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2026 Agenda

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New Private Markets Investor Forum

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

09:00 AM

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

Panel: The future of energy: AI demand, grids optimization, and beyond
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum
Temple Fennell, Co-Founder & Managing Director - Clean Energy Ventures

Mike Fang, Founder and Chief Investment Officer - Kronyx Capital Partners

Sam Gibson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Hadron Energy, Inc.

Robert Schultz, Partner - Capricorn Investment Group

Nikita Singhal, Managing Director, Co-Head of Responsible Investing & ESG - Blue Owl Capital

09:25 AM

Panel: The future of energy: AI demand, grids optimization, and beyond (Continued)
- New Private Markets Investor Forum

09:50 AM

Panel: The future of energy: AI demand, grids optimization, and beyond (Continued)
- New Private Markets Investor Forum

10:00 AM

LP’s panel - allocating for the right future
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum
Jenna Nicholas, President - LightPost Capital

Charles Buck, President and CEO - United Church Funds

Marc Foran, Chief Investment Officer - Rally Assets

Brigette Lumpkins, Client Portfolio Manager - Westfuller

Tom Mitchell, Partner, North American Head of Sustainable & Impact Investing Solutions - Cambridge Associates

10:15 AM

LP’s panel - allocating for the right future (Continued)
- New Private Markets Investor Forum

10:55 AM

Networking and coffee break
- New Private Markets Investor Forum

11:25 AM

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

Panel: Society’s AI transition - an investors’ guide
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum
Emily Chien, Executive Fellow - Harvard Business School

Jenna Nicholas, President - LightPost Capital

Abrielle Rosenthal, Managing Director; Chief Sustainability Officer - TowerBrook Capital Partners

Mike Sebastian, Head of Investment Solutions - Syntrinsic

Brian Vo, Chief Investment Officer - Connect Humanity

01:25 PM

Welcome from the New Private Markets Investor Forum Chairperson
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum

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

02:00 PM

Panel: Reshoring and domestic supply chains: the new mega trend
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum
Toby Mitchenall, Editor - New Private Markets

Rainy Guo, Head of Investment Research - Aeterna Capital

Danielle Joseph, Managing Director, Closed Loop Capital Management - Closed Loop Partners

Alex Sutton, Managing Director, Head of Research - Gordon Brothers

Milo Werner, General Partner - DCVC

02:45 PM

Panel: US climate investing - what’s most investable?
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum
Yi Jean Chow, Investment Partner - Clean Energy Ventures

Michael Grossman, Chief Investment Officer - Calvert Impact

Jonathan Hirschtritt, Managing Director, Sustainability and Impact Investing - GCM Grosvenor

Megan Wenrich, COO - All Aboard Fund

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

04:45 PM

Panel: Circular economy: the future of metals and materials
Salon 6 Ballroom
- New Private Markets Investor Forum
Eoin Ó hÓgáin, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Investments - Featherlight

Rahul Advani, Managing Partner - SER Capital Partners

Daryn Dodson, Founder and Managing Director - Illumen Capital

Danielle Joseph, Managing Director, Closed Loop Capital Management - Closed Loop Partners

Cynthia Liu, Managing Partner - NuHo Capital