Wharton Alternative Investments Summit: For Rising Leaders in Private Equity

Event Agenda

Friday, May 30, 2025
The Penn Museum
3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Registration is now closed, but walk-in attendees are welcome on the day of the event.

9:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
Registration will be located at the main entrance to Penn Museum on South Street. Breakfast will be available in Upper Baugh on the second floor.

9:45 a.m.
Welcome Remarks Widener Room, First Floor 

  • Bilge Yilmaz, Wharton Private Equity Professor, Professor of Finance, and Academic Director, Harris Family Alternative Investments Program
  • Burcu Esmer, Senior Lecturer of Finance and Academic Co-Director, Harris Family Alternative Investments Program

10:00 a.m.
Reimagining Private Equity: Long-Term Capital and LP-Centric InnovationWidener Room, First Floor
Perry Golkin W’74, WG’74, L’78, Co-Founder & CEO, Public Pension Capital Management

11:30 a.m.
Coffee Break

11:45 a.m.
Update from Harris Family Alternative Investments Program Faculty Director Widener Room, First Floor
Bilge Yilmaz, Wharton Private Equity Professor, Professor of Finance, and Academic Director, Harris Family Alternative Investments Program

12:00 p.m.
Lunch – Upper Baugh, Second Floor 

1:30 p.m.
Creating Angles and Driving Value Across the Deal Cycle: A Conversation with Dan Zamlong Widener Room, First Floor

  • Bilge Yilmaz, Wharton Private Equity Professor and Academic Director, Harris Family Alternative Investments Program
  • Daniel Zamlong W’99, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus LLC

2:30 p.m.
Coffee and Networking Break

3:00 p.m.
Driving Value Beyond the Deal: Operational Excellence in Private Equity Widener Room, First Floor
Aaron Miller WG’02, G’06, Partner, Apollo Global Management

4:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks Widener Room, First Floor

  • Bilge Yilmaz, Wharton Private Equity Professor, Professor of Finance, and Academic Director, Harris Family Alternative Investments Program
  • Burcu Esmer, Senior Lecturer of Finance and Academic Co-Director, Harris Family Alternative Investments Program

4:05 – 5:30 p.m.
Cocktail Reception Warren Garden

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