Now in its eight year, the Quebec City Conference ("QCC") is a private, by invitation-only and not-for-profit, annual conference for leading international venture capital and PE firms, institutional and strategic investors, sovereign wealth funds and family offices whose activities produce tangible economic gain and societal benefit, and for public policy makers, industry experts and leading academics in this investment field, in a format intended for high level exchanges and reflection. All participants meet, network and hear distinguished keynote speakers on subjects such as the economy and markets, innovation, emerging markets, and venture capital and private equity. Service providers are not invited. No other conference of this kind exists anywhere else in the wolrd.
In 2010, the Conference attracted nearly 450 participants from 22 countries from North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle-East and South America.
In recent events, speakers have included Stephen Schwarzman, Co-founder and CEO of Blackstone; Michael Spence, the 2001 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences; VC and private equity pioneer Alan Patricof; Henry Kravis, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR); David M.Rubenstein, Co-founder of The Carlyle Group; Glenn Hutchins, Co-founder of Silver Lake; James Coulter of TGP Capital; Charles R. (Chip) Kaye, Co-President, Warburg Pincus; Josh Lerner, Professor at Harvard Business School; and The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, former Prime Minister of Canada.
In addition to the main Conference described above, held from 5:00 pm on Monday, October 24 to 6:30 pm on Tuesday, October 25, the Quebec City Conference also comprised special forums. Each forums is by-invitation-only and is held from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm on Monday, October 24 before the official opening of the Conference.
Finally, the Quebec City Conference is partnering with Thomson Reuters to offer the “QCC-Thomson Reuters Partner Connection Program” to the attendees (more information is available here »). This program is a series of targeted one-on-one meetings between “LPs” (i.e. institutional investors, family offices and funds of funds) and “GPs” (private equity and venture capital). The meetings are arranged based on surveys of these LPs and GPs to determine the most appropriate matches for them.
Overview of the two day program (Monday and Tuesday, October 24 and 25):
Program will be available soon on QCC's website (address below).
Fairmont Château Frontenac in Quebec City.
As in the past, chartered jets (70 seats)are available in Boston (Logan) and New York (Newark) for the exclusive use of our guests in transit. The schedule is set to optimize time efficiency.
QCC is a not-for-profit corporation and supported by the Governments of Canada, Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec, and by institutional investors such as Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, OMERS, Caisse des dépôts et consignations (France) and Business Development Bank of Canada.
Additional information is on the Quebec City Conference's website: www.QuebecCityConference.com