CFA Institute Announces Speakers for European Investment Conference, Berlin, 16–17 November 2017
CFA Institute and CFA Society Germany will host the CFA Institute European Investment Conference on 16 and 17 November at the InterContinental Hotel, Berlin. This year, the conference will bring together Europe’s most eminent investment professionals and economists to debate the latest issues affecting the investment profession against the current geopolitical climate.
Featuring more than 15 sessions examining market trends, new investment opportunities, and practical advice for investment professionals, the conference agenda will tackle topics such as geopolitics, the role of technology, the future of investment advice, private debt as an asset class, activist investing, and equity valuation. Chaired by Ellen Frauenknecht, business journalist and anchorwoman for leading European media groups in German and English, influential academics and practitioners speaking at the conference include:
- Opening keynote: George Friedman, founder and chairman, Geopolitical Futures: ‘Geopolitical Trends Investors in Europe Need to Watch’
- Brigitte Baumann, founder and CEO of Go Beyond Early Stage Investing: ‘The Future of Investment Advice’
- Hendrik Leber, founder of founder of ACATIS Investment GmbH: ‘Artificial Intelligence: There’s a New World Coming’
- Roger Urwin, global head of investment content at Towers Watson: ‘The Macro Trends That Will Define the Future of Finance’
- Theo Weber, managing director and head of origination of private debt at BlackRock International Fixed Income: ‘Private Debt – a New Asset Class’
- Karolien Notebaert, founder and CEO, One Step Ahead: ‘How Unconscious Bias in Our Brain Counteracts Diversity’
- Omar Selim, founder and CEO, Arabesque: ‘The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Analyzing and Capturing ESG Performance’
- Aswath Damodaran, Kerschner Family Chair Professor of Finance at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University: Disaggregated Valuation – Valuing a Business as the Sum of its Units (Final Keynote)
Visit the European Investment Conference microsite for the complete conference schedule, speaker biographies, and timely blog posts from conference sessions.
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CFA Institute is the global association of investment professionals that sets the standard for professional excellence and credentials. The organization is a champion for ethical behavior in investment markets and a respected source of knowledge in the global financial community. The end goal: to create an environment where investors’ interests come first, markets function at their best, and economies grow. CFA Institute has over 145,000 members in 163 countries and territories, including 140,000 CFA charterholders, and 148 member societies. For more information, visit www.cfainstitute.org.