Key Takeaways
- • The 29th annual New York Sohn Investment Conference will be held April 3, 2024, at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City, in partnership with CNBC.
- • The conference will convene leading hedge fund and alternative investors and feature on-stage presentations, fireside chats, and networking, with proceeds benefiting The Rockefeller University.
- • Confirmed speakers include David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), Jesse Cohn (Elliott Investment Management), Seth Fischer (Oasis Management), Karen Karniol-Tambour (Bridgewater Associates), and Adam D'Angelo (Quora).
- • The Next Wave Sohn segment gives leaders of new hedge fund launches a platform to present investment ideas, and the Sohn Idea Contest judging panel includes Bill Ackman and Brad Gerstner.
- • The Sohn Conference Foundation states the Sohn conference series has raised more than $100 million to date for children's health and related causes.
Summary
The Sohn Conference Foundation announced the 29th annual New York Sohn Investment Conference, to be held April 3, 2024, at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City, in partnership with CNBC. The event is designed to convene some of the world's top hedge fund and alternative investors, with programming that includes on-stage presentations, fireside chats, networking and interactive sessions.
The 2024 conference will benefit The Rockefeller University, whose acquisition of a high-performance supercomputer has been pivotal to scientists working on scientific discovery. The Foundation previously provided funding in 2020 and 2021 for the University's development of a novel monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19. Evan Sohn, Vice President and Co-Founder of the Sohn Conference Foundation, said the event offers an opportunity to bring together influential investors across asset classes around research and public health priorities.
Confirmed speakers include Angela Aldrich (Bayberry Capital Partners), Mohammed Anjarwala (Advent Global Opportunities), Eli Casdin (Casdin Capital), Greg Coffey (Kirkoswald Asset Management), Jesse Cohn (Elliott Investment Management), David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), Seth Fischer (Oasis Management), Scott Goodwin (Diameter Capital), Matt Harris (Bain Capital Ventures), Karen Karniol-Tambour (Bridgewater Associates), Nick Shalek (Ribbit Capital), and Lauren Taylor Wolfe (Impactive Capital), among others. The Next Wave Sohn segment, dedicated to leaders of innovative new hedge fund launches, will include a short-selling panel moderated by Carter Simonds of Four Pines.
A separate Sohn Idea Contest invites emerging industry leaders to submit an actionable investment idea, with the winner presenting at the event before a panel of judges that includes Bill Ackman, Mala Gaonkar, Brad Gerstner and Jonathan Pollock. Applications were due February 29.
The Sohn Conference series, which took its name from Ira Sohn, a Wall Street professional who died of cancer at age 29, has served as the anchor for partner conferences in San Francisco, London, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Monaco and Sydney. According to the Foundation, the series has raised more than $100 million to date.
The 2024 conference will benefit The Rockefeller University, whose acquisition of a high-performance supercomputer has been pivotal to scientists working on scientific discovery. The Foundation previously provided funding in 2020 and 2021 for the University's development of a novel monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19. Evan Sohn, Vice President and Co-Founder of the Sohn Conference Foundation, said the event offers an opportunity to bring together influential investors across asset classes around research and public health priorities.
Confirmed speakers include Angela Aldrich (Bayberry Capital Partners), Mohammed Anjarwala (Advent Global Opportunities), Eli Casdin (Casdin Capital), Greg Coffey (Kirkoswald Asset Management), Jesse Cohn (Elliott Investment Management), David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), Seth Fischer (Oasis Management), Scott Goodwin (Diameter Capital), Matt Harris (Bain Capital Ventures), Karen Karniol-Tambour (Bridgewater Associates), Nick Shalek (Ribbit Capital), and Lauren Taylor Wolfe (Impactive Capital), among others. The Next Wave Sohn segment, dedicated to leaders of innovative new hedge fund launches, will include a short-selling panel moderated by Carter Simonds of Four Pines.
A separate Sohn Idea Contest invites emerging industry leaders to submit an actionable investment idea, with the winner presenting at the event before a panel of judges that includes Bill Ackman, Mala Gaonkar, Brad Gerstner and Jonathan Pollock. Applications were due February 29.
The Sohn Conference series, which took its name from Ira Sohn, a Wall Street professional who died of cancer at age 29, has served as the anchor for partner conferences in San Francisco, London, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv, Monaco and Sydney. According to the Foundation, the series has raised more than $100 million to date.
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