Verus Investments Thomas Forma, Senior Vice President - Senior Institutional Consultant, The Forma Group – Morgan Stanley Consulting Group & Institutional Services Kristine Pelletier, Senior Consultant, NEPC, LLC Don Shannon, Director, StepStone Group Jim Schnorf, Investment Committee, Eastern Illinois University Foundation Cari Lodge, Head of Secondaries, Member of the Investment Committee, Commonfund Tim Brennan, Treasurer & CFO, Unitarian Universalist Association Ryan Lennie, Managing Director, Wilshire Associates Thomas Donahoe, Managing Director and Practice Leader, OCIO Search, Manager Analysis Services, LLC Thomas Tritton, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Ohio Wesleyan University Jack Moore, Investment Committee, Maine Medical Center Richard Marker, Co-Principal, Wise Philanthropy; Faculty Co-Director, University of Pennsylvania Center for High Impact Philanthropy Iva Kaufman, Founder, Iva Kaufman Associates Peter Palandjian, Chairman & CEO, Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation |
• Rooms are available only to those participants who are registered conference attendees.
• Rooms will not be guaranteed without a credit card.
• Rooms are allocated on a first come first serve basis. Room types/rates are subject to availability.
• The name on the form will be the name of the guest room.
Registration Pricing
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Earlybird Rate II (expires 9/5/19) |
Standard Rate | |
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| Asset Managers/Service Providers | $3,195 | $3,495 |
| Plan Sponsors, Pension Trustee & Staff, Non-Discretionary Consultants, Endowments, and Foundations can be verified for complimentary access* | - | Complimentary* |
*Subject to Opal Group’s verification and approval. Only individuals who are solely investing on their own behalf can be verified for a complimentary pass. Solution Providers or Fund Providers to third parties will not be able to receive complimentary access. As investment portfolios/strategies are constantly changing, we reserve the right to re- verify past delegates for future complimentary passes.
- New Investment Styles and Strategies
- Challenges facing Endowments and Foundations
- Asset Allocation: Identifying the appropriate asset classes for your portfolio
- Hedge Funds
- Risk Management
- Fixed Income and Credit Markets
- New Wave of Alternative Strategies
- Equity Investing
- Private Equity Investing
- Impact Investing
- Governance Insights
- Real Estate
- Real Assets
- Philanthropy and Program Related Investments
- Emerging and Frontier Markets
- Sustainable investing and fiduciary duty
- CIO Outsourcing
- The Changing Landscape for Endowments & Foundations
- Investing in Opportunity Zones
- And many more!
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- Endowments
- Foundations
- Consultants
- Attorneys
- Financial Planners
- Accountants
- Hedge Funds
- Fund of Funds
- Real Estate Managers
- Equity Managers
- Venture Capitalists
- Private Equity
- Insurance Companies
- Broker Dealers
- Industry Service Providers
- Alternative Investment Managers
