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LSE SU Alternative Investments Conference 2015 - Application deadline in 2 days! - The LSE SU Alternative Investments Conference (AIC) is the world's largest student conference on hedge funds and private equity. The 2015 AIC will take place at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square from the Read more ... 19th to 20th of January 2015. **Register NOW at www.lseaic.com/register/** Registration deadline: 3rd December 2014 Where: London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square When: 19th and 20th January 2015 The 2015 AIC will be the ninth edition of the Conference; over the past nine years, it has grown to become the world's largest student conference on hedge funds and private equity. Last year's Conference welcomed students, undergraduates to PhD candidates, from over 70 top universities worldwide; we received over 6,000 applications for the 350 seats available. The AIC is comprised of a mixture of keynote speeches, panel discussions, and seminars that aim to provide a dynamic and interactive educational experience and to offer the student delegates a holistic overview of the two industries. Confirmed speakers include: - Guy Hands, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Terra Firma - Emmanuel Roman, CEO, Man Group - Kurt Björklund, Co-Managing Partner, Permira - Tim Wong, Chairman, AHL - Richard Howard, Managing Director, Hayman Capital Management - Daniel Arbess, Partner, Perella Weinberg Partners - Gerard Baker, Editor-in-Chief, Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal - Zeina Bain, Director, The Carlyle Group - Keith Breslauer, Managing Director, Patron Capital - Stuart Roden, Chairman, Lansdowne Partners - Cressida Hogg, Managing Director, CPPIB - Erik Serrano Berntsen, Founder, Energy Alpha Strategies - Christian Lucas, Managing Director, Silver Lake - Joe Osnoss, Managing Director, Silver Lake If you are interested in Alternative Investments, this is the place to be! You will have the opportunity to hear the insights of leading industry luminaries and increase job opportunities through networking! Visit our website www.lseaic.com to find out more about this amazing opportunity and to register. Deadline for applications is the 3rd December!