Past Risk Summits and Conferences

11th Annual Booth-Kellogg Real Estate Challenge
Mayy 23, 2012. Sponsored by The Zell Center for Risk Research
Event Judges:
Sam Zell, Chairman, Equity Group Investments; Larry Levy, Chairman and Founder, Levy Restaurants; Dan McCaffery, Chairman and CEO, McCaffery Interests

Waldorf Astoria, Chicago IL

The 8th Annual Chicago Booth/Zell Center Microfinance Conference
May 4th, 2012. " Micronext: Strategies and Challenges of Social Impact"
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Gleacher Center
, Chicago

Kellogg Risk Summit.
February 21, 2012. "Price and Supply Risks in Agricultural Markets"
CME Group, 20 South Wacker, Chicago

Kellogg Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference
February 15, 2012. "Finding Growth in the Next Generation."

University Club of Chicago

Kellogg Real Estate Conference 
November 2, 2011 “Scoping Opportunity: Strategies Igniting Future Growth.

University Club of Chicago.

Chicago & Zell Center Microfinance Conference 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011. "Technology Innovations and the Future of Microfinance." 
Sponsored by: The Emerging Markets Group at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago, and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

University of Chicago

Kellogg Risk Summit
Feburary 23, 2011. "Managing Global Risk"

James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
Key Speakers: Mike Foley, CEO of Zurich North America Commercial, Brian Elowe, Managing Director, Global Risk Management at Marsh and Brian Wesbury (’89), ), Chief Economist at First Trust Advisors L.P. . The Zell Center's co-sponsors are Zurich of North AmericaMarsh and PRMIA.

Kellogg Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference
February 9, 2011. "Value Creation in a New Decade."

University Club of Chicago

Kellogg Real Estate Conference 
November 3, 2010. “The New Future of Real Estate – Shifting Value Creation Strategies For Today’s Market.

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.

Kellogg Risk Summit
October 28, 2010. "Understanding the U.S. Consumer: Risk Management and Marketing Intertwined." 
James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Kellogg Finance Conference
October 27, 2010. "The Multifaceted CFO.

James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

2010 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference
October 2 and 3, 2010. “Current Issues in Accounting and Financial Information During Recessionary Periods.”
The conference is sponsored by the Zell Center for Risk Research at the Kellogg School, CRA International, and McGraw-Hill Irwin.
James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Chicago & Zell Center Microfinance Conference 2010
May 7, 2010 
Sponsored by: The Emerging Markets Group at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago, and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

University of Chicago

Kellogg Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference
February 10, 2010. "Partnering through Uncertainty: Unlocking Value in a Changing Landscape."

University Club of Chicago,.

Kellogg Real Estate Conference (Student Conference)
November 18, 2009. "Capitalizing on New Real Estate Opportunities - Capturing Value and Operating in a Fundamentally Changed Environment
James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Kellogg Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference
February 11, 2009
James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Chicago Microfinance Conference
May 8, 2009. "Navigating the Markets: Microfinance in the New Economy"
University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Harper Center

Kellogg Risk Summit
November 20, 2008. "Perspective from the Inside"

James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Kellogg Finance Conference (Student Conference)
November 19, 2008. “The Power of Leverage and Liquidity”
James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Kellogg Real Estate Conference (Student Conference)
November 5, 2008. "Identifying Innovative Approaches to a Changing Global Landscape"
James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Chicago Microfinance Conference
April 18, 2008. "Competition & Collaboration: Expanding the Boundaries of Microfinance"
University of Chicago Gleacher Center 

Kellogg Private Equity Conference
April 2, 2008

James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Kellogg Finance Conference
November 14, 2007 

James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Kellogg Real Estate Conference
October 17, 2007. "The Future of the Residential Market"

James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Microfinance: The Road Ahead 
May 25, 2007. "Microfinance: The Road Ahead"
University of Chicago Gleacher Center

Conference on Measuring and Managing Federal Financial Risk.
February 8-9, 2007.Published in February 2010 by University of Chicago Press. © 2010 by the National Bureau of Economic Research. 

Kellogg Finance Conference 
November 18, 2006

James L Allen Center. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference
October 7-8, 2006
PAPERS FROM THE CONFERENCE: Volume 45, Issues 2-3, Pages 153-394 (August 2008)

Conference on Recent Research on Hedge Funds and Performance Measurement
August 14-15, 2006

Conference on Biotechnology: Scientific, Commercial and Societal Risks
February 25-26, 2005

Conference on Risk Management Across Value Chains
November 30 - December 1, 2004

RUD (Risk, Uncertainty & Decisions) 2004 Conference
June 24-27, 2004

Conference on Trust in Retailing
February 18-19, 2004

Conference on Trust in Finance 
April 24-25, 2003

Conference on The Risk of Misreading Generation Y 
November 1-2, 2002

Conference on Credible Financial Disclosures 
June 25-26, 2002
. Keynote speaker: Paul Volcker, Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve

Risk Perceptions & Capital Markets Conference 
January 25, 2002. The Zell Center's Inaugural Conference