Changing Tides
| Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 | ||||
| 5:00-6:00 PM: | Registration and Cocktail Reception | |||
| 6:00 PM-8:30 PM | Dinner and Keynote Speaker: Commander Kirk Lippold, USN (Ret.) USS Cole “National Security: Your Safety, Your Bottom Line.” | |||
| Thursday, April 4th | ||||
| 7:30-8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 8:00-8:45 AM | Pre-Conference Session: Highland Initiatives: Transformative Tech Moderator: R. Scott Graham, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Highland Associates |
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| 9:00-9:15 AM | Welcome Address Speaker: J.W. (Trey) Echols, III, President and CEO, Highland Associates |
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| 9:15-10:15 AM | Public Policy and Impact on Portfolio Strategy Speaker: Libby Cantrill, CFA, Managing Director and Head of Public Policy for PIMCO |
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| 10:15-11:15 AM | Outlook for Fixed Income Speaker: Rick Rieder, Managing Director Blackrock, Global Chief Investment Officer of Fixed Income and Co-head of Blackrock’s Global Fixed Income Platform |
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| 11:30-12:30 PM | Artificial Intelligence: Implications and Applications Panelists: Brian Barbetta, Wellington and Adil Abdulali, President and Chief Science Officer, MOV37, Protégé. |
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| 12:30-1:30 PM | Lunch | |||
| 1:30-2:15 PM | Evolution of Hedge Fund Investing Panelists: Hugh Edmundson, Founder, Theorem and Matthew Reeder, Partner and Director of Investor Relations, Theorem; Basil Qunibi, CEO, CIO, Atom Investors, LP |
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| 2:15-3:15 PM | China in Transition: Divorce of Globalization Panelists: Jordi Visser, President and Chief Investment Officer, Weiss Multi-Strategy; Ben Hunt, Founder, Epsilon Theory, Second Foundation |
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| 3:15-3:30 PM | Break | |||
| 3:30-4:30 PM | Breakout sessions Session 1: State of Nonprofit Healthcare Panelists: Olga Beck, Director, Fitch Ratings; Jennifer Barr, Analyst, Moody’s Investors Service, Healthcare Ratings Team. Session 2: ESG in Practice Panelist: Mozaffar Khan, PhD, Causeway Capital; Carl Balit, Executive Director, 57 Stars |
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| 6:00-8:30 PM | Monuments by Dark tour and dinner | |||
Conference agenda items and times are subject to change.
Dress for Wednesday and Thursday events is business professional.