Agenda for SALT iConnections New York

View the agenda for SALT New York 2023. Speakers and sessions will be added on a rolling basis.

All events will be held onsite at The Glasshouse unless otherwise noted.

5:00PM – 8:00PMPrefunction Lobby

Registration

5:30PM – 6:30PMCitiField

Fireside Chat with Point72 Chairman & Mets Owner Steven A. Cohen (INVITATION ONLY)

Steven A. Cohen | Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Point72

Moderated by
Anthony Scaramucci | Founder & Managing Partner, SkyBridge

7:10PM – 10:00PMCitiField

Tampa Bay Rays at New York Mets (INVITATION ONLY)

7:00AM – 7:00PMPrefunction Lobby

Registration

7:00AM – 9:00AMThe Gallery

Breakfast & Coffee

8:00AM – 6:00PMPrefunction Lobby

One-on-One Meetings

8:30AM – 8:35AMMain Stage

Welcome to SALT iConnections New York

Anthony Scaramucci | Founder & Managing Partner, SkyBridge
Kaitlin Malin, CFA, CAIA | Chief Operating Officer, iConnections

8:35AM – 9:15AMMain Stage

Sports and Investing: How to Build Winning Franchises On and Off the Field

Marc Lasry | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Avenue Capital
Alex Rodriguez | Founder & Chief Executive Officer, A-Rod Corp; 2009 World Series Champion, New York Yankees

Moderated by
Anthony Scaramucci | Founder & Managing Partner, SkyBridge

9:15AM – 9:55AMMain Stage

Credit Opportunities: Playing Offense Amid Economic Upheaval

Michael Arougheti | Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & President, Ares Management
Ryan Mollett | Global Head of Distressed & Corporate Special Situations, Angelo Gordon
Ivelina Green | Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Pearlstone Alternative

Moderated by
Jeff Assaf | Senior Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, ICG Advisors

9:55AM – 10:30AMMain Stage

VC Titans: How the World's Top Growth Investors are Deploying Capital Today

Ibrahim Ajami | Head of Ventures, Mubadala Capital
Lauren Kolodny | Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Acrew Capital

Moderated by
Bouchra Darwazah | General Partner, Asymmetric

10:30AM – 11:00AMThe Gallery

Coffee & Networking Break

11:00AM – 11:25AMMain Stage

Macro Outlook: A Conversation with Jenny Johnson

Jenny Johnson | Chief Executive Officer, Franklin Templeton

Moderated by
Scarlet Fu | Anchor, Bloomberg Television

11:25AM – 12:05PMMain Stage

The Globalization of Venture Capital: Inside the Borderless Technology Entrepreneurship Boom

Patrick Zhong | Founding Managing Partner, M31 Capital
Tony Florence | Managing General Partner, Technology, NEA
Christine Tsai | Chief Executive Officer & Founding Partner, 500 Global
Arvind Ramamurthy | Chief Market Development Officer, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)

Moderated by
Rabia Iqbal | Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Nural Capital

12:05PM – 12:30PMMain Stage

Absolute Return: A Conversation with Joe Dowling

Joe Dowling | Senior Managing Director & Global Head, Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM)

Moderated by
Anthony Scaramucci | Founder & Managing Partner, SkyBridge

12:30PM – 2:00PMThe Gallery

Lunch & Networking Break

2:00PM – 2:40PMMain Stage

Tokenized Assets: The New Narrative for Crypto is a Trillion+ Dollar Opportunity

June Ou | Co-Founder & President, Figure
Morgan McKenney | Chief Executive Officer, Provenance Blockchain Foundation
Jason New | Co-Founder & Managing Partner, NovaWulf
Christine Moy | Partner & Head of Digital Assets, Apollo Global Management

Moderated by
Julia La Roche | Host, The Julia La Roche Show

2:40PM – 3:15PMMain Stage

Quant Spotlight: The Rise of Machine Learning in Asset Management

Gareth Shepherd, PhD | Co-Head of Voya Machine Intelligence & Portfolio Manager, Voya Investment Management
Julia Bonafede | Co-Founder, Rosetta Analytics
Tobias J. Moskowitz | Principal, AQR

