Cayman
Alternative Investment Summit 2020 (CAIS20) Announces Commitment to
Speaker Gender Equality

50%
of speakers on stage at CAIS20 will be female

CAIS20
will focus on future of alternatives through “Global. Digital.
Responsible.” theme

GRAND
CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Dec. 16, 2019: The
Cayman
Alternative Investment Summit
2020 (“CAIS20”) announced today that 50 percent of all speakers
appearing on stage at CAIS20 will be women, raising the bar for
alternatives industry conferences across the globe going forward. The
seventh annual conference is hosted by the Dart Family Office in
partnership with RBC and KPMG and will take place on February 6-7,
2020 at the Kimpton
Seafire Resort + Spa
in Grand Cayman.

Of
more than 80 speakers and moderators scheduled to appear on stage
throughout the conference, 50 percent will be leading women from
across the alternative investment industry. These speakers include
Leda Braga, CEO of Systematica; Elaine Crocker, President of Moore
Capital Management; Breanne Madigan, Head of Global Institutional
Markets at Ripple; Tracy McHale Stuart, Managing Partner & CEO of
Corbin Capital Partners; and, Nancy Davis, Founder & CIO,
Quadratic Capital Management.

“For
the leaders of tomorrow, the future is inclusive, and we believe it
is critical for CAIS20 to be consistent with a commitment to gender
equality. Having half of our conference speakers be leading women
from the industry will further elevate the content at CAIS, which has
always been driven by the high caliber and diverse perspectives of
our speakers,” said Anthony Cowell, Chairman of the CAIS20
Editorial Board and Partner & Head of Asset Management at KPMG in
the Cayman Islands. “As one of the leading global alternatives
conferences, we hope that other organizations will follow our lead
and commit to achieving speaker gender equality at their events.”

Focusing
on the theme “Global. Digital. Responsible.," CAIS20 will
convene more than 500 fund managers, institutional investors,
economists and academics for two days of thought-provoking
conversations about the future of alternative investing at the
intersection of globalization, digitalization and responsible
investing. With a wide range of panels and keynote discussions,
CAIS20 will cover topics including the future of ESG and sustainable
investing, evaluating the dynamics of trade and currency wars, the
explosion of alternative data and the use of artificial intelligence.

As
one of the preeminent events in the alternatives industry, CAIS20
will welcome an impressive lineup of speakers from across the globe
to the stage, including:

• Dan
  Ariely, James
  B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics, Duke
  University
  
• Nisa
  Amoils, Partner,
  Grasshopper Capital
  
• Leda
  Braga,
  CEO, Systematica
  
  
• Ian
  Bremmer,
  President & Founder, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media
  
• Rodney
  Brooks,
  Panasonic Professor of Robotics (emeritus), MIT
  
• Wences
  Casares,
  CEO, Xapo
  
• Elaine
  Crocker,
  President, Moore Capital Management
  
  
• Daniel
  D’Aniello,
  Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus, The Carlyle Group
  
• Nancy
  Davis, Founder
  & CIO, Quadratic Capital Management
  
  
• Jeremy
  Grantham, Co-Founder,
  GMO
  
• Megan
  Greene,
  Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
  
• Breanne
  Madigan,
  Head of Global Institutional Markets, Ripple
  
• Tracy
  McHale Stuart, Managing
  Partner & CEO, Corbin Capital Partners
  
• David
  McKay,
  President & CEO, RBC
  
• George
  Mussalli, CIO
  & Head of Research, Equity, PanAgora
  
• Paul
  Polman,
  Co-Founder of Imagine & Former CEO of Unilever
  
  
• Amanda
  Pullinger,
  CEO, 100 Women in Finance
  
• Christina
  Qi,
  Founding Partner, Domeyard LP
  
• Deborah
  Spalding,
  Co-CIO, Commonfund Asset Management
  
• John
  Studzinski,
  Vice Chairman & Managing Director, PIMCO
  
• Maryann
  Turcke,
  COO, National Football League (NFL)
  
  
• Anna-Marie
  Wascher,
  Founder & CEO, Flat World Partners
  
• Bonnie
  Wongtrakool,
  Global Head of ESG Investments & Portfolio Manager, Western
  Asset Management
  
• Mark
  Yusko, Founder,
  CEO & CIO, Morgan Creek Capital Management
  
  

“As
we look to where the alternatives industry is heading next, one of
the most important issues we expect to drive discussion at CAIS20 is
how we can achieve a more sustainable future for coming generations,”
said Jackie Doak, Dart’s President of Business Development and CAIS
Editorial Board Member. “Whether we are talking about responsible
investing or sustainable development, achieving gender equality and
diversity is key, resulting in social and economic benefits for
business and for the community at large.”

Registration
for CAIS20 is now live at cais.ky,
with early bird prices available until December 31, 2019. The event
is free to attend for all qualified investors and media.

About
the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit

The
Cayman Alternative Investment Summit (CAIS) is an annual non-profit
conference that convenes leading thinkers and decision makers from
diverse segments of the global alternatives industry to discuss and
debate the challenges and opportunities that will define the future
of the industry. Hosted by Dart Family Office, CAIS is dedicated to
supporting financial services both in the Cayman Islands and
internationally. For more information, please visit cais.ky.

About
Dart Family Office

Based
in the Cayman Islands, the Dart Family Office manages Ken Dart’s
global investment portfolio. Dart’s investments in Cayman range
from real estate development, hospitality, retail, entertainment and
finance. Guided by the vision of Ken Dart, Dart has developed more
than $1.5 billion in mixed-use, residential, commercial,
recreational, educational and hospitality properties throughout the
Cayman Islands.