Eighth Annual Private Markets Research Conference

Conference dates

26 Jun 2025 - 27 Jun 2025

Location

Lausanne, Switzerland

Description

The annual private markets research conference co-organized by EDHEC Business School, HEC Lausanne, Tilburg University and Dauphine House of Finance is a forum to explore the latest research advances in private markets by combining academic and practitioner perspectives. For the eigth edition, the annual private markets research conference will take place 26-27 June 2025 in Lausanne.

We are pleased to announce our first keynote speaker for this year: Gregory Brown UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School).

We welcome submissions on all topics that improve our understanding of private equity and private markets more broadly.
Topics: Risk and performance measurement of private market funds; the economics of private impact investment funds; private fund manager incentives; institutional investor asset allocation; entrepreneurial finance; alternative private investing structures; private equity, private debt and private real asset investing; VC contracting; ESG, TBL, and impact exposures of private market funds; private market exits and alternative routes to liquidity; etc.

Submission
A (preliminary) version of the paper must be sent to amine.alaoui@edhec.edu by March 3rd , 2025. Decisions will be communicated by 7th April 2025. There is no submission fee.
Submission deadline: March 3rd, 2025
Conference venue: HEC Lausanne, Internef Building

Scientific committee
• Sara Ain Tommar, Neoma Business School
• Pascal Böni, Tilburg University
• Gregory Brown, University of North Carolina
• Serge Darolles, Université Paris Dauphine - PSL
• Theodosios Dimopoulos, HEC Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute
• François Degeorge, Swiss Finance Institute and Università della Svizzera italiana
• Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, EPFL and Swiss Finance Institute
• José-Miguel Gaspar, ESSEC Business School
• Tim Jenkinson, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
• Emmanuel Jurczenko, EDHEC Business School
• Marie Lambert, HEC Liège, Management School of the University of Liège
• Benoit Leleux, IMD
• Ludovic Phalippou, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
• David Robinson, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business and NBER
• Morten Sorensen, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
• Enrique Schroth, EDHEC Business School
• Per Strömberg, Stockholm School of Economics

Organizers
Pascal Böni, Tilburg University
Serge Darolles, Université Paris Dauphine - PSL
Theodosios Dimopoulos, HEC Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute
Emmanuel Jurczenko, EDHEC Business School

Partners: The conference benefits from the financial support of EDHEC Business School, Dauphine House of Finance, Campbell Lutyens, eFront (part of BlackRock), and Remaco Asset Management AG.