Moderated by
Sonali Basak | Wall Street Correspondent, Bloomberg

3:15PM – 3:30PMMain Stage

The Future of Ukraine

Daniel Bilak | Partner, Head of Ukraine Office, Kinstellar
Lenna Koszarny | Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer, Horizon Capital

Moderated by
Jen Wilson | Chief Operating Officer, Army Week Association

3:30PM – 4:30PMThe Gallery & Avenue

Coffee & Networking Break

4:30PM – 4:50PMMain Stage

Seed Investing: How to Make Asymmetrical Bets on Founders at the Earliest Stage

Jason Calacanis | Founder & Chief Executive Officer, LAUNCH

Moderated by
Kaitlin Malin, CFA, CAIA | Chief Operating Officer, iConnections

4:50PM – 5:25PMMain Stage

Keys to Longevity: How to Lengthen Your Life and Healthspan

Melanie Goldey | Chief Executive Officer, Tally Health
Celine Halioua | Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Loyal
Joseph F. Coughlin, PhD | Director, AgeLab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Moderated by
Abby Miller Levy | Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Primetime Partners

5:25PM – 6:00PMMain Stage

FinTech Revolution: How Technology Will Reshape Banking and Investing

Dan Vene | Co-Founder & Managing Partner, iCapital
Gal Krubiner | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Pagaya
Bob Diamond | Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Atlas Merchant Capital
Sanjay Gosalia | Chief Executive Officer, Nucleus Finance

Moderated by
Nicole Valentine | FinTech Director, Center for Financial Markets, Milken Institute

7:00PM – 11:00PMHunt & Fish Club

Offsite Evening Reception

7:00AM – 7:00PMPrefunction Lobby

Registration

7:00AM – 9:00AMThe Gallery

Breakfast & Coffee

8:00AM – 6:00PMPrefunction Lobby

One-on-One Meetings

7:30AM – 8:15AMLP Lounge

The New China Playbook: Roundtable (INVITATION ONLY)

Keyu Jin | Author, The New China Playbook

8:30AM – 8:50AMMain Stage

The New China Playbook: Panel Discussion

Keyu Jin | Author, The New China Playbook
Andrew Polk | Co-Founder, Trivium/China

Moderated by
X. Rick Niu | Board Member & New York Chair, Committee of 100

8:50AM – 9:25AMMain Stage

Institutional Investor Roundtable: Allocating Today for the Long-Term

Steven Meier | Chief Investment Officer & Deputy Comptroller for Asset Management, New York City Retirement System (NYCRS)
Stephanie Lynch | Co-Founder & Managing Partner-Elect, Global Endowment Management (GEM)
Elizabeth Burton | Managing Director, Client Investment Strategist, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Moderated by
Jennifer Prosek | Managing Partner, Prosek Partners

9:25AM – 10:05AMMain Stage

OCIO and FoF Insights: Optimizing Portfolios and Leveraging Alternatives Amid Volatility

Paul Zummo, CFA | Chief Investment Officer, J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management
Jens Foehrenbach, CFA | Chief Investment Officer, Man FRM, Man Group
Sona Menon | Outsourced Chief Investment Officer and Head of Pensions, North America, Cambridge Associates
Alex Band | Chief Investment Officer, Partners Capital

Moderated by
Maneet Ahuja | Founder & Editor-at-Large, Iconoclast, Forbes

10:05AM – 10:30AMMain Stage

Investment Risk at the Intersection of Advanced Technology and National Security

Matthew Axelrod | Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security
John P. Carlin | Co-Chair, Cybersecurity & Data Protection Practice, Paul Weiss

Moderated by
Marc Raimondi | Chief of Staff, Silverado Policy Accelerator

U.S. Commerce Department Assistant Secretary Matthew Axelrod and Paul Weiss, LLC Partner and former Justice Department Acting Deputy Attorney General John Carlin will speak to the changing national security threat landscape in a roundtable discussion moderated by Silverado Policy Accelerator Chief of Staff and former Justice Department Spokesman Marc Raimondi. The dialogue will explore how enhanced government focus on export and sanctions enforcement is driving compliance risks for companies and their investors. The session also will cover the recently announced joint agency Disruptive Technology Strike Force and address other significant policy changes concerning export violation voluntary self-disclosures, including on disclosures about the misconduct of others.

