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2026 Agenda

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12:30 PM

Golf: The Annual NEXUS Cup (Invite only)

02:00 PM

04:00 PM

NEXUS LP Mixer (LP only)

05:00 PM

Registration opens

06:00 PM

Networking drinks

07:30 PM

Private Dinner hosted by Davis Polk & Wardwell (Invite only)

06:00 AM

NEXUS Run Club

07:45 AM

Welcome Breakfast and Registration

08:00 AM

Institutional LP Council meeting (Invite only)

Salon 6 Ballroom

Jen Choi, CEO - ILPA

Freddie Allen, Director, Private Equity Fund Investments - Temasek

Beth Holzberger, Senior Portfolio Manager - State of Wisconsin Investment Board
SS&C Intralinks Workshop: What LPs are prioritizing in 2026 (Open to all)

Salon 8 Ballroom

Rachelle Legentus, Senior Associate, Product Marketing - SS&C Intralinks
Private Wealth Workshop (Open to all)
Salon 7 Ballroom
- Private Wealth Forum
Susan Long McAndrews, Executive Advisor - Charlesbank Capital Partners

Kimberly Flynn, President - XA Investments

08:45 AM

PEI welcome address

Coquina South Ballroom

08:50 AM

Welcome from PEI & chair’s opening remarks
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum
Toby Mitchenall, Editor - New Private Markets

Lyne Landry, Founding and Managing Partner - AgeTech Capital

08:55 AM

Welcome from the NEXUS Chairperson

Coquina South Ballroom

Adam Smallman, Director of Membership Content - PEI Group

09:00 AM

Keynote interview: How are macro-economic trends reshaping private equity?

Coquina South Ballroom

Richard Melville, Editorial Director, US - PEI Group

Josh Harris, Founder - 26North
Keynote: Powering tomorrow - How unprecedented growth Is redefining the future of energy
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum
Steven Simone, Managing Partner and Head of Investor Relations - Energy Impact Partners

09:20 AM

09:25 AM

Cross Conversation: How LPs and GPs are shaping the next era of dealmaking

Coquina South Ballroom

Mary Kathleen (MK) Flynn, Editor-in-Chief - PE Hub

Holden Spaht, Managing Partner - Thoma Bravo

Anastasia Titarchuk, Chief Investment Officer - New York State – Common Retirement Fund
Panel: The future of energy: AI demand, grids optimization, and beyond (Continued)
- New Private Markets Investor Forum

09:50 AM

Fireside chat

Coquina South Ballroom

Chris Witkowsky, Global Editor, Investor Intelligence - PEI Group

Jim Pittman, former EVP Private Equity at BCI
Panel: The future of energy: AI demand, grids optimization, and beyond (Continued)
- New Private Markets Investor Forum

10:00 AM

10:15 AM

10:55 AM

Networking and coffee break
Networking and coffee break
- New Private Markets Investor Forum

11:25 AM

Fireside Chat

Coquina South Ballroom

Lawrence Aragon, West Coast Bureau Chief & Editor of Venture Capital Journal - PEI Group

Alexander Fraser, Executive Vice President & Global Head of Private Equity - OMERS Private Equity
Panel: Deep dive into debt & secondaries strategies in thematic investing
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum
Marieke Spence, Executive Director - Impact Capital Managers

Courtney Birnbaum, Director of Sustainability - Corbin Capital

Kunal Doshi, Partner - Accelerate Investment Group

Amyn Hassanally, Global Head of Private Equity Secondaries - Pantheon Ventures

11:50 AM

12:30 PM

Lunch

12:40 PM

Leadership Workshop (Open to all)

Salon 6 Ballroom

Erik Ford, Founder & Managing Partner - Renn Global

Ross Overline, CEO and Co-Founder - Scholars of Finance

12:45 PM

Impact Speed Networking

Salon 5 Ballroom

01:25 PM

Welcome from the New Private Markets Investor Forum Chairperson
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum
Welcome from Private Credit Forum Chairperson
Salon 8 Ballroom
- Private Credit Forum
Welcome from the Private Wealth Forum Chairwoman
Salon 7 Ballroom
- Private Wealth Forum
Susan Long McAndrews, Executive Advisor - Charlesbank Capital Partners
Welcome from the Secondaries Investor Forum Chairperson
Salon 5 Ballroom
- Secondaries Investor Forum
Madeleine Farman, Editor - Secondaries Investor

