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September 8-10, 2026 – Palais des Congrès, Paris, France
Mastering the Course
Remember the good old days? The era of cheap leverage, multiple expansion and benign macro feels like ancient history.
Today, geopolitical shocks and AI disruption obscure the path ahead. It’s tested the foundations of private markets. Confidence about future returns requires conviction. The flywheel of growth, exits, distributions and fundraising has spluttered. To get the engine firing on all cylinders again, the industry will have to forge a new path, rather than emulate the vision of the past. What emerges will be a more technically demanding discipline. Returns will be hard won. The winners will be masters of their craft, with operational depth, sector conviction and AI fluency.
The theme of IPEM Global 2026 will challenge the industry’s most determined practitioners to navigate what comes next. The course is demanding. Let’s master it together.
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They Spoke at IPEM 📢
Candice BRENET
ARDIAN
Ariane DE ROTHSCHILD
EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD
Benoît DURTESTE
INTERMEDIATE CAPITAL GROUP
José E. FELICIANO
CLEARLAKE CAPITAL
Michele GIDDENS
BRIDGE FUNDS MANAGEMENT LTD.
Tom MASTHAY
TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Ken MEHLMAN
KKR
Steffen MEISTER
PARTNERS GROUP
Armen PANOSSIAN
OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Isabelle SCEMAMA
AXA IM ALTS
Stephen A. SCHWARZMAN
BLACKSTONE
Dominique SENEQUIER
ARDIAN
Mikkel SVENSTRUP
ATP
Olivia YEDIKARDACHIAN
CAISSE DES DÉPÔTS ET CONSIGNATIONS
Program Overview
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026
🔷 IPEM LP Congress (only for LPs)
🔷 Booth set-up (only for Exhibitors)
🔶 Opening Reception in Paris’ iconic Hôtel de Ville (for all participants)
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026
🔷 Conferences, panels, and keynotes
🔷 6 Summits:
🔹 Venture & Growth
🔹 Infrastructure (Part 1 & Part 2)
🔹 North America
🔹 🆕 Sovereignty
🔹 Emerging Managers
🔹 Value Creation
🔷 Up to 10 Breakout sessions
🔶 Social Events:
🔸 LP / GP First Timer Breakfast (by invitation only)
🔸 Networking Lunch (for all participants)
🔸 Networking Drinks (for all participants)
🔸 Official Dinner (by invitation only)
🔸 Parisian Experience by Night (for all participants)
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026
🔷 Conferences, panels, and keynotes
🔷 5 Summits:
🔹 Private Debt (Part 1 & Part 2)
🔹 Private Equity
🔹 Asia Pacific
🔹 Secondaries
🔹 🆕 AI
🔷 Up to 8 Breakout sessions
🔶 Social Events:
🔸 ESG Breakfast (by invitation only)
🔸 Networking Lunch (for all participants)
🔸 Comms & Marketing Lunch (by invitation only)
🔸 Wrap Party (for all participants)
A closer look: leading experts cover the industry hot topics
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LP Congress
Returning on September 8th, the IPEM LP Congress is the must-attend forum for LPs in private markets, designed by allocators for allocators. Through high-level panels, roundtables, workshops and research sessions, it tackles the key challenges LPs face today, from macro and geopolitical shifts to portfolio allocation, liquidity and GP-LP dynamics, while exploring opportunities in AI, climate tech, healthcare and emerging markets.
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Opening Reception at Paris' Hôtel de Ville
Sponsored by Hogan Lovells, all participants are invited to kick things off at our Opening Reception, held at the iconic Hôtel de Ville in Paris. A historic venue gathering the private capital community in its chandelier ballroom for an evening of elegance, energy, and connection.
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🆕 AI Summit
The new AI Summit, sponsored by One Peak, will explore how AI is reshaping private markets investing — from venture and growth opportunities to infrastructure and data centers — and how investors are allocating capital across a fast-evolving AI value chain.
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- The big picture on AI investing
- Navigating the AI gold rush: How do LPs invest in the AI theme?
- Venture and growth: The AI opportunity in early focus
- The demand signal: Data centres and what they mean for infrastructure investors
- Powering AI: Can supply keep up with demand?
🆕 Sovereignty Summit
The new Sovereignty Summit, sponsored by Tikehau, will explore how geopolitical shifts are turning sovereignty into a core private markets investment theme — spanning defence, energy security, critical resources, and Europe’s digital infrastructure, and what this means for investor mandates and portfolio allocation.
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- The big picture on sovereignty
- How private capital fills the European defence gap
- Energy security, transition and the race for critical resources
- Can Europe deliver a sovereign digital stack?
Summits
Enjoy IPEM’s practical and dynamic sessions on specific topics and asset classes to go deeper and find solutions together.
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- VC & Growth Summit – Sept. 9, Summit Room 1, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Sponsored by White & Case
- Sovereignty Summit – Sept. 9, Summit Room 1, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Sponsored by Tikehau
- Infrastructure Summit – Sept. 9, Summit Room 2, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Sponsored by Proskauer
- North America Summit – Sept. 9, Summit Room 3, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Emerging Manager Summit – Sept. 9, Summit Room 3, 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Sponsored by Alvine Capital
- Value Creation Summit – Sept. 9, Summit Room 4, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Sponsored by SAP, Singulier
- Private Debt Summit – Sept. 10, Summit Room 1, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Sponsored by 9fin, Aether, Barings, Ethifinance, S&P Global
- Private Equity Summit – Sept. 10, Summit Room 2, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Sponsored by New York Life Investment Management, Pitchbook, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Secondaries Summit – Sept. 10, Summit Room 2, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Sponsored by Coller Capital, Federated Hermes, Dechert
- Asia Pacific Summit – Sept. 10, Summit Room 3, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
- AI Summit – Sept. 10, Summit Room 4, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Sponsored by One Peak and White & Case
- Opening Reception – Sept. 8, Open to all! – Hotel de Ville – 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Sponsored by Hogan Lovells
- Morning Boxing Class – Sept. 9, by registration – 7:00 AM – 8:20 AM | Sponsored by Temple Noble Art
- LP/GP First-timer Breakfast – Sept. 9, by invitation – 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Sponsored by Skadden
- Networking Drinks – Sept. 9, Open to all! – Palais des Congrès – 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Sponsored by Natixis IM
- Official Dinner – Sept. 9, by invitation only – 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM | Sponsored by Crédit Agricole, EY
- Parisian Experience by Night – Sept. 9, Open to all! – Pigalle/Saint-Georges – 9:30 PM – 12:00 AM | Sponsored by Crédit Agricole, EY
- Morning Boxing Class – Sept. 10, by registration – 7:00 AM – 8:20 AM | Sponsored by Temple Noble Art
- ESG Breakfast – Sept. 10, by invitation only – 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Sponsored by Novata
- Comms & Marketing Lunch – Sept. 10, by invitation only – 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
- Wrap Pary – Sept. 10 – 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Sponsored by Allinial Global, GLAS
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