The 18th Annual Venture Capital & Private Equity Student Club Conference

Going Global

Saturday, February 18, 2012
Harvard Business School

Join us for the 18th Annual Venture Capital and Private Equity Conference!

Dear Speakers, Faculty Advisors, and Guests of the VCPE Conference,

We would like to thank you for making the 17th edition of the Venture Capital and Private Equity conference a success and invite you to the 18th edition, to be held on February 17-18, 2012 at Harvard Business School.

In 2011, the conference has been the largest – and we believe, the most anticipated – student-run conference on campus. Over 800 students, alumni, faculty and industry professionals joined us for a day to gather knowledge and share experience. By bringing together a diverse group of talented individuals, we believe we succeeded in initiating or furthering a broad range of debates into the key trends affecting the industry today.

We are grateful for the participation of our 3 distinguished keynote speakers – Leon Black, founder and CEO of Apollo Global Management LLC; Stephen Pagliuca, Managing Director of Bain Capital and co-owner of the Boston Celtics; and William H. Draper III, Managing Director of Draper Richards L.P. Also, we would like to sincerely thank our 74 panelists and moderators who exchanged ideas and presented their perspectives throughout the day's 15 panel discussions. The panels addressed a range of today's most relevant topics, ranging from Cleantech VC, through operational challenges, to geography-specific investment opportunities.

The conference would certainly not have been possible without the generous support of our dedicated Platinum Sponsors, Ernst & Young, Goodwin Procter, and Kirkland & Ellis as well as our Gold Sponsors Capital Roundtable, and Golden Networking, and our Bronze Sponsor REPE Funding LLC. Their substantial network and intellectual leadership provided unparalleled input for this year's conference.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the 18th edition of the conference, to be held on February 17 and 18, 2012. If you would like to be part of the organizing team, have any questions or are interested in speaker or partnership opportunities, please feel free to contact us at aradu@mba2012.hbs.edu or gdavies@mba2012.hbs.edu. We hope you enjoyed this year's conference, and we hope you will decide to join us next year.

Sincerely,
Alex Radu
George Davies
Co-Presidents of 2012 Conference