Ben Graham Centre's 2023 Value Investing Conference

The Ben Graham Centre for Value Investing at the Ivey Business School at Western University is holding its annual Value Investing Conference on April 19, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The mission of the Conference is to promote the tenets of value investing as pioneered by Benjamin Graham, to expose Conference participants to the various value investing methods used by practitioners, and to encourage and support academic research and study in the area of value investing. 

The Conference provides a forum to explain, discuss and debate the principles, practices and various applications of value investing from a global context.  

Early bird pricing ends March 10, 2023. Registration closes April 3, 2023.

Conference Organizer and Chair

Dr. George Athanassakos, Founder & Managing Director, Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing, Ivey Business School
Topic: Value Seekers vs Value Creators: The Two Sides of Value Investing

Morning Keynote Speaker

Presenter: Anthony Scilipoti, President and CEO, Veritas Investment Research Corporation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Topic: T.B.A.

Luncheon Keynote Speaker

Presenter: Howard Marks, Co-Chairman, Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Topic: Environment in Transition

Afternoon Keynote Speaker

Presenter: Vicki Hollub, President and CEO, Occidental Petroleum Corp., Houston, TX, USA
Topic: T.B.A.

Value Investor Session

Presenter: Vito Maida, Founder and President, Patient Capital Management Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Topic: Active Investment Strategy Worthy of a Fee

Presenter: Will Pan, Partner and Co-Portfolio Manager, Hyperion Strategy, Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P., New York, New York, USA
Topic: T.B.A.

Presenter: Ratul Kapur, CIO, Partner and Portfolio Manager, Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Topic: Dichotomy in Value Investing 

Presenter: Rui Cardoso, Managing Director, U.S. and International Equities, Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Topic: T.B.A.

Presenter: Laura Geritz, Founder, CEO, Co-CIO and Portfolio Manager, Rondure Global Advisors, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Topic: T.B.A.

Presenter: Robert Robotti, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Robotti & Company Advisors LLC, New York, New York, USA
Topic: The Times, They are a Changin’, a Changin’…They’ve Changed!

Thank you to our Donors

We would like to thank our donors Burgundy Asset Management Ltd., The Center for the Advancement of Value Investing Education, Robotti & Company Advisors, Sionna Investment Managers, Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc., and Tweedy, Browne Company LLC. for their generous support.