Wharton Investment Management Conference
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The Wharton Investment Management Conference (WIMC) strives to bring together investors in all stages of their journeys to exchange ideas and share experiences. The Conference invites MBAs from programs across the country, investment management professionals, and the academic community. We aim to create a platform for investors to share their views of the market and investment philosophies.
Keynote Speaker: Will Danoff
Will Danoff joined Fidelity Investments in 1986 and has been managing the Fidelity Contrafund since 1990. Along with managing Contra, Will also manages several other Fidelity funds totaling assets of more than $190 billion. In 2007, Morningstar named Will “Domestic Stock Manager of the Year". Will is dedicated to the long-term benefits of active management. During his 32-year manager tenure, the Fidelity Contrafund (FCNTX) has averaged an incredible 12.56% annualized average return, more than 2% greater than the annual returns from the benchmark S&P 500 Index.
Featuring:
Macro: Blerina Uruçi (T.Rowe Price Chief US Economist), Jason Armstrong (Comcast CFO), Prof. Stephan Dieckmann (Wharton Faculty, Moderator)
Best Ideas Pitches: Bill Weber (Cooke & Bieler Partner & PM), Gor Ter-Grigoryan (Sellaronda Global CIO), Ryan Anderson (Fidelity Tech Analyst)
Lunch: 20min with Richard Perry (Perry Capital President, CEO)
Starting a New Fund: Ed McBride (Centiva Capital CIO & Co-Founder), Jay Kahn (Flight Deck Capital Founder), Ram Parameswaran (Octahedron Capital Founder, PM), Vivek Goyal (Altimeter Capital Principal, Moderator)
Investing Philosophies: Grant Gao (EJF Capital MD, EJF China CEO), Mira Muhtadie (Willoughby Capital CIO), Rob Gould (Meritage Managing Director), Sean O'Malley (Cadian Capital Head of Strategy and Business Development, Moderator)
Emerging Markets: Nicole Wiley (100 Women in Finance COO and Chief Development Officer, Moderator), Santiago Jariton (Emerging Variant Founder and PM), Sharif Atta (SQM Frontier Co-Founder & PM), Wei Guo (Whale Rock Sector Head)
Agenda:
09:30am: Check In
10:00am: Welcome
10:05am: Keynote Speech
11:00am: Macro Panel
12:00pm: Best Ideas Pitches
01:00pm: Lunch
01:40pm: Ask Me Anything: Richard Perry
02:15pm: Starting a New Fund
03:15pm: Investment Philosophies
04:30pm: Emerging Market Panel
05:15pm: Reception
File Attachments: Wharton_IM_Conference_Program_vFF
Speakers
Will Danoff
PM
Fidelity Contrafund
Blerina Uruçi
Chief US EconomistÔÇï
T.Rowe Price
Bill Weber
Partner, PM
Cooke & Bieler
Ed McBride
CIO, Co-Founder
Centiva Capital
Gor Ter-Grigoryan
CIO
Sellaronda Global
Grant Gao
Managing Director, EJF China CEO
EJF Capital
Jason Armstrong
CFO
Comcast
Jay Kahn
Founder
Flight Deck Capital
Mira Muhtadie
CIO
Willoughby Capital
Nicole Wiley
COO, Chief Development Officer
100 Women in Finance
Peter Ammon
CIO
Penn Office of Investments
Ram Parameswaran
Founder, PM
Octahedron Capital
Richard Perry
President, CEO
Perry Capital
Rob Gould
Managing Director
Meritage
Ryan Anderson
Tech Analyst
Fidelity
Santiago Jariton
Founder, PM
Emerging Variant
Sean OÔÇÖMalley
Head of Strategy and Business Development
Cadian Capital
Sharif Atta
Co-Founder, PM
SQM Frontier
Stephan Dieckmann
Faculty
Wharton
Vivek Goyal
Principal
Altimeter Capital
Wei Guo
Sector Head
Whale Rock