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Carroll School of Management

Eighth Annual Finance Conference

June 5-6, 2013 - Boston & Chestnut Hill, MA


Thank you to our speakers, panelists and participants for making the event a success!

Professor Franklin Allen's Remarks (video)
Professor Franklin Allen's Presentation Slides (pdf)

Dr. Charles I. Plosser's Remarks (video)
Dr. Charles I. Plosser's Remarks (pdf)

Where's the Puck Heading?
Opportunities Across Asset Classes

The Carroll School finance faculty welcomes

Dr. Charles I. Plosser
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
The Dorothy Margaret Rose Knight
Economic Lecture Keynote Address

and

Franklin Allen
Nippon Life Professor of Finance and
Professor of Economics
The 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.

AGENDA

Wednesday, June 5

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

 

Thursday, June 6

         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
9:30am
SESSION 1: EMERGING MARKET OPPORTUNITIES
Kathryn A. Koch, Managing 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

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