01:30 PM

Panel: Future food systems - poised for disruption
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum
Chris Janiec, Editor - Agri Investor, PEI Group

Sofía De La Parra, Senior Investor Outreach Manager - FAIRR Initiative

Alexia Howard, Senior Research Analyst - US Foods - Bernstein

Natalya Michaels, Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations - Paine Schwartz Partners

Rosie Wardle, Co-founder and Partner - Synthesis Capital
Keynote: Evolving Private Credit: How Managers are Navigating Scale, Selectivity, and Competition
Salon 8 Ballroom
- Private Credit Forum
Robin Blumenthal, Americas Editor - PDI

Milwood Hobbs, Jr., Managing Director, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Strategic Credit Platform - Oaktree Capital Management
Keynote: The private equity opportunity – the convergence of wealth management and private markets
Salon 7 Ballroom
- Private Wealth Forum
Michael Sidgmore, Partner & Co-Founder / Founder - Broadhaven Ventures / Alt Goes Mainstream

Haig Ariyan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Arax Investment Partners
Keynote: The macro-economic environment
Salon 5 Ballroom
- Secondaries Investor Forum
Madeleine Farman, Editor - Secondaries Investor

Verdun Perry, Global Head of Blackstone Strategic Partners - Blackstone

02:00 PM

02:45 PM

03:30 PM

Networking and coffee break

04:00 PM

Panel: Adaptation & water strategies - building resilience in a changing climate
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum
Marieke Spence, Executive Director - Impact Capital Managers

Sasha Brown, Partner - Ecosystem Integrity Fund

Tara Guelig, Director of Sustainability & Impact - Lightsmith Group

Robert Schultz, Partner - Capricorn Investment Group
Panel: The art of distressed investing – turning trouble into triumph
Salon 8 Ballroom
- Private Credit Forum
Phillip Richter, President - Hollow Brook Wealth Management

Steven Richman, Partner - Seyfarth
Family Office Panel: Inside the capital – what family offices really want
Salon 7 Ballroom
- Private Wealth Forum
Robert Mallernee, Chief Executive Officer - Eton Solutions

Eli Cole, Partner - Hyperlink Ventures

Russell Deakin, CIO & Managing Partner - Aceana Group

Mary D’Souza, Chief Investment Officer - Misha Investments

Ben Stoddard, Managing Partner - HRK Group, Inc.
Panel: Emerging strategies in secondaries
Salon 5 Ballroom
- Secondaries Investor Forum
Kevin Schmidt, Partner - Debevoise & Plimpton

Neal Costello, Managing Director & Co-Head of New Mountain Atlas - New Mountain Capital

Daniel Howard, Managing Director, Co-Head of R&W Insurance - Aon

Joy Savchenko, Senior Managing Director - Evercore

04:45 PM

05:30 PM

NEXUS Grand Reception, hosted by Juniper Square

06:30 PM

Veritas Capital LP Reception

07:30 PM

06:30 AM

NEXUS Run Club

08:00 AM

08:50 AM

Chairperson's opening remarks

Coquina South Ballroom

Nicole Musicco, Co-Founder and Managing Partner - Square Nine Capital

09:00 AM

Keynote interview: What’s next? How leading allocators are future-proofing portfolios

Coquina South Ballroom

Chris Witkowsky, Global Editor, Investor Intelligence - PEI Group

Marcie Frost, Chief Executive Officer - CalPERS

09:30 AM

LP Leaders panel: How global allocators are positioning themselves for the future

Coquina South Ballroom

Jen Choi, CEO - ILPA

Alexander Fraser, Executive Vice President & Global Head of Private Equity - OMERS Private Equity

Lori Hall-Kimm, Senior Managing Director and Head of Global Private Equity - HOOPP | Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan

Robert Mellema, Managing Director, Private Markets – Office of the CIO - CPP Investments

10:10 AM

Keynote Address: State of the Market

Coquina South Ballroom

Hugh MacArthur, Senior Partner and Chairman, Global Private Equity Practice - Bain & Company

10:20 AM

GP Leaders panel: Dealmakers at the helm – navigating complexity in today’s market

Coquina South Ballroom

Hugh MacArthur, Senior Partner and Chairman, Global Private Equity Practice - Bain & Company

Ian Charles, Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner - Arctos

David Nowak, President, Private Equity - Brookfield Asset Management

Steve Wise, Partner and Co-Head of Americas Corporate Private Equity - Carlyle

Michael Hollander, Managing Director, Co-Head of Portfolio Resources Group & Head of Portfolio Monitoring - GTCR

