Call for Papers
2025 IPC Alternative Investments Conference & Spring Research Symposium
Conference Date: March 27-28, 2025
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Submission Deadline: November 25, 2024
We invite submission of theoretical and empirical papers in the broad field of private capital and alternative investments, including, but not limited to research on buyouts, distressed securities, mezzanine financing, special situations, private credit, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate, and real assets. The conference is hosted by the Institute for Private Capital (IPC) at the University of North Carolina. For the 2025 program, we will have a dedicated track for applied research which will be presented as part of the Alternative Investments Conference on the afternoon of March 27. Academic papers will be presented for the Spring Research Symposium the following day, March 28.
Papers at all stages of completion (including detailed abstracts and work-in-progress) are invited and should be submitted any time before the deadline of November 25, 2024. Please include your full name, title, name and address of affiliated institution/university/company, and a confirmed conference presenter. Submissions should be sent to UNCIPC@kenan-flagler.unc.edu with “IPC Spring Symposium” in the subject line. Presenters with full-time academic appointments will receive complimentary conference registration, and up to two-night accommodations in Chapel Hill. Other travel expenses are the responsibility of attendees.