When – April 25, 2018
Where – Fairmont Royal York in downtown Toronto, ON
The Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing at the Ivey Business School at Western University will hold a conference on Value Investing on April 25, 2018 at the Fairmont Royal York in downtown Toronto, ON.
The mission of the conference is to promote the tenets of value investing as pioneered by Benjamin Graham, to expose conference participants to the various value investing methods used by practitioners, and to encourage and support academic research and study in the area of value investing.
The conference will provide a forum to explain, discuss and debate the principles, practices and various applications of value investing from a global context. Corporate executives will offer an industry perspective of how to look for value creating opportunities and how to create value.
Registration will open in early January.
Conference Organizer and Chair
George Athanassakos, Managing Director, Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing, Ivey Business School
Morning Keynote Speaker
Presenter TBA
Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Presenter TBA
Value Investor Session
Presenter: Mohnish Pabrai, Managing Partner, Pabrai Investment Funds, Irvine, CA
Topic: Compounding is the 8th Wonder of the World
Presenter: John Phelan, Co-Managing Partner and Co-Founder, MSD Capital, New York City, NY
Topic: TBA
Presenter: Elizabeth Lilly, Founder and President, Crocus Hill Partners, St. Paul, MN
Topic: Small and Microcap Stocks: The Last Undiscovered Frontier for Alpha
Presenter: Allan MacDonald, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Burgundy Asset Management Ltd., Toronto, ON
Topic: TBA
Presenter: Jan Hummel, Founding Partner, Paradigm Capital AG, Munich, Germany
Topic: The Future of Active Value Investing
Corporate Executive Session
General topic: Looking For and Creating Value For Shareholders
Presenters TBA
Sponsors
We would like to thank our sponsors Brandes Investment Partners via Bridgehouse Asset Managers, Burgundy Asset Management Ltd., Sionna Investment Managers, Tweedy, Browne Company LLC., and The Center for the Advancement of Value Investing Education for their generous support in sponsoring the conference.
Article by Ivey