| The Summit agenda |
| Thursday, March 8 | |||
 8:00 am - 8:40 am | Registration | ||
| 8:40 am - 8:45 am | Welcoming remarks | ||
| 8:45 am - 9:30 am | The Investor View: What are investors expecting from hedge funds in 2018? [More Info] Chris Acito, CEO and CIO, Gapstow Capital Partners John Bailey, Founder and CEO, Spruce Investment Advisors David Kupperman, Managing Director and Head of Liquid Strategies, Neuberger Berman Eric Siegel, Senior Managing Director , Mesirow Advanced Strategies Moderator: Susan Barreto, Editor Emeritus, HFMInvestHedge | ||
| 9:30 am - 10:15 am | Stream I: Equities [More Info] Matt Iorio, Founder and Portfolio Manager, White Elm Capital Michael Mackey, Chief Investment Officer, Kingdon Capital Management Alex Roepers, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Atlantic Investment Management Moderator: Susan Barreto, Editor Emeritus, HFMInvestHedge | ||
| 9:30 am - 10:15 am | Stream II: Macro [More Info] Timothy Everett, Institutional Portfolio Manager, K2 Advisors Michael Harris, President, Campbell & Company James L. Rubin, Partner, Portfolio Manager and Co-head of Equities, Wexford Capital Zachary Squire, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Tekmerion Capital Management Moderator: Miles Kruppa, Staff Writer, Absolute Return | ||
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break & Networking | ||
| 10:45 am - 11:30 am | Keynote Address [More Info] Michael Vranos, Founder and CEO, Ellington Management Group | ||
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Stream I: Machine Mania - Rise of the Quants [More Info] Elle Kaplan, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, LexION Capital Management Nigol Koulajian, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Quest Partners Milind Sharma, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, QuantZ Capital Dr Michael Tiano, Senior Data Scientist, FQS Capital Partners Moderator: Rachael Levy, Finance Correspondent, Business Insider | ||
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Stream II: What the ETF!? [More Info] Austin Camporin, Portfolio Manager, Elliott Management Nancy Davis, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer , Quadratic Capital Management Vishnu Kurella, Associate Partner, Portfolio Manager, Caxton Associates Cory Laing, Head of ETF and One-Delta Institutional Sales, Citadel Securities Moderator: Tushar Modi, iShares Head of Hedge Fund Sales and Strategy, BlackRock | ||
| 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm | Networking Lunch | ||
| 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm | Keynote Address [More Info] Elizabeth R. Hilpman, President, Barlow Partners | ||
| 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm | Stream I: The State of the Deal - Event Driven Activism [More Info] Mick McGuire, Founder and Managing Partner, Marcato Capital Management Peter Schoenfeld, Founder, CEO and CIO, PSAM Moderator: Robert Kaplan, Senior Managing Director, EnTrustPermal | ||
| 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm | Stream II: Credit - A Shrinking World of Opportunity? [More Info] Leslie Biddle, Partner, Serengeti Asset Management Gunter Heiland, Partner, Co-Head of Emerging Markets Debt Group, Gramercy Funds Management Mario Rivera, Managing Director , Fortress Investment Group Steve Shenfeld, President, MidOcean Credit Partners Moderator: Ortenca Aliaj, Senior Reporter, Absolute Return | ||
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Coffee Break & Networking | ||
| 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm | Best ideas: Top managers give their picks [More Info] Will Cook, Founder and Portfolio Manager, Sunriver Management Dan Farrell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Privos Capital Charles Lemonides, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, ValueWorks LLC Neal Nathani, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager, Totem Point Management | ||
| 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Drinks Reception & networking | ||
