2014 Michigan Private Equity Conference Set for This Week

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and its Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business will hold its ninth annual Michigan Private Equity Conference this Friday, Oct. 17.

What:  The 'boutique' conference will cover key issues impacting today's private equity climate. Panel discussions will address emerging trends in limited partners' investment strategies and the current regulatory environment. The conference will also provide great networking and learning opportunities for companies and investors alike.

Who:  In attendance will be more than 200 private equity, investment banking and business professionals from across the greater Midwest and from the University of Michigan alumni community. The conference will feature high-profile keynote speakers:

• Kevyn Orr, Detroit's emergency manager, and Ken Buckfire, president, managing director and co-founder of Miller Buckfire – From their unique, insiders' position within Detroit's restructuring efforts following its historic Chapter 9 bankruptcy, Orr and Buckfire will speak to where the city stands with it and the outlook for investment potential in post-bankruptcy Detroit.
• T. Bondurant (Bon) French, CEO, Adams Street Partners – Head of one of the largest managers of private equity for institutional investors, which manages more than $22 billion of committed capital, French will discuss the issues, pressures and changes in the global PE market.

Where: Michigan Union on the U-M Campus in Ann Arbor, Mich.

When:  The conference will take place Friday, Oct. 17 from 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pre-conference events start on Thursday, Oct. 16 and include a golf outing at the U-M Radrick Farms golf course as well as a tour of the U-M Big House and a dinner reception at the Campus Inn for all conference registrants.

Online registration for the conference is open through Tuesday, October 14. For more information or to register after Tuesday, visit www.zli.bus.umich.edu/mpec/ or contact Mary Nickson at [email protected].

About the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies
The Institute and its Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance, at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business, bring together a potent mix of knowledge, experience and opportunities from the front lines of entrepreneurship and alternative investments. The student learning experience is further enhanced through internships, entrepreneurial clubs and events that serve to provide viable networks and engage the business community. The School's three student-led investment funds, with over $7M under management, immerse students in the business assessment and investment process. Founding Board Members include Samuel Zell, Chairman of Equity Group Investments, and Eugene Applebaum, Founder of Arbor Drugs, Inc. For more information, visit the Institute at www.zli.bus.umich.edu.

About the Stephen M. Ross School of Business
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan is a vibrant and distinctive learning community grounded in the principle that business can be an extraordinary vehicle for positive change in today's dynamic global economy. The Ross School of Business mission is to develop leaders who make a positive difference in the world. Through thought and action, members of the Ross community drive change and innovation that improves business and society.

Ross is consistently ranked among the world's leading business schools. Academic degree programs include the MBA, Part-time MBA (Evening and Weekend formats), Executive MBA, Global MBA, Master of Accounting, Master of Supply Chain Management, Master of Entrepreneurship, Master of Management, BBA, and PhD. In addition, the school delivers open-enrollment and custom executive education programs targeting general management, leadership development, and strategic human resource management.

SOURCE The Zell Lurie Institute

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