International Search Fund Conference 2015
Schedule
Friday, April 24, 2015
| Time | Event/Session | Room/Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30-11:30 | Registration | South Campus, Foyer |
| 11:00-11:30 | Primer: What is a Search Fund? For those who are new to the search fund model, learn the basics: what a search fund is and how it works. Chair: Rob Johnson | South Campus, Classroom G-302
G Building |
| 11:30-12:30 | Panel Discussion: The Search Fund Model
Learn more about the way search funds have developed and then hear from the people who are tracking search funds around the world about the results of these searches. Guest speakers: Sara Rosenthal (GSB, Stanford), Lenka Kolarova (IESE Business School), Sandro Mina (USA, Investor), Jürgen Rilling (Germany, Investor) Chair: Jonathan Moules, Financial Times | South Campus Auditorium |
| 12:45-14:00 | Networking Lunch | North Campus, Dining Room |
| 14:00-15:15 | Panel Discussion: What has made the search fund model successful?
Hear investor and searcher insights about the key factors that have contributed to successful funded searches. Panel: Serial search fund investors Coley Andrews (US), Will Thorndike (US), Bill Egan (US) Chair: Rob Johnson | South Campus Auditorium |
| 15:15-16:45 | Panel Discussion: Challenges for International Search Funds
Learn about the challenges faced by entrepreneurs who have done, and are doing, searches outside the United States and Canada. Panel: Searchers Jane Kaggwa (Kenya), Marc Bartomeus (Spain), Till Bossert (Switzerland), Anish Patel (UK) Chair: Peter Kelly | South Campus Auditorium |
| 16:45-17:15 | Coffee Break | Lounge South Campus
F Building |
| 17:15-18:30 | Panel Discussion: Now I am a CEO... What do I do?
Find out how investors as well as searchers have contributed to the search process and to the success of acquired companies. (It's not what you might think!) Panel: Searcher CEO's Ritz Steytler (UK), Alexander Kirn (Germany), Mario Sicilia (Mexico), Jose Stella (Puerto Rico) Chair: Simon Webster | South Campus Auditorium |
| 18:30-20:00 | Networking Cocktail | North Campus Terrace |