10:30AM – 11:00AMThe Gallery & Avenue

Coffee & Networking Break

11:00AM – 11:30AMMain Stage

AI Breakthrough: The Next Phase of Artificial Intelligence

Andrew Ng | Managing General Partner, AI Fund
May Habib | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Writer
Ivan Zhang | Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Cohere

Moderated by
Rob Toews | Partner, Radical Ventures

11:30AM – 12:00PMMain Stage

New Real Estate Playbook: Investing in Commercial Real Estate Amid Higher Rates

Margaret Anadu | Senior Partner, The Vistria Group
Jeff T. Blau | Chief Executive Officer, Related Companies
Nadeem Meghji | Head of Real Estate Americas, Blackstone

Moderated by
Julia La Roche | Host, The Julia La Roche Show

12:00PM – 12:30PMMain Stage

Fixing Wall Street: Leveraging Digital to Address Broken Economies, Markets and Banks

Gautam Sharma | Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, BH Digital
Pat LaVecchia | Chief Executive Officer, Oasis Pro Markets
Mrinal Manohar | Chief Executive Officer, Casper Labs
Dr. Alexander Lipton | Global Head, Quantitative Research and Development, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)

Moderated by
Mona Hamdy | Chief Strategy Officer, Sino Global Capital

12:30PM – 2:00PMThe Gallery & Avenue

Lunch & Networking Break

2:00PM – 2:15PMMain Stage

The Pentagon, Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and Crashed UFOs

Dr. Garry Nolan | Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine

Moderated by
Alex Klokus | Founder & Managing Partner, Kyber Capital

2:15PM – 2:55PMMain Stage

Inside the Venture Studio: Incubating the World's Next Great Companies

Jack Abraham | General Partner, Atomic
Zach Weinberg | Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Curie.Bio
Lovisa Afzelius | Origination Partner, Flagship Pioneering
Alaa Halawa | Executive Director & Co-Head of US Ventures, Mubadala Capital

Moderated by
AJ Scaramucci | Founder & Managing Partner, Kyber Capital

2:55PM – 3:30PMMain Stage

Permanent Capital: Institutional Investing for the Long-Term

Panayiotis Lambropoulos, CFA, CAIA, FRM | Portfolio Manager, Hedge Funds, Employees Retirement System of Texas
Rosalind M. Hewsenian | Chief Investment Officer, Helmsley Charitable Trust
Rich Nuzum | Executive Director, Investments & Global Chief Investment Strategist, Mercer
Mohamed Elkordy | Senior Investment Officer, New York State Common Retirement Fund

Moderated by
Bill Kelly | Chief Executive Officer, CAIA Association

3:30PM – 4:30PMThe Gallery & Avenue

Coffee & Networking Break

4:30PM – 4:50PMMain Stage

Inside the Biden White House: A Fireside Chat with Anita Dunn

Anita Dunn | Senior Advisor to President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Moderated by
Robert Wolf | Chief Executive Officer, 32 Advisors

4:50PM – 5:30PMMain Stage

Climate Business: Healing our Planet without Sacrificing Growth

Nili Gilbert | Vice Chairwoman, Carbon Direct
Gaurab Chakrabarti | Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Solugen
Maria Woodman | Principal, RockCreek

Moderated by
Seth Bannon | Founding Partner, Fifty Years

5:30PM – 6:00PMMain Stage

Reinventing Food: Animal-Free Innovation, from Milk to Meat

Dr. Uma Valeti | Chief Executive Officer & Founder, UPSIDE Foods
Matias Muchnick | Chief Executive Officer & Founder, NotCo
Viraj Puri | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Gotham Greens

Moderated by
Frederick Blackford | Founder & Managing Partner, Future Positive