The IPE Conference & Awards comprises in-depth and highly topical debate sessions, featuring inspiring keynotes and practical panels. With typically 300 top executives from pension providers in attendance, the event brings together influential decision-makers from across Europe.
Monday 02 December
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | IPE Investor Forum (for asset owners by invitation only) The IPE Investor Forum creates an informal environment where investors can share investment strategy experiences and best practices with peers. We aim to bring together around 15-20 investors to keep the discussion as productive as possible and the meeting is held under the Chatham House Rule. |
Tuesday 03 December
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | Registration, Coffee and Networking |
9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | 2024 Survey Results: Where are Returns Coming from? Amin Rajan - Chief Executive Officer, CREATE-Research |
9:45 AM - 11:45 AM | PLENARY CONFERENCE SESSIONS |
Welcome from IPE |
Welcome from Prague |
Opening Keynote - An Interview on Geopolitics and Elections Moderated by Liam Kennedy - Editorial Director, IPE |
11:55 AM - 12:40 PM | PARALLEL TRACK 1 Simultaneous deep-dive breakout sessions focusing on key investment and pension industry topics |
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM | Lunch and Networking |
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM | Pensions Scholarship Trust Showcase Lunch The Trust, which offers financial support to young researchers in the pensions industry, hosts its annual research showcase lunch |
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM | PLENARY CONFERENCE SESSION |
Investments in 2025 Europe’s leading pension fund CIOs join a panel discussion about investments in 2025 |
2:35 PM - 3:20 PM | PARALLEL TRACK 2 Simultaneous deep-dive breakout sessions focusing on key investment and pension industry topics |
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM | Coffee and Networking Break |
3:50 PM - 4:35 PM | AFTERNOON FORUMS |
Forum One AI for asset owners and asset managers: What does the investment office of the future look like? Oliver Fines – Head of Advocacy, EMEA, CFA Institute |
Forum Two Private Credit – Examining risks in bank disintermediation and shadow banking |
Forum Three State of the world: ESG |
4:35 PM - 5:30 PM | PLENARY CONFERENCE SESSIONS |
Everything Everywhere All at Once An interdisciplinary session on current and future challenges for institutional investors, discussing the topics of future of work, demography changes, immigration and longevity. Anna Rotkirch - Research Professor & Director, Population Research Institute, Family Federation of Finland |
Conference Wrap |
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM | IPE EUROPEAN PENSION FUND AWARDS 2024 Join us at the elegant Žofín Palace for a drinks reception followed by the Awards Dinner & Ceremony where we reveal the winners and highly commended pension funds of this year’s IPE European Pension Fund Awards. |
Wednesday 04 December
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Young Professionals Roundtable An opportunity for young industry specialists up to the age of 40 from the investment community across Europe to exchange ideas on a range of topics, including how a younger perspective provides a diversity of thought and encourages long-termism, why our industry suits younger people and how some of today’s most pressing challenges, including the climate and biodiversity emergencies, are calling out for new thinking. |