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.
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.