Women’s Private Equity Summit
March 8 -11, 2026. Arizona Biltmore
Attending as a Dealmaker
Analyze. Network. Execute.
Connect with the allocators and dealmakers shaping exits and liquidity across the private equity landscape.
With fewer deals getting done and exit windows uncertain, success comes from understanding what's actually working. At the Women's Private Equity Summit, connect with allocators to understand their deployment priorities, meet peers tackling the same portfolio challenges, and gain insights on navigating growth capital constraints, valuations, and exit timing. This is where relationships lead to better deal flow and smarter execution.
Why Dealmakers attend
Navigate market volatility with confidenceConnect with peers managing the same portfolio pressures - from exit timing to valuation compression - and walk away with strategies and relationships to make 2026 a success. |
Align with what Allocators actually wantUnderstand LP deployment priorities, co-investment criteria, and the terms they're demanding. Position your firm to win capital and partnerships in a competitive landscape. |
Make smarter bets on AI and emerging sectorsCut through the hype with insights from investors deploying real capital. Understand where the value is, where the risks are, and how to avoid expensive mistakes. |
In their own words
What to expect
Monday, March 9
How PE Firms Are Dealing with Washington’s Actions
Understand how trade, tax, and regulatory shifts are reshaping deal flow, valuations, and portfolio strategy and how leading firms are are positioning for growth amid policy uncertainty.
The Search for Opportunities and Returns: Where Will It Leads Investors & Allocators?
The 2026 Women’s Private Equity Summit kicks off with a group of key LPs and GPs giving their perspective on the investing environment. They’ll discuss how they are thinking about deploying capital, the challenges that may emerge and the strategies that they believe will generate needed returns.
Tuesday, March 10
Transformation in Action: Guiding Portfolio Companies to A Successful Exit Involves….
Learn the playbook for creating value from acquisition to exit, including both organic and inorganic growth strategies that lead to successful liquidity events.
Value Creation and Investing Tracks
- The Growing Importance of Data & Analytics in Human Value Creation: Why Its Key to Portfolio Company Success
- Outside the Box: Why Being an Independent Sponsor May Be the Way to Tackle Deals and Win Over LPs
- Reaching into the Toolbox: The Moves Firms are Making to Ensure Portfolio Companies Succeed
- Changing Game: How Are Software Investors Dealing with the Arrival of AI?
- Digging In: What’s Needed to Get Portfolio Companies on the Right Track
From Promise to Performance: Making AI Work for Private Equity
As firms move beyond experimentation into everyday adoption of new AI tools, a dizzying array of new opportunities and important questions are emerging: What responsibilities do firms have when implementing AI across their operations, portfolios, and investment processes?
Wednesday, March 11
Deals Under Pressure: Navigating Tariffs and Trade Policy in Today’s Deal Landscape
Understand how tariffs and trade shifts are impacting deal strategy, diligence, pricing, and portfolio operations and what to anticipate in 2026.
Key speakers
The 2025 Summit: who attended
A selection of firms represented:
Public Pensions
• CalPERS • CalSTRS • Colorado PERA • CPP Investments • LA Fire & Police Pensions • LACERS • New York State Common Retirement Fund • OMERS • OPTrust • Oregon State Treasury • South Carolina Retirement System • Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Family Offices
• DFO Management • East Rock Capital • Fortress (Pete Briger's Family Office) • Gates Capital Partners • ICONIQ Capital • Krinsky Family Office • Loews Corporation • Makena Capital • Nicola Wealth • Wittington Investments
Endowments & Foundations
• Columbia Investment Management Company • Fordham University • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation • Hershey Trust • J. Paul Getty Trust • Lumina Foundation • Mount Holyoke College • Northwestern University • PRINCO (Princeton) • Smithsonian Institution • Tufts University
Consultants & OCIOs
• Aksia • Albourne • Aon • Cambridge Associates • Cliffwater • IH International • Mercer • MLC Asset Management • NEPC • StepStone Group
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