Quebec City Conference

founded in 2003, the quebec city conference (qcc) is a private, invitation-only, not-for-profit annual meeting whose mission is support private market investment activities producing societal benefit, in a format intended for high-level exchange and reflection. guests are leading members of the international private market investment ecosystem: pension plans, endowments, family offices, venture capital and private equity firms, industry experts and leading academics. except for qcc’s private sponsors, service providers are not invited. the last edition of the quebec city conference was attended by 450 participants from 30 countries. speakers included stephen schwarzman, co-founder and ceo of blackstone; michael spence, the 2001 nobel prize laureate in economic sciences; vc and private equity pioneer alan patricof; henry kravis, co-founder and co-ceo of kohlberg kravis roberts (kkr); david m. rubenstein, co-founder of the carlyle group; glenn hutchins, co-founder of silver lake; james c