10:50 AM

Networking break and refreshments

11:20 AM

Fireside chat: Leveraging the secondaries market to address liquidity challenges

Coquina South Ballroom

Jeff Hammer, Managing Director - Moelis

Yann Robard, Managing Partner - Dawson Partners

11:45 AM

Cross conversation: European Mid-Market Renaissance

Coquina South Ballroom

Graham Bippart, Senior Editor, Buyouts and Private Funds CFO - PEI Group

Craig Ferguson, Senior Managing Director, Head of Private Equity and Global Credit - IMCO

Xavier Robert, Partner & Group Chief Investment Officer - Bridgepoint

12:10 PM

Cross conversation: Key trends shaping the future of private debt

Coquina South Ballroom

Robin Blumenthal, Americas Editor - PDI

Jérôme Marquis, Managing Director and Head of Private Credit - La Caisse

12:40 PM

01:35 PM

Cross Conversation: Delivering through cycles: Designing a formula for consistent high performance

Coquina South Ballroom

Adam Le, Senior Editor, EMEA - PEI Group

Caitlin Gubbels, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Private Equity - CPP Investments

Jeffrey Perlman, Chief Executive Officer - Warburg Pincus

02:05 PM

Fireside Chat: What's next for private equity?

Coquina South Ballroom

Mary Kathleen (MK) Flynn, Editor-in-Chief - PE Hub

José E. Feliciano, Managing Partner and Co-Founder - Clearlake Capital Group

02:35 PM

Presentation: 6 Things You Know For Sure That Just Ain’t So

Coquina South Ballroom

Jim Momtazee, Managing Partner - Patient Square Capital

03:05 PM

The Science of Sports Ownership

Coquina South Ballroom

Anton Orlich, Managing Investment Director, Private Equity - CalPERS

Ian Charles, Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner - Arctos

Theo Epstein, Operating Partner, Arctos and Senior Advisor and Part-Owner, Fenway Sports Group

03:35 PM

Networking break and refreshments

04:05 PM

Panel: Unlocking opportunities in a fragmented market

Coquina South Ballroom

Sijia Cai, Partner, Investment Management - Davis Polk & Wardwell

C.J. Brucato, CEO - Abry Partners

Bjarne Lie, Founder and Managing Partner - Verdane

Adam Wylychenko, Managing Partner - Sakara Capital Partners

04:50 PM

Keynote

Coquina South Ballroom

Stephanie Srulowitz, Partner - Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Steve Lessar, Partner, Co-Head of Apollo Sponsor & Secondary Solutions (S3) - Apollo

05:15 PM

Holding for the Long Game: Inside Hellman & Friedman’s Evolving Investment Strategy

Coquina South Ballroom

Philip Borel, Editorial Director - PEI Group

Patrick Healy, CEO - Hellman & Friedman

05:45 PM

Networking bar open
Private Wealth Networking Mixer (Open to all)

Salon 5 Ballroom
Secondaries Networking Mixer (Open to all)

Salon 5 Ballroom

07:00 PM

07:45 AM

Welcome Breakfast and Registration

08:00 AM

Emerging Manager Speed Networking (Invite only)
Coquina South Ballroom
- Emerging Managers Forum

09:00 AM

Welcome from conference chair
Salon 7 Ballroom
- Emerging Managers Forum
Kelly Deponte, Managing Director - Kelly DePonte Advisory
Welcome from conference chair
Salon 6 Ballroom
- High-Growth Sectors
Lawrence Aragon, West Coast Bureau Chief & Editor of Venture Capital Journal - PEI Group

09:15 AM

09:45 AM

10:30 AM

Networking coffee break

11:00 AM

11:40 AM

Panel: Winning the deal: how emerging managers compete in today's market
Salon 7 Ballroom
- Emerging Managers Forum
Nav Rekhi, Partner - Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Andrew Boyd, Partner - Bramalea Partners

Greg Grimaldi, Managing Partner - NEXT Investors

Tony Miller, Managing Partner - Excolere Equity Partners

Susan Soh, Chief of Capital Formation and Investor Relations - GrowthCurve Capital
Technology Showcase
Salon 6 Ballroom
- High-Growth Sectors
Anna Monaco, CEO - Paradigm AI

Margo Polishchuk, Founder and President - proSapient

Aoi Senju, CEO - Colabra

12:20 PM

01:00 PM

Lunch to go and conference end