31st Annual Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference at Harvard Business School Announces Speakers and Agenda
Industry Professionals, Academics and Students to Come Together at Leading Alternative Investment Conference on February 1
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Venture Capital & Private Equity Club, the largest student club at Harvard Business School, will hold the 31st annual VCPE Conference on Saturday, February 1, 2025, on the Harvard Business School campus in Boston.
The conference will feature several noteworthy keynote speakers, including Alisa Amarosa Wood, Partner at KKR, Co-CEO of KKR Private Equity Conglomerate LLC; David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group; Mamoon Hamid, Partner at Kleiner Perkins; and Sean Klimczak, Global Head of Infrastructure and Senior Managing Director at Blackstone.
More than 20 panels and 80+ partners and principals from leading private equity and venture capital firms from around the country will participate in the conference. Panels at the conference include Alternatives in Alternatives, Artificial Intelligence, Biotech, Climate, Consumer, Corporate VC, Distressed & Special Situations, Emerging Markets, Industrials, Infrastructure, Launching Your First Fund, National Security, Portfolio Operations, Private Credit, Real Estate, Recruitment in PE, Recruitment in VC & Growth, SaaS, State of PE, and State of VC.
“At what will be out 31st annual VCPE Conference, we have an excellent collection of true thought leaders serving as keynotes and as panelists that will address the rapidly evolving ecosystems of private equity and venture capital. There will be a great exchange of perspectives at what has proven to be one of the most informative conferences of the year,” said John Dionne, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School and Faculty Advisor of the VCPE Conference.
“We are thrilled to announce an impressive group of keynotes and panelists who will discuss investing in Artificial Intelligence, Biotech, Industrials, Infrastructure and National Security; big-picture themes such as the State of VC and PE; and operational considerations such as Launching Your First Fund, Portfolio Operations, and Recruitment in PE, VC & Growth,” said conference Co-Presidents Irtaza Ali, Xiangyun Chen, and Nitya Hinduja. “We would like to thank our speakers, sponsors, faculty advisor Professor Dionne, and the entire VCPE Conference team for putting together such a compelling event.
Sponsoring this year’s event are: Kirkland & Ellis, Akin, Dechert, Freshfields, Fried Frank, Mosaic, Ropes & Gray, Sidley, Atlantic, and BackBay Communications.
To view the conference agenda and full list of panel discussion topics and speakers, please visit: www.thevcpeconference.com.
To purchase tickets, please visit: vcpe2025.eventbrite.com.
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Contacts
Media
Philip Nunes
BackBay Communications
phil.nunes@backbaycommunications.com
Conference
Xiangyun Chen
Harvard Business School
xychen@mba2025.hbs.edu