Key Takeaways
- • The Cayman Alternative Investment Summit 2020 (CAIS20) will feature 50% female speakers across more than 80 total speakers and moderators, setting a gender parity benchmark for major alternatives conferences.
- • The seventh annual summit, hosted by the Dart Family Office in partnership with RBC and KPMG, runs February 6-7, 2020 at the Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa and expects to attract over 500 fund managers, institutional investors, economists, and academics.
- • Confirmed female speakers include Leda Braga (CEO, Systematica), Elaine Crocker (President, Moore Capital Management), Breanne Madigan (Head of Global Institutional Markets, Ripple), Tracy McHale Stuart (Managing Partner and CEO, Corbin Capital Partners), and Nancy Davis (Founder and CIO, Quadratic Capital Management).
- • The conference theme of "Global. Digital. Responsible." will address ESG and sustainable investing, trade and currency dynamics, alternative data proliferation, and artificial intelligence applications in asset management.
- • Anthony Cowell, chairman of the conference editorial board and head of asset management at KPMG in Cayman, framed gender equality as essential for industry leadership and urged other major alternatives conferences to adopt similar speaker parity commitments.
Summary
The Cayman Alternative Investment Summit 2020 has committed to achieving 50% female representation among its speaker roster, positioning itself as a leader on gender diversity in the alternatives investment conference space. The announcement underscores a deliberate strategy by organizers to align conference programming with broader industry conversations around inclusive leadership and equal opportunity for women in finance.
The seventh annual summit, hosted by the Dart Family Office in partnership with strategic partners RBC and KPMG, will convene more than 80 speakers and moderators over two days (February 6-7, 2020) at the Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa in the Cayman Islands. The event expects to attract an audience exceeding 500 participants, including fund managers, institutional investors, economists, and academics. The speaker lineup reflects senior-level female leadership across the alternatives ecosystem, including CEOs and founding partners of established asset managers and specialized investment firms. Notable confirmed speakers include Leda Braga of Systematica, Elaine Crocker of Moore Capital Management, Nancy Davis of Quadratic Capital Management, Tracy McHale Stuart of Corbin Capital Partners, and Breanne Madigan of Ripple.
Anthony Cowell, chairman of the conference editorial board and head of asset management at KPMG in Cayman, stated that gender equality is integral to future industry leadership and that CAIS20's speaker composition reflects this commitment. Cowell emphasized that enhanced female representation would elevate conference content quality and signaled the organization's intent to encourage peer institutions to adopt comparable gender parity standards at their own events.
The conference agenda centers on "Global. Digital. Responsible."—a framework addressing three critical themes shaping alternatives investing. Programming will cover the evolving landscape of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, geopolitical dynamics including trade and currency competition, the expanding role of alternative data sets in investment decision-making, and artificial intelligence applications within asset management. The breadth of topics reflects the dual focus on innovation and responsible investing that characterizes current institutional investor priorities.
The seventh annual summit, hosted by the Dart Family Office in partnership with strategic partners RBC and KPMG, will convene more than 80 speakers and moderators over two days (February 6-7, 2020) at the Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa in the Cayman Islands. The event expects to attract an audience exceeding 500 participants, including fund managers, institutional investors, economists, and academics. The speaker lineup reflects senior-level female leadership across the alternatives ecosystem, including CEOs and founding partners of established asset managers and specialized investment firms. Notable confirmed speakers include Leda Braga of Systematica, Elaine Crocker of Moore Capital Management, Nancy Davis of Quadratic Capital Management, Tracy McHale Stuart of Corbin Capital Partners, and Breanne Madigan of Ripple.
Anthony Cowell, chairman of the conference editorial board and head of asset management at KPMG in Cayman, stated that gender equality is integral to future industry leadership and that CAIS20's speaker composition reflects this commitment. Cowell emphasized that enhanced female representation would elevate conference content quality and signaled the organization's intent to encourage peer institutions to adopt comparable gender parity standards at their own events.
The conference agenda centers on "Global. Digital. Responsible."—a framework addressing three critical themes shaping alternatives investing. Programming will cover the evolving landscape of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, geopolitical dynamics including trade and currency competition, the expanding role of alternative data sets in investment decision-making, and artificial intelligence applications within asset management. The breadth of topics reflects the dual focus on innovation and responsible investing that characterizes current institutional investor priorities.
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