Annual Private Markets Research Conference

The annual private markets research conference co-organized by HEC Lausanne, Vlerick Business School 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 ninth edition, the annual private markets research conference will take place 25-26 June 2026 in Lausanne. 

We are pleased to announce our keynote speaker for this year: R. Stulz (Ohio State University). 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; democratization of private markets; private equity continuation funds;  private fund manager incentives; institutional investor asset allocation; entrepreneurial finance; 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.

 

Registration   Registration for the conference is free but mandatory

Date
June 25-26, 2026
 

Conference venue
HEC Lausanne, Internef Building
 

Scientific commitee 

  • Pascal Böni, Vlerick Business School
  • 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, Senior Consultant
  • 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 
  • Per Strömberg, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Sara Ain Tommar, Neoma Business School

 

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