PROGRAM:
 

Private Markets, Partnerships And Long-Term Investment Principles

Fireside Chat | September 10, 4:10 pm - 4:40 pm CET [Conference Room]

The session takes a deep dive into investing through cycles, the rise, the peak, the dipping and bottoming out stages. The secret to forging confidence an invest through cycles we will hear what principles the interviewee lives by when it comes to investing for the long-term and keeping investors on committed.
 

Speaker:

• Mark Benedetti, Executive President, Co-Head of Secondaries & Primaries, Co-Head of Ardian US, Ardian

Moderator:

• Swetha Gopinath, Private Equity Deals Reporter, Bloomberg News

How to reconcile investments in digital infrastructure with climate transition?

Infrastructure Summit | September 10, 10:30 am - 11:15 am CET [Summit Room 2]

AI and digital concentrate significant resources – energy and water mainly – and funds. As institutional investors heavily invest in AI and digital,  are those investments and climate solutions mutually exclusive? To what extent can effective climate response benefit from AI's potential?

Speakers:

• Gonzague Boutry, Managing Director – Digital Infrastructure, Ardian

• Christoph Bruguier, Senior Investment Director - Partner, Vauban Infrastructure Partners

• Hamish Lea-Wilson, Head of Europe, Igneo Infrastructure Partners

Moderator:

• Julien Baudinaud, Director Accuracy