Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship: Conferences

The Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship sponsors conferences and forums for alumni, friends, and industry experts to exchange ideas and build skills on timely topics. For more information regarding upcoming events, please check back here or email us at pecenter@dartmouth.edu.





		February 6, 2009 4th Annual Tuck Private Equity and Growth Ventures Conference Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth Please check back for further details. February 1, 2008 3rd Annual Tuck Private Equity and Growth Ventures Conference Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth 2008 Conference Details » View Conference Pictures June 20-21, 2007 Private Equity Leadership Summit on Valuation The Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth is hosting its third conference for private equity practitioners and advisors regarding policy and practice in portfolio valuation and financial reporting. The conference will be held Wednesday and Thursday, June 20th and 21st, 2007. The event is by invitation only and will include panelists from leading industry associations and the accounting industry. This industry conference will take place on Dartmouth's campus in Hanover, New Hampshire and will begin on Wednesday, June 20th with a dinner at the Hanover Inn. The following day participants will take part in several panel sessions, a working lunch, afternoon panel discussions, and a closing dinner that evening. For anyone interested in a round of golf, a golf outing is planned for Friday morning, June 22nd. Learn more about the conference » February 2-3, 2007 Second Annual Private Equity and Growth Ventures Conference Private equity is a tight-knit industry, and one where relationships matter. Recognizing this, the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship along with the Private Equity Club at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth will host the second annual Private Equity and Growth Ventures Conference. This day-long event will educate Tuck students and alumni about relevant issues and trends in the venture capital and buyout industries, and facilitate networking among leading private equity firms, institutional investors, and growth companies. Learn more about the conference » October 21, 2006 Greener Ventures 2006 Risk—Winning and Losing in Entrepreneurship Greener Ventures presents its 5th annual conference at Tuck on entrepreneurial excellence on Saturday, October 21st. The event will feature panelists who are successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, attorneys, and academics. The conference theme will be Risk-Winning and Losing in Entrepreneurship. We want to explore some of the aspects of risk - recognizing it, managing it, and dealing with failure. Greener Ventures 2006 is co-hosted by Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship and the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network. The event will be held at Tuck School. Space is limited and registration is required. Learn more about Greener Ventures » February 17-18, 2006 Private Equity and Growth Ventures Conference Private equity is a tight-knit industry, and one where relationships matter. Recognizing this, the Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship along with the Private Equity Club at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth hosted the first annual Private Equity and Growth Ventures Conference in February. The day-long event educated Tuck students and alumni about relevant issues and trends in the venture capital and buyout industries, and facilitated networking among leading private equity firms, institutional investors, and growth companies. Read the full press release » Learn more about the conference » October 15, 2005 Greener Ventures 2005 Greener Ventures is an annual conference on entrepreneurship for students, faculty, researchers, alumni, and staff at Dartmouth and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Aimed at encouraging entrepreneurial activity among members of the Dartmouth community, this day-long event brings nationally-recognized entrepreneurial leaders (many of whom are Tuck alumni) to discuss pertinent topics and issues involved with entrepreneurial initiatives. Greener Ventures 2005 was jointly organized by Tuck's Center for Private Equity and the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network (DEN). View Conference Program » Learn more about Greener Ventures » June 8-9, 2005 Private Equity Leadership Summit: Valuation II The Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship hosted the second conference for private equity practitioners and advisors regarding policy and practice in portfolio valuation and financial reporting. The conference was held in Hanover, New Hampshire. The event was by invitation only and included panelists from leading industry associations and the accounting industry. Learn more about this event » July 20-21, 2004 Limited Partnership Agreements Conference The Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship hosted an industry conference on LPA terms and conditions in Hanover, New Hampshire. Following the precedent of the conference on private equity valuations, held in the summer of 2003, this conference was a forum to bring together leading private equity experts (including limited partners, general partners, lawyers, academics, industry association representatives, and intermediaries) to discuss terms and conditions and to provide input into the model LPA. Moreover, the conference provided a forum for discussion of the LPA survey conducted by the center and general trends in LPA terms and conditions. Conference proceedings and the results of the LPA survey can be found on our Research Projects page. For further information please contact us at pecenter@dartmouth.edu. June 2-4, 2004 3rd Annual EVI Conference on Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, and Initial Public Offerings Tuck's Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship was how53e the 3rd Annual EVI Conference on Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, and Initial Public Offerings, in Hanover, New hampshire. The 2nd EVI Conference was held at the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at NYU Stern School of Business. Learn more about this event » April 24, 2004 Greener Ventures 2004 Greener Ventures is an annual conference on entrepreneurship for students, faculty, researchers, alumni, and staff at Dartmouth and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Aimed at encouraging entrepreneurial activity among members of the Dartmouth community, the day-long event brings together nationally-recognized entrepreneurial leaders- many of whom are Dartmouth alumni- to discuss pertinent topics and issues involved with entrepreneurial initiatives. Premier sponsors for the conference were Advanced Technology Ventures, Bain Capital, Borealis Ventures, Polaris Ventures, and Prism Ventures. Greener Ventures 2004 was jointly organized by Tuck's Center for Private Equity and the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network (DEN). Learn more about this event » June 18-19, 2003 Private Equity Valuation and Performance Reporting Conference Tuck's Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship hosted the "Private Equity Valuation and Performance Reporting Conference" in Hanover, New Hampshire. The conference brought together over 45 key members from industry associations, private equity funds, pension plans, banks, law firms and accounting firms to discuss disclosure and transparency issues. The group addressed the state of valuation guideline initiatives in North America and Europe and discussed how to best move forward in the US. Conference proceedings and the latest version of our valuation survey (with venture and buyout fund responses), can be found on our Research Projects page. For further information please contact us at pecenter@dartmouth.edu. April 12, 2003 Greener Ventures—A Dartmouth Conference in Entrepreneurship Organized by Tuck's Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurshipand the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network (DEN. Activities included opening remarks by New Hampshire Governor Craig Benson, a keynote address delivered by Sherri Oberg D'82, TU'86, CEO, Acusphere Inc., interactive panels, a networking lunch, a fireside chat with David Mott D'86, CEO, MedImmune Inc., a $5K business plan competition and a closing networking mixer. Greener Ventures 2003 was jointly organized by Tuck's Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship and the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network (DEN). April 6, 2002 Greener Ventures—A Dartmouth Conference in Entrepreneurship Organized by Tuck's Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship, Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network (DEN), and sponsored by Borealis Ventures, Cook, Little, Rosenblatt & Manson, Career Services, and Michael Gonnerman, Inc. Greener Ventures was held at the Tuck School on Saturday, April 6, 2002. The conference featured a series of panels that addressed two aspects of entrepreneurship—what it means to be entrepreneurial and the nuts and bolts of being entrepreneurial. Panelists included Fred Wainwright T'02, John Bello T'74, and Gregg Fairbrothers D'76. The conference also included a business plan competition with immediate feedback from a panel of judges. Greener Ventures 2002 was jointly organized by Tuck's Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship and the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network (DEN).