market folly

The highly regarded hedge fund conference, the Ira Sohn Investment Research Conference, is expanding west. The 1st annual Excellence in Investing Conference will take place in San Francisco on October 6th from 2:30-6pm. This event was inspired by and patterned after the Ira Sohn Investment Research Conference that takes place in New York. A portion of the proceeds goes to the Ira Sohn Foundation to benefit pediatric cancer research. Other proceeds go to Leadership Public Schools (LPS), an organization that aims to provide students from low-income homes an excellent education. You can learn more about the event at www.irasohnsanfrancisco.com. Needless to say, this is a great cause.

The speakers list is chalk full of excellent names, including:

John Burbank of Passport Capital
Barry Rosenstein of JANA Partners
Jeffrey Ubben of ValueAct Capital
Thomas Russo of Gardner Russo & Gardner
Mitch Julis of Canyon Partners
Robert Rosner of Buena Vista Fund Management
Arthur Patterson of Accel Partners
Richard Farber of Kayne Anderson
Christopher Chabris, co-author of The Invisible Gorilla
John B. Taylor, Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution

The event also will feature the auction of a rare first edition copy of The Intelligent Investor that is signed by Warren Buffett himself. In-depth biographies of the speakers and more information on the event can be found in the Ira Sohn San Francisco's invitation embedded below:



You can download a .pdf of the invitation here.



To attend the event and hear investment ideas from top managers, embedded below is the Excellence in Investing registration form:




You can download a .pdf of the registration form here.

If you're in the nearby San Francisco area, definitely check it out. There are some excellent speakers lined up and the proceeds go to a great cause. We've covered the New York Ira Sohn Conference in-depth and those of you who read our coverage of that know it will be a fantastic event.

You can learn more about the event at www.irasohnsanfrancisco.com.